Universiade Budapest 1965 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | William Toomey | USA | 7566 | 10,7 - 7.18 - 12.58 - 1.80 - 48,5 - 15,6 - 42.32 - 3.80 - 59.36 - 4.26,7 |
7397 |
| 2 | József Bakai |
HUN | 7443 | 11,0 - 6.96 - 14.50 - 1.89 - 52,9 - 16,4 - 49.80 - 4.00 - 58.14 - 4.44,0 |
7266 |
| 3 | Manfred Pflugbeil | FRG | 7413 W |
11,0 - 6.90 - 14.10 - 1.86 - 50,0 - 15,1 - 39.28 - 3.70 - 54.95 - 4.28,1 |
7232 |
| 4 | Eduard Ortsiyev | URS | 7356 | 11,3 - 7.08 - 14.67 - 1.70 - 52,1 - 16,0 - 44.82 - 4.40 - 58.40 - 4.37,9 |
7212 |
| 5 | Bernard Castang | FRA | 7198 W |
11,3 - 6.91 - 14.93 - 1.75 - 50,0 - 15,8 - 42.90 - 3.50 - 53.58 - 4.31,6 |
7024 |
| 6 | Curt Socol | ROU | 7189 | 11,3 - 6.84 - 13.15 - 1.92 - 52,4 - 15,2 - 42.34 - 3.40 - 58.10 - 4.33,9 |
7022 |
| 7 | Urs Trautmann | SUI | 6863 | 11,2 - 6.38 - 13.40 - 1.83 - 53,2 - 15,8 - 37.04 - 3.70 - 57.64 - 4.44,4 |
6670 |
| 8 | Edward de Noorlander | NED | 6721 W |
11,5 - 6.66 - 12.52 - 1.89 - 53,3 - 15,5 - 33.82 - 3.60 - 49.28 - 4.36,4 |
6635 |
| 9 | Josef Habr | TCH | 6521 | ||
| 10 | Walter Diessl | AUT | 6437 | ||
| 11 | Yordan Mlyakov | BUL | 6336 | ||
| 12 | Mario Piccolo | ITA | 6213 | ||
| 13 | Jim Smith | GBR | 6186 |
W - one event with wind >4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events > 2.0 m/s (IAAF rule until 31/12/2009)
Didn’t finish:
Rein Aun (URS), Alois Büchel (LIE), Vasile Muresan (ROU), Jürgen Schäps (FRG), Norrie Foster (GBR)
Historical note: The 1965 Budapest Summer Universiade marked the first participation of the United States in Universiade history. American decathlete William Toomey celebrated the occasion by winning gold with 7566 points, three years before becoming Olympic decathlon champion at Mexico City 1968. The Games brought together 1729 athletes from 32 countries, while Hungary's József Bakai delighted the home crowd with a silver medal in the decathlon.
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