European Athletics Championships 1990 / Men's Decathlon

15th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	29 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Split
Competition location	Poljud Stadium
Competition phase	28/29 August
	Medalist
	Christian Plaziat ( FRA )
	Dezső Szabó ( HUN )
	Christian Schenk ( GDR )

The Poljud stadium in Split in 2010

The men's decathlon at the 1990 European Athletics Championships was held on August 28 and 29, 1990 in the Poljud Stadium in Split .

French Christian Plaziat became European champion . The Hungarian Dezső Szabó won the silver medal. Third place went to the 1988 Olympic champion Christian Schenk from the GDR.

Existing records

World record	8847 P	United Kingdom Daley Thompson	OS Los Angeles , USA	8/9 August 1984
European record
EM record	8811 P		EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	27./28. August 1986

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

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

28/29 August 1990

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	Christian Plaziat	France France	8574 NO	10.72 s 924 P.	7.77 m 1002 p	14.19 m 740 p	2.10 m 896 P	47.10 s 953 P.	4515	13.98 s 977 P.	44.36 m 754 P.	5.00 m 910 p	54.72 m 659 p	4: 27.83 min, 759 P.
2	Dezső Szabó	Hungary Hungary	8436	11.06 s 847 p	7.49 m 932 p	13.65 m 707 P.	1.98 m 785 p	47.17 s 950 p	4221	14.67 s 890 p	40.78 m 680 p	5.30 m 1004 P.	61.94 m 767 p	4: 11.07 min 874 P.
3	Christian Schenk	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR	8433	11.26 s 804 P.	7.55 m 947 p	15.59 m 826 p	2.22 m 1012 p	49.03 s 860 p	4449	15.24 s 821 P.	47.34 m 815 p	4.40 m 731 P	61.62 m 762 p	4: 13.77 min 855 P.
4th	Robert Změlík	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	8249	10.86 s 892 P.	7.90 m 1035 p	12.60 m 643 P	2.01 m 813 p	48.25 s 897 P	4280	14.12 s 959 P.	39.00 m 644 p	4.90 m 880 p	59.28 m 727 p	4: 27.76 min 759 P.
5	Alain Blondel	France France	8216	11.06 s 847 p	7.39 m 908 P.	13.05 m 670 p	1.95 m 758 P	48.04 s 907 P.	4090	14.27 s 940 p	43.86 m 743 p	4.90 m 880 p	56.24 m 681 P.	4: 09.90 min 882 P.
6th	Antonio Peñalver	Cuba Cuba	8214 NU23R	11.24 s 808 P.	7.55 m 947 p	16.01 m 852 p	2.01 m 813 p	50.27 s 802 P	4222	14.63 s 895 P	47.84 m 826 p	4.70 m 819 p	57.48 m 700 p	4: 28.86 min, 752 P.
7th	Beat Gähwiler	Switzerland Switzerland	8146	11.29 s 797 P.	7.42 m 015 P.	13.41 m 692 p	1.98 m 785 p	49.21 s 851 P.	4040	14.65 s 892 P	44.30 m 752 p	4.70 m 819 p	62.94 m 782 p	4: 12.88 min 861 P.
8th	Andrei Nazarov	Soviet Union Soviet Union	8071	11.04 s 852 P.	7.43 m 918 p	13.07 m 672 p	2.13 m 925 P.	48.09 s 905 P.	4272	14.56 s 903 P.	41.82 m 702 p	4.60 m 790 p	56.56 m 686 p	4: 33.88 min 719 P.
9	Henrik Dagård	Sweden Sweden	8052 NU23R	10.93 s 876 P.	7.44 m 920 p	12.39 m 630 p	1.98 m 785 p	46.95 s 961 P.	4172	14.63 s 895 P	39.72 m 659 p	4.70 m 819 p	63.54 m 791 P.	4: 34.45 min 716 P.
10	Frank Mueller	Germany BR BR Germany	7973	11.00 s 861 p	7.32 m 891 P	13.92 m 723 p	1.98 m 785 p	47.98 s 910 p	4170	14.64 s 894 P	41.46 m 694 p	4.40 m 731 P	59.78 m 735 p	4: 29.29 min 749 P.
11	Michael Kohnle	Germany BR BR Germany	7829	10.89 s 885 P.	7.24 m 871 P.	14.41 m 753 p	1.98 m 785 p	49.63 s 832 p	4126	14.80 s 874 P.	42.18 m 709 P.	4.70 m 819 p	61.74 m 764 P.	5: 04.05 min 537 P.
12	Siegfried Wentz	Germany BR BR Germany	7810	11.28 s 799 p	7.09 m 835 p	14.89 m 783 p	1.98 m 785 p	48.78 s 872 P.	4074	14.48 s 913 P.	43.20 m 730 p	4.40 m 731 P	56.20 m 681 p	4: 39.81 min 681 P.
13	Sasa Karan	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	7774	11.29 s 797 P.	7.07 m 830 p	13.53 m 700 p	1.92 m 731 p	49.13 s 855 P.	3913	14.90 s 862 p	44.70 m 761 P.	4.40 m 731 P	56.10 m 679 p	4: 17.60 min, 828 P.
14th	Gernot Kellermayr	Austria Austria	7666	10.99 s 863 P.	7.32 m 891 P	12.96 m 665 p	1.86 m 679 p	48.92 s 865 p	3963	14.87 s 865 p	40.64 m 678 p	4.40 m 731 P	58.86 m 721 p	4: 35.61 min 708 P.
