Points through the third day of the qualifying rounds at 2000 World's Strongest Man (WSM) contest are as follows. Heat 1: Dixon, 23; Boyer, 22-1/2; Girard, 22; Baskin, 18. Heat 2: Vagadal, 19; M. Samuelsson, 18; Ross, 16; Olafsson, 12. Heat 3: Virtanen, 27; Badenhorst, 22-1/2; Kerschbaumer, 16; T. Samuelsson, 15; Schoonveld, 14-1/2. Heat 4: Muhr, 21; Karlsen, 20; Philippi, 18; Veoga, 11. Heat 5: Pudzieanowska, 26; Savickas, 24; Pfister, 21; Baltus, 18-1/2.

Mark Philippi was forced to retire, due to a leg injury.