The men's decathlon at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1971.
Medalists Gold Joachim Kirst Silver Lennart Hedmark Bronze Hans-Joachim Walde
Results KEY:DNSDid not startDNFDid not finishCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Final 11/12 August
Rank Name Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes Joachim Kirst 11.02<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 7.68<br/ >(w: 0.8 m/s) 16.59 2.13 48.97 16.12<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 47.21 4.20 65.51 4:44.7 8188 (8196) CR Lennart Hedmark 11.28<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 7.51<br/ >(w: 0.8 m/s) 15.37 1.89 49.09 14.78<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 45.37 4.20 73.79 4:41.0 8054 (8038) NR Hans-Joachim Walde 11.17<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.41<br/ >(w: 1.2 m/s) 15.33 1.95 49.32 15.17<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 43.57 4.30 66.47 4:41.2 7927 (7951) 4 Heinz-Ulrich Schulze 10.98<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 7.11<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 14.53 1.89 48.64 14.97 w<br/ >(w: 2.4 m/s) 42.80 4.30 63.93 4:34.1 7841 (7889) 5 Sepp Zeilbauer 10.96<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 7.38<br/ >(w: 1.7 m/s) 13.49 2.04 48.79 15.06<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 39.70 4.00 58.95 4:27.5 7783 (7842) NR 6 Peter Gabbett 10.85<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.26<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 12.81 1.83 47.18 15.45<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 41.81 4.30 58.68 4:29.7 7692 (7754) 7 Leonid Litvinenko 11.34<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 7.02<br/ >(w: -0.2 m/s) 13.50 1.89 49.49 15.10 w<br/ >(w: 2.4 m/s) 42.82 4.10 63.27 4:19.6 7650 (7707) 8 Boris Ivanov 11.28<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 6.92<br/ >(w: 1.0 m/s) 14.15 1.92 50.63 15.21 w<br/ >(w: 2.4 m/s) 43.94 4.30 66.59 4:53.6 7554 (7601) 9 Herbert Wessel 11.17<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 7.12<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 14.70 1.86 49.76 15.46 w<br/ >(w: 2.4 m/s) 44.52 4.60 55.70 4:57.8 7528 (7583) 10 József Bákái 11.22<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.96<br/ >(w: 1.7 m/s) 15.28 1.83 51.66 16.56<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 49.46 4.40 66.83 4:52.7 7520 (7569) 11 Edward de Noorlander 11.39<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 6.94<br/ >(w: 0.6 m/s) 13.99 2.01 50.48 15.03<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 40.87 4.20 49.28 4:23.2 7478 (7562) 12 Tadeusz Janczenko 10.96<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 7.54 w<br/ >(w: 2.1 m/s) 13.65 1.98 50.17 16.61<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 42.61 4.40 55.41 5:03.2 7439 (7520) 13 Yves Le Roy 11.12<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 7.37<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 13.19 1.89 51.15 15.58<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 43.69 4.30 59.14 4:59.3 7395 (7453) 14 Ryszard Katus 11.17<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 7.06<br/ >(w: 1.8 m/s) 12.93 1.86 50.83 14.52<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 40.20 4.30 55.59 4:48.2 7351 (7417) 15 Roger Lespagnard 11.54<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.81<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 12.90 2.04 50.30 15.86<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 38.72 4.50 51.36 4:28.2 7328 (7406) 16 Vasile Bogdan 11.40<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 6.94<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 12.75 1.86 50.20 15.79<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 37.41 4.40 63.42 4:33.9 7317 (7376) 17 Freddy Herbrandt 11.04<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 7.45<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 12.85 1.98 50.43 14.77<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 40.14 4.20 46.23 5:13.4 7248 (7328) 18 Hannu Kyösola 11.26<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 7.34<br/ >(w: 1.2 m/s) 13.73 1.75 50.02 15.85<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 39.26 3.60 66.96 4:34.0 7282 (7322) 19 Frank Nusse 11.42<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.76<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 11.73 1.86 49.67 15.14<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 36.17 4.50 50.53 4:16.1 7239 (7311) 20 Régis Ghesquière 11.75<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 6.86<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 13.64 1.86 50.25 15.97<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 39.87 3.50 55.85 4:16.3 7063 (7157) 21 Per Ovesen 11.46<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 7.04<br/ >(w: 0.4 m/s) 13.52 1.86 50.81 16.25 w<br/ >(w: 2.4 m/s) 37.42 4.00 51.98 4:44.1 6947 (7051) 22 Rafael Cano 11.40<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 6.76<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 11.50 1.83 50.13 15.36 w<br/ >(w: 2.4 m/s) 32.52 3.80 46.55 4:44.0 6645 (6735) 23 Franz Biedermann 12.04<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.59 w<br/ >(w: 3.2 m/s) 10.10 1.75 52.99 16.52<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 28.83 4.20 47.75 4:45.2 6112 (6189) Kurt Bendlin 11.06<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 7.45<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) 15.03 1.83 48.65 15.45<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 45.45 4.60 69.97 DNF Hans Smeman 11.44<br/ >(w: -0.9 m/s) 6.55<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 13.01 1.86 51.24 DNF 38.82 NM DNF Nikolay Avilov 11.81<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 6.88<br/ >(w: 2.0 m/s) 13.33 1.92 51.77 15.07<br/ >(w: 1.6 m/s) DNF Markku Juhola 10.72<br/ >(w: 0.3 m/s) 7.27 w<br/ >(w: 2.2 m/s) 13.58 1.70 48.02 DNF Hans-Dieter Michalek 11.36<br/ >(w: -0.4 m/s) 7.00<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 14.16 1.70 DNF Jorma Vesala 11.48<br/ >(w: 0.0 m/s) 5.85<br/ >(w: 1.4 m/s) DNF Ryszard Skowronek DNF DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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