European Athletics Championships 1974 / Men's Decathlon

11th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Rome
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 14 countries
Competition phase	5th / 6th September
Medalist
gold	Ryszard Skowronek ( POL )
silver	Yves Leroy ( FRA )
bronze	Guido Kratschmer ( FRG )

The Olympic Stadium of Rome in 2009

The men's decathlon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held on September 1 and 2, 1974 in the Olympic Stadium in Rome .

European champion was Ryszard Skowronek from Poland . He won in front of the French Yves Leroy. Bronze went to the German decathlete Guido Kratschmer .

Records

Existing records

World record	8454 P 1964 rating	8466 P 1985 rating	Soviet Union 1955 Mykola Awilow	OS Munich , Federal Republic of Germany (today Germany )	7th / 8th September 1972
European record
EM record	8196 P 1964 rating	8188 P 1985 rating	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Joachim Kirst	EM Helsinki , Finland	11./14. August 1971

Record improvement

European champion Ryszard Skowronek improved the EM record on 5th / 6th. September to 8207 points after the then valid rating from 1964 - today's rating from 1985: 8230 pts. Poland 1944

execution

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

Day 1: September 6th - 100 m / long jump / shot put / high jump / 400 m
Day 2: September 7th - 110 m hurdles / discus throw / pole vault / javelin throw / 1500 m

The scoring was based on the points table from 1964.

Result

6./7. September 1974

Preliminary remarks on the point
values : For orientation and classification of the performance, the points achieved in 1985 according to the current evaluation system are also listed. After that, there would only have been one change in the result: the athletes on ranks thirteen and fourteen would have had to swap places. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

