European Championships Oslo 1946 (0)

Aug 17, 2026

The 1946 European Championships in Oslo featured a memorable decathlon, with Norway’s Godtfred Holmvang claiming the European title ahead of Sergey Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union and Sweden’s Göran Waxberg.

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

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

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