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1986 World's Strongest Man

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Strongman competition in 1986
1986 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates19-21 November 1986
LocationNice
Country France
Athletes participating8
Nations participating8
Champion(s)
Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson
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The 1986 World's Strongest Man was the tenth edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson from Iceland. It was his second title after finishing second the previous year. 1983 and 1985 champion Geoff Capes from the United Kingdom finished second and, Ab Wolders from the Netherlands finished third. The contest was held at Nice, France.

Final results

# Name< Nationality 1.Truck Pull 2.Sack Race 3.Stones of Strength 4.Car Turnover 5.Champagne Hold 6.Tug of War 7.Boat Lift 8.Barrel Loading Pts
1 Jon Pall Sigmarsson Iceland Iceland 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 59
2 Geoff Capes United Kingdom United Kingdom 8 7 7 8 3 8 7 7 55
3 Ab Wolders Netherlands Netherlands 4 5 5 7 4 2 5.5 5 37.5
4 Dan Markovic Canada Canada 3 4 3 5 5 4 4 6 34
5 Jean-Pierre Brulois France France 2 3 2 4 6 5 5.5 4 31.5
6 Klaus Wallas Austria Austria 5 2 4 3 2 6 DNF DNS 22
7 Ilkka Nummisto Finland Finland 6 6 6 DNF 1 DNS DNS DNS 19 (injured)
8 Rick "Grizzly" Brown United States United States 1 1 1 DNF 8 3 DNS DNS 14 (injured)

References

  1. ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

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