1985 MEN'S FINAL
The 1985 Final became one of the great duels in Superstars history. Volleyball Olympic champion Karch Kiraly won the first two events to take an early lead. Then New York Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau won three of the next four events to move past Kiraly. Kiraly won the half mile run to take a one point lead over Gastineau with just the 100 yard dash and the obstacle course remaining. Neither of the leaders was entered in the obstacle course, so it turned out that whoever finished first in the 100 yard dash would win the championship. Gastineau got a good start and was never seriusly challenged by Kiraly as he took fourth place in the 100 yard dash and the overall championship. As a matter of fact, the two men finished even with 41 points each, but Gastineau won on the tie-breaking rules. Gastineau and Kiraly had competed head-to-head in five events, and Gastineau had won four of the five, giving him the title. It is the only time that there has been a tie for the Superstars championship. The key to Gastineau's win was the luck shot golf competition. Gastineau was about 3 feet closer to the pin than Jeff Blatnick. Once the championship was decided, Chicago Bear wide receiver and former track star Willie Gault made a run at third place, Gault set new Superstars records of 9.42 seconds in the 100 yard dash and 21.43 second in the obstacle course to beat Miami Dolphin Mark Clayton in both events and edge Clayton for third place overall.
Miami Beach & Key Biscayne, Florida
April 7, 1985
Announcers: Merlin Olsen, Bruce Jenner, Ahmad Rashad.
| PLC. NAME, SPORT |
TEN |
SWIM |
WL |
BOWL |
ROW |
GOLF |
BIKE |
HALF |
100 |
OC |
TOTAL |
MONEY |
| 1. Mark Gastineau, Football |
- |
7 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
41 |
$19,100 |
| 2. Karch Kiraly, Volleyball |
10 |
10 |
4 |
- |
2 |
4 |
- |
10 |
1 |
- |
41 |
$14,100 |
| 3. Willie Gault, Football |
4 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
0 |
- |
4 |
10 |
10 |
30 |
$8,000 |
| 4. Mark Clayton, Football |
0 |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
27 |
$2,700 |
| 5. Phil Mahre, Alpine Skiing |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
- |
- |
4 |
25 |
$2,500 |
| 6. Roger Craig, Football |
- |
- |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
- |
4 |
1 |
24 |
$2,400 |
| 7. Jeff Blatnick, Greco-Roman Wrestling |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
17 |
$1,700 |
| 8. Greg Foster, 110 Hurdles |
0 |
- |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
- |
- |
0 |
12 |
$1,200 |
| 8. Tony Hill, Football |
7 |
4 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
12 |
$1,200 |
| 10. Evander Holyfield, Boxing |
0 |
2 |
- |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
7 |
- |
2 |
11 |
$1,100 |
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
TENNIS
| 1. Karch Kiraly |
10 |
| 2. Tony Hill |
7 |
| 3. Willie Gault |
4 |
| 4. Phil Mahre |
2 |
| 5. Jeff Blatnick |
1 |
| Kiraly def. Hill |
N/A |
SWIMMING (50 Yards) - heat 1
| 1. Karch Kiraly |
27.3e |
| 2. Tony Hill |
29.6e |
| 3. Jeff Blatnick |
30.8e |
SWIMMING (50 Yards) - heat 2
| 1. Mark Gastineau |
27.7e |
| 2. Evander Holyfield |
29.1e |
| 3. Phil Mahre |
30.2e |
SWIMMING (50 Yards) - final
| 1. Karch Kiraly |
25.70 |
| 2. Mark Gastineau |
26.60 |
| 3. Tony Hill |
29.0e |
| 4. Evander Holyfield |
29.8e |
| 5. Phil Mahre |
30.1 |
WEIGHT LIFTING
| 1. Mark Gastineau |
300 |
| 2. Roger Craig |
280 |
| 3. Karch Kiraly |
260 |
| 4. Jeff Blatnick |
220 |
| 5. Greg Foster |
200 |
BOWLING - qualifying
| 1. Mark Clayton |
N/A |
| 2. Phil Mahre |
N/A |
| 3. Greg Foster |
N/A |
| 4. Willie Gault |
N/A |
| 5. Roger Craig |
N/A |
| 5. Tony Hill |
N/A |
BOWLING - step ladder finals
| tie-break: Craig def. Hill |
N/A |
| Craig def. Gault |
N/A |
| Craig def. Foster |
N/A |
| Craig def. Mahre |
N/A |
| Clayton def. Craig |
N/A |
ROWING
| 1. Mark Gastineau |
34.99 |
32.75 |
| 2. Jeff Blatnick |
35.94 |
35.9e |
| 3. Phil Mahre |
36.07 |
37.3e |
| 4. Karch Kiraly |
36.88 |
|
| 5. Willie Gault |
38.1e |
|
| 6. Roger Craig |
43.0e |
|
| 7. Greg Foster |
44.5e |
|
| 8. Tony Hill |
49.1e |
GOLF- closest to the pin
| 1. Mark Gastineau |
33' 9" |
| 2. Jeff Blatnick |
36' 9 1/4" |
| 3. Karch Kiraly |
N/A |
| 4. Greg Foster |
N/A |
| 5. Roger Craig |
N/A |
BIKE RACE-heats (Quarter Mile)
| 1. Phil Mahre |
35.79 |
| 2. Greg Foster |
35.96 |
| 3. Roger Craig |
36.10 |
| 4. Mark Clayton |
36.35 |
| 5. Mark Gastineau |
36.44 |
BIKE RACE-final (Half Mile)
| 1. Phil Mahre |
1:10.77 |
| 2. Greg Foster |
1:12.3e |
| 3. Roger Craig |
1:13.3e |
| 4. Mark Gastineau |
1:13.4e |
| 5. Mark Clayton |
1:18.8e |
HALF MILE RUN
| 1. Karch Kiraly |
2:06.56 |
| 2. Evander Holyfield |
2:14.8e |
| 3. Willie Gault |
2:29.9e |
| 4. Mark Clayton |
2:49.7e |
| 5. Tony Hill |
2:50.3e |
100 YARD DASH-final
| 1. Willie Gault |
9.42 r |
| 2. Mark Clayton |
10.1e |
| 3. Roger Craig |
10.4e |
| 4. Mark Gastineau |
10.5e |
| 5. Karch Kiraly |
10.8e |
OBSTACLE COURSE
| 1. Willie Gault |
22.60 |
22.60 |
21.43 r |
|
| 2. Mark Clayton |
23.23 |
23.23 |
21.65 |
|
| 3. Phil Mahre |
24.7e |
24.7e |
||
| 4. Evander Holyfield |
28.96 |
28.96 |
||
| 5. Roger Craig |
23.97 |
TR+HB |
33.97 |
|
| 6. Greg Foster |
dnf |
dnf |
e = estimated time
r = Superstars record
N/A = result not available
dnf - did not finish