1976 DUTCH SUPERSTARS

With none of the participants from the 1975 Dutch Supertsars, there would be a new champion. Baseball player Hamilton Richardson surged over the last 30 meters to defeat speed skater Hans van Helden in the 100 meter dash. As expected, van Helden won the cycling easily over 400 emter hurdler Frank Nusse. Nusse then defeated Olympic cycling silver medalist Herman Ponsteen in the table tennis event to grab a share of the lead. van Helden reclaimed the lead by winning the canoeing event over a winding course on a canal. To noone's surprise, Nusse easily won the long jump, outdistancing the competition by more than half a meter. Basketball player Kees Akeboom defeated Ponsteen in the 250 meter roller skating event. Nusse won the gym test easily, his third event win. Richardson remained in contention with a victory by scoring 4 soccer penalties. Nusse claimed another easy victory and wrapped up the overall title in the 50 meter swimming event. The final event was the 600 meter steeplechase. Nusse had already been barred from the 100 meters as his specialty, so he was given a 100 meter handicap over the rest of the field. Nusse caught evenryone and was just out sprinted to the finish line by van Helden.

Vlaardinjen

Competition Dates: N/A

Air Date: November 10, 1976

Announcers: Wim Jesse & Jack van der Voorn.

PLC. NAME, SPORT	100	CYCL	TBLT	CANO	LJ	ROLL	GYM	SCCR	SWIM	600st	TOTAL	MONEY
1. Frank Nusse, 400 Hurdles	-	7	10	0	10	-	10	4	10	7	58	ƒ 5,000
2. Hans van Helden, Speed Skating	7	10	-	10	4	-	7	0	0	10	48	ƒ 4,000
3. Hamilton Richardson, Baseball	10			0	7	-	4	10	4	0	35	ƒ 3,500
4. Kes Akerboom, Basketball	-	0	2	7	1	10	-	2	0	2	24	ƒ 2,500
5. Herman Ponsteen, Cycling	-	-	7	0	0	7	1	0	2	-	17	N/A
6. Bert van der Helm, Table Tennis	4	4	-	2	0	1	-	0	1	4	16	N/A
7. Maarten Sikking, Field Hockey	0	1	4	1	0	0	-	7	-	0	13	N/A
8. James Vrij, Boxing	1				0	4	-		7	0	12	N/A
9. Wil Hartog, Motorcycling	-	2	1	4	0	2	-	1	-	0	10	N/A
10. Aad Mansveld, Soccer	2	0	0	0	2	-	2	-	0	1	7	N/A

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

100 METER DASH

1. Hamilton Richardson	12.3
2. Hans van Helden	12.4
3. Bert van der Helm	12.5
4. Aad Mansveld	12.6
5. James Vrij	12.7
6. Maarten Sikking	13.1

CYCLING - 500 Meters - Race off for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th

1. Hans van Helden	N/A	53.2
2. Frank Nusse	N/A	56.4
3. Bert van der Helm	N/A	57.1
4. Wil Hartog	55.4e	58.5
5. Maarten Sikking	56.3e

TABLE TENNIS

1. Frank Nusse	10
2. Herman Ponsteen	7
3. Maarten Sikking	4
4. Kees Akerboom	2
5. Wil Hartog	1
Sikking d. Akerboom	23-21
Nusse d. Ponsteen	21-17

KAYAKING - 100 Meters

1. Hans van Helden	43.7
2. Kees Akerboom	46.0
3. Wil Hartog	46.5
4. Bert van der Helm	N/A
5. Maarten Sikking	47.9
N/A. Hamilton Richardson	1:36.1
N/A. Aad Mansveld	dnf

LONG JUMP

1. Frank Nusse	6.16
2. Hamilton Richardson	5.65
3. Hans van Helden	5.22
4. Aad Mansveld	5.19
5. Kees Akerboom	5.18
6. Bert van der Helm	5.16
7. Wil Hartog	4.83

ROLLER SKATING - 250 Meters

1. Kees Akerboom	41.5e	38.9e
2. Herman Ponsteen	41.4e	39.5e
3. James Vrij	41.5e	39.9e
4. Wil Hartog	41.4e	41.3e
5. Bert van der Helm	41.5e	41.4e
6. Maarten Sikking	43.7e

GYM TEST - Parallel Bar Dips +Squat Thrusts

1. Frank Nusse	21	N/A	N/A
2. Hans van Helden	12	N/A	N/A
3. Hamilton Richardson	18	N/A	N/A
4. Aad Mansveld	11	N/A	N/A
5. Herman Ponsteen	8	N/A	N/A

SOCCER PENALTIES - 5 shots

1. Hamilton Richardson	4
2. Maarten Sikking	3
3. Frank Nusse	3
4. Kees Akerboom	3
5. Wil HArtog	N/A
N/A. Hans van Helden	2

SWIMMING - Final - 50 Meters

1. Frank Nusse	33.9e
2. James Vrij	37.3e
3. Hamilton Richardson	40.7e
4. Herman Ponsteen	43.4e
5. Bert van der Helm	46.0e
6. Kees Akerboom	48.3e
7. Hans van Helden	50.3e
8. Aad Mansveld	52.2e

600 METER STEEPLECHASE

1. Hans van Helden	1:48.6e
2. Frank Nusse *	1:48.7e
3. Bert van der Helm	N/A
4. Kees Akerboom	N/A
5. Aad Mansveld	2:12.7e
6. Hamilton RIchardson	2:12.8e
7. Maarten Sikking	2:14.8e
8. Wil Hartog	N/A
9. James Vrij	N/A

* - Nusse started with a 100 meter handicap.

e = estimated time

r = Superstars record

N/A = result not available

dnf - did not finish

nm - no mark

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