European Championships Paris 1938 (0)

Aug 17, 2026

The 1938 European Championships in Paris featured a historic decathlon competition, with Karl Olof Bexell of Sweden taking the European title ahead of Poland’s Witold Gerutto and Switzerland’s Josef Neumann.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	By 1985
1	Karl Olof Bexell	SWE	7214	11,5 - 6.67 - 13.62 - 1.75 - 53,2 - 15,7 - 43.64 - 3.80 - 52.60 - 4.49,2	6687
2	Witold Gerutto	POL	7006	11,4 - 6.18 - 14.76 - 1.83 - 53,3 - 16,3 - 41.86 - 3.50 - 58.80 - 5.21,6	6459
3	Josef Neumann	SUI	6664	11,6 - 6.54 - 12.57 - 1.60 - 50,1 - 16,9 - 36.82 - 2.90 - 60.10 - 4.45,4	6228
4	Rudolf Glötzner	GER	6492	11,6 - 6.50 - 12.42 - 1.70 - 53,3 - 16,9 - 34.83 - 3.50 - 55.18 - 4.47,2	6173
5	Raymond Anet	SUI	6118	11,5 - 6.14 - 10.21 - 1.65 - 51,8 - 15,7 - 32.80 - 3.30 - 44.68 - 4.42,0	5918
6	Jerzy Pławczyk	POL	5946	12,0 - 6.56 - 11.12 - 1.83 - 55,1 - 16,7 - 36.64 - 3.20 - 50.65 - 5.46,5	5665
7	Jean Balezo	FRA	5503	11,5 - 6.75 - 11.84 - 1.65 - 55,2 - 18,2 - 30.89 - 3.00 - 37.50 - 5.12,8	5360
8	Hervé Mahé	FRA	5346	12,2 - 5.73 - 12.13 - 1.70 - 57,9 - 19,3 - 35.52 - 3.10 - 49.84 - 5.15,2	5138

Didn’t finish:
Hans-Heinrich Sievert (GER), Émile Binet (BEL).

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