Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon
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The men's decathlon event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] on 31 August and 1 September 1961.
The winning margin was an astonishing 1,692 points which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's decathlon was won by more than 400 points at these games.
Results
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() | 10.9 | 7.29 | 13.94 | 1.83 | 49.7 | 15.0 | 47.73 | 4.10 | 67.03 | 4:59.0 | 7918 | [2] |
![]() | Milan Kuzmanov | ![]() | 6226 | |||||||||||
![]() | Klaus-Dieter Röper | ![]() | 6209 | |||||||||||
4 | Hermann Salomon | ![]() | 6147 | |||||||||||
5 | Josef Habr | ![]() | 6047 | |||||||||||
6 | Johannes de Haas | ![]() | 6004 | |||||||||||
7 | Mario Piccolo | ![]() | 5782 | |||||||||||
8 | Yordan Dzhikelov | ![]() | 5249 |