The 1981 World's Strongest Man was the fifth edition of

World's Strongest Man The World's Strongest Man is an international Strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of Decembe ...

and was won by

Bill Kazmaier William Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953) is an American former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler. During the 1970s and 1980s, he set numerous powerlifti ...

from the United States. It was his second 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,

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. 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 Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certa ...

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 The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, ...

(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

References

External links

Official site
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