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European Championships Torino 1934 (0)

Oct 31, 2026
The 1934 European Championships in Turin marked a historic milestone in athletics, as the decathlon made its debut at the European Championships. Germany’s Hans-Heinrich Sievert claimed the inaugural title with an impressive 8103.245 points under the original scoring system (6667 by the 1985 tables), defeating Sweden’s Leif Dahlgren and Poland’s Jerzy Pławczyk to become the first European decathlon champion.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER 8103.245
CR
11,2 - 7.00 - 14.77 - 1.80 - 49,6
16,0 - 45.03 - 3.30 - 55.47 - 5.55,2
6667
2 Leif Dahlgren SWE 7770.830 11,8 - 6.47 - 12.99 - 1.84 - 51,0
15,8 - 38.83 - 3.30 - 52.60 - 4.46,8
6490
3 Jerzy Pławczyk POL 7552.345 11,6 - 6.36 - 11.60 - 1.87 - 53,4
17,0 - 39.84 - 3.70 - 50.19 - 5.07,8
6179
4 Jānis Dimza LAT 7451.400 11,6 - 6.84 - 14.81 - 1.87 - 55,8
17,2 - 43.53 - 3.20 - 46.20 - 5.39,6
6094
5 Armin Guhl SUI 7347.470
NR
11,2 - 6.95 - 11.96 - 1.84 - 53,4
16,0 - 39.99 - 2.80 - 48.12 - 5.07,2
6250
6 Wolrad Eberle GER 7153.645 11,6 - 5.98 - 12.98 - 1.65 - 51,4
19,8 - 38.74 - 3.20 - 58.91 - 4.46,6
5931
7 Eletto Contieri ITA 6846.835 11,6 - 6.35 - 11.68 - 1.75 - 51,6
17,6 - 32.66 - 3.00 - 48.79 - 4.45,2
5888
8 Hermann Ruckstuhl SUI 6548.915 12,0 - 5.84 - 11.97 - 1.65 - 53,0
16,4 - 35.90 - 3.20 - 43.77 - 5.05,4
5618
9 Maurice Boulanger BEL 6391.090
NR
12,0 - 6.28 - 10.81 - 1.60 - 53,0
18,4 - 28.90 - 3.40 - 46.46 - 4.33,0
5552
10 Giovanni Lux ITA 6368.180 12,0 - 5.68 - 12.38 - 1.65 - 57,0
17,6 - 33.58 - 3.30 - 52.92 - 5.28,0
5320

CR - championship record
NR - national record
By 1985 - points calculated according to the 1985 scoring tables

Didn’t finish:
Stasis Sackus (LTU)

Historical note: Remarkably, Hans-Heinrich Sievert won the inaugural European decathlon title despite running the 1500 m in just 5.55,2 — the slowest time among all ten finishers. His dominance in the other events was so great that he still finished more than 330 points ahead of the silver medallist under the original scoring system.

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