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U20 World Championships Beijing 2006 (0)

Nov 01, 2026
Arkadi Vasilyev won the decathlon at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing with a championship record of 8059 points. Cuba’s Yordani Garcia took silver with 7850, while New Zealand’s Jordan Vandermade earned bronze with 7807. Beijing marked the first use of 99 cm hurdles in the championships decathlon, alongside the 6 kg shot and 1.75 kg discus.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Arkadi Vasilyev RUS 8059
CR		 11,08 - 7.19 - 15.65 - 1.98 - 50,50 -
14,64 - 42.85 - 4.80 - 67.43 - 4.47,44
2 Yordani Garcia CUB 7850
U20NR		 10,80 - 6.80 - 16.51 - 2.04 - 50,19 -
13,94 - 42.10 - 4.20 - 57.65 - 4.55,97
3 Jordan Vandermade NZL 7807
U20NR		 10,86 - 7.16 - 14.97 - 1.98 - 48,96 -
15,80 - 44.97 - 4.40 - 60.06 - 4.47,09
4 Sergei Dorofeyev RUS 7518 11,12 - 7.09 - 13.97 - 1.92 - 49,03 -
14,77 - 37.63 - 4.60 - 46.48 - 4.35,53
5 Zhu Hengjun CHN 7496 10,91 - 7.23 - 13.63 - 1.89 - 49,39 -
14,44 - 36.71 - 4.40 - 50.80 - 4.45,74
6 Luiz Alberto de Araujo BRA 7472 10,95 - 7.09 - 14.68 - 1.86 - 51,06 -
14,04 - 43.36 - 4.00 - 51.49 - 4.49,72
7 Aigar Kukk EST 7450 11,49 - 7.11 - 13.25 - 1.98 - 54,02 -
15,22 - 42.24 - 4.90 - 55.44 - 4.42,06
8 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 7416 11,11 - 7.08 - 12.85 - 1.83 - 49,54 -
14,58 - 35.78 - 4.80 - 45.98 - 4.30,37
9 Karol Bodula POL 7396 11,29 - 6.54 - 15.77 - 1.89 - 50,65 -
14,56 - 42.93 - 4.40 - 50.31 - 4.50,75
10 Matthias Prey GER 7339 11,03 - 7.22 - 14.76 - 1.83 - 51,13 -
14,61 - 45.44 - 3.70 - 53.28 - 4.56,08
11 Björn Barrefors SWE 7332 11,29 - 6.78 - 13.70 - 1.92 - 50,95 -
14,48 - 38.68 - 4.60 - 52.87 - 4.55,03
12 Dmytro Shcherbakov UKR 7296 10,92 - 7.16 - 15.06 - 1.92 - 49,53 -
14,41 - 32.31 - 4.00 - 46.54 - 4.50,02
13 Gaël Quérin FRA 7292 11,17 - 7.20 - 12.08 - 1.89 - 49,96 -
14,37 - 33.47 - 4.20 - 50.76 - 4.30,44
14 Liu Haibo CHN 7199 11,64 - 6.71 - 13.99 - 2.10 - 51,39 -
15,56 - 38.83 - 4.70 - 47.13 - 4.59,00
15 Antonin Vacha CZE 7153 11,29 - 6.73 - 13.97 - 1.89 - 51,47 -
14,90 - 39.03 - 4.30 - 51.38 - 4.51,83
16 Andreas Züblin SUI 7119 11,29 - 6.37 - 14.68 - 1.98 - 53,48 -
14,99 - 38.53 - 4.60 - 47.93 - 4.52,48
17 Frans Boumans NED 7110 11,21 - 6.70 - 13.45 - 1.95 - 50,65 -
15,06 - 35.70 - 4.10 - 54.80 - 4.54,84
18 Reid Gustavson CAN 6873 11,50 - 6.58 - 13.15 - 1.95 - 50,44 -
15,55 - 32.48 - 3.90 - 51.86 - 4.41,16
19 Shawn Schmidt USA 5645 11,43 - 0 - 12.95 - 2.04 - 51,58 -
15,41 - 37.98 - 0 - 49.71 - 4.49,44

CR - championship record.
U20NR - national U20 record.

Didn’t finish:
Sami Itani (FIN), Daniel Awde (GBR), Michael Schrader (GER), Kieran Fowler (NZL), Matthew Clark (USA), Jérémy Solot (BEL)

Historical note: Arkadi Vasilyev’s 8059 points became a championship record despite being lower than the winning score in 2004: Beijing introduced 99 cm hurdles in place of the previous 107 cm barriers.

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