Sweden wins the World Championships! : Hasse Johannesson from Sweden is the new Guinness World Oyster Opening Champion. His time of 2:45 to open 30 oysters saw him win the competition defeating 16 international contenders. Ireland's Micheál Kelly was positioned in a respectable 6th place.
Results as follows.
| Country | Time | Penalties (seconds) | Corrected Time |
| Sweden | 2.41 | 0.04 | 2.45 |
| Canada | 3.15 | -(0.17) | 2.58 |
| Norway | 3.04 | -(0.04) | 3.00 |
| Estonia | 3.15 | -(0.14) | 3.01 |
| Ireland | 3.06 | ----- | 3.06 |
| UK | 3.24 | -(0.12) | 3.12 |
| USA | 2.59 | 0.15 | 3.14 |
| Belgium | 2.43 | 0.34 | 3.17 |
| France | 3.06 | 0.12 | 3.18 |
| Finland | 2.52 | 0.39 | 3.31 |
| Denmark | 3.30 | 0.05 | 3.35 |
| Germany | 3.09 | 0.30 | 3.39 |
| Wales | 3.17 | 0.34 | 3.51 |
| Czech Republic | 2.34 | 2.06 | 4.40 |
| Thailand | 3.55 | 0.59 | 4.54 |
| Singapore | 4.09 | 0.46 | 4.55 |
| Switzerland | 3.57 | 1.17 | 5.14 |