1976 U.K. NATIONAL SUPERSTARS
David Hemery recaptured his U.K. Superstars crown with ease, winning four events outright an tying for first in another. Kayaking made its Superstars debut and John Conteh, Malcolm MacDonald and Stan Bowles all capsized. Bowles provided a moment of terror and hilarity. During the pistol shooting event, Bowles took his first shot with the .38 caliber pistol and then rested the tip of the pistol on the table in front of him. Suddenly, the other competitors ducked for cover as another shot was heard and Bowles looked down at the hole in the table in front of him. When the fright subsided, the other competitors erupted in fits of laughter. While Hemery was running away with the event, he had spent a good deal of training time on the gym tests. Now with the medicine ball eliminated, the dips and squat thrusts were the only two parts of the test. Hemery went early and completed 38 dips. Judoka David Starbrook moved past John Conteh's 30 dips and as he approached Hemery's total he began to slow, struggling through 35, 36, 37 dips. He ties hemery at 38 and straightens his arms, looks around as Hemery stares on. Starbrook winked at Hemery, took of on a quick pace and completed 49 dips. Hemery had the most squats to share first place in the gym tests and help him easily win the title for a second time.
Aldershot, England
Competition Dates: N/A
Air Date: N/A
Announcer: David Vine and Ron Pickering.
| PLC. NAME, SPORT |
100 |
KAYAK |
WL |
SHOOT |
SWIM |
CYCL |
TEN |
GYM |
SCCR |
600st |
TOTAL |
MONEY |
| 1. David Hemery, 400 Hurdles | x |
10 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
8 1/2 |
0 |
x |
55 1/2 |
£2,500 |
| 2. John Conteh, Boxing | 1 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
x |
4 |
x |
4 |
2 |
2 |
29 |
£1,500 |
| 3. James Hunt, Auto Racing | 0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
x |
7 |
4 |
x |
4 |
7 |
28 |
£1,000 |
| 4. Gareth Edwards, Rugby | x |
1 |
10 |
1 |
x |
0 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
24 |
£750 |
| 5. David Duckham, Rugby | 7 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
x |
0 |
x |
2 |
0 |
10 |
23 |
|
| 6. David Starbrook, Judo | 4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
x |
8 1/2 |
0 |
x |
21 1/2 |
|
| 7. Jonah Barrington, Squash | x |
0 |
0 |
0 |
x |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
18 |
|
| 8. Malcolm MacDonald, Soccer | 10 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
x |
2 |
0 |
0 |
x |
0 |
16 |
|
| 8. J.P.R. Williams, Rugby | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
x |
16 |
|
| 10. Stan Bowles, Soccer | 2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
x |
x |
0 |
7 |
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
100 METER DASH
| 1. Malcolm MacDonald |
11.0 |
| 2. David Duckham |
12.1 |
| 3. David Starbrook |
12.5 |
| 4. Stan Bowles |
12.6 |
| 5. John Conteh |
12.8 |
| 6. James Hunt | 13.0 |
KAYAKING - 125 Meters
| 1. David Hemery | 50.1 |
49.3 |
| 2. John Conteh | 55.0 |
52.0 |
| 3. James Hunt | 55.4 |
53.4 |
| 4. David Starbrook | 50.4 |
53.8 |
| 5. Gareth Edwards | 55.0 |
|
| 6. J.P.R. Williams | 58.1 |
|
| 7. Jonah Barrington | 66.4 |
|
| 8. Stan Bowles | dnf |
|
| 8. Malcolm MacDonald | dnf |
WEIGHT LIFTING - Body weight, weight lifted, score is weight above body weight (kg.)
