European Athletics Championships 2002 / Men's Decathlon

18th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	20 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Munich
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	7th / 8th August
	Medalist
	Roman Šebrle ( CZE )
	Erki Nool ( EST )
	Lev Lobodin ( RUS )

Olympiastadion in Munich from above

The men's decathlon at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 7th and 8th, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.

The European champion was the Czech Olympic runner-up in 2000 and world record holder Roman Šebrle , who the year before had become the first decathlete to surpass the 9000 point mark. He won ahead of the defending champion, 2000 Olympic champion and 2001 vice world champion Erki Nool from Estonia. Bronze went to Lev Lobodin, who was third in the Russian European Championship in 1998 .

Existing records

World record	9026 P	Czech Republic Roman Šebrle	Götzis , Austria	26./27. May 2001
European record
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 7th - 100 m / long jump / shot put / high jump / 400 m
Day 2: August 8th - 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

7th / 8th August 2002

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	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8800	10.83 s 899 p	7.92 m 1040 p	15.41 m 815 p	2.12 m 915 p	48.48 s 886 P.	4555	14.04 s 969 P.	46.88 m 806 P.	5.10 m 941 p	68.51 m 867 p	4: 42.94 min 662 P.
2	Erki Nool	Estonia Estonia	8438	10.75 s 917 P.	7.49 m 932 p	14.76 m 775 p	2.00 m 803 P	47.26 s 945 p	4372	14.63 s 895 P	45.05 m 768 P.	5.30 m 1004 P.	59.52 m 731 p	4: 41.95 min 668 P.
3	Lev Lobodin	Russia Russia	8390	10.88 s 888 P.	7.17 m 854 P.	16.12 m 859 P.	2.03 m 831 p	49.50 s 838 p	4270	14.25 s 942 p	48.93 m 848 p	5.20 m 972 p	56.34 m 683 P.	4: 40.80 min 675 P.
4th	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland Iceland	8238	10.96 s 870 p	7.48 m 930 p	16.14 m 860 p	2.00 m 803 P	48.80 s 871 P.	4334	14.61 s 897 P	45.12 m 769 p	4.90 m 880 p	63.96 m 798 p	4: 59.95 min 560 p
5	Jaakko Ojaniemi	Finland Finland	8192	10.58 s 956 P.	7.56 m 950 p	15.37 m 812 p	1.97 m 776 p	49.31 s 847 p	4341	14.75 s 880 p	44.29 m 752 p	4.40 m 731 P	66.63 m 838 p	4: 44.94 min 650 p
6th	Mike Maczey	Germany Germany	8158	11.17 s 823 P.	7.43 m 918 p	14.35 m 750 p	2.06 m 859 P	51.04 s 767 P.	4117	14.54 s 906 P.	43.84 m 743 p	5.10 m 941 p	63.75 m 794 p	4: 43.75 min 657 P.
7th	Laurent Hernu	France France	8051	11.22 s 812 p	7.32 m 891 P	13.18 m 678 p	2.99 m 803 P	49.32 s 846 p	4030	14.35 s 930 p	45.84 m 784 P.	4.90 m 880 p	58.56 m 716 p	4: 35.25 min 711 P.
8th	Alexander Pogorelow	Russia Russia	8016	11.15 s 827 P.	7.63 m 967 p	14.76 m 775 p	2.09 m 887 p	51.28 s 757 P.	4213	14.37 s 927 p	42.03 m 706 P.	4.90 m 880 p	58.03 m 708 p	4: 56.15 min 582 P.
9	William Frullani	Italy Italy	7863	10.59 s 954 P.	7.27 m 878 P.	13.81 m 717 p	2.12 m 915 p	48.81 s 870 p	4334	14.37 s 927 p	40.47 m 674 p	4.40 m 731 P	50.79 m 600 p	4: 53.57 min 597 P.
10	Paolo Casarsa	Italy Italy	7807	11.27 s 801 P.	7.01 m 816 p	15.13 m 798 p	1.91 m 723 p	51.37 s 753 P.	3891	14.50 s 911 P	42.72 m 720 p	4.80 m 849 p	66.16 m 831 p	4: 52.35 min 605 P.
