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European Championships Helsinki 2012 (0)

Nov 01, 2026
The decathlon at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki marked a career-defining triumph for Germany's Pascal Behrenbruch. With a personal best of 8558 points, he captured European gold ahead of Ukraine's Oleksiy Kasyanov (8321) and Russia's Ilya Shkurenyov (8219).
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Pascal Behrenbruch GER 8558
PB
10,93 - 7.15 - 16.89 - 1.97 - 48,54 -
14,16 - 48.24 - 5.00 - 67.45 - 4.34,02
2 Olexiy Kasyanov UKR 8321 10,57 - 7.49 - 14.38 - 2.00 - 48,07 -
14,23 - 47.75 - 4.80 - 52.37 - 4.32,66
3 Ilya Shkurenyov RUS 8219 10,98 - 7.32 - 13.16 - 2.06 - 49,92 -
14,24 - 44.82 - 5.20 - 56.70 - 4.30,41
4 Mihail Dudaš SRB 8154 10,81 - 7.36 - 13.64 - 1.97 - 48,02 -
14,78 - 43.55 - 4.80 - 59.98 - 4.27,54
5 Gaël Quérin FRA 8098 11,17 - 7.56 - 13.05 - 1.97 - 48,20 -
14,37 - 40.32 - 5.00 - 53.60 - 4.17,29
6 Roman Šebrle CZE 8052 11,19 - 7.43 - 14.65 - 2.00 - 49,87 -
14,45 - 44.05 - 4.90 - 61.78 - 4.50,74
7 Norman Müller GER 8003 11,08 - 7.24 - 14.88 - 2.00 - 48,74 -
14,83 - 41.12 - 4.80 - 55.41 - 4.28,47
8 Adam Sebastian Helcelet CZE 7998 10,96 - 7.30 - 13.99 - 2.03 - 49,98 -
14,24 - 39.12 - 4.80 - 61.66 - 4.42,55
9 Mikalai Shubianok BLR 7948 11,34 - 7.08 - 15.37 - 2.00 - 50,27 -
14,57 - 43.80 - 4.70 - 58.51 - 4.31,56
10 Petter Olson SWE 7771 11,02 - 7.04 - 13.40 - 1.94 - 49,01 -
14,63 - 39.41 - 4.80 - 56.26 - 4.35,13
11 Jonas Fringeli SUI 7719 11,22 - 7.04 - 13.28 - 1.97 - 48,75 -
14,64 - 40.80 - 4.60 - 51.33 - 4.24,93
12 Ashley Bryant GBR 7668 11,08 - 7.12 - 13.08 - 1.88 - 49,29 -
14,74 - 39.94 - 4.50 - 66.71 - 4.49,16
13 Einar Dadi Larusson ISL 7653 11,11 - 7.33 - 13.65 - 2.00 - 49,07 -
14,72 - 35.95 - 4.60 - 51.75 - 4.39,38
14 Tarmo Riitmuru EST 7644 11,50 - 6.80 - 13.75 - 1.97 - 51,51 -
14,78 - 42.75 - 5.00 - 54.81 - 4.33,50
15 Dominik Distelberger AUT 7611 10,80 - 7.14 - 11.22 - 1.88 - 48,52 -
14,61 - 38.29 - 4.70 - 55.72 - 4.37,05
16 Björn Barrefors SWE 7537 11,02 - 7.17 - 13.06 - 1.97 - 49,90 -
14,83 - 39.80 - 4.90 - 49.03 - 4.56,97
17 Sami Itani FIN 7515 11,19 - 6.84 - 14.07 - 2.00 - 50,01 -
14,89 - 41.20 - 4.40 - 56.65 - 4.53,28
18 Marcus Nilsson SWE 7164 11,53 - 6.60 - 13.63 - 1.88 - 49,94 -
16,95 - 40.93 - 4.40 - 54.14 - 4.23,79

PB - personal best.

Didn’t finish:
Cedric Nolf (BEL), Vasili Kharlamov (RUS), Artem Lukyanenko (RUS), Kevin Mayer (FRA), Florian Geffrouais (FRA), Mathias Brugger (GER), Pelle Rietveld (NED), Igor Sarcevic (SRB)

Historical note: Kevin Mayer's European Championships ended in disaster when the 20-year-old Frenchman fouled all three long jump attempts and withdrew from the decathlon. Remarkably, just four days later, he completed another decathlon in Brussels, scoring 8415 points to qualify for the London Olympics and break William Motti's French U23 record, which had stood since 1985. Six years later, Mayer would become the world record holder with 9126 points.

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