European Championships Stockholm 1958 (0)

Mar 23, 2024

Vasili Kuznetsov became a two-time European decathlon champion, successfully defending his title in a historic performance that cemented his place among the leading multi-event athletes of the era.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	By 1985
1	Vasili Kuznetsov	URS	7865	10,5 - 7.72 - 14.27 - 1.80 - 48,6 - 14,8 - 48.57 - 4.00 - 59.42 - 5.00,0	7564
2	Uno Palu	URS	7329	11,2 - 6.90 - 13.34 - 1.90 - 4,93 - 15,2 - 39.07 - 3.60 - 57.47 - 4.17,9	7276
3	Walter Meier	GDR	7249	11,1 - 7.04 - 14.17 - 1.83 - 49,1 - 15,5 - 39.07 - 3.80 - 49.89 - 4.20,6	7215
4	Markus Jaakko Kahma	FIN	7137	11,4 - 6.52 - 15.21 - 1.70 - 51,0 - 16,5 - 46.65 - 3.60 - 65.66 - 4.18,3	7143
5	Walter Tschudi	SUI	6858	10,9 - 6.74 - 13.39 - 1.70 - 48,5 - 15,2 - 34.83 - 3.50 - 48.11 - 4.20,6	6903
6	Evert Kamerbeek	NED	6784	11,2 - 6.94 - 13.15 - 1.75 - 50,9 - 14,9 - 39.41 - 3.10 - 60.30 - 4.35,4	6911
7	Hans-Dieter Möhring	FRG	6774	11,1 - 6.56 - 15.00 - 1.70 - 51,1 - 16,6 - 45.60 - 4.10 - 54.49 - 5.00,8	6864
8	Vaclav Becvarovsky	TCH	6644	11,4 - 6.55 - 12.86 - 1.83 - 50,8 - 15,2 - 41.82 - 3.70 - 51.79 - 4.45,0	6814

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The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person

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