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 NationalityLog LiftWeight TossTruck PullEngine RaceKeg LoadBattery HoldBar BendSquatDeadliftCaberSumo Pts 1 Bill Kazmaier United States1098101079101067 96 2 Geoff Capes United Kingdom410109941044816 88 3 Dave Waddington United States6898.58.59 72.5 4 Jerry Hannan United States87588.5 68 5 Craig Wolfley United States81618 63 6 Keith Bishop United States75320 61.5 7 Stago Piczko Netherlands8965 59 8 Durwin Piper United States2108.5 58 9 Joe Zaliezniak United States481810 48 10 Bishop Dolegiewicz Canada83727 46
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