1983 World's Strongest Man

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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:

Fergus Walk (Farmer's Walk 175 lb. logs for distance in 90 s) – Winner JP Sigmarsson
Steel bar bend – Winner Simon Wulfse (only one to bend 15mm to 8inch distance)
Cheese Deadlift (18" off the floor with straps allowed) Winner Tom Magee 1180 lbs
Truck Pull (10 tons over 35m) – Winner Geoff Capes 43s. The original tractor was replaced because no contestant could move it.
Natural Stone Overhead Press – Winner John Gamble 126 kg
Weight Toss (56 lbs weight over bar throw) – Winner Geoff Capes 15'6"
Wool Bale Hoist (250 lbs) – Winner JP Sigmarsson 9'10.5"
Sack Load (10 sacks each 168 lbs.) – Winner JP Sigmarsson 1:31.7

Final results

#^[1]	Name^[1]	Nationality^[1]	Farmers Walk	Bar Bend	Deadlift	Truck Pull	Stone Press	Weight Toss	Bale Hoist	Sack Load	Pts^[1]
1	Geoff Capes	United Kingdom	7	6	2	8	4.5	8	7	7	49.5
2	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Iceland	8	4	7	1	6.5	5.5	8	8	48
3	Simon Wulfse	Netherlands	6	8	4	7	6.5	5.5	4	6	47
4	Tom Magee	Canada	4	7	8	5	4.5	7	2	1	38.5
5	John Gamble	United States	2	5	5	2	8	1.5	5	4	32.5
6	Chris Okonkwo	Nigeria	5	3	1	6	2.5	4	1	3	25.5
7	Doyle Kenady	United States	1	2	6	4	2.5	1.5	3	4	24
8	Alan Hallberg	New Zealand	3	1	3	3	1	3	6	2	22