Universiade Kobe 1985 (0)

Oct 29, 2026

Michael Ramos of the United States won the men's decathlon at the 1985 Summer Universiade in Kobe, Japan, scoring 8071 points. Estonia's Valter Külvet, representing the Soviet Union, claimed the silver medal with 7971 points, exactly 100 points behind the winner. West Germany's Michael Neugebauer completed the podium with 7895 points.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Michael Ramos	USA	8071	11,11 - 7.15 - 14.39 - 2.09 - 50,12 - 15,34 - 45.98 - 5.00 - 62.20 - 4.43,29
2	Valter Külvet	URS	7971	11,32 - 6.96 - 15.18 - 1.88 - 48,81 - 15,09 - 48.26 - 4.70 - 64.14 - 4.34,18
3	Michael Neugebauer	FRG	7895	10,99 - 7.39 - 13.18 - 2.09 - 48,74 - 14,92 - 43.36 - 4.20 - 57.68 - 4.34,27
4	Enno Tjepkema	NED	7863	11,11 - 7.56 - 13.20 - 2.00 - 50,07 - 14,78 - 36.20 - 4.40 - 67.56 - 4.31,09
5	Patrick Gellens	FRA	7447	11,13 - 7.06 - 13.26 - 1.94 - 49,52 - 16,12 - 39.64 - 5.00 - 49.66 - 4.45,23
6	Rainer Sonnenburg	FRG	7359	10,99 - 7.43 - 15.86 - 1.88 - 50,01 - 15,45 - 38.30 - 3.80 - 57.92 - 5.05,19
7	Athanasios Pampaliaris	GRE	7328	11,63 - 7.04 - 14.42 - 1.94 - 51,08 - 15,54 - 41.70 - 4.60 - 55.66 - 4.59,12
8	Xi Xiashun	CHN	7227	11,41 - 7.07 - 12.90 - 2.06 - 50,99 - 15,48 - 36.24 - 4.60 - 52.56 - 5.03,83
9	Takeshi Kojyo	JPN	7187	11,38 - 6.84 - 12.76 - 1.97 - 50,44 - 16,04 - 42.28 - 4.30 - 56.14 - 4.55,03
10	Stuart Andrews	AUS	7167	11,36 - 6.94 - 12.75 - 1.88 - 50,74 - 16,37 - 38.90 - 4.30 - 60.18 - 4.40,08
11	Marc Kemp	LUX	7057	11,35 - 7.34 - 11.87 - 1.88 - 50,67 - 15,82 - 34.98 - 4.40 - 51.38 - 4.46,17
12	Atsushi Saitoh	JPN	6932	11,66 - 6.74 - 11.39 - 1.97 - 51,51 - 15,67 - 37.90 - 4.20 - 52.78 - 4.40,94
13	Simon Shirley	AUS	6572	11,45 - 7.54 - 11.86 - 2.00 - 49,09 - 16,39 - 34.18 - 0 - 50.34 - 4.25,28

Didn’t finish:
John Sayre (USA), Ahmed Mahour Bacha (ALG), Paulo Lima (BRA)

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