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Universiade Sofia 1977 (0)

Oct 29, 2026
Austria's Josef Zeilbauer won the men's decathlon at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria, scoring 8097 points at the Vasil Levski National Stadium on 21–22 August. The Soviet Union's Valeriy Kachanov claimed silver with 7958 points, narrowly edging Bulgaria's Rumen Petrov, who took bronze with 7949 points and set a national record. Another Bulgarian, Atanas Andonov, finished fourth with 7872 points, giving the host nation two athletes among the top four in a closely contested competition.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Josef Zeilbauer AUT 8097 11,01 - 7.17 - 14.74 - 2.01 - 48,84 -
14,35 - 43.52 - 4.70 - 62.08 - 4.43,7
8079
2 Valeri Kachanov URS 7958 11,04 - 7.38 - 13.61 - 2.07 - 47,91 -
14,61 - 42.68 - 4.10 - 54.64 - 4.30,0
7906
3 Rumen Petrov BUL 7949 11,42 - 7.07 - 15.27 - 2.07 - 49,20 -
15,54 - 48.24 - 4.40 - 59.28 - 4.35,5
7911
4 Atanas Andonov BUL 7872 11,19 - 7.01 - 13.69 - 2.04 - 49,36 -
14,70 - 44.20 - 4.60 - 57.00 - 4.39,1
7833
5 Rudolf Brumund FRG 7731 11,17 - 6.86 - 13.87 - 1.98 - 47,68 -
15,11 - 39.14 - 4.10 - 59.80 - 4.27,4
7659
6 Árpád Kiss HUN 7705 11,11 - 6.96 - 14.34 - 1.98 - 49,30 -
14,80 - 44.26 - 4.40 - 52.76 - 4.48,4
7636
7 Craig Brigham USA 7568 11,39 - 6.64 - 14.73 - 1.90 - 50,33 -
15,62 - 45.32 - 4.60 - 57.16 - 4.39,8
7507
8 Ivan Spalovsky TCH 7540 11,53 - 6.98 - 13.06 - 1.90 - 50,50 -
15,03 - 42.20 - 4.40 - 59.74 - 4.31,1
7489
9 Serge Morth FRA 7497 10,89 - 7.29 - 14.11 - 1.95 - 50,83 -
14,91 - 41.30 - 4.70 - 45.92 - 5.12,4
7426
10 Pyotr Klimov URS 7401 11,16 - 6.95 - 13.60 - 1.85 - 48,57 -
14,97 - 40.58 - 4.20 - 51.50 - 4.49,8
7316
11 Norbert Hoischen FRG 7361 11,38 - 6.58 - 13.56 - 1.98 - 50,31 -
15,41 - 40.62 - 4.00 - 64.76 - 4.52,0
7292
12 Eltjo Schutter NED 7253 11,26 - 7.00 - 12.04 - 1.85 - 49,69 -
15,17 - 37.88 - 4.40 - 48.20 - 4.35,4
7180
13 Rene Wyttenbach SUI 7082 11,34 - 7.03 - 10.88 - 1.90 - 50,02 -
15,05 - 34.24 - 4.00 - 49.80 - 4.30,2
7011

Didn’t finish:
Philippe Bobin (FRA), Rigoberto Salazar (CUB), Jaromir Frič (TCH), Steve Alexander (USA)

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