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U20 World Championships Santiago 2000 (0)

Nov 01, 2026
Dennis Leyckes won the decathlon at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago with a championship record of 7897 points. Spain’s David Gomez Martinez took silver with 7772, while Andre Niklaus earned bronze with 7712, giving Germany two places on the podium.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Dennis Leyckes GER 7897
CR
10,98 - 7.22 - 13.46 - 1.95 - 47,59 -
14,61 - 39.52 - 4.80 - 54.76 - 4.33,10
2 David Gomez Martinez ESP 7772 11,03 - 7.12 - 13.06 - 1.92 - 47,81 -
14,52 - 39.17 - 4.30 - 58.64 - 4.24,55
3 Andre Niklaus GER 7712 11,09 - 6.94 - 13.25 - 1.92 - 48,55 -
14,61 - 39.32 - 4.90 - 49.51 - 4.26,58
4 Dmitri Karpov KAZ 7366 11,12 - 7.21 - 13.74 - 1.92 - 48,53 -
14,68 - 41.56 - 4.30 - 42.11 - 4.56,28
5 Indrek Turi EST 7222 11,14 - 6.30 - 12.65 - 1.92 - 50,63 -
14,86 - 35.89 - 4.60 - 55.95 - 4.43,16
6 Pavel Havlíček CZE 7131 11,60 - 6.86 - 12.71 - 1.98 - 51,50 -
15,79 - 39.57 - 4.70 - 56.15 - 5.06,21
7 Pavel Dubitski KAZ 6998 11,22 - 7.09 - 12.18 - 2.07 - 51,94 -
15,50 - 33.36 - 4.00 - 52.33 - 4.56,77
8 Mikk Joorits EST 6979 11,12 - 7.12 - 11.79 - 1.86 - 49,70 -
15,74 - 36.09 - 4.10 - 48.43 - 4.45,82
9 Ivan Scolfaro da Silva BRA 6968 11,43 - 6.70 - 12.12 - 1.92 - 49,89 -
15,85 - 35.22 - 3.90 - 57.36 - 4.39,00
10 Milan Kohout CZE 6921 11,40 - 6.48 - 10.45 - 1.98 - 51,06 -
15,69 - 30.66 - 4.60 - 47.50 - 4.21,26
11 Manuel Liechti SUI 6820 11,03 - 6.56 - 11.10 - 1.92 - 51,13 -
15,33 - 32.71 - 4.00 - 50.76 - 4.42,54
12 Christian Lyon CHI 6781 11,20 - 7.13 - 12.04 - 1.92 - 50,97 -
15,15 - 28.57 - 4.40 - 36.72 - 4.50,49
13 Ahmad Hassan Moussa QAT 6755 11,19 - 6.88 - 12.74 - 1.71 - 51,28 -
16,04 - 36.14 - 4.00 - 55.38 - 4.54,89
14 Leonid Andreyev UZB 6654 11,64 - 6.72 - 12.31 - 1.89 - 52,20 -
16,19 - 37.65 - 4.20 - 53.24 - 5.10,86
15 Wilfried Gouacide FRA 6633 10,71 - 7.38 - 11.83 - 1.74 - 49,55 -
16,09 - 32.21 - 4.00 - 42.97 - 5.17,87
16 Ying-Chi Chen TPE 6549 11,09 - 7.03 - 13.24 - 1.74 - 51,25 -
16,17 - 32.93 - 3.50 - 48.96 - 4.56,76

CR - championship record.

Didn’t finish:
Sébastien Maillard (FRA), Yosbel Espinosa (CUB), Ludrick Berrenstein (NED), Virgil Spier (NED)

Historical note: Silver medallist David Gomez Martinez scored 7772 points, ten more than the championship record that had stood since 1990, yet still finished 125 points behind Dennis Leyckes.

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