European Athletics Championships 1986 / Men's Decathlon

14th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Stuttgart
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Attendees	23 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	27./28. August
Medalist
gold	Daley Thompson ( GBR )
silver	Jürgen Hingsen ( FRG )
bronze	Siegfried Wentz ( FRG )

The Stuttgart stadium - today the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2011

The men's decathlon at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held on August 27 and 28, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

For the first time at the European Championships, the points were awarded according to the 1985 rating, which is still valid today.

In this competition, the decathletes from the Federal Republic of Germany won two medals, silver and bronze. European champion was the British title holder, Olympic champion in 1980 / 1984 , world champion in 1983 and world record holder Daley Thompson . Jürgen Hingsen , who has been second at all major international championships since 1982 , also won the silver medal here. Bronze went to Siegfried Wentz, third in the World Cup in 1983 and third in the Olympic Games in 1984 .

Records

Existing records

World record	8847 P	United Kingdom Daley Thompson	OS Los Angeles , USA	8/9 August 1984
European record
EM record	8743 P		EM Athens , Greece	7th / 8th September 1982

Record improvement

European champion Daley Thompson improved his own championship record on 27./28. August to 8811 points. United Kingdom

execution

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

Day 1: August 27th - 100 m / long jump / shot put / high jump / 400 m
Day 2: August 28th - 110 m hurdles / discus throw / pole vault / javelin throw / 1500 m

The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today.

Result

27./28. August 1986

space	Surname	nation	Points	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	Daley Thompson	United Kingdom Great Britain	8811 CR	10.26 s 1032 P.	7.72 m 990 p	15.73 m 835 p	2.00 m 803 P	47.02 s 957 P.	4617	14.04 s 969 P.	43.38 m 734 p	5.10 m 941 p	62.78 m 780 p	4: 26.16 min 770 p
2	Jürgen Hingsen	Germany BR BR Germany	8730	10.87 s 890 p	7.89 m 1033 p	16.46 m 880 p	2.12 m 915 p	48.79 s 871 P.	4589	14.52 s 908 P.	48.42 m 838 p	4.60 m 790 p	64.38 m 804 P.	4: 21.61 min 801 P.
3	Siegfried Wentz	Germany BR BR Germany	8676	10.83 s 899 p	7.60 m 960 p	15.45 m 817 p	2.12 m 915 p	47.57 s 930 p	4521	14.07 s 965 p	45.66 m 780 p	4.90 m 880 p	65.34 m 818 p	4: 35.00 min 712 p
4th	Torsten Voss	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	8450	10.53 s 968 P.	7.85 m 1022 p	14.93 m 785 p	2.09 m 887 p	48.03 s 908 P.	4570	14.91 s 860 p	43.64 m 739 p	5.10 m 941 p	57.76 m 704 P.	4: 47.15 min 636 P.
5	Oleksandr Apajchev	Soviet Union Soviet Union	8199	11.14 s 830 p	7.25 m 874 P.	15.57 m 825 p	1.88 m 696 p	49.45 s 840 p	4065	14.29 s 937 P.	45.82 m 784 p	4.80 m 849 p	64.84 m 811 p	4: 28.66 min, 753 P.
6th	Uwe Freimuth	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	8197	11.02 s 856 P.	7.25 m 874 P.	15.28 m 807 p	1.97 m 776 p	48.35 s 892 P.	4205	14.85 s 868 P.	45.94 m 786 p	4.90 m 880 p	60.36 m 743 P.	4: 34.54 min 715 P.
7th	Christian Plaziat	France France	8196	10.84 s 897 P	7.36 m 900 p	14.73 m 773 p	2.15 m 944 p	50.03 s 813 p	4327	14.83 s 870 p	45.40 m 775 P	4.70 m 819 p	57.10 m 694 p	4: 35.20 min 711 p
8th	Alain Blondel	France France	8185	10.74 s 919 P.	7.42 m 915 p	13.27 m 684 p	2.00 m 803 P	47.79 s 919 P.	4240	14.34 s 931 p	39.22 m 649 p	4.90 m 880 p	55.18 m 666 p	4: 18.97 min 819 p
9	Robert De Wit	Netherlands Netherlands	7962 NO	11.07 s 845 p	7.05 m 826 p	14.04 m 731 p	2.00 m 803 P	49.35 s 845 p	4050	14.58 s 901 P.	43.34 m 733 p	4.80 m 849 p	54.74 m 659 p	4: 26.09 min 770 p
10	Sten Ekberg	Sweden Sweden	7930	11.07 s 845 p	7.05 m 826 p	13.55 m 701 P.	2.06 m 859 P	49.46 s 840 p	4071	15.12 s 835 p	43.98 m 746 p	4.50 m 760 p	57.86 m 706 P.	4: 19.96 min 812 p
11	Eugene Gilkes	United Kingdom Great Britain	7888	10.64 s 942 P.	7.00 m 814 p	14.92 m 785 p	1.94 m 749 p	47.60 s 929 P.	4219	15.26 s 818 p	43.50 m 736 p	4.40 m 731 P	48.42 m 565 p	4: 18.91 min 819 p
12	Mikael Olander	Sweden Sweden	7888	11.29 s 797 P.	6.78 m 762 p	15.62 m 828 p	1.97 m 776 p	50.85 s 776 P.	3939	16.16 s 715 P.	46.30 m 794 P	4.60 m 790 p	72.50 m 928 p	4: 33.46 min 722 P.
13	Beat Gähwiler	Switzerland Switzerland	7862	11.14 s 830 p	7.06 m 828 p	14.15 m 738 p	1.94 m 749 p	49.21 s 851 P.	3996	15.30 s 814 p	40.36 m 672 p	4.60 m 790 p	63.68 m 793 p	4: 22.19 min, 797 P.
14th	Lars Warming	Denmark Denmark	7776	10.82 s 901 P.	7.03 m 821 p	13.52 m 699 p	1.94 m 749 p	47.76 s 921 P.	4091	14.54 s 906 P.	40.48 m 674 p	4.60 m 790 p	44.00 m 500 p	4: 19.49 min 815 p
15th	Patrick Vetterli	Switzerland Switzerland	7609	11.23 s 810 p	6.77 m 760 p	14.27 m 745 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.79 s 824 p	3970	15.06 s 842 p	45.40 m 775 P	4.40 m 731 P	57.06 m 694 p	4: 53.62 min 597 P.
16	Petri Keskitalo	Finland Finland	7452	10.67 s 935 P.	7.57 m 952 p	14.03 m 730 p	1.97 m 776 p	51.47 s 748 P.	4141	14.66 s 891 P.	33.62 m 536 p	4.60 m 790 p	53.92 m 647 p	5: 20.66 min 447 P.
17th	Carlos O'Connell	Ireland Ireland	7312	11.04 s 852 P.	7.21 m 864 P.	11.53 m 578 p	1.85 m 670 p	49.29 s 848 p	3812	15.36 s 807 P.	34.72 m 558 p	4.30 m 702 P	51.96 m 618 p	4: 19.56 min 815 p
DNF	Staffan Blomstrand	Sweden Sweden		11.05 s 850 p	6.78 m 762 p	14.10 m 734 p	1.97 m 776 p	48.95 s 864 P.	3986	16.19 s 711 P.	43.64 m 739 p	4.50 m 760 p	61.70 m 763 P	DNS
	Grigory Degtyarov	Soviet Union Soviet Union		10.99 s 863 P.	7.26 m 876 P.	14.72 m 772 p	2.00 m 803 P	50.04 s 813 p	4127	15.11 s 836 p	44.48 m 756 p	DNS
	Jürgen Mandl	Austria Austria		10.95 s 872 P.	7.09 m 835 p	14.27 m 745 p	1.94 m 749 p	50.67 s 784 P.	3985	14.98 s 852 P.	39.16 m 638 p	DNS
	William Motti	France France		11.26 s 804 P.	7.00 m 814 p	13.96 m 726 p	1.70 m 544 p	DNF 0 P	2888	DNF 0 P	38.50 m 634 p	DNS
	Guido Kratschmer	Germany BR BR Germany		10.62 s 947 p	7.50 m 935 p	DNS
	Valter Külvet	Soviet Union Soviet Union		11.48 s 757 P.	6.71 m 746 P.	DNS

