2004 World's Strongest Man

The 2004 World's Strongest Man was the 27th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Vasyl Virastyuk from Ukraine. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished second for the third year in a row. Originally Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland finished third, but was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance, thus third place was given to Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden. The contest was held in Nassau, Bahamas.[1] The qualifying heats saw a major format change, going from the traditional 5-6 man heats with the top 2 going to the finals. This year's format was a 12-man round-robin competition taking place over 5 days, with the top six going onto the finals.

2004 World's Strongest Man
Host city Nassau, Bahamas
Winner Vasyl Virastyuk
Nations participating13
Athletes participating14

Qualifying heats
#[2] Name[2] Nationality[2] Points[2]
1 Vasyl Virastyuk Ukraine 55
2 Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland 55
3 Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania 54
4 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia 50
5 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 49
6 Svend Karlsen Norway 48
7 Tomi Lotta Finland 46
8 Andrus Murumets Estonia 40 (replaced Steve Kirit)
9 Mark Felix Grenada 37
10 Adrian Rollinson United Kingdom 34
11 René Minkwitz Denmark 31
12 Brian Turner United Kingdom 25 (replaced Hugo Girard)
- Hugo Girard Canada Withdrew due to injury
- Steve Kirit United States Withdrew due to injury

Final results
#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Vasyl Virastyuk Ukraine 37
2 Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania 36
3 Magnus Samuelsson Sweden 29
4 Raimonds Bergmanis Latvia 19
5 Svend Karlsen Norway 9 (Injured)[3][4]
x Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland Disqualified[3][4][5]

References
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  3. "btinternet.com". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
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  5. "davidhorne-gripmaster.com". Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
Preceded by
2003 World's Strongest Man		 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2005 World's Strongest Man
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