1983 World's Strongest Man

1983 World's Strongest Man
Host city New Zealand Christchurch New Zealand
Winner United Kingdom Geoff Capes
Nations participating 7 (final)
Athletes participating 8 (final)

The 1983 World's Strongest Man was the seventh edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Geoff Capes from the United Kingdom. It was his first title. Jón Páll Sigmarsson from the Iceland finished second, and Simon Wulfse from the Netherlands third. The winner of the three previous competetitions, Bill Kazmaier, was not invited to compete again in this year. The contest was held at Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] The title of the competition, formerly "World's Strongest Men", was changed to the current title for this competition.


Events

There were a total of 8 different events used in the competition:


Final results

#[1] Name[1] Nationality[1] Pts[1]
1 Geoff Capes United Kingdom United Kingdom 49.5
2 Jón Páll Sigmarsson Iceland Iceland 48
3 Simon Wulfse Netherlands Netherlands 47
4 Tom Magee Canada Canada 38.5
5 John Gamble United States USA 32.5
6 Chris Okonkwo Nigeria Nigeria 25.5
7 Doyle Kenady United States USA 24
8 Alan Hallberg New Zealand New Zealand 22

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

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