1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Decathlon
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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.
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...
competition at the 1987 World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...
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
| Gold |  Torsten VossTorsten Voss Torsten Voss is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.... East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver |  Siegfried WentzSiegfried Wentz Siegfried Wentz is a former German track and field athlete. In the 1980s and until 1990 he represented West Germany and belonged to the world elite in the decathlon. His most notable result was winning the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California... West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... (FRG) |
| Bronze |  Pavel TarnavetskiyPavel Tarnavetskiy Pavel Tarnavetskiy is a retired decathlete who represented the Soviet Union during his active career. He was born in Lipetsk, Russian SFSR.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
Schedule
- Thursday September 3
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- Friday September 4
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 1,500 m
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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8847 | August 9, 1984 |  Los AngelesLos Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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| Event Record | 8714 | August 13, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland |
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| Season Best | 8645 | May 24, 1987 |  GötzisGötzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Season Best | 8680 | September 4, 1987 |  Rome, Italy |
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Final
| RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
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8680 | |
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8461 | |
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8375 | |
| 4. | 8307 | |
| 5. | 8304 | |
| 6. | 8296 | |
| 7. | 8178 | |
| 8. | 8174 | |
| 9. | 8124 | |
| 10. | 8062 | |
| 11. | 8034 | |
| 12. | 8030 | |
| 13. | 8017 | |
| 14. | 7733 | |
| 15. | 7696 | |
| 16. | 7574 | |
| 17. | 7537 | |
| 18. | 7537 | |
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See also
- 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's DecathlonThese are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.-Medalists:-Final:-See also:* Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon...
- 1987 Hypo-Meeting1987 Hypo-MeetingThe 14th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 23 and May 24, 1987 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon and a heptathlon event.-Schedule:*May 23*#100 m*#Long Jump*#Shot Put*#High Jump...
- 1988 Men's Olympic DecathlonAthletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlonThese are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.-Medalists:...