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Universiade Edmonton 1983 (0)

Apr 28, 2024
Canada's Dave Steen won the men's decathlon at the 1983 Summer Universiade in Edmonton with 8205 points, narrowly defeating West Germany's Herbert Peter, who scored 8160 points. Austria's Georg Werthner took bronze with 7905 points. Held at Commonwealth Stadium on 9–10 July 1983, the competition featured a close battle for gold, with just 45 points separating the top two athletes. Steen's winning performance was wind-assisted.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Dave Steen CAN 8205
W
11,26 - 7.61 - 13.23 - 2.06 - 48,76 -
15,04 - 40.88 - 4.90 - 62.48 - 4.14,10
8213
W
2 Herbert Peter FRG 8160
W
11,24 - 7.31 - 11.71 - 2.06 - 48,18 -
14,90 - 43.70 - 4.50 - 65.68 - 4.05,05
8147
W
3 Georg Werthner AUT 7905 11,42 - 7.01 - 14.20 - 1.97 - 49,44 -
15,18 - 38.76 - 4.70 - 67.94 - 4.21,48
7888
4 Nikolai Poptsov URS 7749
W
11,30 - 7.10 - 15.40 - 2.00 - 50,94 -
14,74 - 44.36 - 4.80 - 62.66 - 5.21,45
7727
W
5 Ahmed Mahour Bacha ALG 7608 11,50 - 6.94 - 14.49 - 1.94 - 50,02 -
15,70 - 45.40 - 4.50 - 61.02 - 4.48,02
7559
6 Renato Bertolucci BRA 7443 11,03 - 6.30 - 14.01 - 2.12 - 50,55 -
15,23 - 41.16 - 4.50 - 53.02 - 5.07,32
7360
7 Milan Popadich CAN 7418 11,13 - 6.94 - 11.53 - 1.88 - 50,38 -
14,68 - 40.98 - 4.20 - 55.52 - 4.31,70
7352
8 Weng Kangqiang CHN 7353 11,34 - 7.07 - 12.27 - 1.91 - 51,20 -
15,60 - 38.22 - 4.70 - 63.34 - 4.56,68
7314
9 Thomas Staubli SUI 7349 11,36 - 6.74 - 13.13 - 1.91 - 50,28 -
15,28 - 38.38 - 4.30 - 58.96 - 4.41,38
7279
10 James Middleton AUS 7123 11,41 - 6.91 - 11.55 - 1.82 - 50,16 -
14,90 - 34.42 - 4.40 - 50.60 - 4.33,29
7058
11 Fidelis Obikwu GBR 6663 11,31 - 6.93 - 12.57 - 1.94 - 50,63 -
15,91 - 36.80 - 4.20 - 48.70 - 0
6351
12 Hatem Bachar TUN 6328 11,42 - 6.68 - 9.57 - 1.94 - 51,06 -
16,83 - 33.74 - 3.20 - 40.42 - 4.33,95
6237
13 Ángel Díaz GUA 5865 11,67 - 6.32 - 8.05 - 1.97 - 52,98 -
16,20 - 24.74 - 3.00 - 44.84 - 4.35,70
5851
14 Fattah Amhaz LBN 5238 11,69 - 5.55 - 9.66 - 1.79 - 55,25 -
16,43 - 21.98 - 3.30 - 38.02 - 5.29,99
5116

W - one event with wind >4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events >2.0 m/s (IAAF rule until 31/12/2009)

Didn’t finish:
Orville Peterson (USA), Sergey Pugach (URS), Antonio Iacocca (ITA), David Zimmerman (USA), Paulo Lima (BRA), Liston Bochette (PUR), Fadi Ticaelian (LBN), Christian Gugler (SUI), Jens Schulze (FRG)

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