European Athletics Championships 1994 / Men's Decathlon

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	28 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	12./13. August
	Medalist
	Alain Blondel ( FRA )
	Henrik Dagård ( SWE )
	Lev Lobodin ( UKR )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's decathlon at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held on August 12 and 13, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

The French Alain Blondel became European champion . He won ahead of the Swede Henrik Dagård . The Ukrainian Lev Lobodin won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	8891 P	United States Dan O'Brien	Talence , France	4th / 5th September 1992
European record	8847 P	United Kingdom Daley Thompson	OS Los Angeles , USA	8/9 August 1984
Championship record	8811 P	United Kingdom Daley Thompson	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 12th - 100 m / long jump / shot put / high jump / 400 m
Day 2: August 13th - 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

12./13. August 1994

Note: The symbol "x" means "invalid".

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	Alain Blondel	France France	8453	11.12 s 834 p	7.50 m 935 p	13.78 m 715 p	1.99 m 794 P	48.91 s 866 P.	4144	14.18 s 951 P.	45.08 m 768 p	5.40 m 1035 p	60.64 m 747 p	4: 20.48 min 808 P.
2	Henrik Dagård	Sweden Sweden	8362	10.69 s 931 P.	7.45 m 922 p	14.93 m 785 p	1.93 m 740 p	46.71 s 973 P.	4351	14.15 s 955 P.	44.36 m 754 P.	4.80 m 849 p	62.52 m 776 P.	4: 40.49 min 677 P.
3	Lev Lobodin	Ukraine Ukraine	8201	10.86 s 892 P.	7.30 m 886 P	15.34 m 811 p	1.99 m 794 P	48.78 s 872 P.	4255	14.31 s 935 p	45.50 m 777 p	5.00 m 910 p	50.14 m 591 P.	4: 31.80 min 733 P.
4th	Christian Plaziat	France France	8127	11.05 s 850 p	7.66 m 975 p	14.30 m 747 P	1.96 m 767 p	49.08 s 858 P.	4197	14.18 s 951 P.	42.80 m 722 p	4.80 m 849 p	56.70 m 688 p	4: 33.72 min 720 p
5	Stefan Schmid	Germany Germany	8109	10.87 s 890 p	7.43 m 918 p	13.49 m 697 p	1.96 m 767 p	48.99 s 862 P.	4134	14.72 s 884 P.	41.34 m 692 p	4.70 m 819 p	64.88 m 812 p	4: 26.51 min 768 P.
6th	Sándor Munkacsi	Hungary Hungary	8071	11.14 s 830 p	7.65 m 972 p	13.02 m 668 p	1.93 m 740 p	48.38 s 891 P.	4101	14.24 s 944 p	42.00 m 705 p	4.70 m 819 p	56.94 m 692 p	4: 20.27 min 810 p
7th	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8065	10.93 s 876 P.	7.69 m 982 p	14.55 m 762 p	2.02 m 822 p	48.94 s 864 P.	4303	14.25 s 942 p	42.84 m 722 p	4.00 m 617 p	59.54 m 731 p	4: 29.69 min 747 P.
8th	Dezső Szábo	Hungary Hungary	7995	11.02 s 856 P.	7.39 m 908 P.	12.87 m 659 p	1.93 m 740 p	48.63 s 879 P.	4042	14.68 s 889 P.	40.38 m 672 p	5.20 m 972 p	50.06 m 972 p	4: 17.23 min 831 P.
9	Vitaly Kolpakov	Ukraine Ukraine	7987	11.25 s 806 P.	7.33 m 893 p	15.00 m 790 p	2.05 m 850 p	49.14 s 855 P.	4194	12.79 s 875 p	47.12 m 811 p	4.60 m 790 p	54.26 m 652 p	4: 42.48 min 665 P.
10	Erki Nool	Estonia Estonia	7953	10.73 s 922 P.	7.83 m 1017 p	13.21 m 680 p	1.96 m 767 p	48.20 s 899 p	4285	15.27 s 817 P.	36.44 m 593 p	5.20 m 972 p	52.78 m 630 p	4: 43.91 min 656 P.
11	Andrei Nazarov	Estonia Estonia	7894	10.99 s 863 P.	7.22 m 866 p	13.14 m 676 p	2.02 m 822 p	49.65 s 831 P.	4058	14.31 s 935 p	43.54 m 737 p	4.80 m 849 p	54.02 m 648 p	4: 42.10 min 667 P.
12	Francisco Benet	Spain Spain	7836	11.36 s 782 P.	7.07 m 830 p	12.78 m 654 p	1.87 m 687 p	49.34 s 845 p	3798	14.40 s 924 p	43.80 m 742 p	4.80 m 849 p	63.28 m 787 p	4: 31.34 min 736 P.
13	Dirk-Achim Pajonk	Germany Germany	7746	10.93 s 876 P.	7.23 m 869 p	14.01 m 729 p	1.96 m 767 p	49.72 s 828 P.	4069	15.08 s 840 p	41.28 m 691 P.	4.40 m 731 P	52.28 m 622 p	4: 22.68 min 793 P.
14th	Philipp Huber	Switzerland Switzerland	7725	11.23 s 810 p	7.08 m 833 p	14.01 m 729 p	1.87 m 687 p	48.20 s 899 p	3958	15.07 s 841 p	40.74 m 680 p	4.70 m 819 p	50.66 m 598 p	4: 17.46 min 829 P.
