Lars Hedlund from Sweden finished second after finishing second the previous year, and Geoff Capes from the United Kingdom finished third.
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The 1977 World's Strongest Man was the first edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the USA.
The 1978 World's Strongest Man was the second edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the USA.
Ab Wolders from the Netherlands finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Jon Pall Sigmarsson from Iceland finished third.
O.D. Wilson from the USA finished second, and Ilkka Nummisto from Finland finished third after finishing sixth the previous year.
Henning Thorsen from Denmark finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Gary Taylor from the United Kingdom finished third.
The 1992 World's Strongest Man was the 15th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Ted van der Parre from the Netherlands after finishing fourth the previous year.
Riku Kiri from Finland finished second, and Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished third after finishing second the previous year.
The 2007 World's Strongest Man was the 30th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland.
In 2009, he became Russia's Strongest Man and was invited to compete at The World's Strongest Man 2009.
The same year he was invited for the first time at the World's Strongest Man in which he finished fifth.
In 2001 and 2002, Bill won England's Strongest Man, and came second to the internationally renowned world champion bodybuilder and strongman, Eddy Ellwood, in 2003.
Oldfield competed in the World's Strongest Man contest in 1978, finishing seventh in a field of ten competitors.
He is a two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man competition in 1977 and 1978 and the author of numerous strength-related articles and books.
In 2012, Hall competed at the World's Strongest Man finals, but did not progress beyond his qualifying group.
This international exposure led to a 207 invitation to the pestigious World's Strongest Man.
In May 1998, a win in the Farmer's Walk helped Fraser towards a 2nd place finish in the UK Docklands Strongman Challenge, and this in turn led to an invite to the 1998 World's Strongest Man in Morocco.
Grippers come in a range of strengths, suitable for everyone from beginners to World's Strongest Man winners such as Magnus Samuelsson whose YouTube video clip closing the No. 4 Captains of Crush Gripper has been viewed over 1,600,000 times.
When Reeves saw Bill Kazmaier win his third World's Strongest Man title in 1982, on BBC television, he decided that would be his aim, and took up weights.
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This performances culminated in an invitation to the 1988 World's Strongest Man where he finished third on his first attempt, to Jon Pall Sigmarsson and Bill Kazmaier.
He was invited to the 2002 World's Strongest Man and 2003 World's Strongest Man competitions but did not manage to get past the qualifying heats.
In 2003, Jessen qualified for the finals for the first and only time at the World's Strongest Man competition, eventually finishing in 8th place.
Johannes was once again invited to the 2010 World's Strongest Man, but he was injured shortly before the qualifying heats began.
Kolb competed in the second and third annual World's Strongest Man competitions in 1978 and 1979, placing on a very good 4th rank in both years, while often defeating much heavier and stronger competitors in certain events.
Since that time Karl has traveled the world competing in over 70 top national and international contests including the prestigious World's Strongest Man contest, the IFSA Strongman World Championships, the Arnold Strongman Classic and the Strongman Super Series.
Also, Met-Rx World Strongest Man 1998 winner - Magnus Samuelsson was born in Kisa, Sweden.
He competed in the 2009 World's Strongest Man competition, which took place in Malta, placing second after Žydrūnas Savickas.
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In the WSM 2007 competition, Pudzianowski said that his target was to become the only person to win the event five times, which he did by winning the 2008 World's Strongest Man in the very last event, ahead of Derek Poundstone.
- World's Strongest Man 1998, (injured)
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In 1998, Philippi was severely injured at the 1998 World's Strongest Man during the car flip event where he ruptured his patella tendon and also partially tore his biceps tendon when the car rolled back on him.
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After winning the title of America's Strongest Man in 1997, he went on to represent his country in the 1997 World's Strongest Man finals, the first of seven appearances.
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- World's Strongest Man 1997, USA
He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Richard Gosling.
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There were 18 competitors, some men having competed at past World's Strongest Man competitions such as Mark Felix (who won the event), Mark Westaby and Laurence Shahlaei.
Koklyaev qualified for the 2013 World's Strongest Man finals, but had to withdraw due to an earlier injury after the first event.
In 2005 he opted to compete in the IFSA British Championships which was set up in direct rivalry with the BSM after IFSA parted company with the BSM and World's Strongest Man competition organiser TWI.
In 1984 he competed in Britain's Strongest Man coming second behind Alan Crossley and two years later won Britain's Most Powerful Man, the replacement for the absent Britain's Strongest Man competition that year.
He is the brother of fellow strongman and former holder of the title "Britain's Strongest Man", Mick Gosling.
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Richard Gosling (born 1974) is the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2003.
His biggest accomplishment to date is coming in second at the 2007 World's Strongest Man contest.
Stojan competed in the 2007 World's Strongest Man where he finished third in his qualifying group behind Don Pope and Sebastian Wenta, failing to qualify for the finals.
In 1983, the young powerlifter and bodybuilder, Jón Páll Sigmarsson entered the 1983 World's Strongest Man competition and was only beaten into second place by the experienced Geoff Capes.
World's Strongest Man, a well-known competition event in strength athletics
As with its two international counterparts it attracted the top quality strength athletes of its era, which included every winner of the World's Strongest Man competition from 1980 onwards including Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Geoff Capes and Bill Kazmaier from the 1980s right up to the current WSM champion Žydrūnas Savickas.