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Oct 24, 2026
Grigori Degtyaryov won the men’s decathlon at the 1984 Friendship Games in Moscow with 8523 points (8572 under the 1985 scoring tables), ahead of East Germany’s Torsten Voss and fellow Soviet Igor Sobolevski. Held on 17–18 August at the Central Lenin Stadium, the competition formed part of the Friendship Games organised for athletes from countries that boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Grigori Degtyaryov URS 8523 10,99 - 7.58 - 15.54 - 2.09 - 50,29 -
14,60 - 49.20 - 5.10 - 63.20 - 4.27,14
8572
2 Torsten Voss GDR 8450 10,59 - 8.02 - 15.39 - 2.06 - 48,06 -
14,44 - 42.34 - 5.10 - 58.22 - 4.52,96
8482
3 Igor Sobolevski URS 8433 10,67 - 7.98 - 16.07 - 2.00 - 48,34 -
15,08 - 46.46 - 4.70 - 64.86 - 4.45,58
8456
4 Atanas Andonov BUL 7783 11,22 - 7.16 - 15.80 - 1.97 - 51,35 -
15,63 - 47.80 - 4.70 - 54.26 - 4.47,60
7736
5 Oleksandr Apaichev URS 7698 10,87 - 7.47 - 16.20 - 2.00 - 48,88 -
13,97 - 35.92 - 4.60 - 67.38 - 0
7550
6 Martin Machura TCH 7508 11,18 - 6.98 - 15.46 - 2.00 - 50,38 -
17,15 - 47.78 - 4.40 - 53.00 - 4.59,99
7405
7 Hans-Ulrich Riecke GDR 7429 10,72 - 7.51 - 14.96 - 1.97 - 49,60 -
15,67 - 41.06 - 4.70 - 57.10 - 0
7226
B classification
1 Aleksandr Nevski URS 8356 11,01 - 7.46 - 15.57 - 2.03 - 50,06 -
14,90 - 46.98 - 4.70 - 68.32 - 4.25,98
8375
2 Yuri Kutsenko URS 8134 11,34 - 7.26 - 14.85 - 2.06 - 50,13 -
15,35 - 48.62 - 4.60 - 64.76 - 4.26,25
8129
3 Viktor Gruzenkin URS 7982 11,05 - 7.20 - 15.35 - 2.00 - 50,48 -
14,96 - 46.62 - 4.60 - 60.28 - 4.45,21
7953
4 Pavel Tarnovetski URS 7860 11,18 - 7.29 - 14.40 - 2.00 - 49,63 -
15,10 - 42.34 - 4.60 - 52.46 - 4.28,73
7809

By 1985 – total points recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables.

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