Olympic Games Moscow 1980 (0)

Sep 30, 2025

This was Daley Thompson’s first Olympic gold. He was only 22 years old and already establishing himself as a rising star in combined events.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results	T1985
1	Daley Thompson	GBR	8495	10,62 - 8.00 - 15.18 - 2.08 - 48,01 - 14,47 - 42.24 - 4.70 - 64.16 - 4.39,9	8522
2	Yuri Kutsenko	URS	8331	11,19 - 7.74 - 14.50 - 2.08 - 48,67 - 15,04 - 39.86 - 4.90 - 68.08 - 4.22,6	8369
3	Sergei Zhelanov	URS	8135	11,40 - 7.60 - 14.17 - 2.18 - 49,27 - 14,83 - 42.80 - 4.60 - 57.30 - 4.27,5	8135
4	Georg Werthner	AUT	8050	11,44 - 7.27 - 13.45 - 2.03 - 49,26 - 15,08 - 38.14 - 4.85 - 73.66 - 4.23,4	8084
5	Josef Zeilbauer	AUT	8007	11,29 - 7.14 - 15.31 - 2.03 - 50,91 - 14,80 - 44.00 - 4.50 - 64.86 - 4.30,6	7989
6	Dariusz Ludwig	POL	7978	11,35 - 7.51 - 13.32 - 2.08 - 50,55 - 15,38 - 45.82 - 4.80 - 58.38 - 4.29,7	7972
7	Atanas Andonov	BUL	7927	11,38 - 6.86 - 15.59 - 2.00 - 50,36 - 14,83 - 47.62 - 4.70 - 53.54 - 4.29,2	7887
8	Steffen Grummt	GDR	7892	11,35 - 6.86 - 16.15 - 1.94 - 49,39 - 14,82 - 48.56 - 4.30 - 55.24 - 4.30,2	7840
9	Esa Jokinen	FIN	7826	11,40 - 7.27 - 14.12 - 2.06 - 49,06 - 15,62 - 40.48 - 4.20 - 67.38 - 4.43,4	7793
10	Janusz Szczerkowski	POL	7822	11,22 - 7.38 - 14,06 - 2.00 - 49,64 - 14,57 - 44.74 - 4.90 - 45.22 - 4.44,9	7794
11	Johannes Lahti	FIN	7765	11,32 - 7.20 - 14.28 - 2.03 - 50,06 - 15,14 - 42.44 - 4.60 - 56.94 - 4.44,0	7725
12	Stephan Niklaus	SUI	7762	11,17 - 6.93 - 14.29 - 1.97 - 49,74 - 14,96 - 42.18 - 4.30 - 66.54 - 4.44,9	7721
13	Peter Hadfield	AUS	7709	11,04 - 7.36 - 13.34 - 1.85 - 48,40 - 15,18 - 45.08 - 4.40 - 56.12 - 4.44,7	7658
14	Razvigor Yankov	BUL	7624	11,26 - 6.61 - 16.28 - 1.85 - 50,37 - 15,69 - 48.02 - 4.60 - 58.12 - 4.51,2	7572
15	Brad McStravick	GBR	7616	10,97 - 6.74 - 13.53 - 1.91 - 48,80 - 15,23 - 39.46 - 4.30 - 57.98 - 4.31,0	7537
16	Columba Blango	SLE	5080	11,40 - 6.40 - 10.00 - 1.85 - 53,48 - 15,45 - 23.08 - 0 - 36.20 - 5.22,90	5214

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