1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

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1978 European Athletics Championships
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The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold Aleksandr Grebenyuk
 Soviet Union
Silver Daley Thompson
 Great Britain
Bronze Siegfried Stark
 East Germany

Results[]

KEY: DNS Did not start DNF Did not finish CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Final[]

30/31 August

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Grebenyuk  Soviet Union 11.02 6.94 15.93 2.01 48.88 14.43 48.42 4.50 67.74 4:24.4 8337 (8340) CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daley Thompson  Great Britain 10.69 7.93 14.69 2.04 47.77 15.28 43.52 4.20 59.80 4:22.84 8257 (8289)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siegfried Stark  East Germany 11.17 7.30 15.04 1.95 49.57 15.12 44.52 4.90 69.00 4:24.0 8224 (8208)
4 Sepp Zeilbauer  Austria 11.12 7.32 14.81 1.92 49.55 14.61 45.22 4.70 60.36 4:41.6 7969 (7988)
5 Yuriy Kutsenko  Soviet Union 11.02 7.24 14.82 1.98 49.23 15.34 43.76 4.40 57.74 4:22.9 7918 (7978)
6  Finland 11.18 7.22 13.32 2.01 49.62 15.28 41.82 4.80 61.60 4:25.4 7923 (7945)
7 Johannes Lahti  Finland 10.86 7.08 14.06 2.07 49.64 15.00 41.36 4.00 67.98 4:36.7 7875 (7913)
8 Rainer Pottel  East Germany 11.05 7.40 15.05 1.92 48.04 14.89 32.80 4.90 56.24 4:29.5 7883 (7900)
9  West Germany 10.96 7.16 15.74 1.95 49.66 14.84 48.12 4.10 59.82 5:01.1 7778 (7829)
10 Yves Le Roy  France 11.27 7.17 14.38 1.89 49.65 15.11 47.96 4.70 56.32 4:46.6 7748 (7780)
11  France 10.99 7.23 13.78 1.95 49.58 14.97 42.82 4.00 66.80 4:54.4 7664 (7705)
12  Soviet Union 11.45 7.12 14.01 1.95 50.20 15.11 40.58 4.70 57.86 4:37.7 7629 (7670)
13 Jürgen Hingsen  West Germany 11.39 7.39 13.94 1.98 50.22 15.33 39.72 4.10 58.66 4:28.47 7585 (7640)
14 Dietmar Schauerhammer  East Germany 10.81 7.21 14.91 1.86 47.59 15.02 41.96 4.00 51.70 4:52.0 7548 (7635)
15 Atanas Andonov  Bulgaria 11.15 6.94 13.54 1.92 51.00 14.77 41.50 4.40 58.34 4:39.4 7527 (7590)
16  Czechoslovakia 11.39 7.08 13.58 1.92 50.76 15.40 45.32 4.80 52.96 4:55.0 7469 (7516)
17   Switzerland 10.98 7.01 13.15 1.92 48.74 15.47 34.30 4.10 49.14 4:30.8 7266 (7362)
18  Sweden 11.39 7.17 13.55 1.83 50.12 15.43 45.42 4.00 53.08 4:41.7 7287 (7362)
19 Elias Sveinsson  Iceland 11.24 6.17 14.17 1.95 51.50 15.48 43.64 4.20 57.14 4:44.8 7225 (7317)
20 Luděk Pernica  Czechoslovakia 11.55 6.72 13.43 1.89 51.41 15.18 42.46 4.30 48.90 4:29.64 7203 (7290)
21  Hungary 11.34 6.83 14.45 1.95 51.02 15.05 42.20 3.80 50.70 5:02.0 7103 (7202)
22  Sweden 11.39 6.62 13.46 1.80 50.15 16.08 39.60 4.20 50.88 4:41.5 6957 (7063)
Georg Werthner  Austria 11.39 7.11 13.46 1.92 50.49 15.48 35.92 4.20 68.70 DNF
Guido Kratschmer  West Germany DNF DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
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