15th	Goran Kabic	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia	7584	11.56 s 740 p	6.94 m 799 p	13.85 m 719 p	1.89 m 705 p	51.86 s 731 P.	3694	14.87 s 865 p	43.66 m 739 p	4.30 m 702 P	65.12 m 815 p	4: 26.38 min 769 P.
16	Eugene Gilkes	United Kingdom Great Britain	7555	11.19 s 819 P.	6.80 m 767 P	13.84 m 719 p	1.83 m 653 p	48.91 s 866 P.	3824	15.31 s 812 p	46.30 m 794 P	4.20 m 673 p	53.20 m 636 p	4: 19.42 min 816 P.
17th	Michael Arnold	Austria Austria	7515	11.20 s 817 P.	7.23 m 869 p	13.39 m 691 p	1.98 m 785 p	49.63 s 832 p	3994	14.81 s 873 P.	37.74 m 619 p	4.00 m 617 p	59.46 m 730 p	4: 39.77 min 682 P.
18th	Alvaro Burrell	Spain Spain	7443	11.09 s 841 p	6.68 m 739 p	13.36 m 689 p	1.95 m 758 P	48.06 s 906 P.	3933	14.93 s 858 P.	42.36 m 713 p	4.10 m 645 p	47.08 m 546 p	4: 29.55 min 748 p
19th	Kaj Ekman	Finland Finland	7415	11.20 s 817 P.	6.52 m 702 P.	12.37 m 629 p	1.95 m 758 P	49.10 s 857 P.	3763	14.86 s 867 P.	40.84 m 682 p	4.00 m 617 p	56.80 m 690 p	4: 22.36 min 796 P.
20th	Alex Kruger	United Kingdom Great Britain	7359	11.49 s 755 P.	6.85 m 778 p	13.48 m 697 p	2.07 m 868 p	50.35 s 799 p	3897	15.39 s 803 P.	40.30 m 671 p	4.30 m 702 P	52.74 m 629 p	4: 43.77 min 657 P.
DNF	Mikhail Medved	Soviet Union Soviet Union		11.14 s 830 p	7.39 m 908 P.	15.61 m 827 p	2.01 m 813 p	49.42 s 842 P.	4220	14.42 s 921 P.	48.58 m 839 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Sándór Munkácsi	Hungary Hungary		11.17 s 823 P.	6.83 m 774 p	12.13 m 614 p	1.95 m 758 P	49.40 s 842 p	3811	14.69 s 887 P.	39.34 m 651 P.	NM 0 P	DNS
	Alper Kasapoglu	Turkey Turkey		11.38 s 778 P.	7.08 m 833 p	12.31 m 625 p	1.89 m 705 p	49.81 s 823 P.	3764	15.09 s 839 p	38.90 m 642 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Sten Ekberg	Sweden Sweden		11.29 s 797 P.	6.85 m 778 p	13.40 m 692 P	1.86 m 679 p	DNS
	René Schmidheiny	Switzerland Switzerland		11.88 s 675 P.	6.75 m 755 p	14.84 m 780 p	1.83 m 653 p	DNS
	Robert De Wit	Netherlands Netherlands		11.14 s 830 p	7.17 m 854 P.	13.42 m 693 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Alexei Lyakh	Soviet Union Soviet Union		11.57 s 738 p	NM 0 P	15.12 m 797 p	DNS
	Thomas Halamoda	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR		11.12 s 834 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Petri Keskitalo	Finland Finland		11.27 s 801 P.	NM 0 P	DNS

Christian Schenk, Olympic champion in 1988 , won the bronze medal
The EM -Zehnte of 1986 Sten Ekberg came to the last discipline of the first day, the 400-meter run , no longer

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Split 1990 at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 14, 2019
Men Decathlon European Championship 1990 Split on todor66.com, accessed September 14, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1990 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 14, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Decathlon Men European Championship 1990 Split, p. 455 (PDF, 13,363 kB), English, on european-athletics.org, accessed on September 14, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1990, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 14, 2019
15th European Athletics Championships 1990 in Split, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on September 14, 2019

Videos

High jump: 2868 European Track & Field 1990 Split Decathlon High Jump Christian Schenk , published on November 9, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 14, 2019
Pole vault: 2917 European Track & Field 1990 Split Decathlon Pole Vault Christian Plaziat , published on November 23, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 14, 2019
Award ceremony: 2977 European Track & Field 1990 Split Medal Ceremony Decathlon , published on December 15, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 14, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed September 14, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed September 14, 2019