# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1982 European Athletics Championships in Athens, Greece. The competition was held on 7 September and 8 September 1982. Points are based on the 1962 scoring tables.

## Medalists

| Gold | Daley Thompson Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany (FRG) |
| Bronze | Siegfried Stark East Germany (GDR) |
| KEY: | DNF | Did not finish | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | w | Wind assisted |
| Rank | Name | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 10.51 | 7.80 | 15.44 | 2.03 | 47.11 | 14.39 | 45.48 | 5.00 | 63.56 | 4:23.71 | 8743 |
| | Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) | 11.01 | 7.58 | 15.52 | 2.15 | 48.10 | 14.61 | 44.74 | 4.80 | 60.42 | 4:22.22 | 8517 |
| | Siegfried Stark (GDR) | 11.30 | 7.31 | 15.71 | 2.03 | 48.76 | 14.89 | 48.64 | 5.00 | 67.38 | 4:23.52 | 8422 |
| 4 | Steffen Grummt (GDR) | 11.10 | 7.16 | 15.95 | 1.91 | 49.16 | 14.78 | 49.08 | 4.60 | 65.32 | 4:27.05 | 8217 |
| 5 | Georg Werthner (AUT) | 11.16 | 7.33 | 14.11 | 2.03 | 48.73 | 15.08 | 39.82 | 4.50 | 70.66 | 4:14.89 | 8171 |
| 6 | Grigoriy Degtyaryev (URS) | 11.07 | 7.22 | 14.94 | 2.00 | 49.84 | 14.75 | 49.32 | 4.60 | 57.12 | 4:23.15 | 8160 |
| 7 | Valeriy Kachanov (URS) | 11.11 | 7.44 | 14.00 | 2.03 | 48.64 | 14.47 | 45.46 | 4.20 | 57.30 | 4:18.98 | 8116 |
| 8 | Christian Gugler (SUI) | 11.44 | 7.05 | 12.99 | 2.03 | 49.91 | 14.87 | 44.82 | 4.80 | 68.24 | 4:21.95 | 8035 |
| 9 | Guido Kratschmer (FRG) | 11.02 | 7.26 | 14.77 | 1.91 | 49.03 | 14.65 | 43.84 | 4.30 | 61.54 | 4:24.24 | 8015 |
| 10 | Atanas Andonov (BUL) | 11.34 | 6.69 | 15.15 | 2.06 | 51.09 | 14.91 | 48.20 | 4.60 | 62.08 | 4:40.72 | 7904 |
| 11 | Michele Rüfenacht (SUI) | 10.73 | 6.94 | 13.43 | 1.97 | 48.38 | 14.57 | 45.20 | 4.00 | 56.66 | 4:31.03 | 7873 |
| 12 | Martin Machura (TCH) | 10.97 | 7.14 | 15.39 | 2.06 | 49.78 | 16.38 | 46.72 | 4.50 | 59.78 | 5:05.06 | 7794 |
| 13 | Colin Boreham (GBR) | 11.23 | 7.11 | 13.71 | 2.06 | 48.90 | 14.81 | 38.80 | 4.00 | 57.96 | 4:25.16 | 7762 |
| 14 | Harri Sundell (FIN) | 11.12 | 7.38 | 14.25 | 2.00 | 49.30 | 15.11 | 42.90 | 4.20 | 57.62 | 4:49.95 | 7744 |
| 15 | Christer Lythell (SWE) | 11.45 | 6.93 | 14.76 | 1.88 | 49.35 | 15.14 | 46.88 | 4.20 | 60.08 | 4:31.17 | 7672 |
| 16 | Adam Bagiński (POL) | 11.38 | 6.69 | 13.81 | 2.00 | 50.49 | 15.27 | 45.00 | 4.50 | 58.58 | 4:35.00 | 7659 |
| 17 | Conny Silfver (SWE) | 11.35 | 6.70 | 13.77 | 1.91 | 50.09 | 15.07 | 42.12 | 4.40 | 55.92 | 4:29.56 | 7551 |
| 18 | Trond Skramstad (NOR) | 11.20 | 6.80 | 13.11 | 1.94 | 49.27 | 14.94 | 35.06 | 4.30 | 59.68 | 4:30.16 | 7517 |
| 19 | Gudmund Olsen (NOR) | 11.64 | 6.68 | 14.96 | 1.91 | 52.28 | 15.58 | 45.72 | 4.30 | 63.56 | 4:35.59 | 7506 |
| 20 | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 11.17 | 7.17 | 15.81 | 2.03 | 48.15 | 14.52 | 45.86 | — | 63.64 | 4:35.38 | 7284 |
| 21 | Konstantin Akhapkin (URS) | 11.11 | 7.54 | 14.46 | 1.97 | 49.41 | 15.08 | 48.88 | | | | DNF |
| 22 | Tsetsko Mitrakiev (BUL) | 11.32 | 6.99 | 13.26 | 1.97 | 50.80 | 15.15 | 39.26 | | | | DNF |
| 23 | Stefan Niklaus (SUI) | 10.77 | 7.25 | 15.03 | 2.00 | 47.66 | 16.75 | | | | | DNF |
| 24 | Dariusz Ludwig (POL) | 11.22 | 7.55 | 13.99 | 2.06 | 50.61 | 15.27 | | | | | DNF |
| 25 | Torsten Voss (GDR) | 10.80 | 7.04 | 12.83 | 2.00 | 48.07 | 16.97 | | | | | DNF |
| 26 | Robert De Wit (NED) | 11.40 | 6.46 | 13.23 | 2.00 | 48.72 | | | | | | DNF |
| 27 | Johannes Lahti (FIN) | 11.26 | 6.94 | 13.88 | | | | | | | | DNF |

## Participation

27 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (3)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (3)