1975 EUROPEAN HEAT 5 - SPANISH HEAT

The Spanish heat of European Superstars was held in...Aldershot, England. The Spanish delegation could not find a suitable venue for the events, so the site of the British heat was used instead. The heat was dominated by the man who would completely dominate European Superstars for two years, Swedish pole vaulter Kjell Isaksson, a former world record holder. The most memorable incident of the competition would come in the gym tests. The British representative was squash player Jonah Barrington. Barrington considered himself to be in tremendous shape and was looking forward to proving it in the gym tests. The gym test was to be the final event of the first day. Isaksson won the 100 meters, weight lifting and shooting; Barrington was second in the weightlifting and won the tennis to nobody's surprise. In the gym tests, Belgian sprinter Alfons Brijdenbach edged Isaksson in the medicine ball throw, and Barrington's 25 parallel bar dips were two behind Isaksson. As the seven competitors lined up for the squat thrusts, Barrington was going faster than any of the others. He estimated he had completed about 75 squats. When the announcer read off the scores, it was "Jonah Barrington...25." Barrington was shocked and stormed off, not to be seen again. The judge ruled that Barrington was not completing the squats, his knees were not coming up to his elbows and video seems to prove the judge correct. With Barrington's scores discounted, Isaksson wins the gym tests and would win the swimming and 600 meter steeplechase the next day to establish a Superstars record of 69 points. Barrington would be invited back the following year for the UK National Superstars and a chance to atone for his behavior.

Aldershot, England.

Competition Dates: N/A.

Air Date: N/A.

Announcer: David Vine & Ron Pickering.

PLC. NAME, NAT, SPORT
100m WL TEN SHOT GYM ROW SWIM CYCL SCCR 600st TOTAL
MONEY
1. Kjell Isaksson, SWE, Pole Vault
10
10
x
10
10
7
10
2
x
10
69
£2,500
2. Alfons Brijdenbach, BEL, 400 Meters
x
4
7
4
7
1
4
4
10
x
41
£1,500
3. Jean-Claude Killy, FRA, Alpine Skiing
7
2
1
1
x
10
x
10
4
4
39
£1,000
4. Tom Okker, NED, Tennis
4
x
x
0
4
4
7
1
7
2
29
£750
5. Mariano Haro, ESP, 5000/10000 Meters
2
0
2
0
1 1/2
x
x
7
2
7
21 1/2
6. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume, FRA, Cycling
1
0
4
7
1 1/2
2
2
x
0
x
17 1/2
7. Jonah Barrington, GBR, Squash
x
7
10
0
0
wd
x
wd
wd
wd
17
8. Angel Gallardo, ESP, Golf
0
1
0
2
0
0
x
0
1
x
4

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

100 METER DASH

1. Kjell Isaksson
12.1
2. Jean-Claude Killy
12.3
3. Tom Okker
12.8
4. Mariano Haro
13.9
5. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
14.2
6. Angel Gallardo
15.0

WEIGHTLIFTING - Body Weight, Weight Lifted, Standings based on O'Carroll converted score

1. Kjell Isaksson
70.5
85.0
88.57
2. Jonah Barrington
68.0
75.0
79.95
3. Alfons Brijdenbach
76.4
70.0
69.30
4. Jean-Claude Killy
71.7
60.0
61.74
5. Angel Gallardo
67.2
50.0
48.42
6. Mariano Haro
57.6
40.0
48.36
7. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
71.0
45.0
46.53

TENNIS

1. Jonah Barrington
10
2. Alfons Brijdenbach
7
3. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
4
4. Mariano Haro
2
5. Jean-Claude Killy
1
6. Angel Gallardo
0
Danguillaume d. Gallardo
15-6
Brijdenbach d. Killy
15-7
Barrington d. Danguillaume
15-2
Brijdenbach d. Haro
15-1
Danguillaume d. Haro
15-7
Barrington d. Brijdenbach
15-8

PISTOL SHOOTING - 15 meters with .38 semi-automatic

1. Kjell Isaksson
92
2. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
84
3. Alfons Brijdenbach
77
4. Angel Gallardo
75
5. Jean-Claude Killy
65
6. Jonah Barrington
49
7. Mariano Haro
28
7. Tom Okker
28

GYM TEST - Medicine Ball Throw, Parallel Bar Dips, Squat Thrusts - Total based on points (7 for 1st to 1 for last)

1. Kjell Isaksson
(2) 9.51
(1) 27
(1) 61
20
2. Alfons Brijdenbach
(1) 9.65
(3) 18
(5) 49
15
3. Tom Okker
(3) 7.92
(7) 4
(2) 56
12
4. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
(4) 7.91
(5) 10
(4) 51
11
4. Mariano Haro
(6) 5.41
(4) 11
(3) 52
11
6. Jonah Barrington
(5) 6.85
(2) 25
(7) 25
10
7. Angel Gallardo
(7) 5.12
(6) 6
(6) 30
5

ROWING - 150 METERS

1. Jean-Claude Killy
54.2
53.2
2. Kjell Isaksson
53.3
55.0
3. Tom Okker
57.2
56.9
4. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
1:03.8
1:03.1
5. Alfons Brijdenbach
1:10.1
6. Angel Gallardo
1:14.3

SWIMMING - 66 2/3 meters

1. Kjell Isaksson
46.9
2. Tom Okker
48.5
3. Alfons Brijdenbach
57.0
4. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
1:27.0

CYCLING - 800 meters -match races for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th.

1. Jean-Claude Killy
1:13.2
1:32.6
2. Mariano Haro
1:18.1
1:34.0
3. Alfons Brijdenbach
1:19.9
3:02.7
4. Kjell Isaksson
1:19.6
3:03.5
5. Tom Okker
1:26.0
6. Angel Gallardo
1:28.0

SOCCER PENALTIES - 5 shots vs. Pat Jennings

1. Alfons Brijdenbach
4
2. Tom Okker
3
3. Jean-Claude Killy
3
4. Mariano Haro
1
5. Angel Gallardo
0
6. Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
0

* - 2nd and 3rd place and 5th decided by playoff.

600 METER STEEPLECHASE

1. Kjell Isaksson
1:43.0
2. Mariano Haro *
1:45.8
3. Jean-Claude Killy
2:06.7
4. Tom Okker
2:08.6

* - Haro started with a 40 meter handicap.


e = estimated time

r = Superstars record

N/A = result not available

dnf - did not finish

nm - no mark

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