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U20 European Championships Kaunas 2005 (0)

Nov 07, 2026
Andrei Krauchanka finished just three points short of 8000 while winning the decathlon at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Kaunas. His 7997 points placed him ahead of Germany’s Arthur Abele with 7634 and Finland’s Mauri Kaattari with 7427.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 7997
v
11,38 - 7.72 - 13.83 - 2.11 - 49,45 -
14,62 - 41.66 - 4.30 - 60.62 - 4.33,42
2 Arthur Abele GER 7634 11,32 - 6.98 - 14.35 - 1.84 - 49,91 -
14,96 - 46.25 - 4.50 - 55.51 - 4.32,91
3 Mauri Kaattari FIN 7427 11,92 - 6.88 - 14.65 - 2.17 - 54,73 -
15,52 - 42.47 - 4.80 - 61.71 - 5.07,36
4 Sami Itani FIN 7285 11,52 - 6.78 - 13.21 - 2.02 - 51,79 -
15,66 - 44.65 - 4.30 - 54.95 - 4.45,98
5 Arkadi Vasilyev RUS 7275 11,47 - 7.11 - 13.29 - 1.84 - 50,39 -
15,15 - 39.60 - 4.30 - 54.62 - 4.38,89
6 Heigo Nurmsalu EST 7190 11,63 - 7.07 - 14.62 - 1.93 - 52,41 -
16,46 - 42.36 - 4.60 - 54.09 - 4.55,14
7 Tero Ojala FIN 7189 11,78 - 6.75 - 14.63 - 1.78 - 52,77 -
16,23 - 43.86 - 4.30 - 68.28 - 4.43,92
8 Tomasz Durasiewicz POL 7145 11,41 - 7.06 - 14.63 - 1.93 - 51,84 -
14,83 - 36.37 - 4.10 - 50.41 - 4.52,07
9 Ingmar Vos NED 7145 11,50 - 6.91 - 13.41 - 1.93 - 52,32 -
15,76 - 41.12 - 3.90 - 61.46 - 4.43,21
10 Tarmo Riitmuru EST 7144 11,52 - 6.84 - 13.51 - 1.93 - 51,33 -
15,63 - 38.96 - 4.20 - 54.73 - 4.40,35
11 Filipp Britner RUS 6910
v
11,95 - 6.85 - 13.29 - 2.14 - 52,38 -
15,65 - 39.79 - 4.00 - 45.67 - 4.58,42
12 Jose Maria Gomez ESP 6678
v
11,62 - 6.83 - 14.37 - 1.87 - 52,45 -
15,80 - 39.59 - 4.00 - 49.24 - 5.24,30
13 Vasili Kharlamov RUS 6342 11,75 - 6.94 - 14.54 - 1.81 - 51,82 -
15,47 - 42.27 - 0 - 53.33 - 4.58,34
14 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 5997 11,67 - 6.60 - 13.04 - 1.75 - 50,33 -
15,89 - 25.49 - 0 - 55.59 - 4.35,09

v - event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s

Didn’t finish:
Lukáš Patera (CZE), Edgars Erinš (LAT), Ole Lepthin (GER).

Historical note: Sami Itani finished fourth in Kaunas on 22 July 2005, but his influence on Finnish athletics later extended well beyond competition. The former decathlete went on to serve as president of the Finnish Athletics Federation and CEO of Adecco Finland, before becoming a Professor of Practice in International Business at Aalto University.

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