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Universiade Zagreb 1987 (0)

Oct 29, 2026
Siegfried Wentz of West Germany won the men's decathlon at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, with an impressive 8348 points. American James Connolly secured the silver medal with 8026 points, while France's Patrick Gellens claimed bronze with 7786 points.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Siegfried Wentz FRG 8348
GR
10,85 - 7.27 - 15.27 - 2.07 - 48,00 -
14,29 - 44.18 - 4.70 - 65.30 - 4.41,88
2 James Connolly USA 8026 11,13 - 7.08 - 14.75 - 2.10 - 49,90 -
15,04 - 42.78 - 4.60 - 69.44 - 4.47,25
3 Patrick Gellens FRA 7786 11,08 - 7.25 - 13.39 - 1.95 - 49,22 -
15,86 - 43.12 - 4.90 - 52.62 - 4.23,99
4 Keith Robinson USA 7723 11,32 - 6.78 - 14.22 - 1.92 - 49,44 -
14,61 - 43.64 - 4.40 - 63.56 - 4.37,31
5 Gordon Orlikow CAN 7549 11,10 - 7.06 - 13.38 - 1.95 - 48,67 -
14,48 - 37.24 - 4.30 - 49.10 - 4.27,81
6 Saša Karan YUG 7543 11,35 - 6.95 - 12.40 - 2.04 - 50,05 -
15,12 - 43.24 - 4.20 - 53.50 - 4.22,59
7 Simon Shirley AUS 7507 11,42 - 7.32 - 11.94 - 2.01 - 49,25 -
15,52 - 33.58 - 4.40 - 60.84 - 4.25,02
8 Rainer Sonnenburg FRG 7467 11,18 - 7.00 - 15.39 - 1.92 - 50,53 -
14,83 - 43.58 - 3.80 - 54.96 - 4.42,46
9 Goran Kabic YUG 7385 11,68 - 6.99 - 13.30 - 2.04 - 52,86 -
14,94 - 38.48 - 4.10 - 64.30 - 4.35,94
10 Morten Blumensaadt DEN 6777
11 Francisco Aledo ESP 6709
12 Carlos Cunha POR 5978 12,61 - 5.59 - 11.14 - 1.83 - 54,78 -
16,79 - 30.80 - 3.60 - 62.04 - 4.33,24

GR - Games record

Didn’t finish:
Dariusz Grad (POL), Stuart Andrews (AUS), Alfredo Mayen (MEX), René Schmidheiny (SUI), Katsuhiko Matsuda (JPN), Walid El-Ghotmi (LBN), Jihad Salame (LBN), Gernot Kellermayr (AUT)

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