Universiade Bucharest 1981 (0)

Oct 29, 2026

Aleksandr Shablenko of the Soviet Union won the men's decathlon at the 1981 Summer Universiade in Bucharest, Romania, scoring 8055 points. His compatriot Sergei Zhelanov claimed silver with 8013 points, just 42 points behind the winner, while Austria's Georg Werthner secured bronze with 7825 points. The 1981 Summer Universiade in Bucharest provided an important international stage for university athletes during a period of political tensions in world sport, following the boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	By 1985
1	Aleksandr Shablenko	URS	8055	11,08 - 7.10 - 15.21 - 2.04 - 49,44 - 15,06 - 48.60 - 4.70 - 51.04 - 4.29,66	8018
2	Sergei Zhelanov	URS	8013	11,43 - 7.23 - 13.46 - 2.16 - 49,55 - 14,94 - 42.12 - 4.80 - 55.90 - 4.23,35	7998
3	Georg Werthner	AUT	7825	11,30 - 6.94 - 13.66 - 1.95 - 49,89 - 15,16 - 40.46 - 4.40 - 68.68 - 4.20,59	7792
4	Marek Kubiszewski	POL	7799	11,23 - 6.84 - 13.95 - 2.01 - 49,07 - 14,94 - 40.78 - 4.20 - 63.78 - 4.27,94	7745
5	Dave Steen	CAN	7784	11,13 - 7.20 - 11.87 - 1.98 - 48,78 - 15,48 - 38.84 - 4.80 - 56.66 - 4.18,18	7744
6	Petr Šarec	TCH	7717	10,99 - 7.12 - 13.75 - 1.95 - 48,50 - 14,82 - 42.46 - 4.30 - 44.48 - 4.24,67	7636
7	Martin Machura	TCH	7605	11,09 - 7.14 - 14.45 - 2.01 - 49,80 - 16,61 - 43.40 - 4.50 - 53.62 - 4.47,19	7519
8	Aurel Astileanu	ROM	7390	11,17 - 6.97 - 11.44 - 2.01 - 50,40 - 15,56 - 35.82 - 4.40 - 50.42 - 4.20,09	7311
9	Paulo Antonio Martins Lima	BRA	7347	10,82 - 6.91 - 12.50 - 1.90 - 47,19 - 16,24 - 37.10 - 3.80 - 51.66 - 4.29,13	7230
10	Weng Kangqiang	CHN	7319	11,33 - 7.06 - 12.75 - 1.90 - 50,83 - 16,00 - 36.98 - 4.40 - 65.56 - 4.50,29	7266
11	Philipp Eder	AUT	7142	11,50 - 6.55 - 12.33 - 1.90 - 50,63 - 16,02 - 36.64 - 4.20 - 56.62 - 4.25,43	7050
12	Dan Goia	ROM	6867		6767

Didn’t finish:
Gerardo Trujillano (ESP), Sandro Brogini (ITA), Thomas Staubli (SUI), Rigoberto Salazar (CUB), Dannie Jackson (USA), Zezko Mitrakiev (BUL), Jan-Erik Romar (FIN), Serge Morth (FRA)

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