European Athletics Championships 1978 / Men's Decathlon

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12th European Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline Men's decathlon
city Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech RepublicCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Stadion Evžena Rošického Stadium
Attendees 23 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase 30./31. August
Medalist
gold gold Alexander Grebenjuk ( URS ) Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
Silver medals silver Daley Thompson ( GBR ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Bronze medals bronze Siegfried Stark ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
The stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague
in 2009

The decathlon men at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on 30 and 31 August 1978 at the Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.

European champion became the European record holder Alexander Grebenjuk from the Soviet Union. The British Daley Thompson took second place . Bronze went to the GDR decathlete Siegfried Stark .

Records

Existing records

World record 8618 P
1964 rating 		8634 P
1985 rating 		United StatesUnited States Bruce Jenner Montreal OS , Canada 29./30. July 1976
European record 8454 P
1964 rating 		8466 P
1985 rating 		Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Alexander Grebenyuk Riga , Russia (now Latvia ) 2nd / 3rd July 1977
EM record 8207 P
1964 rating 		8230 P
1985 rating 		Poland 1944Poland Ryszard Skowronek EM Rome , Italy 5th / 6th September 1974

Record improvement

European champion Alexander Grebenjuk improved the championship record on 30./31. August to 8340 points according to the then valid rating from 1964 - today's rating from 1985: 8337 points Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 

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 points table from 1964.

Result

30./31. August 1978

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, the seventh placed Johannes Lahti and the eighth placed Rainer Pottel should have swapped their ranks. Also in seventeenth - Armin Tschenett - and eighteen - Christer Lythell - the order would have been reversed. 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 110 m
hurdles		 Discus
throw		 Stabhoch-
jump		 javelin
throw		 1500 m
1 Alexander Grebenyuk Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 8340 CR 8337 11.02 s 6.94 m 15.93 m 2.01 m 48.88 s 14.43 s 48.42 m 4.50 m 67.74 m 4: 24.4 min
2 Daley Thompson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 8289 SB 8257 10.69 s 7.93 m 14.69 m 2.04 m 47.77 s 15.28 s 43.52 m 4.20 m 59.80 m 4: 22.8 min
3 Siegfried Stark Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 8208 SB 8224 11.17 s 7.30 m 15.04 m 1.95 m 49.57 s 15.12 s 44.52 m 4.90 m 69.00 m 4: 24.0 min
4th Sepp Zeilbauer AustriaAustria Austria 7988 SB 7969 11.12 s 7.32 m 14.81 m 1.92 m 49.55 s 14.61 s 45.22 m 4.70 m 60.36 m 4; 41.6 min
5 Yuri Kuzenko Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 7978 SB 7918 11.02 s 7.24 m 14.82 m 1.98 m 49.23 s 15.34 s 43.76 m 4.40 m 57.74 m 4: 22.9 min
6th Roger Kanerva FinlandFinland Finland 7945 PB 7923 11.18 s 7.22 m 13.32 m 2.01 m 49.62 s 15.28 s 41.82 m 4.80 m 61.60 m 4: 25.4 min
7th Johannes Lahti FinlandFinland Finland 7913 PB 7875 10.86 s 7.08 m 14.06 m 2.07 m 49.64 s 15.00 s 41.36 m 4.00 m 67.98 m 4: 36.7 min
8th Rainer Pottel Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 7900 SB 7883 11.05 s 7.40 m 15.05 m 1.92 m 48.04 s 14.89 s 32.80 m 4.90 m 56.24 m 4: 29.5 min
9 Holger Schmidt Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 7829 PB 7778 10.96 s 7.16 m 15.74 m 1.95 m 49.66 s 14.84 s 48.12 m 4.10 m 59.82 m 5: 01.1 min
10 Yves Leroy FranceFrance France 7780 SB 7748 11.27 s 7.17 m 14.38 m 1.89 m 49.65 s 15.11 s 47.96 m 4.70 m 56.32 m 4: 46.6 min
11 Thierry Dubois FranceFrance France 7705 PB 7664 10.99 s 7.23 m 13.78 m 1.95 m 49.58 s 14.97 s 42.82 m 4.00 m 66.80 m 4: 54.4 min
12 Vladimir Buryakov Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 7670 PB 7629 11.45 s 7.12 m 14.01 m 1.95 m 50.20 s 15.11 s 40.58 m 4.70 m 57.86 m 4: 37.7 min
13 Jürgen Hingsen Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 7640 PB 7585 11.39 s 7.39 m 13.94 m 1.98 m 50.22 s 15.33 s 39.72 m 4.10 m 58.66 m 4: 28.5 min
14th Dietmar Schauerhammer Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 7635 PB 7548 10.81 s 7.21 m 14.91 m 1.86 m 47.59 s 15.02 s 41.96 m 4.00 m 51.70 m 4: 52.0 min
15th Atanas Andonow Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 7590 SB 7527 11.15 s 6.94 m 13.54 m 1.92 m 51.00 s 14.77 s 41.50 m 4.40 m 58.34 m 4: 39.4 min
16 Jaromir Fric CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7516 PB 7469 11.39 s 7.08 m 13.58 m 1.92 m 50.76 s 15.40 s 45.32 m 4.80 m 52.96 m 4: 55.0 min
17th Armin Tschenett SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 7362 PB 7266 10.98 s 7.01 m 13.15 m 1.92 m 48.74 s 15.47 s 34.30 m 4.10 m 49.14 m 4: 30.8 m
18th Christer Lythell SwedenSweden Sweden 7362 SB 7287 11.39 s 7.17 m 13.55 m 1.83 m 50.12 s 15.43 s 45.42 m 4.00 m 53.08 m 4: 41.7 min
19th Elias Sveinsson IcelandIceland Iceland 7317 PB 7225 11.24 s 6.17 m 14.17 m 1.95 m 51.50 s 15.48 s 43.64 m 4.20 m 57.14 m 4: 44.8 min
20th Ludek Pernica CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7290 SB 7203 11.55 s 6.72 m 13.43 m 1.89 m 51.41 s 15.18 s 42.46 m 4.30 m 48.90 m 4: 29.6 min
21st Árpád Kiss Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 7202 PB 7103 11.34 s 6.83 m 14.45 m 1.95 m 51.02 s 15.05 s 42.20 m 3.80 m 50.70 m 5: 02.0 min
22nd Kenneth Riggberger SwedenSweden Sweden 7063 6957 11.39 s 6.62 m 13.46 m 1.80 m 50.15 s 16.08 s 39.60 m 4.20 m 50.88 m 4: 41.5 min
DNF Georg Werthner AustriaAustria Austria 11.39 s 7.11 m 13.46 m 1.92 m 50.49 s 15.48 s 35.92 m 4.20 m 68.70 m DNS
DNS Guido Kratschmer Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany

  • For the first time Daley Thompson appeared (here in 2007) at a major international championship and won silver - was later including two-time Olympic champion ( 1980 / 1984 ), twice European champion ( 1982 / 1986 ) and conquered the world record

  • Rainer Pottel came in eighth

  • Dietmar Schauerhammer was fourteenth - he later switched to bobsleigh and won several Olympic and World Cup gold medals there

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed August 7, 2019
  2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. Decathlon on rfea.es, p. 39, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 7, 2019