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2003 Britain's Strongest Man

The 2003 Britain's Strongest Man was held on 2003-05-13 in Scarborough, England. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: May 13, 2003
Location: Scarborough, England, United Kingdom
Type: Britain's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Richard Gosling
1st Place

Richard Gosling 🇬🇧

Total Points: 62.0

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Richard Gosling 🇬🇧 GBR 62.0
2 Gregor Edmunds 🇬🇧 GBR 51.0
3 Glenn Ross 🇬🇧 GBR 50.0
4 Eddy Ellwood 🇬🇧 GBR 49.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 🇬🇧 GBR 45.0
6 Bill Pittuck 🇬🇧 GBR 39.0
7 Forbes Cowan 🇬🇧 GBR 36.0
8 Carl Broomfield 🇬🇧 GBR 21.0
9 Paul Porteous 🇬🇧 GBR 18.0
10 Dean Bolt 🇬🇧 GBR 14.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gregor Edmunds 5 in 31.58 s 10.0
2 Eddy Ellwood 4 in 31.54 s 9.0
3 Richard Gosling 4 in 31.93 s 8.0
4 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 33.37 s 7.0
5 Glenn Ross 4 in 41.77 s 6.0
6 Forbes Cowan 4 in 42.90 s 5.0
7 Bill Pittuck 4 in 47.30 s 4.0
8 Carl Broomfield 4 in 61.74 s 3.0
9 Paul Porteous 3 in 29.07 s 2.0
10 Dean Bolt 3 in 40.44 s 1.0

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gregor Edmunds 35.59 s 10.0
2 Richard Gosling 36.00 s 9.0
3 Glenn Ross 39.78 s 8.0
4 Forbes Cowan 40.65 s 7.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 40.84 s 6.0
6 Eddy Ellwood 44.68 s 5.0
7 Bill Pittuck 45.43 s 4.0
8 Carl Broomfield 51.50 s 3.0
9 Dean Bolt 52.78 s 2.0
10 Paul Porteous 59.21 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 7 in 38.13 s 10.0
2 Eddy Ellwood 7 in 43.07 s 9.0
3 Bill Pittuck 6 in 43.47 s 8.0
4 Richard Gosling 5 in 35.10 s 7.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 23.03 s 6.0
6 Dean Bolt 4 in 28.41 s 5.0
7 Carl Broomfield 4 in 28.69 s 4.0
8 Paul Porteous 4 in 28.74 s 3.0
9 Gregor Edmunds 2 in 10.22 s 2.0
10 Forbes Cowan 2 in 17.75 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Gosling 33.49 s 10.0
2 Bill Pittuck 34.15 s 9.0
3 Adrian Rollinson 46.08 s 8.0
4 Gregor Edmunds 47.03 s 7.0
5 Eddy Ellwood 65.00 s 6.0
6 Forbes Cowan 65.3 m 5.0
7 Carl Broomfield 53.55 m 4.0
8 Paul Porteous 50.55 m 3.0
9 Glenn Ross 50 m 2.0
10 Dean Bolt 48.3 m 1.0

Flip & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gregor Edmunds 30.28 s 10.0
2 Richard Gosling 31.77 s 9.0
3 Forbes Cowan 36.37 s 8.0
4 Eddy Ellwood 36.50 s 7.0
5 Adrian Rollinson 36.60 s 6.0
6 Glenn Ross 40.17 s 5.0
7 Carl Broomfield 42.53 s 4.0
8 Paul Porteous 45.40 s 3.0
9 Dean Bolt 48.92 s 2.0
10 Bill Pittuck 51.04 s 1.0

Log Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Glenn Ross 4 in 40.17 s 10.0
2 Richard Gosling 2 in 14.65 s 9.0
3 Gregor Edmunds 2 in 17.59 s 8.0
4 Bill Pittuck 2 in 17.96 s 7.0
5 Eddy Ellwood 2 in 19.67 s 6.0
6 Forbes Cowan 2 in 19.92 s 5.0
7 Adrian Rollinson 2 in 27.01 s 4.0
8 Paul Porteous 2 in 29.37 s 3.0
9 Carl Broomfield 1 in 6.17 s 2.0
10 Dean Bolt 1 in 11.52 s 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Gosling 23.28 s 10.0
2 Glenn Ross 31.41 s 9.0
3 Adrian Rollinson 31.56 s 8.0
4 Eddy Ellwood 34.08 s 7.0
5 Bill Pittuck 19.4 m 6.0
6 Forbes Cowan 18.08 m 5.0
7 Gregor Edmunds 14.38 m 4.0
8 Paul Porteous 5.1 m 3.0
9 Dean Bolt 4.2 m 2.0
10 Carl Broomfield 1.8 m 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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