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| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Werner von Moltke | FRG | 7740 | 11,0 - 7.18 - 15.55 - 1.85 - 50,1 - 15,1 - 45.74 - 4.20 - 62.96 - 4.53,5 |
7607 |
| 2 | Jörg Mattheis | FRG | 7614 | 11,3 - 7.17 - 14.45 - 1.88 - 50,0 - 16,2 - 45.48 - 3.70 - 67.98 - 4.26,9 |
7478 |
| 3 | Horst Beyer | FRG | 7562 | 11,5 - 6.89 - 14.73 - 1.88 - 49,5 - 14,9 - 41.80 - 4.10 - 50.36 - 4.17,9 |
7390 |
| 4 | Max Klauss | GDR | 7446 | 11,0 - 7.61 - 12.94 - 1.91 - 49,8 - 16,7 - 40.38 - 4.35 - 53.10 - 4.44,6 |
7280 |
| 5 | Rein Aun | URS | 7378 | 11,3 - 7.01 - 13.52 - 1.85 - 50,6 - 16,0 - 42.76 - 4.10 - 57.60 - 4.32,8 |
7210 |
| 6 | Jüri Otsmaa | URS | 7237 | 11,4 - 6.83 - 13.93 - 1.94 - 51,3 - 15,4 - 38.02 - 3.80 - 53.48 - 4.31,4 |
7054 |
| 7 | Mikhail Storozhenko | URS | 7172 W |
11,5 - 6.95 - 14.48 - 1.88 - 54,5 - 15,1 - 45.18 - 4.00 - 54.76 - 4.57,5 |
7002 |
| 8 | Werner Duttweiler | SUI | 7165 | 11,4 - 6.95 - 13.52 - 1.85 - 52,4 - 15,4 - 36.66 - 4.40 - 53.06 - 4.42,0 |
6999 |
| 9 | Clive Longe | GBR | 7160 | 11,3 - 6.62 - 15.09 - 1.70 - 51,7 - 15,6 - 46.46 - 4.00 - 55.60 - 4.49,9 |
6996 |
| 10 | Walter Diessl | AUT | 7055 | 11,1 - 6.74 - 13.79 - 1.75 - 51,3 - 15,1 - 38.96 - 4.00 - 46.96 - 4.42,0 |
6869 |
| 11 | Manfred Tiedtke | GDR | 7035 | 11,3 - 6.83 - 14.66 - 1.91 - 50,6 - 15,4 - 38.26 - 3.50 - 53.40 - 5.04,6 |
6849 |
| 12 | Franco Sar | ITA | 6904 | 11,5 - 6.21 - 13.61 - 1.75 - 53,2 - 14,9 - 47.58 - 4.10 - 52.42 - 5.06,6 |
6735 |
| 13 | Jerzy Detko | POL | 6896 | 11,8 - 6.59 - 14.22 - 1.88 - 53,9 - 16,2 - 43.28 - 3.80 - 54.30 - 4.47,2 |
6706 |
| 14 | Steen Smidt-Jensen | DEN | 6887 | 11,5 - 6.59 - 11.94 - 1.85 - 52,0 - 15,5 - 36.12 - 4.30 - 42.45 - 4.26,8 |
6707 |
| 15 | Gert Herunter | AUT | 6883 | 11,1 - 6.77 - 11.78 - 1.85 - 50,6 - 15,2 - 34.22 - 3.60 - 48.76 - 4.38,6 |
6703 |
| 16 | Bruno Poserina | ITA | 6856 | 11,8 - 6.70 - 13.45 - 1.75 - 52,3 - 15,3 - 43.32 - 3.20 - 53.08 - 4.26,2 |
6699 |
| 17 | Horst Mandl | AUT | 6847 | 11,6 - 7.02 - 12.88 - 1.85 - 52,4 - 15,4 - 36.20 - 3.70 - 52.24 - 4.49,8 |
6671 |
| 18 | Tadeusz Grzegorzewski | POL | 6833 | 11,4 - 6.64 - 12.82 - 1.70 - 53,1 - 15,5 - 42.16 - 4.20 - 57.78 - 5.11,8 |
6665 |
| 19 | Derek Stanley Clarke | GBR | 6742 | 11,7 - 6.32 - 13.09 - 1.60 - 51,8 - 15,7 - 42.92 - 3.40 - 58.46 - 4.24,5 |
6601 |
W - one event with wind >4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events > 2.0 m/s (IAAF rule until 31/12/2009).
By 1985 - points recalculated according to the 1985 scoring tables.
Historical note: Werner von Moltke later became a prominent German sports administrator, serving as president of the German Volleyball Federation from 1997 to 2012. His sporting career also included an unusual Olympic disappointment: despite winning the 1966 European decathlon title, he never completed an Olympic decathlon.
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