Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8467 W |
10,50 - 8.11 - 14.43 - 2.07 - 47,85 - 14,92 - 41.68 - 4.80 - 56.60 - 4.25,78 |
8470 W |
| 2 | Peter Hadfield | AUS | 7622 | 10,98 - 7.28 - 13.48 - 1.92 - 49,24 - 15,59 - 46.52 - 4.00 - 60,80 - 4.54,54 |
7561 |
| 3 | Alan Drayton | GBR | 7483 | 1,.03 - 7.15 - 11.85 - 1.95 - 50,17 - 14,86 - 40.60 - 4.40 - 57.22 - 4.54,11 |
7431 |
| 4 | Graeme Watson | GBR | 7261 W |
10,77 - 7.31 - 13.29 - 1.89 - 49,73 - 16,97 - 38.04 - 3.80 - 54.90 - 4.44,73 |
7143 W |
| 5 | Panayotis Zeniou | GBR | 7201 | 11,38 - 6.93 - 13.31 - 1.75 - 50,80 - 16,26 - 37.38 - 4.20 - 56.54 - 4.20,48 |
7107 |
| 6 | Robert Town | CAN | 7138 | 11,59 - 6.47 - 13.33 - 1.92 - 52,40 - 16,40 - 46.62 - 3.60 - 62.20 - 4.32,3 |
7048 |
| 7 | Robert Sadler | NZL | 7117 | 11,42 - 6.87 - 12.28 - 1.95 - 51,87 - 15,93 - 36.66 - 4.40 - 42.10 - 4.20,1 |
7016 |
| 8 | Charles Kokoyo | KEN | 6775 | 11,32 - 7.27 - 9.58 - 1.89 - 50,32 - 16,40 - 33.90 - 3.00 - 65.00 - 4.32,8 |
6760 |
W one event with wind >4.0 and wind average for 3 events > 2.00 m/s (IAAF rule until 31/12/2009)
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Daley Thompson
Daley Thompson is a legend! He dominated the decathlon for nearly a decade, winning two Olympic gold medals, two European Championships gold medals and also became decathlon World champion. Between 1980 and 1986, he went undefeated in all …
Daley Thompson’s biography
Daley Thompson is widely regarded as one of the greatest decathletes in history
Götzis 1980
7000 spectators cheer Daley Thompson's magnificent improvement of the decathlon world record to 8622 points (8648)
European Championships Stuttgart 1986
14th European Athletics Championships were held in Stuttgart 1986
European Championships Athens 1982
13th European Athletics Championships were held in Athens 1982
European Championships Prague 1978
12th European Athletics Championships were held in Prague 1978