1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987.
Medalists
Gold | Torsten Voss East Germany (GDR) |
Silver | Siegfried Wentz West Germany (FRG) |
Bronze | Pavel Tarnavetskiy Soviet Union (URS) |
Schedule
- Thursday, September 3
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- Friday, September 4
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 1,500 m
Records
Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
World Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8847 | August 9, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
Event Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8714 | August 13, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
Season Best | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8645 | May 24, 1987 | Götzis, Austria |
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
Season Best | Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8680 | September 4, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
Final
RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS |
---|---|---|
Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8680 | |
Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 8461 | |
Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS) | 8375 | |
4. | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 8307 |
5. | Christian Schenk (GDR) | 8304 |
6. | Simon Poelman (NZL) | 8296 |
7. | Alain Blondel (FRA) | 8178 |
8. | Aleksandr Nevskiy (URS) | 8174 |
9. | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8124 |
10. | William Motti (FRA) | 8062 |
11. | Beat Gähwiler (SUI) | 8034 |
12. | Gary Kinder (USA) | 8030 |
13. | Rob Muzzio (USA) | 8017 |
14. | Michael Neugebauer (FRG) | 7733 |
15. | Mikael Olander (SWE) | 7696 |
16. | Veroslav Valenta (TCH) | 7574 |
17. | Lars Warming (DEN) | 7537 |
18. | Paul Hewlett (IVB) | 6474 |
— | Pedro da Silva (BRA) | DNF |
— | Dave Steen (CAN) | DNF |
— | Valter Külvet (URS) | DNF |
— | Petri Keskitalo (FIN) | DNF |
— | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) | DNF |
— | Marco Rossi (ITA) | DNF |
— | Lee Fu-an (TPE) | DNF |
— | Tim Bright (USA) | DNF |
— | Mike Smith (CAN) | DNF |
— | Robert de Wit (NED) | DNF |
See also
References
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