1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987.

Medalists

GoldEast Germany Torsten Voss
East Germany (GDR)
SilverWest Germany Siegfried Wentz
West Germany (FRG)
BronzeSoviet Union Pavel Tarnavetskiy
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

Thursday, September 3
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Friday, September 4
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record Daley Thompson (GBR)8847 August 9, 1984United States Los Angeles, United States
Event Record Daley Thompson (GBR)8714 August 13, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Siegfried Wentz (FRG)8645 May 24, 1987Austria Götzis, Austria
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Season Best Torsten Voss (GDR)8680 September 4, 1987Italy Rome, Italy

Final

RANK FINAL RANKING POINTS
 Torsten Voss (GDR) 8680
 Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 8461
 Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS) 8375
4.  Christian Plaziat (FRA) 8307
5.  Christian Schenk (GDR) 8304
6.  Simon Poelman (NZL) 8296
7.  Alain Blondel (FRA) 8178
8.  Aleksandr Nevskiy (URS) 8174
9.  Daley Thompson (GBR) 8124
10.  William Motti (FRA) 8062
11.  Beat Gähwiler (SUI) 8034
12.  Gary Kinder (USA) 8030
13.  Rob Muzzio (USA) 8017
14.  Michael Neugebauer (FRG) 7733
15.  Mikael Olander (SWE) 7696
16.  Veroslav Valenta (TCH) 7574
17.  Lars Warming (DEN) 7537
18.  Paul Hewlett (IVB) 7537
—  Pedro da Silva (BRA) DNF
—  Dave Steen (CAN) DNF
—  Valter Külvet (URS) DNF
—  Petri Keskitalo (FIN) DNF
—  Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) DNF
—  Marco Rossi (ITA) DNF
—  Fu-An Lee (TPE) DNF
—  Tim Bright (USA) DNF
—  Mike Smith (CAN) DNF
—  Robert de Wit (NED) DNF

See also

References

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