15th	Mikko Valle	Finland Finland	7670	11.09 s 841 p	7.04 m 823 p	11.82 m 595 p	1.90 m 714 p	49.67 s 830 p	3803	15.21 s 824 p	40.82 m 681 P.	5.00 m 910 p	67.80 m 856 P.	4: 53.75 min 596 P.
16	Mirko Spada	Switzerland Switzerland	7669	11.44 s 765 p	6.98 m 809 p	14.87 m 782 p	1.90 m 714 p	49.86 s 821 P.	3891	14.49 s 912 P.	44.02 m 747 p	4.50 m 760 p	54.68 m 658 p	4: 36.81 min 701 P.
17th	Jarkko Finni	Finland Finland	7623	10.99 s 863 P.	7.20 m 862 p	13.52 m 699 p	1.96 m 767 p	51.44 s 749 P	3940	15.38 s 804 P.	40.04 m 665 p	4.70 m 819 p	60.46 m 745 p	4: 44.83 min 650 p
18th	Marcel Dost	Netherlands Netherlands	7547	11.15 s 827 P.	7.26 m 876 P.	12.90 m 661 p	1.87 m 687 p	49.79 s 824 p	4875	14.93 s 858 P.	41.26 m 690 p	4.70 m 819 p	51.82 m 616 p	4: 38.60 min, 689 P.
19th	Alper Kasapoglu	Turkey Turkey	7529	10.96 s 870 p	7.35 m 898 p	12.82 m 656 p	1.90 m 714 p	49.67 s 830 p	3968	14.80 s 874 P.	29.22 m 649 p	4.50 m 760 p	49.76 m 585 p	4: 37.96 min 693 P.
20th	Indrek Kaseorg	Estonia Estonia	7272	11.41 s 771 P.	7.78 m 905 p	13.25 m 682 p	2.05 m 850 p	48.66 s 877 P.	4085	14.35 s 930 p	40.64 m 678 p	x 0 P	62.36 m 773 P.	4: 20.79 min 806 P.
21st	Rojs Piziks	Latvia Latvia	7118	11.75 s 701 P.	6.69 m 741 P.	13.46 m 695 p	2.02 m 822 p	53.62 s 655 P.	3614	15.78 s 758 P.	42.58 m 717 p	4.40 m 731 P	51.96 m 618 p	4: 40.06 min 680 p
DNF	Rolf Schlafli	Switzerland Switzerland		11.09 s 841 p	6.77 m 760 p	13.41 m 692 p	1.99 m 794 P	47.71 s 923 P.	4010	15.52 s 788 P.	40.42 m 673 p	DNS
	Eduard Hämäläinen	Belarus Belarus		10.77 s 912 p	7.54 m 945 p	15.70 m 833 p	2.08 m 878 P.	47.28 s 944 P.	4512	DNF 0 P	DNS
	William Motti	France France		11.54 s 744 p	7.32 m 891 P	15.65 m 830 p	2.11 m 906 p	DNS
	Thorsten Dauth	Germany Germany		10.83 s 899 p	7.30 m 886 P	14.71 m 772 p	1.96 m 767 p	DNS
	Antonio Peñalver	Spain Spain		11.21 s 814 P.	7.35 m 898 p	15.82 m 840 p	1.93 m 740 p	DNS
	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland Iceland		10.83 s 899 p	x 0 P	14.12 m 736 p	DNS
	Alvaro Burrell	Spain Spain		10.98 s 865 p	x 0 P	DNS

Tomáš Dvořák reached seventh place - two years later he won the Olympic bronze, from 1997 to 2001 he was world champion three times and in 1999 he also set the world record
Erki Nool came in tenth - two years later he became European champion , 2000 Olympic champion and 2001 vice world champion

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 from european-athletics.org, accessed September 29, 2019
Men Decathlon European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 29, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed September 29, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Decathlon Men European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 464 (PDF, 13,363 kB), English, on european-athletics.org, accessed on September 29, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 29, 2019
16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 29, 2019

Videos

European Championships EM 1994 Helsinki Decathlon Decathlon Part 3 , published on November 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on September 29, 2019
European Championships EM 1994 Helsinki Decathlon Decathlon Part 4 , published on November 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on September 29, 2019
European Championships EM 1994 Helsinki Decathlon Decathlon Part 5 , published on November 9, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on September 29, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed September 29, 2019
↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Decathlon , p. 39 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on September 29, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed September 29, 2019

[2] Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Decathlon , p. 39 (PDF, 271 kB), Spanish / English, accessed on September 29, 2019