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European Championships Barcelona 2010 (0)

Nov 01, 2026
The men's decathlon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona delivered one of the closest title battles in the event's history. France's Romain Barras claimed European gold with 8453 points, holding off a determined challenge from the Netherlands' Eelco Sintnicolaas, who secured silver with 8436 points, just 17 points behind. Belarus's Andrei Krauchanka completed the podium with 8370 points.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Romain Barras FRA 8453
PB
11,09 - 7.24 - 15.15 - 2.04 - 48,33 -
14,22 - 44.51 - 5.05 - 65.77 - 4.28,43
2 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 8436
PB
10,71 - 7.54 - 13.12 - 1.95 - 47,88 -
14,33 - 42.43 - 5.45 - 62.57 - 4.30,31
3 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 8370 11,26 - 7.76 - 14.32 - 2.10 - 49,01 -
14,21 - 45.48 - 5.05 - 58.05 - 4.36,66
4 Mikk Pahapill EST 8298
PB
11,18 - 7.67 - 14.93 - 2.07 - 50,13 -
14,38 - 46.79 - 4.95 - 59.23 - 4.38,99
5 Hans van Alphen BEL 8072
PB
11,20 - 7.26 - 15.08 - 1.89 - 49,44 -
14,89 - 47.67 - 4.75 - 58.47 - 4.21,06
6 Darius Draudvila LTU 8032
PB
10,71 - 7.52 - 15.08 - 2.04 - 48,43 -
14,29 - 44.53 - 4.55 - 52.59 - 5.02,17
7 Aleksei Drozdov RUS 8029 11,16 - 7.35 - 15.89 - 2.07 - 50,88 -
15,63 - 44.39 - 4.85 - 60.74 - 4.40,46
8 Eduard Mikhan BLR 7999 10,84 - 7.47 - 13.34 - 1.92 - 48,09 -
14,37 - 45.04 - 4.65 - 53.39 - 4.34,90
9 Igor Sarcevic SRB 7995 10,98 - 7.36 - 13.96 - 2.01 - 49,64 -
14,23 - 39.69 - 5.05 - 55.23 - 4.42,41
10 Andres Raja EST 7991 11,00 - 7.38 - 13.90 - 2.04 - 49,12 -
14,20 - 39.64 - 4.55 - 59.34 - 4.37,13
11 Ingmar Vos NED 7981 10,95 - 7.56 - 14.06 - 2.01 - 50,64 -
14,63 - 41.76 - 4.55 - 61.66 - 4.37,50
12 Nadir El Fassi FRA 7906 11,16 - 7.42 - 13.79 - 1.89 - 50,20 -
14,65 - 41.53 - 4.95 - 52.66 - 4.17,25
13 Vasili Kharlamov RUS 7844 11,39 - 7.28 - 14.67 - 1.92 - 49,38 -
14,95 - 46.74 - 4.65 - 57.94 - 4.40,96
14 Roland Schwarzl AUT 7731 11,23 - 7.68 - 14.16 - 1.86 - 50,16 -
14,70 - 44.22 - 5.05 - 49.86 - 4.58,69
15 Lars Vikan Rise NOR 7714 11,46 - 7.03 - 15.46 - 1.95 - 50,47 -
15,66 - 38.03 - 4.45 - 71.71 - 4.36,04
16 Florian Geffrouais FRA 7706 11,09 - 6.88 - 11.26 - 1.86 - 49,15 -
14,97 - 42.28 - 4.75 - 63.76 - 4.22,88
17 Daniel Almgren SWE 7663 11,14 - 7.29 - 14.18 - 1.89 - 48,34 -
15,29 - 37.51 - 4.35 - 53.95 - 4.18,64
18 Marcin Drozdz POL 7637 11,31 - 6.85 - 14.02 - 2.04 - 51,26 -
15,18 - 45.54 - 4.85 - 58.79 - 5.01,97
19 Atis Vaisjuns LAT 7524 11,55 - 6.90 - 14.76 - 1.98 - 51,86 -
15,17 - 45.46 - 4.75 - 59.23 - 5.04,22
20 Mikko Halvari FIN 7483 10,98 - 7.19 - 14.53 - 1.89 - 49,79 -
15,26 - 52.06 - 4.25 - 50.38 - 5.18,86
21 Agustin Felix ESP 7462 11,41 - 7.21 - 13.42 - 1.92 - 52,29 -
15,09 - 41.93 - 4.95 - 57.68 - 5.01,61

PB - personal best

Didn’t finish:
Mikk-Mihkel Arro (EST), Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR), Nicklas Wiberg (SWE), Mihail Dudaš (SRB), Simon Walter (SUI), Yevhen Nikitin (UKR)

Historical note: Romain Barras's journey to European decathlon gold began in an unlikely training venue: the hallway of his childhood home. When he was just two and a half years old, his father Pascal Barras, a physical education teacher, arranged shoeboxes as miniature hurdles for him to race over. Nearly three decades later, Pascal watched from the stands in Barcelona, moved to tears as his son became European champion. Romain himself was overcome with emotion as his fellow French decathletes Nadir El Fassi and Florian Geffrouais rushed to embrace him after the final 1500 metres.

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