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East German Championships Neubrandenburg 1983 saw Torsten Voss retain the national decathlon title with 8335 points, equivalent to 8331 under the 1985 scoring tables. Jörg ‐Peter Schäperkötter finished second with 8265 and Steffen Grummt …

West Germany retained the men’s team title at the 1983 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Sofia on 10–11 September, finishing 250 points ahead of East Germany. Uwe Freimuth won the individual decathlon with an East German record of 8501 …

Grigori Degtyaryov led a Soviet one ‐two in the decathlon at the 1983 combined events meeting in Götzis, winning with 8454 points ahead of Konstantin Akhapkin with 8181. Canada’s Dave Steen finished third with 8162. Degtyaryov’s …

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 …

Valter Külvet won the decathlon at the 1983 European U20 Championships in Schwechat with a championship-record 7915 points (7880 by the 1985 scoring table).

Siegfried Wentz won the men’s decathlon at the 1983 West German Championships in Munich with 8470 points, equivalent to 8491 under the 1985 scoring tables. Thomas Rizzi finished second with 8056 points and Holger Schmidt took bronze with 7834.

Bernhausen 1983 hosted the West German decathlon trials for the World Championships in Helsinki, where Jürgen Hingsen set a world record of 8779 points — equivalent to 8825 points under the 1985 scoring tables. Siegfried Wentz finished second …

The men’s decathlon at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was a landmark competition ‐ it was the first ‐ever IAAF World Championships, so this was the first decathlon world title ever awarded. This championship continued the …