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1983 Europe's Strongest Man

The 1983 Europe's Strongest Man was held. 8 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: Date unknown
Location: Location unknown
Type: Europe's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Siem Wulfse
1st Place

Siem Wulfse 🇳🇱

Total Points: 54.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Boat Pull
  2. 2. Deadlift
  3. 3. Car Flip
  4. 4. Crucifix Hold
  5. 5. Bar Bend
  6. 6. Loading Race
  7. 7. Max Log Lift
  8. 8. Tug of War

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Siem Wulfse 🇳🇱 NED 54.0
2 Geoff Capes 🇬🇧 GBR 53.0
3 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 🇮🇸 ISL 45.0
4 Cees de Vreugd 🇳🇱 NED 33.5
5 Jack Hynd 🇬🇧 GBR 28.0
6 Franz Bierbaum 🇦🇹 AUT 27.0
7 Heinz Stettler 🇨🇭 SUI 22.5
8 Leif Wigholm 🇸🇪 SWE 17.0

Event-by-Event Results

Bar Bend

# Athlete Result Points
1 Geoff Capes - 8.0
2 Siem Wulfse - 7.0
3 Jón Páll Sigmarsson - 6.0
4 Leif Wigholm - 5.0
5 Cees de Vreugd - 3.5
5 Heinz Stettler - 3.5
7 Franz Bierbaum - 2.0
8 Jack Hynd - 1.0

Boat Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Siem Wulfse 39.34 s 8.0
2 Geoff Capes 39.56 s 7.0
3 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 42.10 s 6.0
4 Cees de Vreugd 61.20 s 5.0
5 Jack Hynd 77.17 s 4.0
6 Heinz Stettler DNF 3.0
7 Leif Wigholm DNF 2.0
8 Franz Bierbaum DNF 1.0

Car Flip

# Athlete Result Points
1 Geoff Capes 1 in 7.92 s 8.0
2 Cees de Vreugd 1 car 7.0
3 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 1 in 8.20 s 6.0
4 Siem Wulfse 1 car 5.0
5 Jack Hynd 1 car 4.0
6 Heinz Stettler 1 car 3.0
7 Franz Bierbaum 1 car 2.0
8 Leif Wigholm 1 car 1.0

Crucifix Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Cees de Vreugd 41.60 s 8.0
2 Siem Wulfse 36.30 s 7.0
3 Jón Páll Sigmarsson - 6.0
4 Geoff Capes 27.00 s 5.0
5 Franz Bierbaum - 4.0
6 Heinz Stettler - 3.0
7 Leif Wigholm - 2.0
8 Jack Hynd - 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Cees de Vreugd 390 kg 8.0
2 Leif Wigholm - 7.0
3 Siem Wulfse 375 kg 6.0
4 Jón Páll Sigmarsson - 5.0
5 Jack Hynd - 4.0
6 Geoff Capes 280 kg 3.0
7 Franz Bierbaum - 2.0
- Heinz Stettler (No Lift) 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Geoff Capes 10 in 83.69 s 8.0
2 Siem Wulfse 10 in 117.25 s 7.0
3 Jack Hynd 10 implements 6.0
4 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 10 in 137.50 s 5.0
5 Franz Bierbaum 7 implements 4.0
6 Heinz Stettler 6 implements 3.0
7 Cees de Vreugd 1 implement 2.0
- Leif Wigholm (Withdrew) 0.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Siem Wulfse 135 kg 8.0
2 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 130 kg 7.0
3 Geoff Capes 125 kg 6.0
4 Franz Bierbaum 120 kg 5.0
5 Heinz Stettler - 4.0
6 Jack Hynd - 3.0
- Cees de Vreugd (Withdrew) 0.0
- Leif Wigholm (Withdrew) 0.0

Tug of War

# Athlete Result Points
1 Geoff Capes - 8.0
2 Franz Bierbaum - 7.0
3 Siem Wulfse - 6.0
4 Jack Hynd - 5.0
5 Jón Páll Sigmarsson - 4.0
6 Heinz Stettler - 3.0
- Cees de Vreugd (Withdrew) 0.0
- Leif Wigholm (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: February 22, 2026

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