1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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

Medalists

Gold Aleksandr Grebenyuk
 Soviet Union
Silver Daley Thompson
 United Kingdom
Bronze Siegfried Stark
 East Germany

Results

KEY: DNSDid not start DNFDid not finish CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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 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 Daley Thompson  United Kingdom 10.69 7.93 14.69 2.04 47.77 15.28 43.52 4.20 59.80 4:22.84 8257 (8289)
3rd 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 Josef 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 Roger Kanerva  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 Holger Schmidt  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 LeRoy  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 Thierry Dubois  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 Vladimir Buryakov  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 Jaromír Frič  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 Armin Tschenett   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 Christer Lythell  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 Arpad Kiss  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 Kenneth Riggsberger  Sweden 11.39 6.62 13.46 1.80 50.15 16.08 39.60 4.20 50.88 4:41.5 6957 (7063)
23 Georg Werthner  Austria 11.39 7.11 13.46 1.92 50.49 15.48 35.92 4.20 68.70 DNF
24 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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