European Athletics Championships 1938 / Men's Decathlon

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	10 athletes from 6 countries
Competition phase	September 4th / 5th
Medalist
gold	Olle Bexell ( SWE )
silver	Witold Gerutto ( POL )
bronze	Josef Neumann ( CHE )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's decathlon at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 4th and 5th, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

The European champion was the Swede Olle Bexell . Witold Gerutto from Poland came in second . Bronze went to Josef Neumann from Switzerland .

Records

Note:
Some of the records mentioned are not comparable with one another, because on the one hand scores are given after the rating of 1920 and on the other hand scores are given after the rating of 1934. A certain degree of comparability results from the respective conversions in the current valuation system from 1985. But these are also only approximate values, because the different standards of the time must apply as the basis.

Existing records

World record	7900 P 1934 rating	7254 P 1985 rating	Glenn Morris	OS Berlin , Germany	August 7/8, 1936
Championship record	8103 P 1920 rating	6667 P 1985 rating	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	EM Turin , Italy	September 8/9, 1934

Record improvement

 Olle Bexell improved the European Championship record to 7214 points - after the current rating of 1985: 6687 points.

execution

The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days.
The scoring was based on the 1934 points table.

Result

European champion Olle Bexell

September 8/9, 1934

space	Surname	nation	Points official scoring	Points 1985 rating
1	Olle Bexell	Sweden	7214 CR	6687
2	Witold Gerutto	Poland	7006 PB	6459
3	Josef Neumann	Switzerland	6664 PB	6228
4th	Rudolf Glötzner	German Empire	6492 PB	6173
5	Raymond Anet	Switzerland	6118 PB	5918
6th	Jerzy Pławczyk	Poland	5946 PB	5656
7th	Jean Balezo	France	5503 PB	5360
8th	Hervé Mahé	France	5346 PB	5138
DNF	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	German Empire
	Emile Binet	Belgium
DNS	Maurice Boulanger	Belgium

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed for comparison. After that, nothing would have changed in terms of the placements.
Of course, these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 13, 2019
• Men Decathlon European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 13, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 13, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 13, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 13, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed March 13, 2019