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Alhama de Murcia 1996 (0)

Oct 11, 2026
Alhama de Murcia 1996 saw Francisco Javier Benet win the decathlon meeting with a wind-assisted score of 8294 points, ahead of Uzbekistan’s Ramil Ganiyev with 7943 and Spain’s Jaime Penas with 7785.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Francisco Javier Benet ESP 8294
W
10,80 - 7.54 - 13.71 - 2.01 - 49,39
14,13 - 45.74 - 4.80 - 61.70 - 4.33,22
2 Ramil Ganiyev UZB 7943
W
10,74 - 7.45 - 14.03 - 2.01 - 50,08
14,39 - 45.02 - 5.00 - 49.76 - 4.59,77
3 Jaime Penas ESP 7785
W
10,96 - 7.39 - 14.94 - 1.98 - 52,02
15,27 - 44.54 - 4.70 - 63.76 - 5.06,31
4 Serhiy Blonski UKR 7690
W
11,14 - 7.03 - 14.21 - 1.98 - 52,65
14,67 - 41.98 - 5.10 - 54.66 - 4.49,42
5 Peter Soldos CZE 7678
v.
10,92 - 7.42 - 13.82 - 1.95 - 50,91
14,80 - 46.26 - 4.30 - 52.30 - 4.45,75
6 Oleksandr Yurkov UKR 7676
W
10,75 - 7.70 - 14.31 - 1.83 - 50,72
15,12 - 40.06 - 4.60 - 55.76 - 4.48,68
7 Gines Hidalgo Corbalan ESP 7129
W
11,07 - 6.88 - 12.85 - 1.86 - 50,50
16,24 - 40.40 - 4.20 - 49.44 - 4.30,96
8 Francisco Javier Espin Loira ESP 6888
W
11,49 - 7.19 - 12.50 - 1.98 - 51,70
15,23 - 33.48 - 3.90 - 53.48 - 5.05,39
9 Jose Antonio Ureña Vaño ESP 6858
W
11,58 - 6.72 - 12.81 - 1.83 - 51,84
15,14 - 37.40 - 4.20 - 48.26 - 4.44,53

v. all events with wind <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events > 2.0 m/s (IAAF rule since 01/01/2010)
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:
Antonio Penalver (ESP)

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