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U20 World Championships Plovdiv 1990 (0)

Nov 01, 2026
Eric Kaiser won the decathlon at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv with a championship record of 7762 points. Jarkko Finni took silver with 7698, while David Bigham earned bronze with 7488. West and East Germany competed as separate teams at these championships, held shortly before German reunification.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Eric Kaiser FRG 7762
CR		 11,02 - 7.50 - 12.82 - 2.03 - 49,30 - 
14,30 - 40.28 - 4.10 - 58.12 - 4.40,66
2 Jarkko Finni FIN 7698 10,98 - 7.17 - 14.33 - 1.85 - 49,89 - 
14,78 - 39.78 - 4.50 - 62.02 - 4.40,92
3 David Bigham GBR 7488 11,16 - 7.02 - 11.90 - 1.94 - 48,18 -
15,07 - 34,42 - 4.60 - 57,68 - 4.35,38
4 Vitali Kolpakov URS 7384 11,65 - 7.02 - 13.73 - 2.15 - 50,73 -
15,27 - 38,12 - 4.70 - 47,38 - 4.53,87
5 Andreas Hensse GDR 7323 12,05 - 6.65 - 14.13 - 1.88 - 49,72 -
15,51 - 42,44 - 4.00 - 58,86 - 4.14,53
6 Dusán Kovács
 HUN 7232 11,34 - 7.12 - 10.73 - 1.97 - 48,80 -
15.03 - 35.98 - 3.80 - 51.90 - 4.18,98
7 Sebastian Chmara POL 7211 11,39 - 6.85 - 12.47 - 2.00 - 48,56 -
15,11 - 34.62 - 4.40 - 42,94 - 4.32,40
8 Paul Meier FRG 7198 11,20 - 6.87 - 12.49 - 2.03 - 49,53 -
15,78 - 37.52 - 4.20 - 51.44 - 4.46,54
9 Patrik Andersson SWE 7169 11,33 - 7.00 - 13.75 - 1.91 - 51,49 -
15,41 - 38.32 - 4.40 - 52.50 - 4.53,96
10 James Stevenson GBR 7148 11,04 - 6.99 - 12.03 - 1.97 - 47,97 -
15,49 - 35.24 - 3.70 - 45.94 - 4.26,65
11 Mario Anibal Ramos POR 6998 11,51 - 6.63 - 12.98 - 2.03 - 51,75 -
15,60 - 38.52 - 4.30 - 45.58 - 4.44,90
12 Sebastien Levicq FRA 6832 11,72 - 6.54 - 12.09 - 1.88 - 54,11 -
16,13 - 38.72 - 4.80 - 56.54 - 4.56,05
13 Xavier Brunet ESP 6770 11,60 - 6.66 - 10.61 - 2.06 - 50,25 -
15,10 - 28.64 - 4.00 - 49.16 - 4.44,58
14 Tomokazu Sugama JPN 6769 11,31 - 6.63 - 11.07 - 1.79 - 50,27 -
16,58 - 35.86 - 4.30 - 58.96 - 4.52,45
15 Sandro Lange GDR 6765 11,63 - 6.77 - 11.51 - 1.91 - 50,98 -
16,08 - 31.68 - 4.40 - 46.80 - 4.34,34
16 Paul Foxson USA 6737 11,41 - 6.74 - 11.18 - 1.97 - 50,07 -
16,65 - 37.66 - 3.70 - 51.54 - 4.45,67
17 Tomaš Dvorak TCH 6710 11,46 - 6.70 - 11.86 - 1.88 - 50,58 -
15,00 - 32.20 - 3.70 - 52.36 - 4.51,93
18 Zdravko Minkov BUL 6706 11,31 - 6.86 - 11.21 - 1.88 - 50,54 -
15,13 - 33.28 - 4.00 - 44.78 - 4.54,02
19 Yuriy Baranovskiy URS 6641 11,36 - 6.74 - 12.08 - 1.91 - 51,90 -
16,69 - 38.56 - 4.00 - 51.56 - 5.06,70
20 Ruben van Balen NED 6395 11,33 - 6.50 - 14.71 - 1.88 - 50,01 -
16,40 - 40.08 - 0 - 48.12 - 4.34,96
21 Krasimir Petlichki BUL 6305 11,55 - 6.54 - 11.45 - 1.94 - 52,87 -
15,77 - 29.44 - 3.80 - 49.76 - 5.12,89
22 Thomas Friedli SUI 6292 11,62 - 6.60 - 12.52 - 2.00 - 55,92 -
16,27 - 32.12 - 4.10 - 50.28 - 5.31,01

CR - championship record

Didn’t finish:
Rafael García Arila (ESP), Steve Dunphy (USA), Peter Lundqvist (SWE)

Historical note: Eric Kaiser’s championship record of 7762 points stood for ten years, until Dennis Leyckes improved it to 7897 in Santiago in 2000.

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