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World's Strongest Man is the most important annual international event in strength athletics. Organised by the International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA), it is held around the end of September each year. Thirty contestants take part across five heats; the top two in each go through to the final. The event sponsors are Met-Rx and the top prize is known as the Met-Rx Trophy. For many years the competition was dominated by the Scandinavian nations, however the early years of the present decade have seen a growth in the number of strongman competitors from eastern Europe. In 2003 Mariusz Pudzianowski retained the title by the greatest margin ever recorded.The World's Strongest Woman contest is held alongside the men's competition. Women compete in the same disciplines as the men, but using weights which are 20 to 30 per cent lighter.
1 Previous champions
1977 Bruce Wilhelm (USA)
1978 Bruce Wilhelm
1979 Don Reinhoudt (USA)
1980 Bill Kazmaier (USA)
1981 Bill Kazmaier
1982 Bill Kazmaier
1983 Geoff Capes (UK)
1984 Jon Pall Sigmarsson (Iceland)
1985 Geoff Capes
1986 Jon Pall Sigmarsson
1987 not held
1988 Jon Pall Sigmarsson
1989 Jamie Reeves (UK)
1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo Jon Pall Sigmarsson
19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac Magnús Ver Magnússon (Iceland)
19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi Ted van der Parre (Netherlands)
19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. Gary Taylor (UK)
19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an Magnús Ver Magnússon
19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja Magnús Ver Magnússon
19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan Magnús Ver Magnússon
19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t Jouko Ahola (Finland)
1998 Magnus Samuelsson (Sweden)
1999 Jouko Ahola
2000 Janne Virtanen (Finland)
2001 Svend Karlsen (Norway)
2002 Mariusz Pudzianowski (Poland)
2003 Mariusz Pudzianowski
2004 Vasyl Virastyuk (Ukraine)
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