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2004 Britain's Strongest Man

The 2004 Britain's Strongest Man was held on 2004-05-11 in Minehead, England. 10 athletes competed across 7 events were contested.

Date: May 11, 2004
Location: Minehead, England, United Kingdom
Type: Britain's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Richard Gosling
1st Place

Richard Gosling 🇬🇧

Total Points: 56.0

Events (7 total)

  1. 1. Carry & Drag
  2. 2. Fingal's Fingers
  3. 3. Safe Lift
  4. 4. Deadlift
  5. 5. Train Pull
  6. 6. Super Yoke
  7. 7. Atlas Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Richard Gosling 🇬🇧 GBR 56.0
2 Adrian Rollinson 🇬🇧 GBR 54.0
3 Oliver Thompson 🇬🇧 GBR 48.5
4 Eddy Ellwood 🇬🇧 GBR 45.5
5 Andrew Raynes 🇬🇧 GBR 41.0
6 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 GBR 35.0
7 Paul Porteous 🇬🇧 GBR 30.0
8 Rodney Fullerton 🇬🇧 GBR 28.0
9 Brian Turner 🇬🇧 GBR 24.5
10 Spencer Hyland 🇬🇧 GBR 22.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 29.96 s 10.0
2 Richard Gosling 4 in 34.80 s 9.0
3 Eddy Ellwood 4 in 34.90 s 8.0
4 Oliver Thompson 4 in 37.90 s 7.0
5 Andrew Raynes 4 in 38.74 s 6.0
6 Paul Porteous 4 in 39.80 s 5.0
7 Rodney Fullerton 4 in 42.77 s 4.0
8 Mark Felix 4 in 41.12 s 3.0
9 Spencer Hyland 4 in 56.21 s 2.0
10 Brian Turner 2 in 41.71 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Gosling 23.59 s 10.0
2 Mark Felix 24.47 s 9.0
3 Oliver Thompson 24.69 s 8.0
4 Paul Porteous 25.41 s 7.0
5 Eddy Ellwood 26.82 s 6.0
6 Brian Turner 28.34 s 5.0
7 Andrew Raynes 43.34 s 4.0
8 Rodney Fullerton 46.82 s 3.0
9 Spencer Hyland 48.12 s 2.0
10 Adrian Rollinson 23 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddy Ellwood 7 in 32.58 s 10.0
2 Mark Felix 7 in 40.43 s 9.0
3 Oliver Thompson 6 in 31.86 s 8.0
4 Paul Porteous 6 in 32.61 s 7.0
5 Andrew Raynes 6 in 34.95 s 6.0
6 Adrian Rollinson 5 in 29.33 s 5.0
7 Spencer Hyland 4 in 19.61 s 4.0
8 Rodney Fullerton 4 in 20.52 s 3.0
9 Richard Gosling 4 in 21.09 s 2.0
10 Brian Turner 3 in 12.90 s 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adrian Rollinson 4 in 51.17 s 10.0
2 Oliver Thompson 4 in 55.11 s 9.0
3 Richard Gosling 3 in 25.68 s 8.0
4 Brian Turner 3 in 25.87 s 7.0
5 Rodney Fullerton 3 in 29.05 s 6.0
6 Eddy Ellwood 3 in 30.65 s 5.0
7 Mark Felix 3 in 30.85 s 4.0
8 Spencer Hyland 3 in 30.99 s 3.0
9 Andrew Raynes 3 in 49.52 s 2.0
10 Paul Porteous 2 in 20.96 s 1.0

Safe Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrew Raynes 14 reps 10.0
2 Adrian Rollinson 11 reps 9.0
3 Richard Gosling 10 reps 8.0
4 Oliver Thompson 9 reps 6.5
4 Brian Turner 9 reps 6.5
6 Eddy Ellwood 8 reps 4.5
6 Spencer Hyland 8 reps 4.5
8 Mark Felix 7 reps 2.0
8 Paul Porteous 7 reps 2.0
8 Rodney Fullerton 7 reps 2.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Gosling 13.27 s 10.0
2 Adrian Rollinson 15.03 s 9.0
3 Eddy Ellwood 16.50 s 8.0
4 Rodney Fullerton 23.90 s 7.0
5 Mark Felix 26.51 s 6.0
6 Andrew Raynes 32.69 s 5.0
7 Oliver Thompson 33.63 s 4.0
8 Brian Turner 58.29 s 3.0
9 Spencer Hyland 61.72 s 2.0
10 Paul Porteous 16.3 m 1.0

Train Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Adrian Rollinson 40.37 s 10.0
2 Richard Gosling 40.93 s 9.0
3 Andrew Raynes 41.40 s 8.0
4 Paul Porteous 43.25 s 7.0
5 Oliver Thompson 43.41 s 6.0
6 Spencer Hyland 43.50 s 5.0
7 Eddy Ellwood 44.87 s 4.0
8 Rodney Fullerton 45.51 s 3.0
9 Mark Felix 51.90 s 2.0
10 Brian Turner 58.12 s 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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