1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Aleksandr Grebenyuk Soviet Union
Silver	Daley Thompson Great Britain
Bronze	Siegfried Stark East Germany

Results edit

KEY:	DNS	Did not start	DNF	Did not finish	CR	Championships record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final edit

30/31 August

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
	Aleksandr Grebenyuk	Soviet Union	11.02	6.94	15.93	2.01	48.88	14.43	48.42	4.50	67.74	4:24.4	8337 (8340)	CR
	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	10.69	7.93	14.69	2.04	47.77	15.28	43.52	4.20	59.80	4:22.84	8257 (8289)
	Siegfried Stark	East Germany	11.17	7.30	15.04	1.95	49.57	15.12	44.52	4.90	69.00	4:24.0	8224 (8208)
4	Sepp Zeilbauer	Austria	11.12	7.32	14.81	1.92	49.55	14.61	45.22	4.70	60.36	4:41.6	7969 (7988)
5	Yuriy Kutsenko	Soviet Union	11.02	7.24	14.82	1.98	49.23	15.34	43.76	4.40	57.74	4:22.9	7918 (7978)
6	Roger Kanerva	Finland	11.18	7.22	13.32	2.01	49.62	15.28	41.82	4.80	61.60	4:25.4	7923 (7945)
7	Johannes Lahti	Finland	10.86	7.08	14.06	2.07	49.64	15.00	41.36	4.00	67.98	4:36.7	7875 (7913)
8	Rainer Pottel	East Germany	11.05	7.40	15.05	1.92	48.04	14.89	32.80	4.90	56.24	4:29.5	7883 (7900)
9	Holger Schmidt	West Germany	10.96	7.16	15.74	1.95	49.66	14.84	48.12	4.10	59.82	5:01.1	7778 (7829)
10	Yves Le Roy	France	11.27	7.17	14.38	1.89	49.65	15.11	47.96	4.70	56.32	4:46.6	7748 (7780)
11	Thierry Dubois	France	10.99	7.23	13.78	1.95	49.58	14.97	42.82	4.00	66.80	4:54.4	7664 (7705)
12	Vladimir Buryakov	Soviet Union	11.45	7.12	14.01	1.95	50.20	15.11	40.58	4.70	57.86	4:37.7	7629 (7670)
13	Jürgen Hingsen	West Germany	11.39	7.39	13.94	1.98	50.22	15.33	39.72	4.10	58.66	4:28.47	7585 (7640)
14	Dietmar Schauerhammer	East Germany	10.81	7.21	14.91	1.86	47.59	15.02	41.96	4.00	51.70	4:52.0	7548 (7635)
15	Atanas Andonov	Bulgaria	11.15	6.94	13.54	1.92	51.00	14.77	41.50	4.40	58.34	4:39.4	7527 (7590)
16	Jaromír Frič	Czechoslovakia	11.39	7.08	13.58	1.92	50.76	15.40	45.32	4.80	52.96	4:55.0	7469 (7516)
17	Armin Tschenett	Switzerland	10.98	7.01	13.15	1.92	48.74	15.47	34.30	4.10	49.14	4:30.8	7266 (7362)
18	Christer Lythell	Sweden	11.39	7.17	13.55	1.83	50.12	15.43	45.42	4.00	53.08	4:41.7	7287 (7362)
19	Elias Sveinsson	Iceland	11.24	6.17	14.17	1.95	51.50	15.48	43.64	4.20	57.14	4:44.8	7225 (7317)
20	Luděk Pernica	Czechoslovakia	11.55	6.72	13.43	1.89	51.41	15.18	42.46	4.30	48.90	4:29.64	7203 (7290)
21	Árpád Kiss	Hungary	11.34	6.83	14.45	1.95	51.02	15.05	42.20	3.80	50.70	5:02.0	7103 (7202)
22	Kenneth Riggsberger	Sweden	11.39	6.62	13.46	1.80	50.15	16.08	39.60	4.20	50.88	4:41.5	6957 (7063)
	Georg Werthner	Austria	11.39	7.11	13.46	1.92	50.49	15.48	35.92	4.20	68.70		DNF
	Guido Kratschmer	West Germany	DNF										DNF