# 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 27 and 28 August 1986.

## Medalists

| Gold | Daley Thompson Great Britain (GBR) |
| Silver | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany (FRG) |
| Bronze | Siegfried Wentz West Germany (FRG) |

## Final

| KEY: | DNF | Did not finish | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | w | Wind assisted |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| | Daley Thompson | United Kingdom | 10.26 | 7.72 | 15.73 | 2.00 | 47.02 | 14.04 | 43.38 | 5.10 | 62.78 | 4:26.16 | 8811 | CR |
| | Jurgen Hingsen | West Germany | 10.87 w | 7.89 w | 16.46 | 2.12 | 48.79 | 14.52 | 48.42 | 4.60 | 64.38 | 4:21.61 | 8730 | |
| | Siegfried Wentz | West Germany | 10.83 | 7.60 | 15.45 | 2.12 | 47.57 | 14.07 | 45.66 | 4.90 | 65.34 | 4:35.00 | 8676 | |
| 4 | Torsten Voss | East Germany | 10.53 w | 7.85 w | 14.93 | 2.09 | 48.03 | 14.91 | 43.64 | 5.10 | 57.76 | 4:47.15 | 8450 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Apaychev | Soviet Union | 11.14 | 7.25 | 15.57 | 1.88 | 49.45 | 14.29 | 45.82 | 4.80 | 64.84 | 4:28.66 | 8199 | |
| 6 | Uwe Freimuth | East Germany | 11.02 | 7.25 | 15.28 | 1.97 | 48.35 | 14.85 | 45.94 | 4.90 | 60.36 | 4:34.54 | 8197 | |
| 7 | Christian Plaziat | France | 10.84 w | 7.36 w | 14.73 | 2.15 | 50.03 | 14.83 | 45.40 | 4.70 | 57.10 | 4:35.20 | 8196 | |
| 8 | Alain Blondel | France | 10.74 w | 7.42 | 13.27 | 2.00 | 47.79 | 14.34 | 39.22 | 4.90 | 55.18 | 4:18.97 | 8185 | |
| 9 | Robert de Wit | Netherlands | 11.07 w | 7.05 | 14.04 | 2.00 | 49.35 | 14.58 | 43.34 | 4.80 | 54.74 | 4:26.09 | 7962 | NR |
| 10 | Sten Ekberg | Sweden | 11.07 w | 7.05 | 13.55 | 2.06 | 49.46 | 15.12 | 43.98 | 4.50 | 57.86 | 4:19.96 | 7930 | |
| 11 | Eugene Gilkes | United Kingdom | 10.64 w | 7.00 | 14.92 | 1.94 | 47.60 | 15.26 | 43.50 | 4.40 | 48.42 | 4:18.91 | 7888 | |
| 12 | Mikael Olander | Sweden | 11.29 w | 6.78 w | 15.62 | 1.97 | 50.85 | 16.16 | 46.30 | 4.60 | 72.50 | 4:33.46 | 7888 | |
| 13 | Beat Gahwiler | Switzerland | 11.14 w | 7.06 w | 14.15 | 1.94 | 49.21 | 15.30 | 40.36 | 4.60 | 63.68 | 4:22.19 | 7862 | |
| 14 | Lars Warming | Denmark | 10.82 w | 7.03 | 13.52 | 1.94 | 47.76 | 14.54 | 40.48 | 4.60 | 44.00 | 4:19.49 | 7776 | |
| 15 | Patrick Vetterli | Switzerland | 11.23 w | 6.77 w | 14.27 | 2.03 | 49.79 | 15.06 | 45.40 | 4.40 | 57.06 | 4:53.62 | 7609 | |
| 16 | Petri Keskitalo | Finland | 10.67 w | 7.57 | 14.03 | 1.97 | 51.47 | 14.66 | 33.62 | 4.60 | 53.92 | 5:20.66 | 7452 | |
| 17 | Carlos O'Connell | Ireland | 11.04 w | 7.21 | 11.53 | 1.85 | 49.29 | 15.36 | 34.72 | 4.30 | 51.96 | 4:19.56 | 7312 | |
| 18 | Staffan Blomstrand | Sweden | 11.05 w | 6.78 w | 14.10 | 1.97 | 48.95 | 16.19 | 43.64 | 4.50 | 61.70 | | DNF | |
| 19 | Grigoriy Degtyarov | Soviet Union | 10.99 | 7.26 | 14.72 | 2.00 | 50.04 | 15.11 | 44.48 | | | | DNF | |
| 20 | Jurgen Mandl | Austria | 10.95 w | 7.09 w | 14.27 | 1.94 | 50.67 | 14.98 | 39.16 | | | | DNF | |
| 21 | William Motti | France | 11.26 w | 7.00 w | 13.96 | 1.70 | DNF | DNF | 38.50 | | | | DNF | |
| 22 | Guido Kratschmer | West Germany | 10.62 | 7.50 | | | | | | | | | DNF | |
| 23 | Valter Külvet | Soviet Union | 11.48 w | 6.71 | | | | | | | | | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (3)