1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

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

GoldAleksandr Grebenyuk
 Soviet Union
SilverDaley Thompson
 Great Britain
BronzeSiegfried 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
RankNameNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Aleksandr Grebenyuk Soviet Union11.026.9415.932.0148.8814.4348.424.5067.744:24.48337 (8340)CR
Daley Thompson Great Britain10.697.9314.692.0447.7715.2843.524.2059.804:22.848257 (8289)
Siegfried Stark East Germany11.177.3015.041.9549.5715.1244.524.9069.004:24.08224 (8208)
4Sepp Zeilbauer Austria11.127.3214.811.9249.5514.6145.224.7060.364:41.67969 (7988)
5Yuriy Kutsenko Soviet Union11.027.2414.821.9849.2315.3443.764.4057.744:22.97918 (7978)
6Roger Kanerva Finland11.187.2213.322.0149.6215.2841.824.8061.604:25.47923 (7945)
7Johannes Lahti Finland10.867.0814.062.0749.6415.0041.364.0067.984:36.77875 (7913)
8Rainer Pottel East Germany11.057.4015.051.9248.0414.8932.804.9056.244:29.57883 (7900)
9Holger Schmidt West Germany10.967.1615.741.9549.6614.8448.124.1059.825:01.17778 (7829)
10Yves Le Roy France11.277.1714.381.8949.6515.1147.964.7056.324:46.67748 (7780)
11Thierry Dubois France10.997.2313.781.9549.5814.9742.824.0066.804:54.47664 (7705)
12Vladimir Buryakov Soviet Union11.457.1214.011.9550.2015.1140.584.7057.864:37.77629 (7670)
13Jürgen Hingsen West Germany11.397.3913.941.9850.2215.3339.724.1058.664:28.477585 (7640)
14Dietmar Schauerhammer East Germany10.817.2114.911.8647.5915.0241.964.0051.704:52.07548 (7635)
15Atanas Andonov Bulgaria11.156.9413.541.9251.0014.7741.504.4058.344:39.47527 (7590)
16Jaromír Frič Czechoslovakia11.397.0813.581.9250.7615.4045.324.8052.964:55.07469 (7516)
17Armin Tschenett  Switzerland10.987.0113.151.9248.7415.4734.304.1049.144:30.87266 (7362)
18Christer Lythell Sweden11.397.1713.551.8350.1215.4345.424.0053.084:41.77287 (7362)
19Elias Sveinsson Iceland11.246.1714.171.9551.5015.4843.644.2057.144:44.87225 (7317)
20Luděk Pernica Czechoslovakia11.556.7213.431.8951.4115.1842.464.3048.904:29.647203 (7290)
21Árpád Kiss Hungary11.346.8314.451.9551.0215.0542.203.8050.705:02.07103 (7202)
22Kenneth Riggsberger Sweden11.396.6213.461.8050.1516.0839.604.2050.884:41.56957 (7063)
Georg Werthner Austria11.397.1113.461.9250.4915.4835.924.2068.70DNF
Guido Kratschmer West GermanyDNFDNF

Participation

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

References

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