1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of East Germany.svg Torsten Voss
East Germany (GDR)
Silver Flag of Germany.svg Siegfried Wentz
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Pavel Tarnavetskiy
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

Thursday, September 3
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Friday, September 4
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Daley Thompson  (GBR)8847August 9, 1984 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Event Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Daley Thompson  (GBR)8714August 13, 1983 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Flag of Germany.svg  Siegfried Wentz  (FRG)8645May 24, 1987 Flag of Austria.svg Götzis, Austria
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Season Best Flag of East Germany.svg  Torsten Voss  (GDR)8680September 4, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy

Final

RANKFINAL RANKINGPOINTS
Med 1.png Flag of East Germany.svg  Torsten Voss  (GDR)8680
Med 2.png Flag of Germany.svg  Siegfried Wentz  (FRG)8461
Med 3.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Pavel Tarnavetskiy  (URS)8375
4.Flag of France.svg  Christian Plaziat  (FRA)8307
5.Flag of East Germany.svg  Christian Schenk  (GDR)8304
6.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Simon Poelman  (NZL)8296
7.Flag of France.svg  Alain Blondel  (FRA)8178
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Nevskiy  (URS)8174
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Daley Thompson  (GBR)8124
10.Flag of France.svg  William Motti  (FRA)8062
11.Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Beat Gähwiler  (SUI)8034
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Gary Kinder  (USA)8030
13.Flag of the United States.svg  Rob Muzzio  (USA)8017
14.Flag of Germany.svg  Michael Neugebauer  (FRG)7733
15.Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Olander  (SWE)7696
16.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Veroslav Valenta  (TCH)7574
17.Flag of Denmark.svg  Lars Warming  (DEN)7537
18.Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  Paul Hewlett  (IVB)6474
—Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Pedro da Silva  (BRA)DNF
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dave Steen  (CAN)DNF
—Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valter Külvet  (URS)DNF
—Flag of Finland.svg  Petri Keskitalo  (FIN)DNF
—Flag of Germany.svg  Jürgen Hingsen  (FRG)DNF
—Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Rossi  (ITA)DNF
—Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lee Fu-an  (TPE)DNF
—Flag of the United States.svg  Tim Bright  (USA)DNF
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Mike Smith  (CAN)DNF
—Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Robert de Wit  (NED)DNF

See also

References

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