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U20 European Championships Donetsk 1977 (0)

Oct 02, 2026
The 1977 European Athletics U20 Championships in Donetsk offered an early glimpse of two athletes who would later become major figures in world decathlon. Great Britain’s Daley Thompson captured the European junior decathlon title with 7646 points, defeating East Germany’s Ronald Wiese, while future world record holder Jürgen Hingsen of West Germany finished third.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Daley Thompson GBR 7646 11,02 - 7.25 - 13.72 - 2.06 - 47,59 - 
14,95 - 38.22 - 3.80 - 49.72 - 4.35,53
7568
2 Ronald Wiese GDR 7565 11,06 - 7.18 - 12.60 - 2.00 - 48,55 - 
14,96 - 39.70 - 4.40 - 44.82 - 4.36,42
7491
3 Jürgen Hingsen FRG 7523 11,65 - 7.21 - 13.58 - 2.04 - 50,01 -
15,50 - 38.08 - 4.00 - 59.72 - 4.28,34
7465
4 Jörg-Peter Schäperkötter GDR 7262 10,93 - 6.70 - 13.64 - 2.08 - 49,34 -
15,34 - 38.78 - 3.80 - 46.36 - 5.00,06
7153
5 Esa Jokinen FIN 7045 11,70 - 7.28 - 13.40 - 1.92 - 49,92 -
16,17 - 34.76 - 3.40 - 53.32 - 4.27,72
6961
6 Martin Szafranski FRG 6928 11,32 - 6.87 - 13.10 - 1.83 - 49,47 -
16,22 - 33.06 - 3.80 - 47.18 - 4.31,26
6817
7 Petko Marinov BUL 6832 11,76 - 6.72 - 12.41 - 1.83 - 51,03 -
15,42 - 37.16 - 3.80 - 47.76 - 4.34,80
6736
8 Kurt Wenger SUI 6807 11,63 - 6.24 - 12.12 - 1.86 - 49,65 -
15,78 - 36.56 - 3.60 - 48.38 - 4.23,66
6702
9 Erich Haunold AUT 6768 11,27 - 6.61 - 12.10 - 1.83 - 51,30 -
16,86 - 34.16 - 4.10 - 54.32 - 4.49,18
6653
10 Wojciech Podsiadlo POL 6766 11,43 - 6.75 - 10.90 - 1.94 - 50,18 -
15,80 - 32.68 - 3.60 - 44.28 - 4.26,30
6671

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