(Last updated @ 7/24/99 at 10:42 a.m. EST)
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Who is the strongest man to compete in WSM?
Competitor# of VotesVote Percentage (bar)Percentage of Votes
Bill Kazmaier 250 37.0%
Magnús Ver Magnússon 219 32.4%
Jon Pall Sigmarsson 65 9.6%
Gerrit Badenhorst 22 3.3%
Gary Taylor 15 2.2%
Manfred Hoeberl, O.D. Wilson,
Don Reinhoudt
10 votes each 1.5% each
Gary Mitchell 8 1.2%
Geoff Capes 7 1.0%
Svend Karlsen, Riku Kiri 6 votes each 0.9% each
Bruce Wilhelm, Jouko Ahola 5 votes each 0.7% each
Lou Ferrigno, Magnus Samuelsson 4 votes each 0.6% each
Forbes Cowan, Tom Magee,
Harold Collins, Jamie Reeves
3 votes each 0.4% each
Regin Vagadal 2 0.3%
Flemming Rasmussen, Heinz Ollesch,
Raimunds Bergmanis, Hugo Girard,
Mark Philippi, Wayne Price,
Nathan Jones, Laszlo Fekete,
Gustavo Pujadas, Phil Martin,
Wout Zijlstra, Ted Van Der Parre,
Derek Boyer
1 vote each 0.1% each
Total # of votes = 676


Who is your favorite WSM competitor?
Competitor# of VotesVote Percentage (bar)Percentage of Votes
Magnús Ver Magnússon 212 30.8%
Bill Kazmaier 87 12.6%
Jon Pall Sigmarsson 58 8.4%
Gerrit Badenhorst 57 8.3%
Gary Taylor 37 5.4%
Manfred Hoeberl 30 4.4%
Jouko Ahola 24 3.5%
Gary Mitchell 18 2.6%
Magnus Samuelsson 17 2.5%
Harold Collins 13 1.9%
Svend Karlsen, Riku Kiri 11 votes each 1.6% each
Forbes Cowan, O.D. Wilson 10 votes each 1.5% each
Mark Philippi 9 1.3%
Heinz Ollesch, Geoff Capes 7 votes each 1.0% each
Flemming Rasmussen, Lou Ferrigno,
Ted Van Der Parre
6 votes each 0.9% each
Bruce Wilhelm, Franco Columbu,
Phil Martin, Don Reinhoudt
4 votes each 0.6% each
Tom Magee, Wout Zijlstra,
Ab Wolders
3 votes each 0.4% each
Joe Onosai, Regin Vagadal,
Ken Patera, Raimunds Bergmanis,
Hugo Girard, Wayne Price
2 votes each 0.3% each
Evgeny Popov, Grizzly Brown,
Ivan Putski, Cleve Dean,
Nathan Jones, Jamie Reeves,
Lars Hedlund, Bishop Dolegiewicz,
James Voronin, Ginaud Dupuis,
Curtis Leffler, Jorma Ojanaho,
Derek Boyer, Torfi Olafsson
1 vote each 0.1% each
Total # of votes = 688