| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Aleksandr Blinyayev | URS | 7632 | 11,3 - 7.19 - 14.40 - 1.95 - 51,5 - 15,9 - 46.42 - 4.10 - 57.96 - 4.28,2 |
7476 |
| 2 | Eberhard Stroot | FRG | 7584 | 11,0 - 7.30 - 12.82 - 1.92 - 47,5 - 15,5 - 38.18 - 3.90 - 50.28 - 4.18,4 |
7404 |
| 3 | Frank Nusse | NED | 7129 | 11,3 - 6.74 - 9.68 - 1.92 - 48,6 - 15,0 - 37.30 - 4.10 - 43.42 - 4.16,7 |
6970 |
| 4 | Josef Zeilbauer | AUT | 7127 | 11,4 - 7.08 - 12.63 - 1.95 - 50,6 - 16,0 - 33.36 - 3.80 - 49.84 - 4.19,0 |
6943 |
| 5 | Yves Le Roy | FRA | 6788 | 11,2 - 7.18 - 12.53 - 1.83 - 52,4 - 16,6 - 38.66 - 4.20 - 48.36 - 5.19,6 |
6582 |
| 6 | Bernard Turbanski | FRA | 6451 | — | — |
| 7 | Aleksandr Grebenyuk | URS | 6404 | — | — |
| 8 | Bo Sterner | SWE | 6368 | — | — |
| 9 | Ion Vasilescu | ROU | 6344 | — | — |
| 10 | Runald Beckman | SWE | 6327 | — | — |
| 11 | Pavel Mojžíš | TCH | 6089 | — | — |
| 12 | Ruedi Mangisch | SUI | 6054 | — | — |
| 13 | Peter Johansen | DEN | 5988 | — | — |
By 1985 - points recalculated according to the 1985 scoring tables.
Historical note: Seventh place in Paris offered little hint of Aleksandr Grebenyuk’s future success. Eight years later, the Soviet decathlete returned to the European championship stage as a senior and won gold in Prague.