European Athletics Championships 1934 / Men's Decathlon
| 1st European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's decathlon |
| city |
 Turin
|
| Stadion | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
| Attendees | 11 athletes from 9 countries |
| Competition phase | September 8th and 9th |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Hans-Heinrich Sievert ( GER )
 |
 silver |
Leif Dahlgren ( SWE )
 |
 bronze |
Jerzy Pławczyk ( POL )
 |
The men's decathlon at the European Athletics Championships in 1934 was held on September 8 and 9, 1934 in the Turin Stadio Benito Mussolini .
The German world record holder Hans-Heinrich Sievert became European champion . The Swede Leif Dahlgren won the silver medal. Bronze went to Jerzy Pławczyk from Poland .
Existing records
| World record | 8790.46 P 1920 rating |
7147 P 1985 rating |
Hans-Heinrich Sievert
|
Hamburg , Germany | July 8, 1934 |
| EM record | There was not yet a European championship record. | ||||
execution
The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days.
The score was based on the point table from 1920.
Result
September 8/9, 1934
| space | Surname | nation |
Points official scoring |
Points 1985 rating |
| 1 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert |
German Empire
|
8103 CR | 6667 |
| 2 | Leif Dahlgren |
Sweden
|
7770 PB | 6490 |
| 3 | Jerzy Pławczyk |
Poland
|
7552 PB | 6179 |
| 4th | Jānis Dimza |
 Latvia
|
7451 PB | 6094 |
| 5 | Armin Guhl |
 Switzerland
|
7347 PB | 6250 |
| 6th | Wolrad Eberle |
German Empire
|
7153 PB | 5931 |
| 7th | Eletto Contieri |
Italy
|
6845 PB | 5888 |
| 8th | Hermann Ruckstuhl |
Switzerland
|
6548 PB | 5618 |
| 9 | Maurice Boulanger |
 Belgium
|
k. A. PB | 5552 |
| 10 | Giovanni Lux |
Italy
|
k. A. PB | 5320 |
| DNF | Stasis Sackus |
 Lithuania
|
The conversion to the point tables valid since 1985 shows a different weighting of the sub-disciplines over time. According to the current table, Armin Guhl would have won the bronze medal.
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 6, 2019
- Men Decathlon Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
- I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 6, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1934, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 6, 2019
- 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 6, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed March 7, 2019