European Championships Stuttgart 1986 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results |
| 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8811 | 10,26 - 7.72 - 15.73 - 2.00 - 47,02 - 14,04 - 43.38 - 5.10 - 62.78 - 4.26,16 |
| 2 | Jürgen Hingsen | FRG | 8730 | 10,87 - 7.89 - 16.46 - 2.12 - 48,79 - 14,52 - 48.42 - 4.60 - 64.38 - 4.21,61 |
| 3 | Siegfried Wentz | FRG | 8676 | 10,83 - 7.60 - 15.45 - 2.12 - 47,57 - 14,07 - 45.66 - 4.90 - 65.34 - 4.35,00 |
| 4 | Torsten Voss | GDR | 8450 | 10,53 - 7.85 - 14.93 - 2.09 - 48,03 - 14,91 - 43.64 - 5.10 - 57.76 - 4.47,15 |
| 5 | Oleksandr Apaichev | URS | 8199 | 11,14 - 7.25 - 15.57 - 1.88 - 49,45 - 14,29 - 45.82 - 4.80 - 64.84 - 4.28,66 |
| 6 | Uwe Freimuth | GDR | 8197 | 11,02 - 7.25 - 15.28 - 1.97 - 48,35 - 14,85 - 45.94 - 4.90 - 60.36 - 4.34,54 |
| 7 | Christian Plaziat | FRA | 8196 | 10,84 - 7.36 - 14.73 - 2.15 - 50,03 - 14,83 - 45.40 - 4.70 - 57.10 - 4.35,20 |
| 8 | Alain Blondel | FRA | 8185 | 10,74 - 7.42 - 13.27 - 2.00 - 47,79 - 14,34 - 39.22 - 4.90 - 55.18 - 4.18,97 |
| 9 | Robert de Wit | NED | 7962 | 11,07 - 7.05 - 14.04 - 2.00 - 49,35 - 14,58 - 43.34 - 4.80 - 54.74 - 4.26,09 |
| 10 | Sten Ekberg | SWE | 7930 | 11,07 - 7.05 - 13.55 - 2.06 - 49,46 - 15,12 - 43.98 - 4.50 - 57.86 - 4.19,95 |
| 11 | Eugene Gilkes | GBR | 7888 | 10,64 - 7.00 - 14.92 - 1.94 - 47,60 - 15,26 - 43.50 - 4.40 - 48.42 - 4.18,91 |
| 12 | Mikael Olander | SWE | 7888 | 11,29 - 6.78 - 15.62 - 1.97 - 50,85 - 16,16 - 46.30 - 4.60 - 72.50 - 4.33,46 |
| 13 | Beat Gähwiler | SUI | 7862 | 11,14 - 7.06 - 14.15 - 1.94 - 49,21 - 15,30 - 40.36 - 4.60 - 63.68 - 4.22,19 |
| 14 | Lars Warming | DEN | 7776 | 10,82 - 7.03 - 13.52 - 1.94 - 47,76 - 14,54 - 40.48 - 4.60 - 44.00 - 4.19,49 |
| 15 | Patrick Vetterli | SUI | 7609 | 11,23 - 6.77 - 14.27 - 2.03 - 49,79 - 15,06 - 45.40 - 4.40 - 57.06 - 4.53,62 |
| 16 | Petri Keskitalo | FIN | 7452 | 10,67 - 7.57 - 14.03 - 1.97 - 51,47 - 14.66 - 33.62 - 4.60 - 53.92 - 5.20,66 |
| 17 | Carlos O'Connell | IRL | 7312 | 11,04 - 7.21 - 11.53 - 1.85 - 49,29 - 15,36 - 34.72 - 4.30 - 51.96 - 4.19,56 |
| dnf | Staffan Blomstrand | SWE | 6959 | 11,05 - 6.78 - 14.10 - 1.97 - 48,95 - 16,19 - 43.64 - 4.50 - 61.70 - DNS |
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