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The 1999 World's Strongest Man was the 22nd 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 Jouko Ahola

Jouko Ahola

Jouko Ahola is a Finnish strongman and actor. He won the 1997 and 1999 World's Strongest Man, and finished second in 1998. Ahola won the Europe's Strongest Man contest twice in 1998 and 1999, and finished fourth in 1996. Jouko won the World's Strongest Team in 1997 and 1999, and was second in 1998...

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...

. It was his second title after finishing second the previous year. Janne Virtanen

Janne Virtanen

Janne Virtanen is a strongman from Espoo, Finland. Janne earns his living as a carpenter in Finland....

also from Finland

Finland

finished second, and Svend Karlsen

Svend Karlsen

Svend Karlsen is a former Norwegian strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder.-Powerlifting/Bodybuilding:...

from Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

finished third. The contest was held on Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

Group 1

Place	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Magnus Samuelsson Magnus Samuelsson Magnus Samuelsson , is a Swedish strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco...	Sweden	33
2.	Jamie Barr	Scotland	27
3.	Joe Onosai Joe Onosai Joe Onosai is a former strongman competitor and Professional football player. Onosai is a Samoan tribal prince and a former member of the Dallas Cowboys. During his time with the Dallas Cowboys, Joe badly injured his neck and was paralyzed from the waist up...	Samoa	21,5
4.	Mark Philippi Mark Philippi Mark Philippi – is a former leading strongman competitor, multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition, and former holder of the America's Strongest Man title.-Biography:...	United States	21,5
5.	Grant Edwards Grant Edwards Commander Grant Edwards is a high ranking Australian law enforcement officer and former strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.-Biography:...	Australia	13
6.	Israel Garrido	Spain	10

Group 2

Place	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Jouko Ahola Jouko Ahola Jouko Ahola is a Finnish strongman and actor. He won the 1997 and 1999 World's Strongest Man, and finished second in 1998. Ahola won the Europe's Strongest Man contest twice in 1998 and 1999, and finished fourth in 1996. Jouko won the World's Strongest Team in 1997 and 1999, and was second in 1998...	Finland	32
2.	René Minkwitz René Minkwitz Rene Minkwitz is a strongman from Denmark. He won Denmark's Strongest Man 5 times from 2000, 2001 and 2004–2006. And participated in the World's Strongest Man final of 1999 where he finished 10th...	Denmark	27
3.	Levi Vaoga	New Zealand	25
4.	Pieter de Bruyn	South Africa	18
5.	Steve Brooks Steve Brooks Steve Brooks or Stephen Brooks may refer to:Steve Brooks , American Hall of Fame jockeySteve Brooks , American folk singer/songwriter*Steve Brooks , British statistician...	England	15
6.	Bryan Neese	United States	7

Group 3

Place	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Janne Virtanen Janne Virtanen Janne Virtanen is a strongman from Espoo, Finland. Janne earns his living as a carpenter in Finland....	Finland	31,5
2.	Svend Karlsen Svend Karlsen Svend Karlsen is a former Norwegian strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder.-Powerlifting/Bodybuilding:...	Norway	22,5
3.	Glenn Ross Glenn Ross Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...	Northern Ireland	21
4.	Jorma Paananen	Sweden	18,5
5.	Niko Noga Niko Noga Falaniko Noga is a former football linebacker who played eight seasons in the NFL.-Family Links:Brothers Pete and Al played at the University of Hawai'i and later in the NFL.-References:...	United States	17
6.	Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst is a world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Gerrit was 8 times South Africa's Strongest Man...	South Africa	15,5

