U23 European Championships Gävle 2019 (0)

Oct 02, 2026

The men’s decathlon at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle was won by Germany’s Niklas Kaul with 8572 points. Estonia’s Johannes Erm claimed silver with 8445 points, while Germany’s Manuel Eitel completed the podium with 8067 points.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Niklas Kaul	GER	8572	11,17 - 7.26 - 15.19 - 2.03 - 48,67 - 14,83 - 47.35 - 4.80 - 77.36 - 4.17,63
2	Johannes Erm	EST	8445	10,73 - 7.97 - 14.66 - 2.03 - 47,41 - 14,33 - 43.24 - 4.70 - 59.60 - 4.34,04
3	Manuel Eitel	GER	8067	10,42 - 7.13 - 14.43 - 1.97 - 48,34 - 14,48 - 41.36 - 4.70 - 60.17 - 4.46,53
4	Rody de Wolff	NED	7982	11,04 - 7.32 - 14.13 - 1.97 - 49,14 - 14,68 - 47.51 - 4.40 - 59.77 - 4.37,03
5	Ludovic Besson	FRA	7792	10,86 - 7.26 - 14.65 - 2.00 - 51,18 - 14,96 - 41.54 - 4.70 - 56.53 - 4.47,01
6	Rafael Raap	NED	7639	10,94 - 6.99 - 13.68 - 2.00 - 49,29 - 15,03 - 44.34 - 4.50 - 53.52 - 4.54,20
7	Jan Ruhrmann	GER	7637	11,34 - 6.88 - 15.79 - 1.91 - 49,75 - 16,21 - 48.97 - 4.40 - 56.10 - 4.35,21
8	Edgaras Benkunskas	LTU	7584	11,22 - 7.09 - 14.09 - 2.03 - 50,74 - 15,16 - 40.51 - 4.50 - 58.60 - 4.51,58
9	Andreas Gustafsson	SWE	7511	11,19 - 7.08 - 12.17 - 1.94 - 49,82 - 14,97 - 38.72 - 4.60 - 54.20 - 4.31,16
10	Finley Gaio	SUI	7453	10,75 - 7.45 - 13.22 - 1.91 - 49,17 - 14,43 - 36.12 - 4.20 - 51.80 - 4.59,36
11	Rafal Horbowicz	POL	7287	11,43 - 6.78 - 14.39 - 2.00 - 51,79 - 14,99 - 40.38 - 4.40 - 50.16 - 4.49,14
12	Aris-Nikolaos Peristéris	GRE	7141	11,46 - 6.79 - 12.54 - 1.97 - 52,73 - 16,17 - 43.88 - 4.00 - 65.93 - 4.52,16
13	Rik Taam	NED	6939	10,95 - 6.91 - 13.52 - 1.91 - 49,40 - 15,25 - 43.99 - 0 - 58.87 - 4.33,18
14	Makenson Gletty	FRA	6842	10,73 - 7.08 - 0 - 1.97 - 51,26 - 14,64 - 45.60 - 4.70 - 41.02 - 4.52,26
15	Leo Uusimäki	FIN	6277	11,08 - 0 - 12.23 - 1.82 - 49,70 - 15,21 - 32.15 - 4.50 - 51.23 - 4.45,91

Didn't finish: Trpimir Široki (CRO), Ondrej Kopecky (CZE), Artyom Makarenko (ANA), Jean Baptiste Nutte (BEL).

Johannes Erm, Niklas Kaul and Manuel Eitel (Photo by Oliver Hardt/Getty Images)

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