Universiade Catania 1997 (0)

Oct 28, 2026

Roman Šebrle set a Games record of 8380 points to win the decathlon at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania. Kamil Damašek secured silver with 8072, completing a Czech one-two, while Marcel Dost of the Netherlands took bronze with 7899. Šebrle’s winning margin of 308 points underlined a commanding performance.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8380 GR	10,70 - 7.72 - 15.09 - 2.07 - 48,75 - 14,48 - 42.34 - 4.80 - 65.60 - 4.48,31
2	Kamil Damašek	CZE	8072	11,05 - 7.01 - 15.30 - 2.01 - 47,95 - 15,20 - 42.18 - 5.00 - 56.44 - 4.29,87
3	Marcel Dost	NED	7899	10,95 - 7.15 - 13.91 - 1.92 - 49,69 - 14,85 - 40.74 - 5.20 - 56.76 - 4.39,19
4	Oleksandr Yurkov	UKR	7828	10,95 - 7.27 - 14.13 - 1.89 - 50,12 - 15,17 - 47.82 - 5.00 - 50.28 - 4.41,49
5	Wilfrid Boulineau	FRA	7824	11,14 - 7.22 - 12.93 - 2.01 - 49,59 - 15,33 - 41.52 - 4.60 - 61.16 - 4.26,60
6	Zsolt Kürtösi	HUN	7727	11,17 - 7.19 - 14.94 - 1.89 - 50,60 - 14,80 - 41.94 - 4.70 - 54.58 - 4.34,91
7	Valeri Belousov	RUS	7701	11,31 - 7.07 - 14.58 - 1.98 - 52,01 - 14,79 - 38.98 - 4.80 - 61.88 - 4.41,52
8	Dmitri Sukhomazov	BLR	7658	11,19 - 6.81 - 14.54 - 2.13 - 50,82 - 15,22 - 39.80 - 4.60 - 62.22 - 4.59,35
9	Trond Hoiby	NOR	7564	11,27 - 6.57 - 13.76 - 1.86 - 50,12 - 15,19 - 41.42 - 4.70 - 62.58 - 4.31,91
10	Michael Nolan	CAN	7477	11,19 - 6.96 - 13.80 - 1.92 - 49,93 - 14,86 - 43.66 - 4.80 - 48.00 - 4.57,37
11	Matthew McEwen	AUS	6693	10,87 - 6.91 - 14.32 - 1.95 - 49,35 - 16,23 - 39.24 - 0 - 58.72 - 4.55,62
12	Hamid Asiabi	IRI	5847	— —

GR – Games record

Didn’t finish:
Peter Banks (AUS), Chen Chien-hung (TPE), Chiel Warners (NED), Billy Schuffenhauer (USA), Jarkko Finni (FIN), Sándor Munkácsi (HUN), Jamie Quarry (GBR), Benjamin Jensen (NOR), Patrik Sandberg (SWE), Lin Shang-chuan (TPE)

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