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.
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.