1981 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 1981 1981 World's Strongest Man 1981 Six Flags Magic Mountain Santa Clarita, California USA 10 4 USA Bill Kazmaier New Jersey 1980 Six Flags Magic Mountain 1982 The 1981 World's Strongest Man was the fifth edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bill Kazmaier from the United States. It was his second consecutive title. Geoff Capes from the United Kingdom finished second after finishing third the previous year, and Dave Waddington from the United States finished third. The contest was held at Magic Mountain, California. http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/1980s_results.php theworldsstrongestman.com 2010-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100104032240/http://theworldsstrongestman.com/1980s_results.php 4 January 2010 dead This was the first World's Strongest Man competition where the Tug Of War did not end the competition. Previously, the four highest scorers after the penultimate event competed in a head to head tug of war battle with the last man standing winning the event. Events There were a total of 11 different events used in the competition: Overhead Log lift (wooden log) – Winner Bill Kazmaier 360lbs Weight Toss (56lbs weight over bar throw) – Winner Geoff Capes 17 feet 1/4 inch Truck Pull (16200lbs truck pull over 100foot course in heats) – Winner Geoff Capes 30.95 s Engine Race (800lbs over 150feet uphill course) – Winner Bill Kazmaier Beer Keg Load – (12 kegs 167 lbs. each) – Bill Kazmaier in 49.11 s Battery Hold (65 lbs. at arm's length) – Winner Durwin Piper 43.63 s Steel Bar Bend – Winner Geoff Capes Cement Block Squat (Smith machine squat) – Winner Bill Kazmaier 969 lbs. Silver Dollar Deadlift (18" off the floor with straps allowed) Winner Bill Kazmaier 940lbs (executed two repetitions) Caber Toss – Winner Joe Zaliezniak 40' Sumo Challenge – Winner Keith Bishop Final results # Name NationalityLog LiftWeight TossTruck PullEngine RaceKeg LoadBattery HoldBar BendSquatDeadliftCaberSumo Pts 1 Bill Kazmaier USA United States1098101079101067 96 2 Geoff Capes GBR United Kingdom410109941044816 88 3 Dave Waddington USA United States6898.58.59 72.5 4 Jerry Hannan USA United States87588.5 68 5 Craig Wolfley USA United States81618 63 6 Keith Bishop USA United States75320 61.5 7 Stago Piczko NLD Netherlands8965 59 8 Durwin Piper USA United States2108.5 58 9 Joe Zaliezniak USA United States481810 48 10 Bishop Dolegiewicz CAN Canada83727 46 References External links Official site 1980 World's Strongest Man 1981 World's Strongest Man 1982 World's Strongest Man World's Strongest Category:World's Strongest Man World's Strongest Man World's Strongest Man