New Zealand's Harold Nelson had been advised not to drink 24 hours before the race, and to eat a dessertspoon of honey in order to soak up all the liquid in his stomach.
The event was won by Canada's Jamie Adjetey-Nelson with 8, 070 points, New Zealand's Brent Newdick took silver after scoring 7, 899 points and Brockman scored 7, 712.