The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.
Medalists Gold Aleksandr Grebenyuk Silver Daley Thompson Bronze Siegfried Stark
Results KEY:DNSDid not startDNFDid not finishCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Final 30/31 August
Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes Aleksandr Grebenyuk 11.02 6.94 15.93 2.01 48.88 14.43 48.42 4.50 67.74 4:24.4 8337 (8340) CR Daley Thompson 10.69 7.93 14.69 2.04 47.77 15.28 43.52 4.20 59.80 4:22.84 8257 (8289) Siegfried Stark 11.17 7.30 15.04 1.95 49.57 15.12 44.52 4.90 69.00 4:24.0 8224 (8208) 4 Sepp Zeilbauer 11.12 7.32 14.81 1.92 49.55 14.61 45.22 4.70 60.36 4:41.6 7969 (7988) 5 Yuriy Kutsenko 11.02 7.24 14.82 1.98 49.23 15.34 43.76 4.40 57.74 4:22.9 7918 (7978) 6 Roger Kanerva 11.18 7.22 13.32 2.01 49.62 15.28 41.82 4.80 61.60 4:25.4 7923 (7945) 7 Johannes Lahti 10.86 7.08 14.06 2.07 49.64 15.00 41.36 4.00 67.98 4:36.7 7875 (7913) 8 Rainer Pottel 11.05 7.40 15.05 1.92 48.04 14.89 32.80 4.90 56.24 4:29.5 7883 (7900) 9 Holger Schmidt 10.96 7.16 15.74 1.95 49.66 14.84 48.12 4.10 59.82 5:01.1 7778 (7829) 10 Yves Le Roy 11.27 7.17 14.38 1.89 49.65 15.11 47.96 4.70 56.32 4:46.6 7748 (7780) 11 Thierry Dubois 10.99 7.23 13.78 1.95 49.58 14.97 42.82 4.00 66.80 4:54.4 7664 (7705) 12 Vladimir Buryakov 11.45 7.12 14.01 1.95 50.20 15.11 40.58 4.70 57.86 4:37.7 7629 (7670) 13 Jürgen Hingsen 11.39 7.39 13.94 1.98 50.22 15.33 39.72 4.10 58.66 4:28.47 7585 (7640) 14 Dietmar Schauerhammer 10.81 7.21 14.91 1.86 47.59 15.02 41.96 4.00 51.70 4:52.0 7548 (7635) 15 Atanas Andonov 11.15 6.94 13.54 1.92 51.00 14.77 41.50 4.40 58.34 4:39.4 7527 (7590) 16 Jaromír Frič 11.39 7.08 13.58 1.92 50.76 15.40 45.32 4.80 52.96 4:55.0 7469 (7516) 17 Armin Tschenett 10.98 7.01 13.15 1.92 48.74 15.47 34.30 4.10 49.14 4:30.8 7266 (7362) 18 Christer Lythell 11.39 7.17 13.55 1.83 50.12 15.43 45.42 4.00 53.08 4:41.7 7287 (7362) 19 Elias Sveinsson 11.24 6.17 14.17 1.95 51.50 15.48 43.64 4.20 57.14 4:44.8 7225 (7317) 20 Luděk Pernica 11.55 6.72 13.43 1.89 51.41 15.18 42.46 4.30 48.90 4:29.64 7203 (7290) 21 Árpád Kiss 11.34 6.83 14.45 1.95 51.02 15.05 42.20 3.80 50.70 5:02.0 7103 (7202) 22 Kenneth Riggsberger 11.39 6.62 13.46 1.80 50.15 16.08 39.60 4.20 50.88 4:41.5 6957 (7063) Georg Werthner 11.39 7.11 13.46 1.92 50.49 15.48 35.92 4.20 68.70 DNF Guido Kratschmer DNF DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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