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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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Events at the
1987 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

Gold East Germany Torsten Voss
East Germany (GDR)
Silver West Germany Siegfried Wentz
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze Soviet 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, 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States
Event Record  Daley Thompson (GBR) 8714 August 13, 1983 Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best  Siegfried Wentz (FRG) 8645 May 24, 1987 Austria Götzis, Austria
Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships
Season Best  Torsten Voss (GDR) 8680 September 4, 1987 Italy 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) 6474
—  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
—  Lee Fu-an (TPE) DNF
—  Tim Bright (USA) DNF
—  Mike Smith (CAN) DNF
—  Robert de Wit (NED) DNF

See also

References

Decathlon and heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
Men's decathlon
Women's heptathlon
World champions in men's decathlon
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