The men's decathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 and 18 September 1969.
Medalists Gold Joachim Kirst Silver Herbert Wessel Bronze Viktor Chelnokov
Results Final
17-18 September 1969
Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes Joachim Kirst 10.8 7.62 16.28 2.13 47.9 15.9 44.70 4.10 57.60 4:58.7 7910 (8041) CR Herbert Wessel 10.9 7.37 w 14.21 1.98 49.6 15.4 40.98 4.60 54.16 4:37.0 7683 (7828) Viktor Chelnokov 10.9 6.98 w 15.12 1.86 49.0 16.7 47.34 4.10 67.86 4:31.5 7653 (7801) 4 Nikolay Avilov 11.4 7.40 w 13.39 2.04 49.2 15.0 41.86 4.10 58.76 4:28.9 7648 (7779) 5 Rüdiger Demmig 11.1 7.03 w 13.38 1.89 48.0 15.0 43.56 4.20 53.12 4:37.0 7469 (7631) 6 Horst Mandl 11.3 7.15 13.38 1.92 49.8 15.1 40.00 4.40 58.42 4:38.8 7439 (7579) 7 Lennart Hedmark 11.4 7.13 w 13.62 1.89 50.2 15.5 42.44 4.10 66.64 4:42.3 7402 (7531) 8 Urs Trautmann 11.3 7.04 w 14.17 1.95 50.8 15.9 44.60 3.90 61.86 4:42.6 7332 (7487) 9 Leonid Litvinenko 11.1 7.13 w 13.90 1.83 49.2 15.0 41.02 3.40 54.08 4:24.3 7245 (7410) 10 Spas Dzhurov 11.1 6.79 w 15.02 1.83 50.3 15.7 41.38 4.10 55.36 4:41.6 7204 (7384) 11 József Bákái 11.2 7.26 w 14.32 1.89 52.1 16.6 46.46 4.20 60.84 5:11.0 7167 (7334) 12 Charlemagne Anyanah 11.1 6.65 13.67 1.89 50.2 15.3 38.50 4.00 59.48 4:44.8 7146 (7321) 13 Tadeusz Janczenko 10.9 7.28 w 12.81 1.92 50.4 17.1 40.48 4.00 53.10 5:01.1 6956 (7163) 14 Hannu Kyösola 11.2 7.46 13.09 1.80 50.1 16.0 35.54 3.30 61.90 4:35.8 6979 (7113) 15 Steen Smidt-Jensen 11.2 6.81 w 11.99 2.01 50.8 15.1 40.38 4.00 53.10 5:01.1 7011 (7091) 16 Jan Neckář 11.7 6.50 w 13.01 1.92 52.9 15.9 40.36 3.70 68.16 4:36.4 6927 (7077) 17 Yordan Miyakov 11.6 6.49 w 14.26 1.75 53.2 16.1 41.84 4.10 61.44 4:40.9 6851 (7016) 18 Rafael Cano 11.2 7.17 w 11.22 1.89 50.0 15.8 33.42 3.90 52.32 4:40.6 6841 (7005) 19 Vasilios Sevastis 11.5 7.45 w 12.00 NH 50.6 16.2 36.02 3.50 51.80 4:30.2 6120 (6768) 20 Franz Biedermann 11.7 6.61 w 10.23 1.80 51.3 16.4 33.16 4.10 57.64 4:30.0 6542 (6696) Freddy Herbrandt 11.3 7.55 w 13.49 1.98 57.3 16.5 42.18 4.00 44.88 DNF Clive Longe 11.2 6.84 w 14.22 1.75 49.7 15.5 42.86 4.40 NM DNF Arthur Hess 10.9 7.25 w 13.53 1.80 DNF Edward de Noorlander 11.4 7.02 w 13.46 2.01 49.2 15.1 40.40 4.10 50.94 4:20.5 DQ †
†:The Dutch athlete Edward de Noorlander initially finished 6th, but was disqualified for the use of amphetamine. This was the first disqualification for doping in athletics.
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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