1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the European Athletics Championships

1974 European Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's decathlon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 7 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Ryszard Skowronek Poland
Silver	Yves Le Roy France
Bronze	Guido Kratschmer West Germany

Results

KEY:

DNF

Did not finish

Championships record

National record

Personal best

Seasonal best

Wind assisted

Final

6/7 September

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Ryszard Skowronek	Poland	10.97 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.49 (w: 1.2 m/s)	13.10	1.95	47.90	14.79 (w: 1.0 m/s)	43.26	5.10	64.14	4:30.90	8230 (8207)	CR NR
	Yves Le Roy	France	10.95 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.72 w (w: 3.7 m/s)	13.37	1.98	48.41	15.04 w (w: 2.5 m/s)	46.66	4.65	61.42	4:35.5	8144 (8146)	NR
	Guido Kratschmer	West Germany	10.83 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.60 w (w: 3.2 m/s)	13.56	2.01	48.44	14.29 w (w: 2.5 m/s)	42.10	4.20	63.58	4:31.0	8108 (8132)
4	Leonid Litvinenko	Soviet Union	11.14 (w: 1.0 m/s)	7.01 w (w: 2.4 m/s)	14.60	1.89	48.76	14.64 (w: 0.9 m/s)	45.20	4.40	65.10	4:09.7	8083 (8122)
5	Ryszard Katus	Poland	11.14 (w: -1.3 m/s)	7.38 w (w: 2.5 m/s)	14.47	1.92	49.62	14.54 (w: 0.9 m/s)	43.06	4.40	64.22	4:41.0	7895 (7920)
6	Philipp Andres	Switzerland	11.03 (w: 1.0 m/s)	7.08 w (w: 2.8 m/s)	11.98	1.95	47.37	15.30 (w: 0.9 m/s)	38.34	4.60	60.52	4:13.2	7830 (7863)
7	Sepp Zeilbauer	Austria	11.19 (w: -1.3 m/s)	7.11 w (w: 2.4 m/s)	14.32	2.04	48.66	14.82 w (w: 2.5 m/s)	41.74	4.20	53.73	4:34.8	7725 (7792)
8	Aleksandr Blinyayev	Soviet Union	11.46 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.52 (w: 1.0 m/s)	14.36	1.95	51.55	15.63 (w: 1.0 m/s)	47.94	4.50	61.12	4:44.8	7722 (7742)
9	Eberhard Stroot	West Germany	11.12 (w: -1.3 m/s)	7.19 (w: 2.0 m/s)	13.12	1.92	47.76	15.10 (w: 2.0 m/s)	40.50	4.10	58.42	4:29.2	7641 (7704)
10	Régis Ghesquière	Belgium	11.68 (w: -1.3 m/s)	7.21 (w: 1.0 m/s)	13.79	1.92	49.79	15.08 (w: 2.0 m/s)	40.52	4.10	61.16	4:25.6	7538 (7591)
11	Edward Kozakiewicz	Poland	11.35 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.11 (w: 1.0 m/s)	12.24	1.89	49.75	15.86 (w: 2.0 m/s)	37.68	5.00	56.98	4:29.5	7494 (7522)
12	Jean-Pierre Schoebel	France	11.26 (w: -0.9 m/s)	6.90 w (w: 3.4 m/s)	13.42	1.83	50.20	15.44 (w: 0.9 m/s)	38.96	4.40	62.82	4:32.0	7428 (7486)
13	Luděk Pernica	Czechoslovakia	11.45 (w: 1.0 m/s)	6.81 w (w: 2.9 m/s)	13.30	1.85	50.53	15.26 (w: 0.9 m/s)	38.06	4.50	53.86	4:26.6	7294 (7456)
14	Heikki Kyösola	Finland	11.17 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.09 w (w: 3.7 m/s)	12.13	1.98	50.38	16.46 (w: 0.9 m/s)	36.20	4.10	64.84	4:31.4	7315 (7384)
15	Rafael Cano	Spain	11.38 (w: -0.1 m/s)	6.79 (w: 1.0 m/s)	11.24	1.89	49.57	15.49 w (w: 2.5 m/s)	33.58	4.20	54.34	4:43.8	6951 (7024)
16	Roger Lespagnard	Belgium	11.14 (w: 1.0 m/s)	7.12 (w: 2.0 m/s)	12.78	1.85	49.43	16.17 (w: 1.0 m/s)	37.66	3.80	44.18	4:56.6	6812 (6937)
17	Raimo Pihl	Sweden	11.01 (w: -0.9 m/s)	7.15 (w: 1.9 m/s)	14.85	1.89	49.75	16.12 (w: 2.0 m/s)	42.22				DNF
18	Vasile Bogdan	Romania	11.27 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.10 (w: 0.8 m/s)	13.92	1.86	49.58	28.90 (w: 2.0 m/s)					DNF
19	Stefan Hallgrimsson	Iceland	11.64 (w: -0.9 m/s)	6.59 (w: 2.0 m/s)	13.65	1.83	50.09	22.28 (w: 1.0 m/s)					DNF
20	Runald Bäckman	Sweden	10.96 (w: 1.0 m/s)	7.16 w (w: 2.4 m/s)	13.14	1.86							DNF
21	Heinz Born	Switzerland	11.29 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.31 w (w: 3.7 m/s)	12.92	1.98							DNF
22	Rudolf Zigert	Soviet Union	11.17 (w: -1.3 m/s)	7.02 (w: 1.5 m/s)	16.14								DNF
23	Lennart Hedmark	Sweden	11.41 (w: -0.1 m/s)	7.13 (w: 1.9 m/s)	15.30								DNF
24	Mauro Bettella	Italy	DNF										DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Austria (1)
Belgium (2)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Iceland (1)
Italy (1)
Poland (3)
Romania (1)
Soviet Union (3)
Spain (1)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (2)
West Germany (2)

References

European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014

v t e Decathlon and heptathlon at the European Athletics Championships
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Women's pentathlon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978
Women's heptathlon	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's decathlon
1934: Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER) 1938: Olle Bexell (SWE) 1946: Godtfred Holmvang (NOR) 1950: Ignace Heinrich (FRA) 1954: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) 1958: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) 1962: Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) 1966: Werner von Moltke (FRG) 1969: Joachim Kirst (GDR) 1971: Joachim Kirst (GDR) 1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL) 1978: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) 1982: Daley Thompson (GBR) 1986: Daley Thompson (GBR) 1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA) 1994: Alain Blondel (FRA) 1998: Erki Nool (EST) 2002: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 2006: Roman Šebrle (CZE) 2010: Romain Barras (FRA) 2012: Pascal Behrenbruch (GER) 2014: Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) 2016: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL) 2018: Arthur Abele (GER) 2022: Niklas Kaul (GER) 2024: Johannes Erm (EST)

European Athletics Championships champions in men's decathlon

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