World strongest man 1995 FINAL:

World strongest man 1995 FINAL:
Magnus ver Magnusson.
Joe Onosai.
Phil Martin.
Flemming Rasmussen.
Gary Taylor.
Wayne Price.
Gerrit Badenhorst.
Heinz Ollesch.
Marko Varalahti.
Magnus Samuelsson.
Phil Martin.
Thanks to Tjalling van den Bosch for the VHS tape.

[@domingadoflaminga3961]

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[@Dbosaurusrex979]

Hell yea lmaoo

[@jumpers500]

@@Dbosaurusrex979 Latin Grammys.

[@King-O-Hell]

I hate seeing Gary Taylor screwed over by that last event. That one is way too height dependent. Magnus and Badenhorst had a good rivalry that year.

[@michaellynn9763]

Just to confirm: Paul Dickenson (who is my preferred commentator) said that Magnus was vying to be the first competitor to ever win two in succession (to defend his title); in fact, Bill Wilhelm and Kasmire did that in 77/78 and 80-82, respectively.

[@thehistory5401]

Haha ya the commentators say dumb stuff alot

[@joeanderson444]

I was wondering the same thing and scrolled down to the comments to see what people were saying and low and behold, the top comment mentioned it. I was wondering if there was some sort of filter the commentator had in mind like the first Icelander to... or the first man in the 90s to win 2 titles in a row!

[@Dave-ue3is]

Bruce Wilhelm and Bill Kazmaier

[@michaellynn9763]

@@Dave-ue3is Thank you, Sir

[@peterjohnson1495]

It could be that they didn't really consider the very early contests due to them being largely American.

[@nathan19811]

One of my favorite finals, so many legends in it, Rassmussen, Magnusson, Taylor, Badenhorst and Samuelsson

[@dumbbuff]

Watching this because of Action Bronson

[@JJsAutomotive]

My friend said Marko Varalahti is his father's friend. So, here I am, 03:36am, watching this video.

[@boboflex1576]

..that's sooo cool...ha haaaa..I was watching old clips around the same time..I can watch these old skool og's all day..and I'm 51 from chicago ..so og too.. but in a different way then these guys..I used to have some and still do have some respectable lifts but nothing like magnuson or pudjanowski or any of them...400 bench n 600 deadlift..but these guys have 600 benches at least and 800 deadlifts. . .esp that fiji islander osai..is it..?..or what about that canadian villieu..?..he's like 6'6" and solid 420 kg..I don't know what happened to him...or that Austria dude who got in that horrible car crash.. ..and what about samuelson making the finals in his first even competition winning his heat..and the guy he beat arm wrestling was a giant too..I think close to 400 lbs solid...these guys make Eddie hall and Brian shaw look small ..well not small but u no what I mean..there's a few more that kind of just faded away or gave up or forgotten about..o d washington is it..black anerican dude.. what about Magnus ver magnuson though..I didn't know he won three in a row..kind of puts him up a a couple notches esp w that 1000+ lb squat to seal his third title..whoa..I didn't think dudes were hitting that heavy weight back then..but they were doing 450 behind the neck presses..!!..wtf.. ..osai could've done 500 if pushed..that's insane...there's a couple others I can't think of right now..kazmier was pretty tough. way better then caepes..best of the 80s by far..i think magnuson was better then sigmarson but for some reason in iceland.. sigmarson s like a god..??..go figure.. ..there's quite a few that slipped through the cracks w the right coach and training could've gone a lot farther. .look at Jesse marunde..but he had a heart attack..probably from too much anabolics..?...idk..how rigorous is the testing..?...anyway nice talking to you..

[@josephd.2725]

Joe Onosai's Haka dance.. that's the business!!

[@josephd.2725]

Always loved Magnus Ver Magnusson, but when that barrel rolled off the platform after he turned his back.... LMAO. Still he gets it back on there for the win! Champ!

[@josephd.2725]

Remember this like it was yesterday, even though I hadn't seen it since 1995. Great to see it again. Thanks for the upload! Love the funky tropical theme music too!

