1980 WORLD SUPERSTARS

The competition was billed as a showdown between two-time World Superstars champion Brian Budd, a Canadian soccer play, and two-time British and European Superstars champion Brian Jacks, an Olympic judo medalist. It quickly became evident that the event would be a coronation for Brian Budd in his sixth and final Superstars win. The tennis was a matchup between two Americans, raquetball champion Marty Hogan and Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann. Hogan easily won the final, 6-3. Budd had set the swimming record in the 1979 Worlds, and he cruised to victory over New England Patriot tight end Russ Francis by over a second. The highlight of the competition was the showdown between Budd and Jacks in the gym tests. Jacks was an expert in the parallel bar dips section of the gym test in Europe, but the World Superstars used pull-ups instead. Buydd got the upper hand by completing 47 pull-ups to 44 for Jacks. The total number of squat thrusts would be addded to the pull-ups to determine the overall winner. Budd was up first and completed a record 114 squat thrusts in one minute for a record total of 161. Jacks set off at an equally furious pace pumping out the last few thrusts in the final seconds to break Budd's records with 118 squat thrusts and a total of 162, nipping the champion by one point.

Jacks took the overall lead by lifting 270 pounds in the weight lifting to defeat the much larger Francis. Budd took seven big points by finishing second to Gaelic footballer Bernard Brogan in the 100 yard dash. Both men had an easier road to the points when the 100 yard dash favorite, American champion and U.S.C. running back Charles White, the Heisman Trophy winner mysteriously did not show up for the race. The race for second place was quickly joined in the bike race as 1968 Olympic 400 meter hurdles bronze medalist John Sherwood of Great Britain won the one-mile event. Budd took second ahead of Jacks and began to pull away from the rest of the field. In the half mile run, Budd was pressed hard by Sherwood the entire time and won by just 0.05 seconds. This gave Budd 41 points to 25 for Jacks and 24 for Sherwood. Sherwood stayed close to Budd with a runner-up finish in the soccer event, behind Swiss Olympic bobsled champion Erich Shaerer, while Jacks managed just one point. Budd clinched the overall title with another win in the rowing. Sherwood failed to score in the obstacle course, but still managed second place overall. Marty Hogan finished third in the obstacel course to tie Jacks for third overall, just ahead of Shaerer and Brogan.

Freeport, Lucaya, Bahamas

Competition Dates: March, 1980

Air Dates: March 30, 1980 (USA); May 26, 1980 (UK)

Announcers: Don Drysdale, Bob Uecker & Jackie Stewart.

PLC. NAME, SPORT	TEN	SWIM	GYM	WL	100	BIKE	HALF	SCCR	ROW	OC	TOTAL	MONEY
1. Brian Budd, CAN - Soccer	-	10	7	-	7	7	10	-	10	7	58	$42,400
2. John Sherwood, GBR - 400 Hurdles	3	-	4	-	-	10	7	7	0	0	31	$24,300
3. Marty Hogan, USA - Raquetball	10	4	-	-	2	0	-	2	4	4	26	$15,300
3. Brian Jacks, GBR - Judo	-	1	10	10	-	4	-	1	0	0	26	$15,300
5. Erich Schaerer, SUI - Bobsled	3	-	1 1/2	4	-	2	-	10	2	2	24 1/2	$10,350
6. Bernard Brogan, IRL - Gaelic Football	0	-	-	-	10	0	2	4	7	0	23	$8,900
7. Russ Francis, USA - Football	1/2	7	-	7	4	0	-	-	1	1	20 1/2	$6,150
8. Charles White, USA - Football		-	0	2	-	-	4	0		10	16	$4,800
9. Joe Theismann, USA - Football	7	-	0	1	1	0	-			0	9	$2,700
10. Moshe Ganzi, ISR - Water Skiing		2	1 1/2	-	-	0	-			0	3 1/2	$1,050
11. Toni Innauer, AUT- Ski Jumping	1/2	-		-	-	1	1	0			2 1/2	$7,500

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

BIKE RACE (Half Mile) - heat 1

BIKE RACE (Half Mile) - heat 2

BIKE RACE (Half Mile) - heat 3

TENNIS

SWIMMING - (100 yards)

GYM TEST

WEIGHT LIFTING

100 YARD DASH

BIKE RACE - final (Mile)

HALF MILE RUN

SOCCER TEST - Slalom with 3 shots

ROWING (100 yards)

OBSTACLE COURSE

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