European Athletics Championships 1958 / Men's Decathlon

6th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Stockholm
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
Attendees	19 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	August 20-21
Medalist
gold	Vasily Kuznetsov ( URS )
silver	Uno Palu ( URS )
bronze	Walter Meier ( GER )

Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern

The men's decathlon at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held on August 20 and 21, 1958 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.

In this competition there was a double victory for the Soviet Union. The defending champion, Olympic bronze medalist in 1956 and European record holder Vasili Kuznetsov became European champions . He won before Uno Palu . Bronze went to the GDR athlete Walter Meier .

Records

Existing records

World record	8302 P 1952 rating	7989 P 1985 rating	United States 48 Rafer Johnson	Moscow , then Soviet Union (now Russia )	July 27-28, 1958
European record	8014 P 1952 rating	7653 P 1985 rating	Soviet Union 1955 Vasily Kuznetsov	Krasnodar , then Soviet Union (now Russia )	May 17-18, 1958
EM record	7364 P 1934 rating	6827 P 1985 rating	France 1946 Ignace Heinrich	EM Brussels , Belgium	August 24-25, 1950

Record improvement

European champion Vasily Kuznetsov improved the championship record according to the then valid rating from 1952 to 7865 P - according to the points system valid today from 1985: 6969 P. Soviet Union 1955

execution

The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days.

Time schedule
Day 1 - August 26th		Day 2 - August 27th
100 m	9.30 a.m.	110 m hurdles	9.00 a.m.
Long jump	10.15 a.m.	Discus throw	9.40 a.m.
Shot put	3 p.m.	Pole vault	10.50 a.m.
high jump	4.15 p.m.	Javelin throw	3 p.m.
400 m	6:20 p.m.	1500 m	16.30 o'clock

As at the last European Championships, the points table of 1952 was used to score.

Result

August 20-21, 1958

Preliminary remarks on the point values:

For orientation and classification of the performances, the scores achieved in 1985 according to the current rating system are also listed for comparison. There would have been some deviations in the placements afterwards. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.
- Walter Meier in third and Uno Palu in second / Eef Kamerbeek in sixth and Walter Tschudi in fifth / Vaclav Becvarovsky in eighth and Hans-Dieter Möhring in seventh / Joze Brodnik in tenth and Torbjörn Lassenius in eleventh / Johann Muchitsch in twelfth and Per-Martin As thirteenth, Haarr should have swapped places.
- After that, further shifts would have been necessary. The eighteenth Björgvin Hólm would be fourteenth / the sixteenth Jean-Marie Kling would move up to fifteen / the fourteenth Rune Persson would be sixteenth / Heinrich Staub as fifteenth would slide down to seventeenth / the seventeenth Hermund Høgheim would take eighteen
The information on the points converted to a newer rating system differ in the two main sources. The reason for this is probably that this conversion at todor.com was not based on the latest point table. That is why the EAA values are listed here.

