U20 European Championships Schwechat 1983 (0)

Nov 05, 2026

Estonia’s Valter Külvet, representing the Soviet Union, won the decathlon at the 1983 European Junior Championships in Schwechat with 7915 points. Christian Schenk claimed silver ahead of Vasili Potapenko, while sixteen-year-old Petri Keskitalo finished fifth.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	By 1985
1	Valter Külvet	URS	7915	11,30 - 6.99 - 14.75 - 2.10 - 50,40 - 15,27 - 48.74 - 4.40 - 59.70 - 4.39,63	7880
2	Christian Schenk	GDR	7607	11,51 - 7.35 - 13.36 - 2.13 - 49,51 - 15,10 - 39.76 - 3.60 - 54.34 - 4.22,52	7552
3	Vasili Potapenko	URS	7465	11,34 - 7.20 - 12.10 - 1.92 - 50,99 - 14,74 - 40.04 - 4.50 - 53.32 - 4.35,66	7413
4	Otto Petrovic	AUT	7354	11,84 - 6.63 - 13.20 - 2.07 - 51,78 - 15,70 - 35.22 - 4.40 - 67.66 - 4.36,20	7315
5	Petri Keskitalo	FIN	7340	10,93 - 7.38 - 12.29 - 1.98 - 50,69 - 15,43 - 37.46 - 4.60 - 51.60 - 5.13,11	7273
6	Knut Harald Gundersen	NOR	7248	11,50 - 6.77 - 13.60 - 1.95 - 51,24 - 15,84 - 37.86 - 4.40 - 48.94 - 4.30,00	7154
7	Jürgen Mandl	AUT	7237	11,14 - 6.74 - 12.82 - 1.89 - 50,51 - 15,07 - 34.86 - 4.40 - 57.12 - 4.52,23	7168
8	Jens Petersson	GDR	7091 v	11,29 - 7.30 - 13.26 - 1.89 - 50,23 - 15,85 - 35.72 - 4.10 - 45.50 - 4.48,53	6998
9	Kaj Ekman	FIN	7028 v	11,14 - 6.51 - 10.58 - 1.98 - 49,88 - 15,54 - 33.44 - 4.30 - 42.22 - 4.23,14	6940
10	Enno Tjepkema	NED	7012	11,22 - 6.44 - 12.36 - 1.80 - 50,43 - 15,71 - 40.02 - 3.90 - 56.40 - 4.42,09	6918
11	Sten Ekberg	SWE	7004	11,58 - 6.70 - 11.20 - 1.95 - 51,99 - 15,39 - 38.50 - 3.90 - 54.94 - 4.34,79	6922
12	Paul Mul	NED	6959	11,51 - 6.86 - 11.18 - 1.98 - 51,29 - 16,04 - 37.48 - 3.80 - 49.46 - 4.29,90	6859
13	Dimitrios Loulodis	GRE	6934	11,52 - 6.72 - 10.04 - 1.95 - 51,35 - 15,38 - 39.78 - 4.10 - 50.40 - 4.42,79	6862
14	Stefan Henriksson	SWE	6906	11,85 - 6.32 - 11.44 - 1.98 - 51,16 - 15,60 - 35.44 - 3.70 - 62.40 - 4.33,69	6838

v - event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s
By 1985 - points recalculated according to the 1985 scoring tables.

Didn’t finish:
Didier Stil (FRA), William Motti (FRA).

Historical note: Long before winning European junior gold, Valter Külvet had made his name in Estonia’s televised youth athletics series, TV 10 Olümpiastarti. He won its combined events competition in four consecutive years, turning childhood promise on television into international success in Schwechat.

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