1998 World's Strongest Man

1998 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates8-18 October 1998
LocationTangier
Country Morocco
Athletes participating40
Nations participating23
Champion(s)
Sweden Magnus Samuelsson

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 on to the finals. Half the field were injured during the finals of the contest, as well as several heat winners prior to the finals such as Flemming Rasmussen and Gerrit Badenhorst. The contest was held in Tangier/Tétouan, Morocco.[1]

  1. ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-13.