Götzis 1982 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Daley Thompson ® | GBR | 8704 v |
10,50 - 7.95 - 15.31 - 2.08 - 46,86 - 14,31 - 44.34 - 4.90 - 60.52 - 4.30,55 |
8730 |
| 2 | Jürgen Hingsen | FRG | 8529 v |
10,95 - 7.92 - 15.95 - 2.11 - 47,86 - 14,52 - 45.00 - 4.60 - 58.10 - 4.23,87 |
8541 |
| 3 | Grigori Degtyaryov | URS | 8247 | 11,15 - 7.36 - 14.50 - 2.05 - 49,55 - 14,90 - 49.76 - 4.70 - 57.64 - 4.19,65 |
8233 |
| 4 | Stephan Niklaus | SUI | 8176 v |
10,74 - 7.23 - 15.23 - 2.02 - 47,67 - 14,93 - 46.24 - 4.30 - 68.04 - 4.52,87 |
8152 |
| 5 | Siegfried Wentz | FRG | 8136 v |
11,07 - 7.25 - 14.87 - 2.02 - 48,42 - 14,71 - 45.06 - 4.30 - 63.78 - 4.29,56 |
8109 |
| 6 | Valter Külvet | URS | 8060 | 11,28 - 6.97 - 13.56 - 2.11 - 49,06 - 14,99 - 49.88 - 4.60 - 60.24 - 4.33,01 |
8046 |
| 7 | Dave Steen | CAN | 7980 v |
11,17 - 7.33 - 12.07 - 2.05 - 48,77 - 15,09 - 41.20 - 4.80 - 59.30 - 4.20,13 |
7964 |
| 8 | Colin Boreham | GBR | 7935 v |
11,04 - 7.16 - 13.58 - 2.02 - 48,17 - 15,07 - 39.70 - 4.20 - 60.88 - 4.18,59 |
7874 |
| 9 | Michele Rüfenacht | SUI | 7844 v |
10,61 - 6.99 - 13.56 - 1.99 - 48,44 - 14,37 - 41.66 - 4.30 - 56.38 - 4.50,77 |
7768 |
| 10 | Igor Kolovanov | URS | 7842 v |
11,18 - 7.13 - 14.00 - 2.05 - 50,91 - 14,70 - 44.98 - 4.70 - 56.24 - 4.46,47 |
7809 |
| 11 | Adam Baginski | POL | 7675 v |
11,24 - 6.88 - 13.27 - 1.99 - 50,30 - 15,47 - 43.10 - 4.50 - 60.46 - 4.33,72 |
7619 |
| 12 | Cecko Mitrakiyev | BUL | 7661 v |
11,14 - 7.02 - 13.05 - 2.02 - 50,07 - 15,08 - 40.96 - 4.20 - 55.88 - 4.27,05 |
7588 |
| 13 | Peter Hadfield | AUS | 7654 v |
11,08 - 7.45 - 14.00 - 1.80 - 48,43 - 15,42 - 41.20 - 4.30 - 58.88 - 4.39,47 |
7603 |
| 14 | Christian Gugler | SUI | 7645 | 11,64 - 6.95 - 13.52 - 1.99 - 50,72 - 15,27 - 43.12 - 4.40 - 60.78 - 4.26,57 |
7593 |
| 15 | Panayotis Zeniou | AUS | 7547 | 11,46 - 6.78 - 14.60 - 1.85 - 50,46 - 15,56 - 41.06 - 4.50 - 62.76 - 4.31,63 |
7494 |
| 16 | Marek Kubiszewski | POL | 7537 | 11,34 - 6.65 - 14.58 - 1.99 - 50,45 - 14,80 - 41.98 - 4.00 - 59.92 - 4.42,56 |
7467 |
| 17 | Christer Lythell | SWE | 7403 | 11,39 - 7.27 - 14.43 - 1.85 - 49,47 - 15,10 - 43.96 - 4.00 - 46.54 - 4.41,48 |
7326 |
| 18 | Didier Claverie | FRA | 7362 v |
11,20 - 7.26 - 12.37 - 1.85 - 48,74 - 15,32 - 38.46 - 4.60 - 49.06 - 4.48,40 |
7303 |
| 19 | Joshko Vlasic | YUG | 7247 | 11,80 - 7.00 - 13.13 - 1.90 - 51,04 - 15,62 - 40.62 - 4.00 - 54.72 - 4.25,69 |
7163 |
| 20 | Franz Sterrer | AUT | 7111 | 11,59 - 7.07 - 12.03 - 1.99 - 51,18 - 15,97 - 38.46 - 4.00 - 50.70 - 4.35,72 |
7019 |
® Decathlon world record
v event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s
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Hans-Joachim Häberle (FRG).
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