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	Ryszard Skowronek	Poland 1944 Poland	8207 CR	8230	10.97 s 812 p	7.49 m 919 p	13.10 m 671 p	1.95 m 813 p	47.80 s 903 P.	4118	14.79 s 871 P.	43.26 m 749 p	5.10 m 1075 p	64.14 m 811 p	4: 30.9 min 583 P.
2	Yves Leroy	France France	8146 PB	8144	10.95 s 817 P.	7.71 m 965 p	13.37 m 688 p	1.98 m 840 p	48.41 s 879 P.	4185	15.04 s 844 p	46.66 m 812 p	4.65 m 969 p	61.42 m 778 p	4: 35.6 min 553 P.
3	Guido Kratschmer	Germany BR BR Germany	8132 PB	8108	10.83 s 846 p	7.60 m 941 p	13.56 m 700 p	2.01 m 865 p	48.44 s 877 P.	4227	14.29 s 928 p	42.10 m 726 P	4.20 m 859 P	63.58 m 804 P.	4: 31.0 min 583 P.
4th	Leonid Lytwynenko	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	8122 PB	8083	11.14 s	7.01 m 822 p	14.60 m	1.89 m 760 p	48.76 s	3979	14.64 s	45.20 m	4.40 m 909 P	65.10 m 823 P	4: 09.7 min
5	Ryszard Katus	Poland 1944 Poland	7920 SB	7895	11.14 s	7.38 m 897 p	14.47 m 757 p	1.92 m 788 p	49.62 s	4032	14.54 s	43.06 m	4.40 m 909 P	64.22 m	4: 41.0 min
6th	Philipp Andres	Switzerland Switzerland	7863 PB	7830	11.08 s 785 P.	7.08 m 836 p	11.98 m 598 p	1.95 m 796 P	47.37 s 929 P.	3960	15.30 s 817 p	38.34 m 652 p	4.60 m 957 P	60.52 m 767 p	4: 13.2 min 710 p
7th	Sepp Zeilbauer	Austria Austria	7792 SB	7725	11.19 s 759 P.	7.11 m 842 p	14.32 m 747 p	2.04 m 891 p	48.66 s 867 P.	4105	14.82 s 868 P.	41.74 m 719 p	4.20 m 859 P	53.78 m 683 p	4: 34.8 min 558 P.
8th	Alexander Blinjayev	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union	7742 PB	7722	11.46 s 696 P.	7.52 m 925 P.	14.36 m 750 p	1.95 m 813 p	51.55 s 736 P.	3920	15.63 s	47.94 m	4.50 m 920 p	61.12 m	4: 44.8 min
9	Eberhard Stroot	Germany BR BR Germany	7704 PB	7641	11.12 s 775 P.	7.19 m 859 P.	13.12 m 672 p	1.92 m 788 p	47.76 s 908 P.	4002	15.10 s	40.50 m	4.10 m 832 p	58.42 m 742 p	4; 29.1 min
10	Regis Ghesquière	France France	7591 SB	7538	11.68 s	7.21 m 863 p	13.79 m 715 p	1.92 m 788 p	49.79 s 814 P.		15.08 s 840 p	40.52 m 696 p	4.10 m 832 p	61.16 m	4: 25.6 min
11	Edward Kozakiewicz	Poland 1944 Poland	7522 PB	7494	11.35 s 721 P.	7.11 m 842 p	12.24 m	1.89 m 760 p	49.75 s 816 p		15.86 s	37.68 m	5.00 m 1052 p	56.98 m 724 p	4: 29.5 min
12	Jean-Pierre Schoebel	France France	7486 PB	7428	11.26 s 742 P.	6.90 m 800 p	13.42 m 692 p	1.83 m 680 p	50.20 s		15.44 s	38.96 m 665 p	4.40 m 909 P	62.82 m	4: 32.0 min
13	Ludek Pernica	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	7456 SB	7294	11.45 s	6.81 m 780 p	13.30 m	1.85 m 725 p	50.53 s		15.26 s 821 P.	38.06 m	4.50 m 932 p	53.86 m	4: 26.6 min
14th	Heikki Kyösola	Finland Finland	7456 PB	7315	11.17 s 762 P.	7.09 m 838 p	12.13 m	1.98 m 840 p	50.38 s	3837	16.46 s	36.20 m	4.10 m 832 p	64.84 m 819 p	4: 31.4 min
15th	Rafael Cano	Spain 1945 Spain	7024 PB	6951	11.38 s 715 P.	6.79 m	11.24 m	1.89 m 760 p	49.57 s		15.49 s 798 P.	33.58 m	4.20 m 859 P	54.34 m	4: 34.8 min
16	Roger Lespagnard	Belgium Belgium	6937 SB	6812	11.14 s	7.12 m 844 p	12.78 m	1.85 m 725 p	49.43 s		16.17 s	37.66 m	3.80 m 754 P.	44.18 m	4: 56.6 min
DNF	Raimo Pihl	Sweden Sweden			11.01 s 802 P.	7.15 m 850 p	14.85 m 778 p	1.89 m 760 p	49.75 s 816 p	4006	16.12 s	42.22 m	DNS
	Vasile Bogdan	Romania 1965 Romania			11.27 s 740 p	7.10 m	13.92 m	1.86 m 734 p	49.58 s	3861	28.90 s	DNS
	Stefan Hallgrimsson	Iceland Iceland			11.64 s 657 P.	6.59 m 734 p	13.65 m	1.83 m 707 p	50.09 s 801 P.		22.28 s	DNS
	Heinz Born	Switzerland Switzerland			11.29 s 735 p	7.31 m	12.92 m 660 p	1.98 m 840 p	DNS
	Runald Backman	Sweden Sweden			10.96 s	7.16 m 753 P.	13.14 m	1.86 m 734 p	DNS
	Rudolf Zigert	Soviet Union 1955 Soviet Union			11.17 s 708 P.	7.02 m 824 p	16.14 m	DNS
	Lennart Hedmark	Sweden Sweden			11.41 s 763 P.	7.13 m 846 p	15.30 m	DNS
	Mauro Bettella	Italy Italy			DNF	DNS

Guido Kratschmer improved significantly and won the bronze medal - in 1976 he finished second in the Olympics and later conquered the world record
Ryszard Katus (here in 2009) , 1971 EM -Vierzehnter, came to fifth place

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Athens 1974 from european-athletics.org, accessed July 17, 2019
European Championship 1974 Rome, Men Decathlon on todor66.com, accessed July 17, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1973 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 17, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Decathlon Men European Championship 1974 Athens, p. 423f (PDF, 13,363 kB), English, on european-athletics.org, accessed on June 4, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 17, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1974, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on July 17, 2019
11th European Athletics Championships 1974 in Rome, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on July 17, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed July 17, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed July 17, 2019

11th European Athletics Championships

discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Italy Rome
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 14 countries
Competition phase	5th / 6th September
Medalist
gold	Ryszard Skowronek ( POL ) Poland 1944
silver	Yves Leroy ( FRA ) France
bronze	Guido Kratschmer ( FRG ) Germany BR