The 1998 World's Strongest Man was the 21st edition of
World's Strongest Man and was won by
Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. 1997 champion
Jouko Ahola from
Finland finished second, and
Wout Zijlstra from the
Netherlands finished third. This year had 10 qualifying heats with the winner of each heat going onto the finals. Half the field got injured during the finals of the contest, as well as several heat winners prior to the finals such as
Flemming Rasmussen and
Gerrit Badenhorst
Gerrit Badenhorst (born 10 October 1962) is a former WPC world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa.
Powerlifting
Badenhorst was born on 10 October 1962 in De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa.David ...
. The contest was held in
Tangier/
Tétouan,
Morocco.
Heats
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Final results
References
External links
Official site
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Worlds Strongest Man, 1998