11	Zsolt Kürtösi	Hungary Hungary	7806	11.07 s 845 p	6.93 m 797 p	15.08 m 795 p	1.97 m 776 p	50.23 s 804 P.	4017	14.62 s 896 P	46.25 m 793 p	4.60 m 790 p	58.32 m 713 p	4: 53.58 min 597 P.
12	Klaus Ambrosch	Austria Austria	7773	11.09 s 841 p	6.69 m 741 P.	13.77 m 714 p	1.91 m 723 p	49.73 s 827 P.	3846	14.74 s 881 P.	42.11 m 708 P.	4.70 m 819 p	67.67 m 854 P.	4: 42.51 min 665 P.
13	Marzio Viti	Italy Italy	7632	11.45 s 763 P.	7.37 m 903 P.	14.37 m 751 p	1.94 m 749 p	52.49 s 703 P.	3869	15.29 s 815 p	46.56 m 799 p	4.90 m 880 p	53.38 m 639 p	4: 48.10 min, 630 p
14th	Jukka Väkeväinen	Finland Finland	7605	11.12 s 834 p	7.16 m 851 P.	13.16 m 677 p	1.97 m 776 p	48.75 s 873 P.	4012	15.22 s 823 P.	38.29 m 630 p	4.70 m 819 p	50.02 m 589 p	4: 31.93 min 732 P.
15th	Rolf Schläfli	Switzerland Switzerland	7543	11.38s s 778 P.	6.76 m 757 p	14.31 m 747 p	1.91 m 723 p	50.13 s 809 P.	3814	15.18 s 828 P.	44.12 m 749 p	4.50 m 760 p	63.56 m 792 p	4: 53.05 min 600 p
16	Sebastian boy	Germany Germany	7036	11.06 s 847 p	7.44 m 920 p	14.15 m 738 p	2.00 m 803 P	48.65 s 878 P.	4186	14.37 s 927 p	42.97 m 725 p	NM 0 P	52.50 m 626 p	4: 57.80 min 572 P.
DNF	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic Czech Republic		10.96 s 870 p	7.39 m 908 P.	15.52 m 822 p	1.94 m 749 p	49.97 s 816 p	4165	14.34 s 931 p	44.38 m 754 P.	NM 0 P	DNS
	Oleksandr Yurkov	Ukraine Ukraine		11.19 s 819 P.	7.53 m 942 p	14.64 m 768 p	1.97 m 776 p	52.23 s 715 P.	4020	15.00 s s 850 p	45.31 m 773 P.	DNS
	Krzysztof Andrzejak	Poland Poland		11.20 s 817 P.	7.05 m 826 p	14.14 m 737 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.74 s 827 P.	4038	15.41 s 762 P.	NM 0 P	DNS
	Eugène Martineau	France France		11.32 s 791 P.	6.71 m 746 P.	12.67 m 674 p	1.91 m 723 p	50.34 s 799 p	3706	DNS
DNS	Benjamin Jensen	Norway Norway
DNS	Óscar González	Spain Spain

Roman Šebrle, world record holder and Olympic runner-up in 2000 , became European champion
Second place for the defending champion, 2000 Olympic champion and 2001 vice world champion Erki Nool
William Frullani finished ninth

Tomáš Dvořák, Olympic third in 1996 and world champion in 1997 , 1999 and 2001 , gave up the competition after the pole vault without a valid attempt
Eugène Martineau did not compete on the second day of competition

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 1, 2019
Men Decathlon European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed on November 1, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 1, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Decathlon Men European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 484 (PDF, 13,363 kB), English, on european-athletics.org, accessed on November 1, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, decathlon men on sportschau.de, accessed on November 1, 2019
18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on November 1, 2019

Videos

IAAF European Championships-Munich 2002-Part2 on youtube.com (English), accessed on November 1, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed November 1, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed November 1, 2019