World University Games Taipei 2017 (0)

Oct 28, 2026

Kyle Cranston became Australia’s first World University Games decathlon medallist by winning gold in Taipei in 2017 with 7687 points. Ranked twelfth in the field by personal best, he finished 121 points ahead of Finland’s Juuso Hassi (7566), while New Zealand’s Aaron Booth claimed bronze with a personal best of 7523.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Kyle Cranston	AUS	7687	11,13 - 7.04 - 13.76 - 1.98 - 48,99 - 15,11 - 41.53 - 4.60 - 56.30 - 4.42,08
2	Juuso Hassi	FIN	7566	11,17 - 7.14 - 13.88 - 1.95 - 50,80 - 15,17 - 41.84 - 4.70 - 54.56 - 4.47,67
3	Aaron Booth	NZL	7523	11,19 - 7.17 - 13.49 - 2.01 - 49,75 - 15,85 - 41.45 - 4.20 - 55.23 - 4.32,11
4	Maksim Andraloits	BLR	7472	11,14 - 6.93 - 13.66 - 1.95 - 49,38 - 14,84 - 43.31 - 4.50 - 51.53 - 4.59,34
5	Marek Lukaš	CZE	7400	11,37 - 6.53 - 14.45 - 1.80 - 50,64 - 15,00 - 39.28 - 4.60 - 67.20 - 4.51,34
6	Fredriech Pretorius	RSA	7390	11,22 - 6.88 - 13.56 - 1.98 - 51,70 - 14,96 - 41.93 - 4.60 - 50.65 - 4.49,33
7	Jeremy Lelievre	FRA	7387	11,19 - 7.03 - 14.29 - 1.80 - 49,31 - 15,18 - 43.02 - 4.20 - 51.36 - 4.38,23
8	Maxime Maugein	FRA	7315	11,43 - 6.80 - 13.46 - 1.92 - 50,32 - 14,69 - 37.92 - 4.70 - 50.20 - 4.47,34
9	Reinis Kregers	LAT	7143	11,45 - 6.70 - 12.96 - 1.98 - 51,61 - 16,62 - 39.86 - 4.60 - 54.92 - 4.42,35
10	Wang Cheng-Yuan	TPE	6952	11,06 - 7.15 - 12.56 - 1.80 - 50,02 - 15,03 - 35.61 - 4.20 - 49.13 - 5.10,04
11	Henrik Holmberg	NOR	6816	11,66 - 6.44 - 13.09 - 2.01 - 51,13 - 15,82 - 42.86 - 3.70 - 47.13 - 4.51,86
12	James Turner	CAN	6754	11,01 - 7.25 - 13.69 - 1.83 - 49,13 - 0 - 41.14 - 4.20 - 59.48 - 4.34,76
13	Christian Lind Nielsen	DEN	6693	11,45 - 6.83 - 12.68 - 1.80 - 50,86 - 15,33 - 30.33 - 4.00 - 50.66 - 4.51,46

James Turner was disqualified in the 110 m hurdles and scored no points in that event.

Didn’t finish:
John Lane (GBR), Jefferson Carvalho dos Santos (BRA), Felipe Ruiz Lopez (MEX), Marvin Bollinger (GER), Samuel Remedios (POR)

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