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European Championships Oslo 1946 (0)

Oct 31, 2026
The 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo brought the decathlon back to the European stage after an eight-year break caused by the Second World War. Competing at Bislett Stadion, Norway’s Godtfred Holmvang delighted the home crowd by winning the European title with 6987 points under the original scoring system (6566 by the 1985 tables). Sergey Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union finished just 57 points behind, while Sweden’s Göran Waxberg claimed bronze.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Godtfred Holmvang NOR 6987 11,7 - 6.69 - 12.32 - 1.78 - 52,7
16,2 - 36.86 - 3.60 - 51.06 - 4.15,8
6566
2 Sergey Kuznetsov URS 6930 11,1 - 7.37 - 11.84 - 1.60 - 51,9
16,4 - 37.02 - 3.70 - 48.39 - 4.33,8
6559
3 Göran Waxberg SWE 6661 11,8 - 6.75 - 12.23 - 1.75 - 53,4
16,7 - 37.94 - 3.50 - 50.73 - 4.34,4
6313
4 Armin Scheurer SUI 6655 11,6 - 6.08 - 11.76 - 1.81 - 52,5
16,4 - 36.15 - 3.90 - 51.49 - 4.53,0
6263
5 Pierre Sprecher FRA 6496 12,0 - 6.25 - 12.11 - 1.60 - 50,9
16,6 - 36.37 - 3.10 - 56.64 - 4.19,8
6203
6 Oskar Hafliger SUI 6461 11,7 - 6.54 - 11.43 - 1.66 - 51,2
16,8 - 39.78 - 3.00 - 49.90 - 4.27,2
6195
7 Gunnar Erdal-Aase NOR 6295 11,8 - 6.44 - 12.28 - 1.63 - 53,2
18,8 - 36.44 - 3.40 - 57.06 - 4.34,2
5995
8 István Kiss HUN 6027 11,8 - 6.55 - 11.07 - 1.75 - 54,6
16,7 - 33.43 - 3.40 - 48.26 - 5.03,8
5817
9 Davorin Marčelja YUG 5994 12,2 - 6.32 - 12.47 - 1.66 - 54,0
17,4 - 38.92 - 3.00 - 51.65 - 4.55,6
5762
10 Wacław Kuźmicki POL 5811 12,0 - 6.51 - 11.73 - 1.72 - 54,9
18,8 - 38.09 - 3.10 - 41.89 - 4.45,8
5602
11 Armando Ossena ITA 5796 11,9 - 6.70 - 11.18 - 1.60 - 54,3
16,6 - 37.91 - 2.80 - 49.49 - 5.16,0
5634
12 Marjan Urbic YUG 5738 11,8 - 6.45 - 10.34 - 1.66 - 54,2
17,3 - 29.79 - 3.10 - 51.51 - 4.51,2
5605

By 1985 - points calculated according to the 1985 scoring tables for comparison across different eras.

Didn’t finish:
Gebhard Büchel (LIE), René Kremer (LUX), Witold Gerutto (POL), Erik Peter Andersson (SWE).

Historical note: European champion Godtfred Holmvang also pursued a remarkable career outside athletics. He studied law in Oslo, at the London School of Economics and at Harvard, later working with the United Nations on international maritime law before becoming a legal adviser to the shipping industry in Canada.

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