Pure Strength

The first year of the event was known as "Pure Strength Challenge" and it was a single man competition featuring only Bill Kazmaier, Geoff Capes and Jón Páll Sigmarsson. The event was held at Huntly Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Jón Páll won 8 out of 10 events to become the 1987 champion. In 1988, the event became a 2-man team competition held at Allington Castle in Allington, Kent England. The teams were from the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Australia. Team USA would eventually win in 1988, with team members Bill Kazmaier and Stuart Thompson. In 1989, Team Iceland claimed victory with team members Hjalti Árnason and Magnús Ver Magnússon. Kazmaier would win again in 1990 for Team USA along with teammate O.D. Wilson.[2]

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place	Location
Pure Strength '87	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Bill Kazmaier	Geoff Capes	Huntly Castle Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Pure Strength II 1988	Bill Kazmaier Stuart Thompson	Jamie Reeves Mark Higgins	Ab Wolders Tjalling van den Bosch	Allington Castle Kent, England
Pure Strength III 1989	Hjalti Árnason Magnús Ver Magnússon	Bill Kazmaier O.D. Wilson	Jamie Reeves Mark Higgins	Stirling Castle Stirling, Scotland
Pure Strength IV 1990	Bill Kazmaier O.D. Wilson	Hjalti Árnason Magnús Ver Magnússon	Tjalling van den Bosch Ted van der Parre	England

• All results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html

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  Huntly Castle was the location for Pure Strength '87
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  Allington Castle was the location for Pure Strength II in 1988
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  Stirling Castle was the setting for Pure Strength III in 1989