# 1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 30 and 31 August 1978.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aleksandr Grebenyuk Soviet Union |
| Silver | Daley Thompson Great Britain |
| Bronze | Siegfried Stark East Germany |

## Results

| KEY: | DNS | Did not start | DNF | Did not finish | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Final

30/31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| | Aleksandr Grebenyuk | Soviet Union | 11.02 | 6.94 | 15.93 | 2.01 | 48.88 | 14.43 | 48.42 | 4.50 | 67.74 | 4:24.4 | 8337 (8340) | CR |
| | Daley Thompson | Great Britain | 10.69 | 7.93 | 14.69 | 2.04 | 47.77 | 15.28 | 43.52 | 4.20 | 59.80 | 4:22.84 | 8257 (8289) | |
| | Siegfried Stark | East Germany | 11.17 | 7.30 | 15.04 | 1.95 | 49.57 | 15.12 | 44.52 | 4.90 | 69.00 | 4:24.0 | 8224 (8208) | |
| 4 | Sepp Zeilbauer | Austria | 11.12 | 7.32 | 14.81 | 1.92 | 49.55 | 14.61 | 45.22 | 4.70 | 60.36 | 4:41.6 | 7969 (7988) | |
| 5 | Yuriy Kutsenko | Soviet Union | 11.02 | 7.24 | 14.82 | 1.98 | 49.23 | 15.34 | 43.76 | 4.40 | 57.74 | 4:22.9 | 7918 (7978) | |
| 6 | Roger Kanerva | Finland | 11.18 | 7.22 | 13.32 | 2.01 | 49.62 | 15.28 | 41.82 | 4.80 | 61.60 | 4:25.4 | 7923 (7945) | |
| 7 | Johannes Lahti | Finland | 10.86 | 7.08 | 14.06 | 2.07 | 49.64 | 15.00 | 41.36 | 4.00 | 67.98 | 4:36.7 | 7875 (7913) | |
| 8 | Rainer Pottel | East Germany | 11.05 | 7.40 | 15.05 | 1.92 | 48.04 | 14.89 | 32.80 | 4.90 | 56.24 | 4:29.5 | 7883 (7900) | |
| 9 | Holger Schmidt | West Germany | 10.96 | 7.16 | 15.74 | 1.95 | 49.66 | 14.84 | 48.12 | 4.10 | 59.82 | 5:01.1 | 7778 (7829) | |
| 10 | Yves Le Roy | France | 11.27 | 7.17 | 14.38 | 1.89 | 49.65 | 15.11 | 47.96 | 4.70 | 56.32 | 4:46.6 | 7748 (7780) | |
| 11 | Thierry Dubois | France | 10.99 | 7.23 | 13.78 | 1.95 | 49.58 | 14.97 | 42.82 | 4.00 | 66.80 | 4:54.4 | 7664 (7705) | |
| 12 | Vladimir Buryakov | Soviet Union | 11.45 | 7.12 | 14.01 | 1.95 | 50.20 | 15.11 | 40.58 | 4.70 | 57.86 | 4:37.7 | 7629 (7670) | |
| 13 | Jürgen Hingsen | West Germany | 11.39 | 7.39 | 13.94 | 1.98 | 50.22 | 15.33 | 39.72 | 4.10 | 58.66 | 4:28.47 | 7585 (7640) | |
| 14 | Dietmar Schauerhammer | East Germany | 10.81 | 7.21 | 14.91 | 1.86 | 47.59 | 15.02 | 41.96 | 4.00 | 51.70 | 4:52.0 | 7548 (7635) | |
| 15 | Atanas Andonov | Bulgaria | 11.15 | 6.94 | 13.54 | 1.92 | 51.00 | 14.77 | 41.50 | 4.40 | 58.34 | 4:39.4 | 7527 (7590) | |
| 16 | Jaromír Frič | Czechoslovakia | 11.39 | 7.08 | 13.58 | 1.92 | 50.76 | 15.40 | 45.32 | 4.80 | 52.96 | 4:55.0 | 7469 (7516) | |
| 17 | Armin Tschenett | Switzerland | 10.98 | 7.01 | 13.15 | 1.92 | 48.74 | 15.47 | 34.30 | 4.10 | 49.14 | 4:30.8 | 7266 (7362) | |
| 18 | Christer Lythell | Sweden | 11.39 | 7.17 | 13.55 | 1.83 | 50.12 | 15.43 | 45.42 | 4.00 | 53.08 | 4:41.7 | 7287 (7362) | |
| 19 | Elias Sveinsson | Iceland | 11.24 | 6.17 | 14.17 | 1.95 | 51.50 | 15.48 | 43.64 | 4.20 | 57.14 | 4:44.8 | 7225 (7317) | |
| 20 | Luděk Pernica | Czechoslovakia | 11.55 | 6.72 | 13.43 | 1.89 | 51.41 | 15.18 | 42.46 | 4.30 | 48.90 | 4:29.64 | 7203 (7290) | |
| 21 | Árpád Kiss | Hungary | 11.34 | 6.83 | 14.45 | 1.95 | 51.02 | 15.05 | 42.20 | 3.80 | 50.70 | 5:02.0 | 7103 (7202) | |
| 22 | Kenneth Riggsberger | Sweden | 11.39 | 6.62 | 13.46 | 1.80 | 50.15 | 16.08 | 39.60 | 4.20 | 50.88 | 4:41.5 | 6957 (7063) | |
| | Georg Werthner | Austria | 11.39 | 7.11 | 13.46 | 1.92 | 50.49 | 15.48 | 35.92 | 4.20 | 68.70 | | DNF | |
| | Guido Kratschmer | West Germany | DNF | | | | | | | | | | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (1)
* West Germany (3)