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European Championships Brussels 1950 (0)

Feb 28, 2026
The decathlon was historically dominated by athletes from the United States, the Nordic countries (especially Finland), and later the Soviet bloc. France had very little tradition of success in combined events. Ignace Heinrich became one of the very few French athletes ever to win a major international decathlon title.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Ignace Heinrich
FRA 7364 11,3 - 6.84 - 13.14 - 1.80 - 52,2 -
15,3 - 41.44 - 3.80 - 53.31 - 4.50,6
6827
2 Örn Clausen ISL 7297 10,9 - 7.09 - 13.17 - 1.80 - 49,8 -
15,1 - 36.21 - 3.40 - 47.96 - 4.49,8
6819
3 Kjell Tånnander SWE 7175 11,3 - 6.87 - 13.54 - 1.86 - 53,1 -
16,0 - 41.00 - 3.70 - 50.00 - 4.57,8
6664
4 Göran Widenfelt SWE 7005 11,5 - 6.65 - 12.29 - 1.96 - 52,9 -
16,4 - 36.20 - 3.60 - 50.41 - 4.36,0
6566
5 Armin Scheurer SUI 6944 11,9 - 6.83 - 12.00 - 1.80 - 53,9 -
16,3 - 37.04 - 4.30 - 53.26 - 4.57,6
6460
6 Vladimir Volkov URS 6869 11,2 - 6.61 - 12.28 - 1.65 - 50,8 -
16,3 - 36.43 - 3.50 - 54.78 - 4.36,2
6498
7 Edward Adamczyk POL 6861 11,5 - 6.95 - 12.56 - 1.70 - 51,7 -
16,1 - 37.94 - 3.90 - 46.68 - 4.56,8
6447
8 Miloslav Moravec TCH 6824 11,3 - 6.82 - 11.76 - 1.75 - 50,8 -
16,2 - 36.11 - 3.30 - 52.77 - 4.39,0
6482
9 Viktor Iyevlev URS 6732 11,9 - 6.74 - 12.30 - 1.80 - 54,7 -
16,5 - 34.95 - 3.60 - 59.75 - 4.44,0
6347
10 Pierre Sprecher FRA 6394 11,8 - 6.20 - 12.20 - 1.60 - 51,4 -
16,4 - 38.77 - 3.30 - 52.81 - 4.46,0
6107
11 Geoffrey Elliott GBR 6237 11,3 - 6.25 - 10.72 - 1.80 - 54,2 -
16,6 - 39.03 - 3.80 - 37.10 - 5.13,4
5900
12 Davorin Marčelja YUG 6201 12,0 - 6.28 - 12.40 - 1.60 - 53,4 -
17,3 - 36.73 - 3.60 - 54.96 - 4.55,0
5934
13 Oto Rebula YUG 6030 11,6 - 6.10 - 11.97 - 1.65 - 56,0 -
16,4 - 37.68 - 3.30 - 41.70 - 5.11,0
5630
14 John van Mullem BEL 5236 12,1 - 6.25 - 10.57 - 1.75 - 56,2 -
17,4 - 28.40 - 3.40 - 34.30 - 5.31,0
5081

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