[@bretthusband8478]

That’s what I was thinking. Kaz won three in a row but they always try to leave him out. Kind of like they did in 83..the most dominant athlete of his time he could’ve taken four or five titles in a row

[@thehistory5401]

Kaz was deleted, they screwed him in 88 to

[@NoWoke6981]

Well if they let him go to the events, he could take 5-6 first place in the 80's.

[@blockededited8280]

4, absolutely; 5, likely; 6, maybe. Oh, what could have been.

[@blockededited8280]

I can't get over how small Magnus Samuelson is in this final.

[@thehistory5401]

Nobody beats Magnus in the squat.

[@scientiaaclabore3362]

44:50 That, right there, is one of the greatest tributes a competitor can give to another competitor.

[@minnielee3399]

16:58 Picked it up and chucked it like it was a toothpick.🤣

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Great video😊

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[@abdulhananhusein6459]

I feel so sorry for Taylor,, organizers messed this one up big time,,, it is WSM not WTM ( T for Tall)

[@johnnyvain544]

There is no way during prelims did the officials say “now if you want to, you can actually walk the items up the stairs to place the items” on that last event. Gary Taylor would have absolutely did that and a few others too prob…that was a horse shit event, Taylor got robbed

[@AnthroGuitarist]

Taylor was a 6 foot tall beta manlet. He was lucky to be handed over the title in 1993 despite his less than human height. Embarrassing really

[@Em0ch]

@@AnthroGuitarist why are you geh?

[@AnthroGuitarist]

@@Em0ch if you're under 6'3"/190cm as a man, then you are short. Period, end of story.

[@josephd.2725]

@@AnthroGuitarist In normal life it's about 5'11", but for a pro athlete in a sport like Strongman, yes about 6'2" minimum. Basketball is 6'6" minimum.

[@josephd.2725]

Gary Taylor should have carried the treasure chest first, it had the length for him to leverage it up onto the highest platform. How did he not see that while watching the guys go before him? He worked hard and not smart there! That's the lesson to take away from that.

[@hanifmacca]

I would love to meet the health & safety team that approved some of these utterly ridiculous and dangerous events in those years haha!

[@davidanderson4489]

What a weak comment!

[@EVO6-]

@@davidanderson4489 he's right. As late as 1998 guys were getting injured by the car flip falling onto them, stupid events in some of these. Arm wrestling between guys who aren't trained arm wrestlers is also just asking for injuries

[@davidanderson4489]

@@EVO6- Possibly, but goes with the territory. Not for the sponge-columned!

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@@davidanderson4489 you're so cool and tough

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@@davidanderson4489 Beta.

[@josephd.2725]

Phil Martin, lovely bloke, but he cracked me up... supposed world record holder in his speciality Highland Games events, and in both his heat and the final he was shit at them, and got firmly beaten! lol At least Gary Taylor did the biz and owned his specialist event!

[@josephd.2725]

Oh man, I know we're talking massive weights, but the depth on those squats is so questionable! On a Smith machine too.

[@fengmin4921]

Shoutout to my man Bronsonlino

[@ruckerbrady8342]

Wow some events were totally unfair to shorter men etc.

[@josephd.2725]

Yeah, but some were unfair for the taller men too. Gary Taylor, seriously... he was so not smart in that last event. He even had the luxury of watching before hand and should have worked out some tactics knowing he'd struggle with the sandbag. If he carried the treasure chest first, he could have hoisted it upright and used the leverage to push it up onto the top platform. There were no rules about order.

[@lawrencebaker1811]

Those squats are so high lmao

[@TheDrum2010]

Having watched all WSM as a kid since the early 80's i was easily impressed, watching them again now less so. Magnusson in now way had his upper thighs parallel to the ground in the Squat in this, lots of missed lock outs etc. The same with many of the pre 2000's WSM finals.

[@sublimeranger]

Yes, in all overheads, he didn't lock out, so unfair.