Group 4

Place	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Hugo Girard Hugo Girard Hugo Girard is a Canadian strongman. Girard is a Strongman Super Series world Champion, a four-time World Muscle Power champion and a six-time Canada's Strongest Man.-Strength career:Prior to his career as a strongman competitor, Girard worked as a bouncer in a popular Quebec City...	Canada	34
2.	Torfi Ólafsson Torfi Ólafsson Torfi Olafsson is a former Icelandic strongman competitor and junior world champion powerlifter. He was one of the biggest competitors from Iceland to compete at the World's Strongest Man, standing 6'7 and weighing 418lbs.-Biography:Torfi's was born in 1965...	Iceland	27
3.	Ken Brown Ken Brown Ken Brown or Kenny Brown is the name of:Ken Brown , Professor of History and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Queen's University BelfastKen Brown , American filmmaker, photographer, cartoonist, and designer...	United States	22
4.	Regin Vagadal Regin Vagadal Regin Vagadal is a strongman from the Faroe Islands. He was seven times Faroe Islands Strongest Man from 1994 to 2000. And participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1996 and 2000.- Biography :...	Faroe Islands	22
5.	Hubert Dörer	Austria	12
6.	Lee Bowers Lee Bowers Lee Edward Bowers, Jr. was a key witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas in 1963. At the moment of the assassination he was operating the Union Terminal Company's two-story interlocking tower, overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas...	England	9

Group 5

Place	Name	Nationality	Points
1.	Berend Veneberg Berend Veneberg Berend Veneberg is a former strongman from the Netherlands. He finished 5th at the World's Strongest Man games in 1993, 9th in 1998, 6th in 1999, 1st at Europe's Strongest Man in 2000 and won Holland's Strongest Man 7 times.- Biography :Veneberg was born in Den Ham, Overijssel...	Netherlands	31
2.	László Fekete László Fekete László Fekete is a former Hungarian football player of the 1970's and 1980's. From 1974 to 1979 he made 21 appearances and scored 5 goals for the Hungarian National Football Team...	Hungary	23
3.	Raimonds Bergmanis Raimonds Bergmanis Raimonds Bergmanis is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia....	Latvia	23
4.	Whit Baskin	United States	22
5.	Hoffman		16
6.	Bill Pittuck Bill Pittuck Bill Pittuck is a British strongman competitor, notable for having won both major British titles and having been a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man, as well as achieving a high standing in the World Muscle Power Classic.- Biography :Bill Pittuck rose to prominence in the early 1990s...	England	11

Final results

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Jouko Ahola Jouko Ahola Jouko Ahola is a Finnish strongman and actor. He won the 1997 and 1999 World's Strongest Man, and finished second in 1998. Ahola won the Europe's Strongest Man contest twice in 1998 and 1999, and finished fourth in 1996. Jouko won the World's Strongest Team in 1997 and 1999, and was second in 1998...	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...	60
2	Janne Virtanen Janne Virtanen Janne Virtanen is a strongman from Espoo, Finland. Janne earns his living as a carpenter in Finland....	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...	53
3	Svend Karlsen Svend Karlsen Svend Karlsen is a former Norwegian strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder.-Powerlifting/Bodybuilding:...	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	52.5
4	Hugo Girard Hugo Girard Hugo Girard is a Canadian strongman. Girard is a Strongman Super Series world Champion, a four-time World Muscle Power champion and a six-time Canada's Strongest Man.-Strength career:Prior to his career as a strongman competitor, Girard worked as a bouncer in a popular Quebec City...	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	49.5
5	Magnus Samuelsson Magnus Samuelsson Magnus Samuelsson , is a Swedish strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	47
6	Berend Veneberg Berend Veneberg Berend Veneberg is a former strongman from the Netherlands. He finished 5th at the World's Strongest Man games in 1993, 9th in 1998, 6th in 1999, 1st at Europe's Strongest Man in 2000 and won Holland's Strongest Man 7 times.- Biography :Veneberg was born in Den Ham, Overijssel...	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...	41
7	Torfi Olafsson Torfi Ólafsson Torfi Olafsson is a former Icelandic strongman competitor and junior world champion powerlifter. He was one of the biggest competitors from Iceland to compete at the World's Strongest Man, standing 6'7 and weighing 418lbs.-Biography:Torfi's was born in 1965...	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...	29.5
8	Jamie Barr	Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	23
9	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...	22.5
10	René Minkwitz René Minkwitz Rene Minkwitz is a strongman from Denmark. He won Denmark's Strongest Man 5 times from 2000, 2001 and 2004–2006. And participated in the World's Strongest Man final of 1999 where he finished 10th...	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...	0 (injured)

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