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

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Gold   Torsten Voss
East Germany (GDR)
Silver   Siegfried Wentz
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze   Pavel Tarnavetskiy
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

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Thursday, September 3
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Friday, September 4
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

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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

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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

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References

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