1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's decathlon at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 27 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Vasiliy Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
Silver	Torbjörn Lassenius  Finland
Bronze	Heinz Oberbeck  West Germany

Results

Final

26/27 August

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Vasiliy Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	11.2	6.90	12.88	1.70	50.7	15.4	44.73	3.80	56.20	4:58.6	6881 (6752)	CR
	Torbjörn Lassenius	Finland	11.7	6.52	12.29	1.80	51.9	15.6	35.81	3.60	64.93	4:39.2	6676 (6424)
	Heinz Oberbeck	West Germany	11.2	7.36	13.41	1.80	51.6	16.5	40.62	3.50	52.55	5:35.2	6531 (6263)
4	Yuriy Kutenko	Soviet Union	11.6	6.94	12.66	1.65	52.9	16.3	39.54	3.90	56.87	5:07.0	6442 (6097)
5	Miloslav Moravec	Czechoslovakia	11.3	6.71	11.63	1.75	50.6	16.5	36.44	3.20	50.40	4:39.2	6371 (5953)
6	Manfred Huber	Switzerland	11.6	6.40	10.99	1.70	50.9	16.0	32.40	3.20	51.14	4:22.2	6240 (5813)
7	Friedel Schirmer	West Germany	11.6	6.13	12.88	1.65	52.1	16.0	35.53	3.10	59.40	4:47.6	6199 (5750)
8	Arnulf Pilhatsch	Austria	11.6	6.44	13.75	1.86	55.5	15.7	35.81	3.20	51.72	5:07.8	6188 (5725)
9	Fritz Vogelsang	Switzerland	11.5	6.14	11.52	1.65	51.6	16.2	35.79	3.60	44.40	4:35.2	6127 (5670)
10	Stojan Slavkov	Bulgaria	11.7	6.61	11.38	1.86	52.5	16.5	35.46	3.60	39.65	4:50.4	6118 (5645)	NR
11	Jacques Guénard	France	11.7	5.95	11.48	1.75	53.5	16.4	32.29	3.50	58.09	4:51.6	6026 (5517)
12	Stanislav Štefkovič	Czechoslovakia	12.1	6.26	12.49	1.75	54.2	17.7	36.29	3.50	45.46	4:32.6	5929 (5401)
13	Hans Baar	Saar	12.0	6.17	13.29	1.65	53.7	16.3	35.06	3.20	39.68	4:39.2	5830 (5266)	NR
14	Gheorghe Zîmbresteanu	Romania	11.5	6.30	11.54	1.65	51.6	16.2	36.49	3.40	37.57	?	5316 (5250)
15	Fernando Fernandes	Portugal	11.5	6.54	10.17	1.70	51.5	16.8	33.34	3.10	38.64	4:50.4	5761 (5147)
	Raimund Hoop	Liechtenstein	12.3	5.78	10.50	1.60	54.8	19.6	31.53				DNF
	Lucien Verhees	Belgium	11.6	6.53	11.31	1.75	51.0						DNF
	Per Eriksson	Sweden	11.7	6.79	11.73								DNF
	Josef Hoop	Liechtenstein	11.5	5.48	9.96								DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References