Soviet Union – East Germany decathlon match Kyiv 1981 saw Yuri Kutsenko win with 8302 points, equivalent to 8281 under the 1985 scoring tables. Uwe Freimuth finished second with 8213, ahead of Grigori Degtyaryov with 8124. East Germany won the
Soviet Union Championships Moscow 1983 formed part of the VIII Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR and also included the Soviet Union – East Germany combined events match. Grigori Degtyaryov won the decathlon with a Soviet record of 8538
Grigori Degtyaryov won the 1986 Soviet Union men’s decathlon title with 8322 points in Moscow. Oleksandr Apaichev took silver with 8244 and Valter Külvet earned bronze with 8168. Held alongside the Goodwill Games, the national championship
Valter Külvet set an Estonian decathlon record of 8506 points to win in Staiki on 1–2 July 1988. Rišardas Malachovskis finished second with a Lithuanian record of 8437, while Aleksandr Apaichev took third with 8395. Külvet’s performance