1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.[1][2] Senior implements (106.7 cm (3'6) hurdles, 7257g shot, 2 kg discus) were used.

Medalists edit

Gold Petri Keskitalo
  Finland
Silver Mike Smith
  Canada
Bronze Nikolay Zajats
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

16/17 July

  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
  Petri Keskitalo   Finland 10.93
(w: 0.9 m/s)
7.40 13.98 1.97 50.00 15.02
(w: 0.8 m/s)
35.52 4.70 56.52 4:54.34 7623
  Mike Smith   Canada 11.11
(w: 0.8 m/s)
7.20 13.62 1.97 48.58 15.45
(w: 0.3 m/s)
38.20 3.70 60.94 4:28.95 7523
  Nikolay Zajats   Soviet Union 11.12 7.05 12.49 1.97 49.27 15.33 39.82 4.80 50.46 4:41.00 7509
4 Stefan Haigis   West Germany 11.46 6.91 13.71 1.94 50.62 15.78 41.78 4.20 62.60 4:36.37 7411
5 Michael Kühne   East Germany 11.41 6.90 12.08 1.91 49.63 15.64 38.02 4.40 56.52 4:19.31 7358
6 Oleg Semyonov   Soviet Union 10.99 6.79 13.47 1.91 50.39 15.58 44.88 4.00 59.26 4:55.85 7316
7 Antonio Peñalver   Spain 11.38 6.93 12.56 2.03 51.41 15.85 40.30 4.30 48.74 4:30.84 7229
8 Dezsö Szabó   Hungary 11.46 7.06 12.13 1.91 49.62 15.77 32.74 4.80 49.16 4:28.51 7215
9 Jari Näkki   Finland 11.35 6.61 12.49 1.94 52.41 15.38 38.82 4.50 62.12 4:48.23 7203
10 Róbert Zmelík   Czechoslovakia 11.05 w
(w: 3.7 m/s)
7.22 15.15 1.94 50.19 15.16
(w: 0.4 m/s)
36.48 3.70 50.66 4:42.66 7108
11 Emilio Valle   Cuba 11.30 7.04 12.74 1.79 50.67 15.04 38.30 4.00 53.48 4:39.16 7090
12 Michael Arnold   Austria 11.40 6.87 12.68 1.97 51.65 15.16 31.96 4.20 55.00 4:45.08 7039
13 Tim Foster   Australia 11.49 6.25 12.70 1.85 50.35 15.78 36.38 4.50 56.60 4:35.82 7017
14 Csaba Fábián   Hungary 11.45 7.10 11.55 1.91 50.19 15.15 35.28 3.80 49.80 4:29.19 7007
15 Stylianos Vasilakis   Greece 11.60 6.83 13.24 1.97 51.65 16.11 36.98 4.00 48.32 4:42.81 6871
16 Even Hytten   Norway 11.49 6.69 11.67 1.91 50.19 15.88 40.30 3.40 51.22 4:30.70 6832
17 Cor Troost   Netherlands 11.18 6.33 13.26 1.85 49.71 16.66 39.86 3.60 52.84 4:37.00 6822
18 Barry Walsh   Ireland 11.70 6.49 12.90 1.97 52.08 16.14 42.30 3.80 50.40 4:47.36 6784
19 Michael Jørgensen   Denmark 11.65 6.69 11.55 1.79 50.41 16.52 36.64 4.20 57.42 4:41.35 6772
20 Stanley Verbal   United States 11.55 5.94 11.59 1.85 49.61 15.56 34.78 4.00 56.88 4:33.79 6659
21 Sean Boser   Canada 11.66 6.20 12.63 1.64 53.48 17.92 34.00 DNS 52.98 4:51.57 5527
22 Dean Torres   Ecuador 12.48 6.22 6.78 1.68 53.14 18.07 23.28 3.90 34.66 4:29.07 5250
23 Hugo Ramos   Paraguay 11.40 6.18 8.96 1.76 54.92 18.70 30.34 2.60 34.76 5:31.08 4973
Dimítrios Gournias   Greece 11.12 7.03 11.63 1.97 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
Gery Löffler    Switzerland 11.09 6.29 11.35 1.85 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
Mike Beyer   East Germany 11.68 6.17 10.57 1.91 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
Dionisio Lugo   Venezuela 10.96 6.54 12.09 1.64 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
René Schmidheiny    Switzerland 11.42 6.45 13.07 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
Dietmar Koszewski   West Germany 11.95 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF

N.B. In the 100 meters, of the 4 heats, two were run with legal wind & two heats were run with wind above the legal limit of 2 m/s.

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015