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July 11, 2008

Germany's Jan Felix Knobel won the men's decathlon at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a combined points tally of 7896, a world leading mark.

Eduard Mikhan of Belarus (7894 points) and Serbia's Mihail Dudaš (7663), both national records, were second and third respectively.

Results - Bydgoszcz 2008

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