Daley Thomson (here in 2007) has won a high-class duel with Jürgen Hingsen, as he did at all major international championships since 1982
Vice European Champion Jürgen Hingsen
Torsten Voss was not yet able to intervene in the medal fight and was fourth - in 1987 he was world champion and in 1988 Olympic runner-up, later he won numerous medals in bobsleigh

Sten Ekberg was tenth in this competition
The ex-world record holder, Olympic runner-up in 1976 and European Championship third from 1974, Guido Kratschmer, could no longer compete in the shot put after a strong start

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
Men Decathlon European Championship 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com, accessed on September 4, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed September 4, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Decathlon Men European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 447 (PDF, 13.363 kB), English, on european-athletics.org, accessed on September 4, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 4, 2019
14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on September 4, 2019

Video

Daley Thompson - European Decathlon Gold, Stuttgart 1986 , published on December 10, 2011 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 4, 2019
EC1986DEC100mMh1, Decathlon, 100 m , published on November 24, 2011 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 4, 2019
224 Decathlon 110 m Hurdles , published on October 29, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 4, 2019
240 Decathlon, Discus Throw , published on November 2, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed on September 4, 2019
241 Decathlon, Pole Vault Part 1 , published November 2, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed September 4, 2019
242 Decathlon, Pole Vault Part 2 , published on November 2, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 4, 2019
318 Decathlon, 1500 m , published on November 2, 2012 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 4, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed September 4, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed September 4, 2019

14th European Athletics Championships

discipline	Men's decathlon
city	Germany BR Stuttgart
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Attendees	23 athletes from 12 countries
Competition phase	27./28. August
Medalist
gold	Daley Thompson ( GBR ) United Kingdom
silver	Jürgen Hingsen ( FRG ) Germany BR
bronze	Siegfried Wentz ( FRG ) Germany BR