U20 European Championships Thessaloniki 1991 (0)

Nov 07, 2026

Vitali Kolpakov claimed the decathlon title at the 1991 European Junior Championships in Thessaloniki with 7813 points. Tomaš Dvorak finished 65 points behind to take silver with 7748, while Finland’s Jarkko Finni earned bronze with 7479.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Vitali Kolpakov	URS	7813	11,28 - 7.19 - 14.65 - 2.14 - 49,05 - 14,93 - 41.90 - 4.60 - 51.92 - 4.48,73
2	Tomaš Dvorak	TCH	7748	11,05 - 7.40 - 13.05 - 1.96 - 49,35 - 14,42 - 38.62 - 4.20 - 61.36 - 4.34,22
3	Jarkko Finni	FIN	7479	11,12 - 7.37 - 14.10 - 1.90 - 51,46 - 15,39 - 42.36 - 4.00 - 60.86 - 4.43,01
4	Mario Anibal Ramos	POR	7252	11,38 - 6.64 - 13.91 - 2.02 - 50,83 - 15,63 - 41.76 - 4.40 - 47.48 - 4.42,33
5	Peter Lundqvist	SWE	7132	10,86 - 6.78 - 12.90 - 1.90 - 49,81 - 15,33 - 36.56 - 4.20 - 49.26 - 4.49,08
6	Rene Prosch	GER	7114	11,47 - 7.06 - 12.53 - 1.90 - 49,85 - 15,42 - 36.80 - 4.40 - 46.08 - 4.38,36
7	Jamie Quarry	GBR	7016	11,14 - 6.96 - 11.84 - 1.99 - 49,59 - 15,00 - 30.18 - 3.90 - 45.82 - 4.33,40
8	Dirk Adam	GER	6988	11,22 - 6.99 - 12.85 - 1.90 - 51,02 - 15,36 - 35.56 - 3.50 - 58.28 - 4.45,05
9	Mikael Hoffer	SWE	6919	11,75 - 7.02 - 12.05 - 1.99 - 52,41 - 15,11 - 37.82 - 4.40 - 45.68 - 4.56,78
10	Barry Thomas	GBR	6823	11,35 - 6.80 - 11.03 - 1.99 - 51,87 - 16,45 - 34.22 - 4.40 - 54.28 - 4.55,45
11	Oleg Veretelnikov	URS	6734	11,49 - 6.75 - 11.05 - 1.90 - 50,20 - 15,75 - 35.58 - 4.00 - 42.30 - 4.32,75
12	Rafael García Arila	ESP	6674	11,55 - 7.07 - 13.68 - 1.84 - 52,64 - 15,37 - 35.32 - 3.90 - 39.96 - 4.48,45
13	Jan Podebradsky	TCH	6291	11,02 - 6.81 - 11.39 - 1.87 - 49,77 - 15,82 - 30.86 - 0 - 45.28 - 4.17,05
14	Alain Schetty	SUI	6230	11,33 - 6.73 - 12.06 - 1.87 - 50,55 - 16,65 - 36.10 - 0 - 53.24 - 4.33,64

Didn’t finish:
Jaime Peñas (ESP), Franck Chaulvet (FRA).

Historical note: Jan Podebradsky finished only 13th here on 9 August 1991 after failing to clear a height in the pole vault, but his career later took an unusual turn. In 2000, the Czech decathlete became a European indoor champion in the 4 × 400 metres relay in Ghent, helping his team set a national record of 3:06.10.

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