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2008 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 2008

Field	Value
competition_name	2008 World's Strongest Man
dates	6–13 September 2008
venue	Haddad Riverfront Park /
Coonskin Park /
McLaughlin Air National Guard Base /
Power Park
location	Charleston, West Virginia
country	USA
athletes participating	30
nations participating	12
winner	POL Mariusz Pudzianowski
prev	Anaheim 2007
next	Valletta 2009

Coonskin Park / McLaughlin Air National Guard Base / Power Park The 2008 World's Strongest Man was the 31st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his fifth and record breaking title. Derek Poundstone from the United States finished second, and Dave Ostlund also from the United States finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held at Charleston, West Virginia.

Heat results

Heat 1

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Derek Poundstone	USA	29
2	Jason Bergmann	USA	27.5
3	Mark Felix	ENG	26
4	Stefán Sölvi Pétursson	ISL	19
5	Jarek Dymek	POL	18.5
6	Igor Werner	GER	6

Heat 2

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Phil Pfister	USA	27.5
2	Sebastian Wenta	POL	25
3	Johannes Årsjö	SWE	22.5
4	Richard Skog	NOR	22.5
5	Oli Thompson	ENG	19.5
6	Tobias Ide	GER	8

Heat 3

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Tarmo Mitt	EST	28.5
2	Terry Hollands	ENG	26.5
3	Kevin Nee	USA	23.5
4	Elbrus Nigmatullin	RUS	18.5
5	Janne Virtanen	FIN	18
6	Jean-François Caron	CAN	11

Heat 4

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Mariusz Pudzianowski	POL	29
2	Arild Haugen	NOR	25
3	Brian Shaw	USA	21
4	Laurence Shahlaei	ENG	20
5	Louis-Philippe Jean	CAN	19.5
6	Brian Siders	USA	11.5

Heat 5

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Travis Ortmayer	USA	31.5
2	Dave Ostlund	USA	28
3	Jimmy Marku	ENG	23.5
4	Magnus Samuelsson	SWE	19.5
5	Raivis Vidzis	LAT	14.5
6	Florian Trimpl	GER	9

Final results

#	Name	Nationality	Pts
1	Mariusz Pudzianowski	POL	58.5
2	Derek Poundstone	USA	53.5
3	Dave Ostlund	USA	49.5
4	Phil Pfister	USA	44.5
5	Travis Ortmayer	USA	39.5
6	Sebastian Wenta	POL	38
7	Tarmo Mitt	EST	30.5
8	Arild Haugen	NOR	26
9	Jason Bergmann	USA	25
10	Terry Hollands	ENG	19

References

"theworldsstrongestman.com".

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