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The 1990 World's Strongest Man was the 13th edition of World's Strongest Man

World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

and was won by Jon Pall Sigmarsson

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Jón Páll Sigmarsson was a strongman, a powerlifter , and a bodybuilder from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times . In 1984 Jón won the Icelandic bodybuilding title in the +90 kg. class...

from Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

. It was his fourth title after finishing third the previous year. O.D. Wilson

O.D. Wilson

O.D. Wilson was a powerlifter and professional strongman competitor.-Strongman/Powerlifting:...

from the USA finished second, and Ilkka Nummisto

Ilkka Nummisto

Ilkka Nummisto is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968....

from Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held in Joensuu

Joensuu

Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

, Finland

Finland

Final results

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Jon Pall Sigmarsson Jón Páll Sigmarsson Jón Páll Sigmarsson was a strongman, a powerlifter , and a bodybuilder from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times . In 1984 Jón won the Icelandic bodybuilding title in the +90 kg. class...	Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	48.5
2	O.D. Wilson O.D. Wilson O.D. Wilson was a powerlifter and professional strongman competitor.-Strongman/Powerlifting:...	USA	48
3	Ilkka Nummisto Ilkka Nummisto Ilkka Nummisto is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968....	Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	39
4	Henning Thorsen Henning Thorsen Henning Thorsen is a strongman competitor from Denmark. He won Denmark's Strongest Man six times from 1984, 1987 to 1989, 1991 and 1992. And participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1990, 1991 and 1992...	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	34
5	Adrian Smith Adrian Smith (strongman) Adrian Smith is a former strongman competitor from Great Britain. Adrian started his strength career in bodybuilding before switching over to strongman. He was trained by the legendary Geoff Capes for the 1990 World's Strongest Man competition, his only appearance in WSM, finishing in 5th place...	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	33.5
6	Laszlo Fekete Laszlo Fekete Laszlo Fekete is a strongman from Hungary. He was ten times Hungarian Strongest Man from 1988 to 1997. And participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1999.-Honours:*10 times Hungarian Strongest Man...	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	31
7	Tjalling van den Bosch Tjalling van den Bosch Tjalling van den Bosch or "Charlie" as he was often called, was a competitive Dutch powerlifter, strongman, and Highland Games athlete. He competed only once in World's Strongest Man in 1990 finishing 7th, however, he was scheduled to compete in 1989 but had to withdraw due to an injury...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	28.5
8	Aap Uspenski	Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...	25.5

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