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1982 Britain's Strongest Man

The 1982 Britain's Strongest Man was held. 8 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: Date unknown
Location: Location unknown
Type: Britain's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Richard Slaney
1st Place

Richard Slaney 🇬🇧

Total Points: 47.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Train Pull
  2. 2. Loading Race
  3. 3. Dinnie Stone
  4. 4. Bar Bend
  5. 5. Dumbbell Press
  6. 6. Arm Wrestling
  7. 7. Front Hold
  8. 8. Wrestling

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Richard Slaney 🇬🇧 GBR 47.0
2 Hamish Davidson 🇬🇧 GBR 41.0
3 Errol Carnegie 🇬🇧 GBR 40.0
3 Andy Drzewiecki 🇬🇧 GBR 40.0
3 Peter Welch 🇬🇧 GBR 40.0
6 Sulby Prince 🇬🇧 GBR 34.0
7 Alan Taylor 🇬🇧 GBR 19.0
8 John Sedge 🇬🇧 GBR 18.0

Event-by-Event Results

Arm Wrestling

# Athlete Result Points
1 Peter Welch - 8.0
2 Errol Carnegie - 7.0
3 Richard Slaney - 6.0
3 Hamish Davidson - 6.0
5 Andy Drzewiecki - 4.0
5 Sulby Prince - 4.0
7 John Sedge - 2.0
8 Alan Taylor - 1.0

Bar Bend

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Slaney - 8.0
2 Hamish Davidson - 7.0
3 Peter Welch - 6.0
4 Errol Carnegie - 5.0
5 Andy Drzewiecki - 4.0
6 Sulby Prince - 3.0
7 John Sedge - 2.0
8 Alan Taylor - 1.0

Dinnie Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Slaney 14.80 s 8.0
2 Errol Carnegie 18.20 s 7.0
3 Peter Welch 21.50 s 6.0
4 Sulby Prince 14.79 m 5.0
5 Alan Taylor 9.7 m 4.0
6 Hamish Davidson 6.62 m 3.0
7 Andy Drzewiecki 4.14 m 2.0
8 John Sedge 4.1 m 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Sulby Prince 45 reps 8.0
2 Andy Drzewiecki 36 reps 7.0
3 Richard Slaney 25 reps 6.0
4 Hamish Davidson 24 reps 5.0
5 Peter Welch - 4.0
6 Errol Carnegie - 3.0
7 Alan Taylor - 2.0
8 John Sedge - 1.0

Front Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andy Drzewiecki 45.00 s 8.0
2 Peter Welch 32.40 s 7.0
3 Errol Carnegie 32.30 s 6.0
4 Richard Slaney 31.70 s 5.0
5 Sulby Prince 30.60 s 4.0
6 Hamish Davidson 29.50 s 3.0
7 Alan Taylor 15.60 s 2.0
8 John Sedge 13.10 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Slaney 42.30 s 8.0
2 Andy Drzewiecki 43.40 s 7.0
3 Peter Welch 48.90 s 6.0
4 Sulby Prince 49.90 s 5.0
5 Hamish Davidson 52.20 s 4.0
6 Errol Carnegie 55.50 s 3.0
7 John Sedge 60.90 s 2.0
8 Alan Taylor - 1.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hamish Davidson 40.50 s 8.0
2 Alan Taylor 51.40 s 7.0
3 Richard Slaney - 4.0
4 Errol Carnegie - 3.0
5 John Sedge - 2.0
6 Sulby Prince - 1.0
- Andy Drzewiecki - 0.0
- Peter Welch - 0.0

Wrestling

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andy Drzewiecki - 8.0
2 John Sedge - 7.0
3 Errol Carnegie - 6.0
4 Hamish Davidson - 5.0
5 Sulby Prince - 4.0
6 Peter Welch - 3.0
7 Richard Slaney - 2.0
8 Alan Taylor - 1.0
Last updated: February 22, 2026

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