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.

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Grebenyuk Soviet Union
Silver	Daley Thompson United Kingdom
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
	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
	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)
	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)
	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.

• Austria (2)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (3)

• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Hungary (1)

• Iceland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (2)

• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (3)

References

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