[@josephd.2725]

Man, I tell you, the depth across the board in the squat was so questionable! I know they were big weights, but that doesn't alter the fact that you're supposed to go at least slightly below parallel to complete a full lift! Magnus Ver has even said this on his social media of late! And that event was on a Smith machine too. All of these lifts were barely parallel. Not impressed looking back at that!

[@EVO6-]

The squat event literally wasn't to parallel, for anyone. He wasn't supposed to hit parallel. You're making up a criteria as if this is powerlifting lol All anyone had to do was hit the pins. Did magnus hit the pins and come up? Yes. Did they hit the pins at that weight and come up? No. You're acting as if he somehow cheated the event, it's like complaining that the winner of an 18 inch deadlift event didn't pull from 9 inches.

[@josephd.2725]

​@@EVO6- No one cheated at the event based on how it was set up (not deep enough). But WSM rules should be similar to Powerlifting. Magnus Ver himself recently slammed lifters for not going deep enough in the squat and getting a clear lift. So I would like to discuss this 1995 event with him sometime.

[@intellivisionmaster7999]

Right. You can hear the bar hit the safety bars on the squat rack before bringing it back up. (A 3/4 squat) Definitely a good lift!

[@jesiachord3179]

Why did none of them think to throw the anchor over the top platform and the sack on the second

[@EVO6-]

Because the anchor is 20kg heavier and way harder to wield?

[@jonnygti]

@@EVO6- lol at throwing a moving object up on a shoulder height platform, would be even harder than getting the sack on there

[@josephd.2725]

A bit too heavy for the top probably, but I get your logic. Gary Taylor, though, seriously... he went towards the end, and even after watching the other guys he couldn't figure out to take the treasure chest to the top platform first, where he could have used its length and shape to leverage it up better. What he did was so dumb! Unless he didn't know the rules that even the commentator knew. Disappointed in a fellow Welshman there!

[@joeanderson444]

Using the Flintstone Barrell as an example. Both Onosai and Taylor lifted 205kg and 210kg convincingly easy. We are still left not truly knowing which one is the strongest. If they could keep going until one fails, we would truly know which of them has stronger shoulders. I don't believe choices based on other competitors successful attempts should determine the next lifters weight attempt. Too many contests end up like this and we are still left wondering who really is the strongest!

[@TheDrum2010]

Manfred was driving to quick, he was no more.

[@josephd.2725]

Just don't understand why Gary Taylor didn't carry the treasure chest first, and use its length to leverage it up to the highest platform. There were no rules as to what went where, and he was watching a bunch of guys go before him, knowing he'd never get the sandbag up high. What was he doing?? Work smart, not hard.. lol

[@jordanpratt3821]

I don't think he knew that.I mean there's no way.

[@josephd.2725]

@@jordanpratt3821 Yeah, I really wonder back then if the rules were really made clear to the competitors, or whether they were all just being sheep and placing the objects in the same order as everyone else. Because the commentator knew that they could place stuff anywhere! Obviously the really heavy stuff would have to go low, but there wasn't much in it weight wise between the chest and awkward sand bag.

[@josephd.2725]

​@@jordanpratt3821 Magnus Samuelsson cracked me up one time when he was doing a strongest arms video and admitted that what they were doing was dumb shit! Then he said that's why they're strongmen, because if they were smart they'd be doing a job that required intelligence.. lol Loved Magnus's charisma and sense of humour!

[@jordanpratt3821]

@@josephd.2725 yeah there was Def something he could have got on that top tier.

[@josephd.2725]

@@jordanpratt3821 100%. He was definitely one of the top 3 strongest guys there. All he needed to do was work smart and use the better object for the top, knowing he was shorter than all the others and seeing some struggle with the sandbag. Brrgh. Still disappointed in a fellow Welshman there watching it again all these years later! lol

[@mm.7053]

44:30 not that deep tho

[@janoycresva276]

He did, he hit the pins like the rest of them