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U20 European Championships Cottbus 1985 (0)

Nov 05, 2026
Thomas Fahner led an East German gold-and-bronze finish in the decathlon at the 1985 European Junior Championships in Cottbus. Fahner won with 7815 points, ahead of Igor Drobyshevskiy on 7633 and Andre Preysing on 7476.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Thomas Fahner GDR 7815 11,13 - 7.17 - 13.33 - 2.00 - 49,31 -
15,18 - 42.02 - 4.90 - 62.02 - 4.51,46
2 Igor Drobyshevskiy URS 7633
PB
11,22 - 6.71 - 12.11 - 2.15 - 49,09 -
14,96 - 38.88 - 4.50 - 55.94 - 4.32,61
3 Andre Preysing GDR 7476
PB
11,43 - 6.98 - 12.58 - 2.06 - 50,23 -
14,96 - 40.82 - 4.80 - 47.46 - 4.43,17
4 Stefan Haigis FRG 7385 11,56 - 7.24 - 13.49 - 1.94 - 51,55 -
15,97 - 41.48 - 4.10 - 65.38 - 4.38,76
5 Vladimir Lyovushkin URS 7324
v PB
11,46 - 6.78 - 14.57 - 1.97 - 51,28 -
15,22 - 40.38 - 4.40 - 49.44 - 4.36,97
6 Jari Näkki FIN 7170
v PB
11,37 - 6.75 - 12.96 - 1.97 - 52,41 -
15,38 - 39.80 - 4.20 - 64.90 - 5.03,74
7 Rene Schmidheiny SUI 7134
PB
11,47 - 6.73 - 13.40 - 1.91 - 51,09 -
15,30 - 42.00 - 4.00 - 55.90 - 4.47,56
8 Bengt Järlsjö SWE 7070 11,57 - 6.29 - 13.51 - 1.91 - 51,45 -
14,99 - 41.90 - 4.30 - 54.70 - 4.53,46
9 Alper Kasapoglou BUL 7024
PB
11,15 - 7.24 - 12.15 - 1.94 - 52,19 -
15,60 - 39.12 - 4.20 - 45.92 - 4.49,94
10 Glenn Håkansson SWE 6898 11,69 - 6.60 - 11.92 - 1.82 - 50,85 -
15,99 - 35.66 - 4.40 - 56.58 - 4.34,73
11 Cor Troost NED 6817
vPB
11,16 - 6.50 - 12.33 - 1.88 - 50,66 -
15,87 - 38.30 - 3.80 - 49.66 - 4.42,35
12 Steve Casey GBR 6763
v PB
11,55 - 6.91 - 12.69 - 1.82 - 51,76 -
15,50 - 41.36 - 3.70 - 48.08 - 4.48,89
13 Gernot Kellermayr AUT 6711 11,28 - 6.90 - 10.58 - 1.82 - 50,62 -
15,69 - 33.86 - 4.00 - 52.56 - 4.50,08
14 Michael Arnold AUT 6544
v
11,78 - 6.91 - 10.82 - 1.91 - 53,03 -
15,47 - 32.86 - 3.90 - 56.82 - 5.06,36
15 Jan Trefny SUI 6467
v
11,28 - 6.67 - 11.31 - 1.91 - 48,71 -
15,03 - 37.18 - 0 - 45.74 - 4.23,15

PB - personal best
v - event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s

Didn’t finish:
Petri Keskitalo (FIN).

Historical note: Cottbus offered little hint of what awaited Petri Keskitalo a year later. The Finnish teenager was the only decathlon non-finisher here, yet returned to the international junior stage in Athens in 1986 to become the inaugural world junior decathlon champion with 7623 points.

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