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U20 World Championships Bydgoszcz 2008 (0)

Nov 01, 2026
Jan Felix Knobel won the decathlon at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with 7896 points, just two ahead of Belarus’s Eduard Mikhan, who set a national U20 record of 7894. Serbia’s Mihail Dudaš took bronze with 7663.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Jan Felix Knobel GER 7896
U20WL		 11,47 - 7.12 - 16.17 - 1.96 - 50,52 -
14,81 - 43.96 - 4.60 - 66.27 - 4.47,44
2 Eduard Mikhan BLR 7894
U20NR		 10,82 - 7.19 - 14.67 - 1.93 - 48,48 -
14,54 - 44.43 - 4.40 - 51.28 - 4.30,93
3 Mihail Dudaš SRB 7663 11,03 - 7.17 - 14.50 - 1.93 - 48,66 -
14,83 - 43.31 - 4.30 - 51.31 - 4.42,11
4 Thorsten Margis GER 7555 11,19 - 6.74 - 15.69 - 1.90 - 50,50 -
15,30 - 45.01 - 4.20 - 58.41 - 4.40,49
5 Daniil Vasilyev RUS 7552 11,32 - 6.31 - 16.02 - 1.90 - 51,54 -
15,74 - 45.38 - 4.60 - 63.45 - 4.40,35
6 Adam Bevis AUS 7443 11,05 - 7.22 - 13.93 - 1.81 - 50,04 -
14,67 - 48.34 - 3.70 - 53.60 - 4.44,66
7 Jacek Nabozny POL 7314 11,25 - 6.87 - 13.63 - 1.99 - 49,45 -
15,02 - 39.96 - 3.80 - 53.14 - 4.40,52
8 Mark Tymchenko UKR 7250 11,48 - 6.81 - 14.18 - 1.84 - 49,61 -
15,38 - 41.59 - 4.10 - 50.44 - 4.29,14
9 Anatoliy Koshar BLR 7236 11,69 - 6.41 - 14.12 - 1.96 - 51,25 -
15,40 - 46.96 - 4.20 - 53.56 - 4.42,94
10 Weston Leutz USA 7178 11,25 - 6.62 - 12.04 - 1.81 - 49,33 -
14,23 - 42.64 - 4.20 - 46.83 - 4.40,37
11 Chase Dalton USA 7174 11,37 - 6.50 - 12.31 - 1.96 - 51,13 -
16,83 - 48.09 - 3.90 - 64.71 - 4.41,65
12 Daniel Gardiner GBR 7124 11,00 - 6.80 - 14.29 - 1.87 - 50,09 -
15,65 - 40.95 - 4.20 - 45.59 - 4.53,26
13 Artur Liiv EST 7076 11,48 - 7.03 - 11.22 - 1.96 - 50,62 -
15,35 - 42.74 - 4.20 - 51.52 - 4.57,55
14 Eric Lankocz FRA 7056 11,39 - 7.38 - 13.93 - 1.96 - 53,00 -
16,19 - 40.41 - 4.40 - 48.15 - 5.06,01
15 Denis Tishchenko RUS 6910 11,91 - 6.43 - 13.51 - 1.93 - 51,99 -
15,24 - 33.75 - 4.60 - 49.70 - 4.42,87
16 Szymon Czapiewski POL 6765 11,58 - 6.44 - 12.92 - 1.78 - 51,87 -
15,03 - 41.80 - 4.40 - 46.56 - 5.05,80
17 Tomas Kirielius LTU 6698 11,60 - 6.36 - 13.23 - 1.99 - 51,67 -
15,63 - 31.85 - 3.60 - 60.76 - 5.01,38

U20WL - world U20 leading performance
U20NR - national U20 record

Didn’t finish:
Sveinn Elías Elíasson (ISL), Hendrik Lepik (EST)

Historical note: Fourth-placed Thorsten Margis later switched to bobsleigh and became an Olympic champion, winning gold in both the two-man and four-man events at PyeongChang 2018.

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