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1981 World's Strongest Man

Strongman competition in 1981

Field	Value
competition_name	1981 World's Strongest Man
dates	1981
venue	Six Flags Magic Mountain
location	Santa Clarita, California
country	USA
athletes participating	10
nations participating	4
winner	USA Bill Kazmaier
prev	New Jersey 1980
next	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.

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	Nationality	Log Lift	Weight Toss	Truck Pull	Engine Race	Keg Load	Battery Hold	Bar Bend	Squat	Deadlift	Caber	Sumo	Pts
1	Bill Kazmaier	USA United States	10	9	8	10	10	7	9	10	10	6	7	96
2	Geoff Capes	GBR United Kingdom	4	10	10	9	9	4	10	4	4	8	16	88
3	Dave Waddington	USA United States			6		8	9		8.5	8.5	9		72.5
4	Jerry Hannan	USA United States	8	7	5			8			8.5			68
5	Craig Wolfley	USA United States	8		1			6					18	63
6	Keith Bishop	USA United States			7		5	3					20	61.5
7	Stago Piczko	NLD Netherlands	8		9		6	5						59
8	Durwin Piper	USA United States			2			10		8.5				58
9	Joe Zaliezniak	USA United States			4	8		1	8			10		48
10	Bishop Dolegiewicz	CAN Canada		8	3		7	2				7		46

References

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