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1978

Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978
Daley Thompson claimed his first Commonwealth Games decathlon title in Edmonton in 1978, winning for England with a wind ‐assisted total of 8467 points, equivalent to 8470 under the 1985 scoring tables. Australia’s Peter Hadfield took …
Oct 28, 2026
European Championships Prague 1978
The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Championships in Prague featured many of the world's leading combined events athletes, including future Olympic champion Daley Thompson. Aleksandr Grebenyuk of the Soviet Union won the European title with …
Aug 02, 2020
Götzis 1978
West Germany’s Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon at the 1978 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8410 points, ahead of Daley Thompson with 8238 and Josef Zeilbauer with 8104.
Mar 22, 2024
Talence 1978
Only 14 points separated the leading pair at the 1978 Talence international combined events meeting, where the Soviet Union’s Valeri Kachanov won with 7930 points ahead of West Germany’s Wolfgang Muders on 7916. Vladimir Anisimov took third …
Oct 25, 2026
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