1988 World's Strongest Man

1988 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates1988
LocationBudapest
Country Hungary
Athletes participating8
Nations participating8
Champion(s)
Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson

The 1988 World's Strongest Man was the 11th edition (because there was no contest in 1987) of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson from Iceland. It was his third title. 1980, 1981 and 1982 winner Bill Kazmaier from the United States finished second, and Jamie Reeves from the United Kingdom finished third. The contest was held at Budapest, Hungary.[1]

Final results

# Name Nationality Loading Race Ox-cart Dead Lift Truck Pull Log Lift Forward Hold Sack Race High Throw Atlas Stones Pts
1 Jón Páll Sigmarsson Iceland Iceland 8 5 8 6 6 7 8 8 56
2 Bill Kazmaier United States United States 5 8 7 8 5 8 3 7 51
3 Jamie Reeves United Kingdom United Kingdom 4 6.5 6 7 8 5 7 4 47.5
4 Ab Wolders Netherlands Netherlands 7 3 5 4.5 7 4 6 5 41.5
5 Ilkka Nummisto Finland Finland 6 6.5 4 2.5 4 6 5 6 40
6 Joe Quigley Australia Australia 2 3 3 2.5 3 3 4 3 23.5
7 Jean-Pierre Brulois France France 1 3 2 4.5 1 1 2 1 15.5
8 László Fekete Hungary Hungary 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 11

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References

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