1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 27 and 28 August 1986. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Daley Thompson Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Jürgen Hingsen West Germany (FRG)
Bronze	Siegfried Wentz West Germany (FRG)

Final

KEY:

DNF

Did not finish

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

w

Wind assisted

  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
	Daley Thompson	United Kingdom	10.26	7.72	15.73	2.00	47.02	14.04	43.38	5.10	62.78	4:26.16	8811	CR
	Jurgen Hingsen	West Germany	10.87 w	7.89 w	16.46	2.12	48.79	14.52	48.42	4.60	64.38	4:21.61	8730
	Siegfried Wentz	West Germany	10.83	7.60	15.45	2.12	47.57	14.07	45.66	4.90	65.34	4:35.00	8676
4	Torsten Voss	East Germany	10.53 w	7.85 w	14.93	2.09	48.03	14.91	43.64	5.10	57.76	4:47.15	8450
5	Aleksandr Apaychev	Soviet Union	11.14	7.25	15.57	1.88	49.45	14.29	45.82	4.80	64.84	4:28.66	8199
6	Uwe Freimuth	East Germany	11.02	7.25	15.28	1.97	48.35	14.85	45.94	4.90	60.36	4:34.54	8197
7	Christian Plaziat	France	10.84 w	7.36 w	14.73	2.15	50.03	14.83	45.40	4.70	57.10	4:35.20	8196
8	Alain Blondel	France	10.74 w	7.42	13.27	2.00	47.79	14.34	39.22	4.90	55.18	4:18.97	8185
9	Robert de Wit	Netherlands	11.07 w	7.05	14.04	2.00	49.35	14.58	43.34	4.80	54.74	4:26.09	7962	NR
10	Sten Ekberg	Sweden	11.07 w	7.05	13.55	2.06	49.46	15.12	43.98	4.50	57.86	4:19.96	7930
11	Eugene Gilkes	United Kingdom	10.64 w	7.00	14.92	1.94	47.60	15.26	43.50	4.40	48.42	4:18.91	7888
12	Mikael Olander	Sweden	11.29 w	6.78 w	15.62	1.97	50.85	16.16	46.30	4.60	72.50	4:33.46	7888
13	Beat Gahwiler	Switzerland	11.14 w	7.06 w	14.15	1.94	49.21	15.30	40.36	4.60	63.68	4:22.19	7862
14	Lars Warming	Denmark	10.82 w	7.03	13.52	1.94	47.76	14.54	40.48	4.60	44.00	4:19.49	7776
15	Patrick Vetterli	Switzerland	11.23 w	6.77 w	14.27	2.03	49.79	15.06	45.40	4.40	57.06	4:53.62	7609
16	Petri Keskitalo	Finland	10.67 w	7.57	14.03	1.97	51.47	14.66	33.62	4.60	53.92	5:20.66	7452
17	Carlos O'Connell	Ireland	11.04 w	7.21	11.53	1.85	49.29	15.36	34.72	4.30	51.96	4:19.56	7312
18	Staffan Blomstrand	Sweden	11.05 w	6.78 w	14.10	1.97	48.95	16.19	43.64	4.50	61.70		DNF
19	Grigoriy Degtyarov	Soviet Union	10.99	7.26	14.72	2.00	50.04	15.11	44.48				DNF
20	Jurgen Mandl	Austria	10.95 w	7.09 w	14.27	1.94	50.67	14.98	39.16				DNF
21	William Motti	France	11.26 w	7.00 w	13.96	1.70	DNF	DNF	38.50				DNF
22	Guido Kratschmer	West Germany	10.62	7.50									DNF
23	Valter Külvet	Soviet Union	11.48 w	6.71									DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Denmark (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (3)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Soviet Union (3)
•   Sweden (3)
•    Switzerland (2)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   West Germany (3)

See also

• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
• 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
• 1986 Hypo-Meeting
• Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014

• Results
• 1986 details