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.[1][2][3][4]
Results edit
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 | [5] | ||
| Gianni Modena |  Italy |
??.? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.? | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | [6] | ||
| Brad McStravick |  Great Britain |
??.? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.? | ??.? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?:??.? | DNF | |||
| Konstantinos Kostis |  Greece |
??.? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.? | ??.? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?:??.? | DNF | |||
| Árpád Kiss |  Hungary |
??.? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.? | ??.? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?:??.? | DNF | |||
| Rigoberto Salazar |  Cuba |
??.? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.? | ??.? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?:??.? | DNF | |||
| Steve Jacobs | United States |
??.? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.? | ??.? | ??.?? | ?.?? | ??.?? | ?:??.? | DNF |
References edit
- ^ "Results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 12 September 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ 1979 decathlon results (p26)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Results at Tilastopaja
- ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p110)
- ^ "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.