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U20 European Championships Ljubljana 1997 (0)

Nov 07, 2026
Chiel Warners delivered a commanding decathlon victory at the 1997 European Junior Championships in Ljubljana, scoring 7664 points. Germany’s Steffen Munz took silver with 7258, while Sebastian Knabe secured bronze with 7218.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Chiel Warners NED 7664 11,08 - 7.44 - 13.38 - 1.94 - 48,52 -
15,15 - 39.28 - 4.40 - 57.40 - 4.42,10
2 Steffen Munz GER 7258
v
10,98 - 7.18 - 13.04 - 1.91 - 51,55 -
14,56 - 40.52 - 3.90 - 48.68 - 4.43,15
3 Sebastian Knabe GER 7218 11,27 - 7.24 - 12.16 - 2.06 - 50,66 -
15,26 - 39.16 - 4.00 - 47.42 - 4.44,30
4 Thomas Weiler AUT 7179 11,29 - 7.18 - 12.15 - 1.97 - 50,87 -
15,03 - 37.10 - 4.40 - 46.12 - 4.45,85
5 Aki Heikkinen FIN 6956 11,63 - 6.90 - 12.73 - 1.88 - 51,51 -
15,82 - 34.70 - 3.80 - 63.26 - 4.38,72
6 Ireneusz Zurawicz POL 6947 11,45 - 6.79 - 13.04 - 1.88 - 50,43 -
15,44 - 37.72 - 4.30 - 45.30 - 4.49,34
7 Boštjan Bradeško SLO 6849 10,94 - 6.39 - 11.88 - 1.82 - 50,90 -
15,25 - 32.50 - 4.60 - 51.54 - 5.01,67
8 Serhiy Ryabchun UKR 6598 11,55 - 7.09 - 11.21 - 1.97 - 54,35 -
16,73 - 33.28 - 4.70 - 48.40 - 5.11,56
9 Franz Petter AUT 6587 11,19 - 6.92 - 12.19 - 1.76 - 53,68 -
15,58 - 34.78 - 4.30 - 49.36 - 5.12,76
10 Julien Choffart FRA 6552 11,58 - 6.68 - 10.79 - 1.94 - 52,18 -
15,98 - 36.24 - 4.00 - 44.30 - 4.47,83
11 Dejan Mandarić YUG 6548 11,61 - 6.48 - 10.98 - 1.94 - 52,36 -
16,74 - 32.84 - 3.70 - 55.26 - 4.29,70
12 Paulo Massinga POR 6416 10,97 - 7.16 - 11.51 - 1.73 - 50,71 -
16,49 - 25.10 - 3.80 - 46.22 - 4.48,77
13 Marcis Rullis LAT 5475 11,62 - 6.25 - 10.59 - 1.76 - 53,12 -
16,59 - 36.84 - 0 - 45.50 - 5.06,14
14 Juan Manuel Céspedes ESP 5333 11,58 - 0 - 11.81 - 1.91 - 50,63 -
15,58 - 33.78 - 0 - 41.46 - 4.35,29

v - event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s

Didn’t finish:
Eric Gommans (NED), Francisco José Caro (ESP), Oleg Klimovets (BLR).

Historical note: Chiel Warners’ title nearly unravelled in the second event on 24 July 1997. After fouling his first two long jump attempts, the Dutch teenager had just one chance left to avoid a zero. He responded with 7.44 metres on his final attempt — the best jump of the competition — before going on to win the decathlon the following day.

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