space	Surname	nation	Points official value.	Points 1985 value.	100 m	Long jump	Bullet poking	High jump	400 m	Status after day 1 (P)	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Stabhoch- jump	javelin throw	1500 m
1	Vasily Kuznetsov	Soviet Union 1955 URS	7865 CR	6969	10.9 s 948 p	7.34 m 902 p	14.27 m 697 p	1.80 m 770 p	48.6 s 958 P.	4375	14.8 s 867 P.	48.57 m 897 p	4.00 m 745 p	59.42 m 719 p	5: 00.0 min 262 p
2	Uno Palu	Soviet Union 1955 URS	7329 SB	6767	11.2 s 834 p	6.99 m 755 p	13.34 m 704 P.	1.90 m 900 p	49.3 s 900 p	4093	15.2 s 764 P.	39.07 m 600 p	3.60 m 556 p	57.47 m 676 p	4: 17.9 min 640 p
3	Walter Meier	Germany GER	7249 PB	6852	11.1 s 870 p	7.04 m 798 p	14.17 m 787 p	1.83 m 806 P.	49.1 s 926 p	4177	15.5 s 694 P.	39.07 m 600 p	3.80 m 645 p	49.89 m 526 p	4: 20.6 min 607 P.
4th	Markus Kahma	Finland FIN	7137 SB	6682	11.4 s 768 P.	6.52 m 645 p	15.21 m 901 P.	1.70 m 656 p	51.0 s 772 P.	3742	16.5 s 506 P.	46.65 m 830 p	3.60 m 556 p	65.66 m 868 p	4: 18.3 min 645 p
5	Walter Tschudi	Switzerland SUI	6858 PB	6421	10.9 s 948 p	6.74 m 707 p	13.39 m 709 p	1.70 m 656 p	46.5 s 967 P.	3987	15.2 s 764 P.	34.83 m 490 p	3.50 m 516 p	48.11 m 494 p	4: 20.6 min 607 P.
6th	Eef Kamerbeek	Netherlands NED	6784 SB	6530	11.2 s 834 p	6.94 m 767 p	13.15 m 685 p	1.75 m 711 p	50.9 s 779 P.	3776	14.9 s 840 p	39.41 m 610 p	3.10 m 364 p	60.30 m 739 p	4: 35.4 min 455 P.
7th	Hans-Dieter Möhring	Germany GER	6774 PB	6219	11.1 s 870 p	6.56 m 656 P	15.00 m 877 p	1.70 m 656 p	51.0 s 765 p	3824	16.6 s 489 P.	45.60 m 794 P	4.10 m 795 p	54.49 m 616 p	5: 00.8 min 256 p
8th	Vaclav Becvarovsky	Czechoslovakia TCH	6644 PB	6279	11.4 s 768 P.	6.55 m 654 P.	12.86 m 659 p	1.83 m 806 P.	50.8 s 786 P.	3673	15.2 s 764 P.	41.82 m 677 p	3.70 m 596 p	51.79 m 562 p	4: 45.0 min 372 P.
9	Pétur Rögnvaldsson	Iceland ISL	6644 PB	6157	11.4 s 768 P.	6.75 m	13.46 m	1.70 m 656 p	51.4 s		15.1 s 788 P.	39.46 m	3.20 m 400 p	43.21 m	4: 57.1 min
10	Jože Brodnik	Yugoslavia YUG	6210 SB	5985	no individual values known
11	Torbjörn Lassenius	Finland FIN	6180 SB	6010	no individual values known
12	Hans Muchitsch	Austria AUT	5925 PB	5925	11.1 s 870 p	7.05 m	10.13 m 626 P.	1.80 m 770 p	50.2 s 828 P.		15.2 s 764 P.	29.36 m	3.20 m 400 p	29.90 m	4: 14.9 min
13	Per-Martin Haarr	Norway NOR	k. A. PB	5940	no individual values known
14th	Persson rune	Sweden SWE	k. A. PB	5802
15th	Heinrich Staub	Switzerland SUI	k. A. PB	5770
16	Jean-Marie Kling	France 1946 FRA	k. A. PB	5883
17th	Hermund Høgheim	Norway NOR	k. A. PB	5604
18th	Björgvin Hólm	Iceland ISL	5742 PB	5916	Individual values of the first day not known						15.8 s 632 p	35.74 m	2.70 m 226 p	54.08 m	4: 57.1 min 282 P.
DNF	Hermann Timme	Netherlands NED

The defending champion Vasily Kuznetsov won his second of three European Championship titles
Bronze medalist Walter Meier
Eef Kamerbeek came in fifth
Jože Brodnik took tenth place

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Stockholm 1958 at european-athletics.org, accessed on May 2, 2019
Men Decathlon European Championship 1958 Stockholm on todor66.com, accessed on May 2, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed May 2, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1958, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 2, 2019
6th European Athletics Championships 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on May 2, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed May 2, 2019
^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. Decathlon on rfea.es, p. 38 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on May 2, 2019
↑ Homepage of the EAA / todor66.com, Men_Decathlon

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed May 2, 2019

[2] Progression of the European Outdoor Records. Decathlon on rfea.es, p. 38 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on May 2, 2019

[3] Homepage of the EAA / todor66.com, Men_Decathlon

6th European Athletics Championships

discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Sweden Stockholm
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
Attendees	19 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	August 20-21
Medalist
gold	Vasily Kuznetsov ( URS ) Soviet Union 1955
silver	Uno Palu ( URS ) Soviet Union 1955
bronze	Walter Meier ( GER ) Germany