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U20 European Championships Duisburg 1973 (0)

Nov 03, 2026
Vladimir Buryakov won the decathlon at the 1973 European Junior Championships in Duisburg with 7554 points. West Germany’s Dieter Leyckes and Claus Marek completed the podium, separated by just one point in the official standings.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Vladimir Buryakov URS 7554 11,18 - 7.13 - 12.12 - 1.89 - 48,83 -
15,16 - 36.82 - 4.50 - 58.64 - 4.29,92		 7506
2 Dieter Leyckes FRG 7371 11,40 - 7.12 - 14.22 - 1.89 - 49,69 -
16,65 - 43.62 - 4.10 - 54.18 - 4.39,03		 7273
3 Claus Marek FRG 7370 10,84 - 7.12 - 12.00 - 1.86 - 48,15 -
15,23 - 38.08 - 3.80 - 48.22 - 4.24,74		 7277
4 Siegfried Stark GDR 7200 11,64 - 6.71 - 12.78 - 1.83 - 50,16 -
16,24 - 38.86 - 4.00 - 63.22 - 4.23,60		 7120
5 Erling Hansen DEN 7175 11,72 - 6.81 - 11.94 - 1.95 - 51,68 -
15,68 - 39.86 - 4.50 - 51.86 - 4.33,83		 7103
6 Marek Cisowski POL 7050 11,40 - 6.84 - 11.57 - 1.83 - 50,68 -
15,67 - 38.94 - 4.20 - 50.26 - 4.34,07		 6963
7 Rumen Petrov BUL 6954 11,50 - 6.67 - 13.54 - 1.95 - 51,31 -
16,81 - 44.28 - 3.60 - 51.36 - 4.50,74		 6830
8 Giovanni Modena ITA 6852 11,29 - 7.15 - 11.18 - 1.86 - 50,37 -
15,52 - 33.14 - 3.40 - 53.90 - 4.38,40		 6790
9 John de Noorlander NED 6785 11,61 - 6.52 - 11.96 - 1.86 - 51,67 -
16,33 - 33.86 - 4.00 - 47.24 - 4.19,65		 6670
10 Stojan Delinski BUL 6756 11,73 - 7.16 - 13.76 - 1.89 - 53,77 -
16,09 - 40.44 - 3.80 - 46.44 - 5.06,53		 6643
11 Julio Rifaterra ESP 6716 11,31 - 6.75 - 9.26 - 1.95 - 50,45 -
16,25 - 31.30 - 4.00 - 48.62 - 4.33,51		 6643
12 Eduardo Rodriguez-Lobo ESP 6702 11,38 - 6.39 - 11.20 - 1.92 - 51,17 -
15,36 - 35.42 - 3.80 - 36.26 - 4.25,39		 6605
13 Bruno Le Glaunec FRA 6543 11,38 - 6.73 - 12.17 - 1.83 - 52,47 -
15,46 - 36.30 - 3.80 - 43.26 - 5.11,96		 6432
14 Frans van der Ham NED 6405 11,65 - 6.51 - 11.52 - 1.80 - 50,75 -
17,03 - 37.90 - 4.00 - 34.88 - 4.44,32		 6286
15 Roberto Rossetto ITA 6345 11,42 - 6.35 - 10.40 - 1.86 - 50,17 -
15,57 - 29.90 - 3.60 - 44.36 - 4.57,77		 6261
16 Brendan Curtin IRL 6303 11,56 - 6.55 - 11.58 - 1.80 - 51,59 -
15,95 - 33.04 - 3.20 - 49.38 - 4.59,30		 6212

By 1985 - points recalculated according to the 1985 scoring tables.

Didn’t finish:
Artyom Aslanian (URS), Lars Fagerlund (SWE), Göran Renberg (SWE), Thomas Fitzner (GDR), Christian Doub (FRA).

Historical note: Duisburg silver medallist Dieter Leyckes began a family tradition on the international junior stage. Twenty-seven years later, his son Dennis won the world junior decathlon title in Santiago de Chile with a championship record of 7897 points.

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