U20 European Championships Bydgoszcz 1979 (0)

Nov 04, 2026

Siegfried Wentz won the decathlon at the 1979 European Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a championship record of 7822 points. Dietmar Jentsch and Peter Hummel completed the podium for East Germany, while Norway’s Gudmund Olsen finished fourth.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	By 1985
1	Siegfried Wentz	FRG	7818 CR	11,29 - 7.15 - 14.75 - 2.01 - 49,95 - 15,08 - 42.74 - 4.00 - 64.52 - 4.30,56	7775
2	Dietmar Jentsch	GDR	7714	11,38 - 7.19 - 12.70 - 2.01 - 48,36 - 15,37 - 35.18 - 4.70 - 49.98 - 4.09,54	7654
3	Peter Hummel	GDR	7503	11,24 - 7.25 - 13.39 - 1.93 - 49,62 - 15,44 - 42.60 - 4.40 - 51.38 - 4.47,60	7433
4	Gudmund Olsen	NOR	7390	11,88 - 6.80 - 13.56 - 1.97 - 52,62 - 15,88 - 44.32 - 4.10 - 64.46 - 4.27,55	7327
5	Viktor Gartung	URS	7326	11,36 - 6.35 - 13.90 - 1.93 - 51,00 - 15,95 - 36.48 - 4.40 - 59.44 - 4.26,03	7239
6	Stanislav Katsarov	BUL	7221	11,46 - 6.60 - 13.63 - 2.05 - 51,76 - 15,67 - 39.92 - 3.90 - 54.52 - 4.40,72	7127
7	Fidelis Obikwu	GBR	7167	11,82 - 6.73 - 12.86 - 2.01 - 51,28 - 16,30 - 36.26 - 4.00 - 62.62 - 4.30,63	7088
8	Franciszek Jozwicki	POL	7124	11,48 - 6.60 - 13.53 - 2.01 - 52,25 - 14,63 - 37.84 - 4.00 - 56.38 - 5.07,04	7041
9	Maciej Jedral	POL	7091	11,21 - 7.13 - 12.00 - 1.89 - 49,89 - 16,45 - 32.78 - 4.10 - 61.86 - 4.50,50	7019
10	Paul Mainz	FRG	6958	11,11 - 6.98 - 11.77 - 2.01 - 50,83 - 15,70 - 35.88 - 3.60 - 47.42 - 4.49,3	6858
11	Vladimir Shinkarevski	URS	6906	11,52 - 6.78 - 13.20 - 2.01 - 50,80 - 15,05 - 30.76 - 4.30 - 44.22 - 5.08,2	6821
12	László Nagy	HUN	6821	11,87 - 6.77 - 13.31 - 2.01 - 54,31 - 15,56 - 40.58 - 4.30 - 46.06 - 5.18,3	6714
13	Thorsteinn Reynir Thorsson	ISL	6712	11,77 - 6.36 - 11.77 - 1.97 - 52,36 - 16,02 - 36.54 - 3.80 - 53.80 - 4.47,3	6607
14	Roland Marloye	BEL	6551	11,84 - 6.79 - 10.43 - 1.93 - 52,60 - 15,29 - 36.70 - 3.90 - 41.44 - 4.52,78	6466
15	Donato Dotti	ITA	6394	11,84 - 6.54 - 11.64 - 1.93 - 53,09 - 17,17 - 31.74 - 3.90 - 43.56 - 4.39,49	6267
16	Tom Olav Jensen	DEN	6308	11,74 - 6.26 - 10.65 - 1.80 - 50,86 - 15,69 - 31.12 - 3.40 - 51.32 - 4.46,42	6234

CR - championship record
By 1985 - points recalculated according to the 1985 scoring tables

Historical note: Bydgoszcz champion Siegfried Wentz later exchanged the decathlon arena for a medical career. While competing at the highest level, he studied medicine and eventually became chief physician at a Black Forest clinic, also providing medical care for Germany’s decathletes and long jumpers.

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