1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July.[1][2] Senior implements (106.7 cm (3'6) hurdles, 7257g shot, 2 kg discus) were used.

Medalists edit

Gold Michael Kohnle
  West Germany
Silver Robert Změlík
  Czechoslovakia
Bronze Eduard Hämäläinen
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

27/28 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
  Michael Kohnle   West Germany 10.78
(w: 0.8 m/s)
6.97 13.25 2.01 48.98 14.60
(w: 0.6 m/s)
36.50 4.50 58.38 4:38.65 7729
  Robert Změlík   Czechoslovakia 11.08
(w: -1.3 m/s)
7.29 12.33 2.07 51.08 14.61
(w: 0.6 m/s)
38.98 4.50 56.08 4:37.78 7659
  Eduard Hämäläinen   Soviet Union 11.42 6.99 13.57 2.01 50.21 14.91 39.64 4.70 53.18 4:33.22 7596
4 Henrik Dagård   Sweden 10.85 7.00 12.08 1.92 47.90 15.20 36.08 4.30 61.40 4:50.03 7453
5 Norbert Lampe   East Germany 11.06 6.70 12.45 1.86 49.20 15.40 41.12 4.30 53.30 4:25.47 7359
6 Aleksandr Zhdanovich   Soviet Union 11.04 6.77 12.26 2.01 50.04 15.39 36.22 4.20 50.46 4:34.64 7233
7 Sándor Munkácsy   Hungary 11.55 6.98 10.84 1.92 50.41 15.35 36.12 4.20 47.82 4:17.96 7063
8 Mirko Spada    Switzerland 11.65 6.56 14.19 1.83 51.54 15.29 41.92 4.30 49.20 4:44.93 7018
9 Radek Bartakovic   Czechoslovakia 11.18 6.78 12.74 1.86 48.77 16.56 33.22 4.10 46.52 4:19.30 6982
10 Philippe Williams   United States 11.47 7.26 10.57 1.89 53.01 16.68 35.28 4.70 56.62 4:42.70 6937
11 Álvaro Burrel   Spain 11.10 6.42 12.68 1.95 49.12 15.53 40.84 3.60 47.50 4:54.62 6900
12 Lars-Erik Geisel   West Germany 11.65 6.71 11.62 1.83 51.17 15.78 36.50 4.50 49.68 4:33.26 6883
13 Marcel Dost   Netherlands 11.41 7.03 11.62 1.92 51.05 15.37 36.00 4.30 41.22 4:50.89 6837
14 Christian Jacquart   France 11.46 6.45 12.98 1.77 51.36 15.76 40.78 4.20 50.30 4:42.94 6836
15 Todd Apted   Australia 11.77 6.69 10.99 2.01 52.46 16.34 33.40 4.30 54.94 4:46.84 6729
16 Thomas Jørgensen   Denmark 12.03 6.10 11.94 1.74 53.45 16.99 36.34 4.70 55.30 4:47.98 6429
17 Paul Scott   Australia 11.40 6.59 10.41 1.86 49.38 16.47 30.68 3.80 35.58 4:41.88 6292
Jón Arnar Magnússon   Iceland 10.93 6.74 11.23 1.92 50.93 16.13 33.48 4.00 DNS DNS DNF
Luciano Asta   Italy 11.49 6.29 12.40 1.83 52.30 16.59 37.06 4.00 DNS DNS DNF
Juan Carlos Moeckel   Chile 11.53 7.06 11.28 1.74 53.29 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
Matthew Farmer   United States 11.59 6.81 10.92 1.89 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
Yiannos Anastasiades   Cyprus 11.99 NM DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015