European Championships Prague 1978 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Aleksandr Grebenyuk | URS | 8340 | 11,02 - 6.94 - 15.93 - 2.01 - 48,88 - 14,43 - 48.42 - 4.50 - 67.74 - 4.24,4 |
8337 |
| 2 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8289 | 10,69 - 7.93 - 14.69 - 2.04 - 47,77 - 15,28 - 43.52 - 4.20 - 59.80 - 4.22,8 |
8258 |
| 3 | Siegfried Stark | GDR | 8208 | 11,17 - 7.30 - 15.04 - 1.95 - 49,57 - 15,12 - 44.52 - 4.90 - 69.00 - 4.24,0 |
8224 |
| 4 | Josef Zeilbauer | AUT | 7988 | 11,12 - 7.32 - 14.81 - 1.92 - 49,55 - 14,61 - 45.22 - 4.70 - 60.36 - 4.41,6 |
7969 |
| 5 | Yuri Kutsenko | URS | 7978 | 11,02 - 7.24 - 14.82 - 1.98 - 49,23 - 15,34 - 43.76 - 4.40 - 57.74 - 4.22,9 |
7918 |
| 6 | Roger Kanerva | FIN | 7945 | 11,18 - 7.22 - 13.32 - 2.01 - 49,62 - 15,28 - 41.82 - 4.80 - 61.60 - 4.25,4 |
7923 |
| 7 | Johannes Lahti | FIN | 7913 | 10,86 - 7.08 - 14.06 - 2.07 - 49,64 - 15,00 - 41.36 - 4.00 - 67.98 - 4.36,7 |
7875 |
| 8 | Rainer Pottel | GDR | 7900 | 11,05 - 7.40 - 15.05 - 1.92 - 48,04 - 14,89 - 32.80 - 4.90 - 56.24 - 4.29,5 |
7883 |
| 9 | Holger Schmidt | FRG | 7829 | 10,96 - 7.16 - 15.74 - 1.95 - 49,66 - 14,84 - 48.12 - 4.10 - 59.82 - 5.01,1 |
7778 |
| 10 | Yves Leroy | FRA | 7780 | 11,27 - 7.17 - 14.38 - 1.89 - 49,65 - 15,11 - 47.96 - 4.70 - 56.32 - 4.46,6 |
7748 |
| 11 | Thierry Dubois | FRA | 7705 | 10,99 - 7.23 - 13.78 - 1.95 - 49,58 - 14,97 - 42.82 - 4.00 - 66.80 - 4.54,4 |
7664 |
| 12 | Vladimir Buryakov | URS | 7670 | 11,45 - 7.12 - 14.01 - 1.95 - 50,20 - 15,11 - 40.58 - 4.70 - 57.86 - 4.37,7 |
7629 |
| 13 | Jürgen Hingsen | FRG | 7670 | 11,39 - 7.39 - 13.94 - 1.98 - 50,22 - 15,33 - 39.72 - 4.10 - 58.66 - 4.28,5 |
7584 |
| 14 | Dietmar Schauerhammer | GDR | 7635 | 10,81 - 7.21 - 14.91 - 1.86 - 47,59 - 15,02 - 41.96 - 4.00 - 51.70 - 4.52,0 |
7548 |
| 15 | Atanas Andonov | BUL | 7590 | 11,15 - 6.94 - 13.54 - 1.92 - 51,00 - 14,77 - 41.50 - 4.40 - 58.34 - 4.39,4 |
7527 |
| 16 | Jaromir Fric | TCH |
7516 | 11,39 - 7.08 - 13.58 - 1.92 - 50,76 - 15,40 - 45.32 - 4.80 - 52.96 - 4.55,0 |
7469 |
| 17 | Armin Tschenett | SUI | 7362 | 10,98 - 7.01 - 13.15 - 1.92 - 48,74 - 15,47 - 34.30 - 4.10 - 49.14 - 4.30,8 |
7266 |
| 18 | Christer Lythell | SWE | 7362 | 11,39 - 7.17 - 13.55 - 1.83 - 50,12 - 15,43 - 45.42 - 4.00 - 53.08 - 4.41,7 |
7287 |
| 19 | Elias Runar Sveinsson | ISL | 7317 | 11,24 - 6.17 - 14.17 - 1.95 - 51,50 - 15,48 - 43.64 - 4.20 - 57.14 - 4.44,8 |
7225 |
| 20 | Ludek Pernica | TCH |
7290 | 11,55 - 6.72 - 13.43 - 1.89 - 51,41 - 15,18 - 42.46 - 4.30 - 48.90 - 4.29,6 |
7203 |
| 21 | Árpád Kiss |
HUN | 7202 | 11,34 - 6.83 - 14.45 - 1.95 - 51,02 - 15,05 - 42.20 - 3.80 - 50.70 - 5.02,0 |
7103 |
| 22 | Kenneth Riggberger | SWE | 7063 | 11,39 - 6.62 - 13.46 - 1.80 - 50,15 - 16,08 - 39.60 - 4.20 - 50.88 - 4.41,5 |
6957 |
| dnf | Georg Werthner | AUT | DNF | 11,39 - 7.11 - 13.46 - 1.92 - 50,49 - 15,48 - 35.92 - 4.20 - 68.70 - DNS |
DNF |
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