1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's decathlon at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 and 24 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Godtfred Holmvang  Norway
Silver	Sergey Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Göran Waxberg  Sweden

Results

Final

23/24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
01 !	Godtfred Holmvang	Norway	11.7	6.69	12.32	1.78	52.7	16.2	36.86	3.60	51.06	4:15.8	6566 (6987)
02 !	Sergey Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	11.1	7.37	11.84	1.60	51.9	16.4	37.02	3.70	48.39	4:33.8	6559 (6930)
03 !	Göran Waxberg	Sweden	11.8	6.75	12.23	1.75	53.4	16.7	37.94	3.50	50.73	4:34.4	6313 (6661)
4	Armin Scheurer	Switzerland	11.6	6.08	11.76	1.81	52.5	16.4	36.15	3.90	51.49	4:53.0	6263 (6655)
5	Pierre Sprecher	France	12.0	6.25	12.11	1.60	50.9	16.6	36.37	3.10	56.64	4:19.8	6203 (6496)
6	Oskar Hafliger	Switzerland	11.7	6.54	11.43	1.66	51.2	16.8	39.78	3.00	49.90	4:27.2	6195 (6461)
7	Gunnar Erdal-Aase	Norway	11.8	6.44	12.28	1.63	53.2	18.8	36.44	3.40	57.06	4:34.2	5995 (6295)
8	István Kiss	Hungary	11.8	6.55	11.07	1.75	54.6	16.7	33.43	3.40	48.26	5:03.8	5817 (6027)
9	Davorin Marčelja	Yugoslavia	12.2	6.32	12.47	1.66	54.0	17.4	38.92	3.00	51.65	4:55.6	5762 (5994)
10	Wacław Kuźmicki	Poland	12.0	6.51	11.73	1.72	54.9	18.8	38.09	3.10	41.89	4:45.8	5602 (5811)
11	Armando Ossena	Italy	11.9	6.70	11.18	1.60	54.3	16.6	37.91	2.80	49.49	5:16.0	5634 (5796)
12	Marjan Urbic	Yugoslavia	11.8	6.45	10.34	1.66	54.2	17.3	29.79	3.10	51.51	4:51.2	5605 (5738)
13	Gebhard Büchel	Liechtenstein	12.3	5.45	10.72	1.55	57.0	18.4	28.92	2.70	53.68		DNF
14	René Kremer	Luxembourg	11.2	6.48	12.04	1.60	54.1	17.2	37.77				DNF
15	Witold Gerutto	Poland	11.5	5.79	13.99	1.72	54.3	DNF					DNF
16	Erik Peter Andersson	Sweden	DNF										DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References