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Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	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
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 event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10 and 11 September 1979.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Sepp Zeilbauer	Austria	10.99	7.39	16.12	2.09	49.52	14.31	43.28	4.60	62.24	4:51.2	8198	UR
	Jürgen Hingsen	West Germany	11.15	7.67	14.04	2.13	48.95	14.32	40.92	4.40	56.18	4:42.2	8034
	Hans-Dieter Antretter	West Germany	10.82	7.47	13.99	1.94	48.89	15.05	43.16	4.10	63.08	4:44.5	7868
4	Wesley Herbst	United States	11.20	6.98	14.29	1.99	51.55	14.95	47.64	4.30	59.32	4:55.9	7656
5	Vladimir Nemogayev	Soviet Union	10.82	7.03	14.82	1.91	49.47	14.64	37.70	4.60	58.66	5:86.6	7621
6	Georg Werthner	Austria	11.21	7.20	13.59	1.85	50.35	15.13	38.36	4.70	68.66	4:51.7	7620
7	Armin Tschenett	Switzerland	10.90	7.09	12.44	1.94	49.06	14.88	37.40	4.70	54.50	5:25.4	7394
8	Erling Hansen	Denmark	11.60	7.02	12.77	1.88	51.77	15.28	41.48	4.30	48.74	4:50.8	7112
9	Zenon Smiechowski	Canada	11.39	6.87	14.55	1.97	53.12	16.04	44.44	4.10	60.40	5:37.7	7109
10	Karl Anker Jørgensen	Denmark	11.36	6.69	11.60	1.94	50.89	14.80	36.94	4.20	58.56	5:05.3	7092
11	Robert Town	Canada	11.45	6.55	13.60	1.85	51.67	15.93	46.16	4.20	54.38	5:07.8	7058
12	Yukihiro Minami	Mexico	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	6491
13	Erasmo Garca	Mexico	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	–	5667
14	Sergio Catalán	Guatemala	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	5264
	Tőnu Kaukis	Soviet Union	11.16	7.44	14.55	2.00	50.99	14.57	41.14	4.40	DNS	–	DNF
	Gianni Modena	Italy	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Brad McStravick	Great Britain	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	DNF
	Konstantinos Kostis	Greece	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	DNF
	Árpád Kiss	Hungary	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	DNF
	Rigoberto Salazar	Cuba	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	DNF
	Steve Jacobs	United States	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	??.?	??.??	?.??	??.??	?:??.?	DNF

References

1. "Results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 12 September 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. 1979 decathlon results (p26)
3. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
4. Results at Tilastopaja
5. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p110)
6. "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.

• Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
• Decathlon at the Summer World University Games