1976 EUROPEAN HEAT 5 - FRENCH HEAT
The final heat of the 1976 European Superstars took place over a very rainy two days in Vichy, France. As Welsh rugby star Gareth Edwards quipped, "I've heard of Vichy water but this is ridiculous." The rain caused the soccer competition to be limited to the slalom test. With double Olympic silver medalist Ivo Van Damme prohibited from the 600 meter steeplechase as he was an 800 meter runner there were three men battling to take the victory. After nine events, Van Damme lead with 44 points, followed by Swedish tennis great Bjorn Borg with 43, Edwards with 38 1/2 and Olympic 110 meter hurdles champion Guy Drut with 38. Borg edged Drut in the steeplechase to take the overall title. However, the win was so unexpected, even to himself that Borg was scheduled for a tennis tournament and could not attend the European finals.
Vichy, FRA
Competition Dates: N/A.
Air Date: N/A.
Announcer: David Vine & Ron Pickering.
PLC. NAME, NAT, SPORT |
100m | SCCR | KAYAK | WL | TBLT | SWIM | SHOT | GYM | CYCL | 600st | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Bjorn Borg, SWE, Tennis | 7 |
10 |
10 |
- |
10 |
- |
2 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
53 |
$5,000 |
| 2. Guy Drut, FRA, 110 Hurdles | - |
4 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
- |
7 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
45 |
$3,000 |
| 3. Ivo Van Damme, BEL, 800 Meters | 10 |
7 |
1 |
- |
4 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
- |
44 |
$2,000 |
| 4. Gareth Edwards, GBR, Rugby | 4 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
- |
4 |
8 1/2 |
- |
4 |
42 1/2 |
$1,500 |
| 5. Hennie Kuiper, NED - Cycling | - |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
8 1/2 |
- |
2 |
25 1/2 |
|
| 6. Guiseppe Martinelli, ITA - Cycling | 2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
- |
1 |
15 |
|
| 7. Bruno Arcari, ITA - Boxing | 0 |
0 |
- |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
- |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
| 8. Raymond Poulidor, FRA - Cycling | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
- |
0 |
1 |
- |
0 |
3 |
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
100 METER DASH - heat 1
| 1. Bjorn Borg | 12.3 |
| 2. Gareth Edwards | 12.6 |
| 3. Bruno Arcari | 22.3 |
100 METER DASH - heat 2
| 1. Ivo Van Damme | 14.9 |
| 2. Guiseppe Martinelli | 15.2 |
| 3. Raymond Poulidor | 15.2 |
100 METER DASH - Final
| 1. Ivo Van Damme | N/A |
| 2. Bjorn Borg | N/A |
| 3. Gareth Edwards | N/A |
| 4. Guiseppe Martinelli | N/A |
SOCCER SKILLS - Slalom with 3 shots vs. Ivan Curkovic, YUG
| 1. Bjorn Borg | 2 |
37.2 |
| 2. Ivo Van Damme | 2 |
39.4 |
| 3. Guy Drut | 2 |
41.8 |
| 4. Guiseppe Martinelli | 2 |
54.0 |
| 5. Gareth Edwards | 1 |
42.0 |
| 6. Raymond Poulidor | 1 |
52.0 |
| 7. Bruno Arcari | 1 |
53.5 |
| 8. Hennie Kuiper | 0 |
46.2 |
KAYAKING - 115 METERS
| 1. Bjorn Borg | 33.15 |
| 2. Guy Drut | 34.06 |
| 3. Gareth Edwards | 37.04 |
| 4. Hennie Kuiper | 37.20 |
| 5. Ivo Van Damme | 42.17 |
| 6. Raymond Poulidor | 58.66 |
WEIGHTLIFTING - Body Weight, Weight Lifted, Standings based on weight lifted over body weight
| 1. Gareth Edwards | 79.6 |
105.0 |
25.4 |
| 2. Guy Drut | 78.3 |
100.0 |
21.7 |
| 3. Bruno Arcari | 82.3 |
72.5 |
-9.8 |
| 4. Guiseppe Martinelli | 66.6 |
55.0 |
-11.6 |
| 5. Raymond Poulidor | 73.0 |
55.0 |
-18.0 |
| 6. Hennie Kuiper | 70.6 |
50.0 |
-20.6 |
TABLE TENNIS
| 1. Bjorn Borg | 10 |
| 2. Gareth Edwards | 7 |
| 3. Ivo Van Damme | 4 |
| 4. Guy Drut | 2 |
| 5. Hennie Kuiper | 1 |
| 6. Raymond Poulidor | 0 |
| 7. Bruno Arcari | 0 |
| 8. Guiseppe Martinelli | 0 |
| Edwards d. Arcari | 21-6 |
| Van Damme d. Martinelli | 21-5 |
| Borg d. Poulidor | 21-11 |
| Drut d. Kuiper | 21-12 |
| Edwards d. Van Damme | 21-18 |
| Borg d. Drut | 21-8 |
| Van Damme d. Drut | 21-14 |
| Borg d. Edwards | 21-4 |
SWIMMING - 66 Meters
| 1. Ivo Van Damme | 1:02.64 |
| 2. Guiseppe Martinelli | 1:05.37 |
| 3. Bruno Arcari | 1:06.75 |
| 4. Hennie Kuiper | 1:29.29 |
PISTOL SHOOTING - 9MM FN-Browning @ 15 meters - 5 shots
| 1. Hennie Kuiper | 46 |
47 |
| 2. Guy Drut | 46 |
45 |
| 3. Gareth Edwards | 40 |
|
| 4. Bjorn Borg | 39 |
|
| 5. Guiseppe Martinelli | 37 |
|
| 6. Ivo Van Damme | 28 |
|
| 7. Bruno Arcari | 13 |
|
| 8. Raymond Poulidor | 0 |
GYM TEST - Parallel Bar Dips, Squat Thrusts - Total based on points (7 for 1st to 1 for last)
| 1. Gareth Edwards | (2) 24 |
(2) 73 |
12 |
| 1. Hennie Kuiper | (3) 16 |
(1) 82 |
12 |
| 3. Guy Drut | (1) 30 |
(=3) 69 |
11.5 |
| 4. Ivo Van Damme | (5) 11 |
(=3) 69 |
7.5 |
| 5. Raymond Poulidor | (4) 14 |
(7) 60 |
5 |
| 6. Bjorn Borg | (6) 8 |
(6) 61 |
4 |
| 6. Guiseppe Martinelli | (7) 6 |
(5) 67 |
4 |
CYCLING - 500 Meter Heats - 1000 Meter Final
| 1. Ivo Van Damme | 43.20 |
1:37.4 |
| 2. Guy Drut | 43.00 |
1:42.0 |
| 3. Bjorn Borg | 51.4 |
|
| 4. Bruno Arcari | 1:06.4 |
600 METER STEEPLECHASE
| 1. Bjorn Borg | 1:51.0 |
| 2. Guy Drut | 1:53.8 |
| 3. Gareth Edwards | 1:57.6 |
| 4. Hennie Kuiper | 2:02.4 |
| 5. Guiseppe Martinelli | 2:17.5 |
| 6. Raymond Poulidor | 2:23.0 |
| 7. Bruno Arcari | dnf |
e = estimated time
r = Superstars record
N/A = result not available
dnf - did not finish
nm - no mark