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1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

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Men's decathlon
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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

Results

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

Final

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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 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 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 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 Árpád 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)
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

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

References

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