1980 U.K. FINAL

Defending champion Brian Jacks had not competed since the 1979 European Superstars, held out of the 1979 World Superstars with a bout of the shingles and missing the U.K. heats due to injury. However, the defending champion showed up fit and prepared to hold off the challenege of decathlete Daley Thompson. Thompson, had won his heat. This competition was filmed in late 1979 and broadcast in February 1980, before Thompson's Olympic victory in Moscow. Jacks won the first two events, canoeing and cycling, while Thompsons could only muster a third and tie for fourth. Sherwood edged Thompson in basketball to move into second place. The weightlifting was an epic battle between Jacks and Thompson. Both men bettered the record of Kjell Isaksson, who had lifted 34.4 kilograms over body weight. Thompson outweighed Jacks by 1.3 kilos waited until Jacks failed to take one final lift to win the event. Jacks went as high as 120 kilograms, 36.8 above body weight. Thompson attempted 122.5 kilograms and lifted it with ease, setting a new record of 38 kilograms over body weight. Up next was the gym test, Jacks' domain. Thompson moved into the lead with 46 parallel bar dips in one minute. Brian Jacks finished eating an orange and completed 80 dips in one minute. Sherwood did the most squat thrusts at 86 to move past Thompson and take a second place to Jacks in the gym test. After five of nine events, Jacks had 41 points with Sherwood at 27 and Thompson at 26 1/2. Welsh rugby international J.J. Williams, who had run at the 1970 Commonwealth Games, easily defeated Sherwood in the 100 meters. Actually, Sherwood had made the decision to relinquish his amateur status prior to the 100 meters in order to give himself a chance to maximize his points. However, Williams was still too much for Sherwood to handle. Actually, Sherwood barely edged basketball player Steve Assinder for second place. When boxer Alan Minter won the pistol shooting with Jacks second, the judoka wrapped up his second straight U.K. title.

Cwmbran, Wales

Competition Dates: N/A

Air Dates: February 1, 1980

Announcers: David Vine & Ron Pickering.


PLC. NAME, SPORT

CANO

CYCL

BSKT

WL

GYM

100M

SHOT

SWIM

600st

TOTAL

MONEY

1. Brian Jacks, Judo
10
10
4
7
10
-
7
4
-

52

£2,500

2. John Sherwood, 400 Hurdles
2
4
10
4
7
7
0
-
-

34

£2,000

3. Daley Thompson, Decathlon
4
1 1/2
7
10
4
-
4
2
-

32 1/2

£1,500

4. Steve Assinder, Basketball
1
7
-
2
-
4
2
7
7

30

£1,000

5. J.J. Williams, Rugby
-
0
1
1
1
10
0
-
10

23

£0

6. Danny Nightingale, Modern Pentathlon
7
1 1/2
2
0
0
1
-
10
-

21 1/2

£0

7. Alan Minter, Boxing
0
-
0
-
2
0
10
1
4

17

£0

8. Geoff Hurst, Soccer
0
0
0
-
-
2
1
0
2

5

£0

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INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

KAYAKING - 125 METERS

1. Brian Jacks
39.5
36.7e
2. Danny Nightingale
41.4
41.0e
3. Daley Thompson
41.2
41.1e
4. John Sherwood
41.9
44.3e
5. Steve Assinder
42.6
6. Alan Minter
44.1
7. Geoff Hurst
1:10.8

CYCLING - 400 Meters

1. Brian Jacks
33.3
32.5e
2. Steve Assinder
33.4
32.6e
3. John Sherwood
34.0
 
4. Danny Nightingale
34.2
 
4. Daley Thompson
34.2
 
6. J.J. Williams
37.1
 
7. Geoff Hurst
37.3
 

BASKETBALL - 5 shots with dribbling through cones

1. John Sherwood
5
36.3
2. Daley Thompson
5
37.7
3. Brian Jacks
5
39.5
4. Danny Nightingale
5
41.1
5. J.J. Williams
5
44.4
N/A. Geoff Hurst
N/A
N/A
N/A. Alan Minter
N/A
N/A

WEIGHTLIFTING - Body Weight, Weight Lifted, Standings based on weight lifted over body weight

1. Daley Thompson
84.5
122.5
+38.0 r
2. Brian Jacks
83.2
120.0
+36.8
3. John Sherwood
79.5
90.0
+10.5
4. Steve Assinder
87.7
92.5
+4.8
5. J.J. Williams
71.4
70.0
-1.4
6. Danny Nightingale
67.7
65.0
-2.7

GYM TEST - Parallel Bars Dips + Squat Thrusts

1. Brian Jacks
80 r
73
153 r
2. John Sherwood
38
86
124
3. Daley Thompson
46
73
119
4. Alan Minter
29
80
109
5. J.J. Williams
25
78
103
6. Danny Nightingale
26
66
92

100 METER DASH - Final

1. J.J. Williams
12.0e
2. John Sherwood
12.3e
3. Steve Assinder
12.3e
4. Geoff Hurst
13.1e
5. Danny Nightingale
13.2e
6. Alan Minter
14.3e

PISTOL SHOOTING - 5 shots

1. Alan Minter
35
2. Brian Jacks
34
3. Daley Thompson
32
4. Steve Assinder
27
5. Geoff Hurst
25
N/A. John Sherwood
N/A
N/A. J.J. Williams
N/A

SWIMMING - 50 Meters - Final

1. Danny Nightingale
N/A
2. Steve Assinder
N/A
3. Brian Jacks
N/A
4. Daley Thompson
N/A
5. Alan Minter
N/A
6. Geoff Hurst
N/A

600 METER STEEPLECHASE

1. J.J. Williams
1:47.6e
2. Steve Assinder
1:49.0e
3. Alan Minter
2:00.1e
4. Geoff Hurst
N/A

e = estimated time

r = Superstars record

N/A = result not available

dnf - did not finish

nm - no mark

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