1978 MEN'S FINAL
Water skiier Wayne Grimditch won the 1978 Superstars title the same way he had lost it in 1976, by a penalty in the obstacle course. Greg Pruitt, who was favored to win the obstacle course, came into the final event trailing Grimditch by just seven points. A win would give him the victory. He sped through the course in 23.21 seconds, the fastest of all the competitors but he incurred a penalty when he missed one of the tires, giving the title to Grimditch. Records were set by Grimdich in the two-game bowling and Bill Bergey in the golf, closest to the pin. Bergey's record still stands.
Freeport, Lucaya, Bahamas
Announcers: Frank Gifford, Reggie Jackson, Bruce Jenner and Bill Rusell.
| PLC. NAME, SPORT |
TEN |
SWIM |
WL |
100 |
HALF |
BIKE |
BOWL |
ROW |
GOLF |
OC |
TOTAL |
MONEY |
| 1. Wayne Grimitch, Water Skiing |
1 |
7 |
- |
- |
10 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
- |
1 |
38 |
$36,400 |
| 2. Greg Pruitt, Football |
4 |
- |
7 |
10 |
7 |
- |
2 |
- |
0 |
2 |
32 |
$22,100 |
| 2. Dwight Stones, High Jump |
10 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
32 |
$22,100 |
| 4. Dave Casper, Football |
- |
4 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
- |
- |
7 |
0 |
4 |
30 |
$9,000 |
| 5. Ben Davidson, Football |
0 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
0 |
10 |
- |
0 |
19 |
$5,700 |
| 6. Steve Garvey, Baseball |
7 |
- |
1 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
- |
0 |
- |
18 |
$5,400 |
| 7. Bill Bergey, Football |
0 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
15 |
$4,500 |
| 8. Ron Cey, Baseball |
2 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
$3,600 |
| 8. Don Maynard, Football |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
$3,600 |
| 10. Deacon Jones, Football |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
11 |
$3,300 |
| 10. Mark van Eeghen, Football |
- |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
11 |
$3,300 |
| 12. Bob Beamon, Long Jump |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
5 |
$1,500 |
| 12. Tom Sneva, Auto Racing |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
$1,500 |
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
SWIMMING - heat 1 (50 yards)
| 1. Dwight Stones |
26.81 |
| 2. Dave Casper |
27.24 |
| 3. Tom Sneva |
33.30 |
SWIMMING - heat 2 (50 yards)
| 1. Wayne Grimditch |
27.48 |
| 2. Mark van Eeghen |
29.20 |
| 3. Ben Davdison |
29.47 |
| 4. Deacon Jones |
46.13 |
TENNIS
| 1. Dwight Stones |
10 |
| 2. Steve Garvey |
7 |
| 3. Greg Pruitt |
4 |
| 4. Ron Cey |
2 |
| 5. Wayne Grimditch |
1 |
| Ben Davidson |
0 |
| Bill Bergey |
0 |
| Deacon Jones |
0 |
| Tom Sneva |
0 |
| Stones def. Garvey |
7-6 (7-4) |
SWIMMING (100 yards)
| 1. Dwight Stones |
59.01 |
| 2. Wayne Grimditch |
59.94 |
| 3. Dave Casper |
1:01.83 |
| 4. Ben Davidson |
1:11.30 |
| 5. Mark van Eeghen |
1:17.13 |
WEIGHT LIFTING
| 1. Dave Casper |
255 |
| 2. Greg Pruitt |
250 |
| 3. Ben Davidson |
240 |
| 3. Mark van Eeghen |
240 |
| 5. Steve Garvey |
230 |
100 YARD DASH-final
| 1. Greg Pruitt |
10.24 |
| 2. Steve Garvey |
10.66 |
| 3. Dave Casper |
10.81 |
| 4. Bill Bergey |
11.14 |
| 5. Don Maynard |
11.17 |
| 6. Ron Cey |
12.2e |
HALF MILE RUN
| 1. Wayne Grimditch |
2:19.85 |
| 2. Greg Pruitt |
2:22.31 |
| 3. Bob Beamon |
2:22.81 |
| 4. Steve Garvey |
2:33.50 |
| 5. Dave Casper |
2:52.86 |
BIKE RACE-final (Mile)
| 1. Wayne Grimditch |
3:10.20 |
| 2. Mark van Eeghen |
3:11.45 |
| 3. Ben Davidson |
3:11.52 |
| 4. Bill Bergey |
3:11.55 |
| 5. Steve Garvey |
3:11.73 |
BOWLING
| 1. Ron Cey |
325 |
176 |
| 2. Wayne Grimditch |
N/A |
150 |
| 3. Deacon Jones |
316 |
|
| 4. Greg Pruitt |
307 |
|
| 5. Bob Beamon |
294 |
ROWING (100 yards)
| 1. Ben Davidson |
39.80 |
40.28 |
| 2. Dave Casper |
39.03 |
40.62 |
| 3. Tom Sneva |
40.11 |
|
| 4. Wayne Grimditch |
40.16 |
|
| 5. Bill Bergey |
41.16 |
GOLF - closest to the pin
| 1. Bill Bergey |
1' 1" |
3' 0" |
| 2. Deacon Jones |
2' 8" |
8'10" |
| 3. Don Maynard |
7' 7" |
|
| 4. Dwight Stones |
14' 1" |
|
| 5. Tom Sneva |
18' 3" |
|
| Dave Casper |
19'10" |
24' 9" |
| Greg Pruitt |
27' 0" |
38' 6" |
OBSTACLE COURSE
| 1. Dwight Stones |
25.96 |
|
25.8e |
| 2. Don Maynard |
26.24 |
27.6e + HB = 32.6 | |
| 3. Dave Casper |
27.17 |
||
| 4. Greg Pruitt |
28.21 |
TR |
|
| 5. Wayne Grimditch |
29.81 |
HB |
|
| Ben Davidson |
42.11 |
WH + HB |