| 1. Gareth Edwards |
79.3 |
100.0 |
20.7 |
| 2. David Hemery |
73.9 |
92.5 |
18.6 |
| 3. Malcolm MacDonald |
83.4 |
97.5 |
14.1 |
| 4. John Conteh |
82.1 |
95.0 |
12.9 |
| 5. J.P.R. Williams |
87.9 |
90.0 |
2.1 |
| 6. David Duckham | 90.7 |
92.5 |
1.8 |
| 7. Jonah Barrington | 68.4 |
70.0 |
1.6 |
| 8. David Starbrook | 91.1 |
92.5 |
1.4 |
| 9. Stan Bowles | 72.5 |
65.0 |
-7.5 |
| 10. James Hunt | 78.4 |
60.0 |
-18.4 |
SHOOTING - 15 meter range, .38 caliber, 5 shots
| 1. David Hemery |
46 |
49 |
| 2. John Conteh |
46 |
45 |
| 3. David Duckham |
46 |
43 |
| 4. James Hunt |
46 |
35 |
| 5. Gareth Edwards |
42 |
|
| 6. Malcolm MacDonald | 41 |
|
| 6. J.P.R. Williams | 41 |
|
| 8. David Starbrook | 31 |
|
| 9. Jonah Barrington | 29 |
|
| 10. Stan Bowles | 20 |
SWIMMING - 66 2/3 Yards
| 1. David Hemery |
42.0 |
| 2. David Starbrook |
48.1 |
| 3. Stan Bowles |
52.1 |
| 4. J.P.R. Williams |
52.2 |
CYCLING - 500 Meters - ride-off for 1st/2nd & 3rd/4th places
| 1. David Hemery | 46.4 |
47.5 |
| 2. James Hunt | 45.7 |
47.6 |
| 3. John Conteh | 46.3 |
43.5 |
| 4. Malcolm MacDonald | 46.1 |
43.9 |
| 5. J.P.R. Williams | 46.9 |
|
| 6. Jonah Barrington | 47.9 |
|
| 7. David Duckham | 48.4 |
|
| 7. David Starbrook | 48.4 |
|
| 9. Stan Bowles | 48.8 |
|
| 10. Gareth Edwards | 50.1 |
TENNIS
| 1. J.P.R. Williams | 10 |
| 2. Jonah Barrington | 7 |
| 3. James Hunt | 4 |
| 4. Gareth Edwards | 2 |
| 5. Stan Bowles | 1 |
| 6. Malcolm MacDonald | 0 |
| 7. David Hemery | 0 |
| Hunt d. MacDonald | 15-3 |
| Barrington d. Bowles | 15-12 |
| Williams d. Hemery | 15-2 |
| Barrington d. Hunt | 15-13 |
| Williams d. Edwards | 15-2 |
| Hunt d. Edwards | 15-11 |
| Williams d. Barrington | 15-4 |
GYM TEST - parallel bars dips, squat thrusts, points based on standing (8 for 1st to 1 for last)
| 1. David Hemery | 38 (2) |
76 (1) |
15 |
| 2. David Starbrook | 49 (1) |
74 (2) |
15 |
| 3. John Conteh | 30 (3) |
70 (5) |
10 |
| 4. David Duckham | 27 (=4) |
71 (4) |
9.5 |
| 5. J.P.R. Williams | 12 (8) |
73 (3) |
7 |
| 6. Gareth Edwards | 27 (=4) |
56 (8) |
5.5 |
| 7. Jonah Barrington | 21 (6) |
66 (7) |
4 |
| 7. Malcolm MacDonald | 17 (7) |
67 (6) |
4 |
SOCCER TEST - slalom dribbling 3 shots vs. Ian Turner
| 1. Gareth Edwards |
2 |
1:13.4 |
| 2. Jonah Barrington |
2 |
1:17.0 |
| 3. James Hunt |
2 |
1:20.0 |
| 4. John Conteh |
2 |
1:20.8 |
| 5. J.P.R. Williams |
1 |
1:12.5 |
| 6. David Starbrook | 1 |
1:16.0 |
| 7. David Hemery | 1 |
1:18.2 |
| 8. David Duckham | 0 |
1:20.2 |
600 METER STEEPLECHASE
| 1. David Duckham |
1:40.8 |
| 2. James Hunt |
1:41.8 |
| 3. Jonah Barrington |
1:41.9 |
| 4. John Conteh |
1:46.0 |
| 5. Gareth Edwards |
1:46.8 |
| 6. Stan Bowles | 1:50.7 |
| 7. Malcolm MacDonald | 1:57.7 |
e = estimated time
r = Superstars record
N/A = result not available
dnf - did not finish
nm - no mark