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1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Joachim Kirst
  East Germany
Silver Herbert Wessel
  East Germany
Bronze Viktor Chelnokov
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

17/18 September

  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
  Joachim Kirst   East Germany 10.8 7.62 16.28 2.13 47.9 15.9 44.70 4.10 57.60 4:58.7 7910 (8041) CR
  Herbert Wessel   East Germany 10.9 7.37 w 14.21 1.98 49.6 15.4 40.98 4.60 54.16 4:37.0 7683 (7828)
  Viktor Chelnokov   Soviet Union 10.9 6.98 w 15.12 1.86 49.0 16.7 47.34 4.10 67.86 4:31.5 7653 (7801)
4 Nikolay Avilov   Soviet Union 11.4 7.40 w 13.39 2.04 49.2 15.0 41.86 4.10 58.76 4:28.9 7648 (7779)
5 Rüdiger Demmig   East Germany 11.1 7.03 w 13.38 1.89 48.0 15.0 43.56 4.20 53.12 4:37.0 7469 (7631)
6 Horst Mandl   Austria 11.3 7.15 13.38 1.92 49.8 15.1 40.00 4.40 58.42 4:38.8 7439 (7579)
7 Lennart Hedmark   Sweden 11.4 7.13 w 13.62 1.89 50.2 15.5 42.44 4.10 66.64 4:42.3 7402 (7531)
8 Urs Trautmann    Switzerland 11.3 7.04 w 14.17 1.95 50.8 15.9 44.60 3.90 61.86 4:42.6 7332 (7487)
9 Leonid Litvinenko   Soviet Union 11.1 7.13 w 13.90 1.83 49.2 15.0 41.02 3.40 54.08 4:24.3 7245 (7410)
10 Spas Dzhurov   Bulgaria 11.1 6.79 w 15.02 1.83 50.3 15.7 41.38 4.10 55.36 4:41.6 7204 (7384)
11 József Bákái   Hungary 11.2 7.26 w 14.32 1.89 52.1 16.6 46.46 4.20 60.84 5:11.0 7167 (7334)
12 Charlemagne Anyanah   France 11.1 6.65 13.67 1.89 50.2 15.3 38.50 4.00 59.48 4:44.8 7146 (7321)
13 Tadeusz Janczenko   Poland 10.9 7.28 w 12.81 1.92 50.4 17.1 40.48 4.00 53.10 5:01.1 6956 (7163)
14 Hannu Kyösola   Finland 11.2 7.46 13.09 1.80 50.1 16.0 35.54 3.30 61.90 4:35.8 6979 (7113)
15 Steen Smidt-Jensen   Denmark 11.2 6.81 w 11.99 2.01 50.8 15.1 40.38 4.00 53.10 5:01.1 7011 (7091)
16 Jan Neckář   Czechoslovakia 11.7 6.50 w 13.01 1.92 52.9 15.9 40.36 3.70 68.16 4:36.4 6927 (7077)
17 Yordan Miyakov   Bulgaria 11.6 6.49 w 14.26 1.75 53.2 16.1 41.84 4.10 61.44 4:40.9 6851 (7016)
18 Rafael Cano   Spain 11.2 7.17 w 11.22 1.89 50.0 15.8 33.42 3.90 52.32 4:40.6 6841 (7005)
19 Vasilios Sevastis   Greece 11.5 7.45 w 12.00 NH 50.6 16.2 36.02 3.50 51.80 4:30.2 6120 (6768)
20 Franz Biedermann   Liechtenstein 11.7 6.61 w 10.23 1.80 51.3 16.4 33.16 4.10 57.64 4:30.0 6542 (6696)
Freddy Herbrandt   Belgium 11.3 7.55 w 13.49 1.98 57.3 16.5 42.18 4.00 44.88 DNF
Clive Longe   Great Britain 11.2 6.84 w 14.22 1.75 49.7 15.5 42.86 4.40 NM DNF
Arthur Hess    Switzerland 10.9 7.25 w 13.53 1.80 DNF
Edward de Noorlander   Netherlands 11.4 7.02 w 13.46 2.01 49.2 15.1 40.40 4.10 50.94 4:20.5 DQ†

†:The Dutch athlete Edward de Noorlander initially finished 6th, but was disqualified for the use of amphetamine. This was the first disqualification for doping in athletics.[2][3]

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014
  2. ^ Cashmore, Ellis; Cashmore, Ernest (2002), Sports Culture: An A-Z Guide, Taylor & Francis, 2003, p. 92, ISBN 9780415285551, retrieved 6 September 2014
  3. ^ Sport & Santé - Dopage - Les amphétamines : exemples (in French), archived from the original on 17 September 2018, retrieved 6 September 2014
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