# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon competition at the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, was held at Stadion Poljud on 28 August and 29 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christian Plaziat France (FRA) |
| Silver | Dezső Szabó Hungary (HUN) |
| Bronze | Christian Schenk East Germany (GDR) |

## Schedule

    28 August
    100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m
    29 August
    110 m hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1,500 m

## Records

| World record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8847 | 9 August 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Event record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8811 | 28 August 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### Results

| Rank | Name | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 10.72 | 7.77 | 14.19 | 2.10 | 47.10 | 13.98 | 44.36 | 5.00 | 54.72 | 4:27.83 | 8574 |
| | Dezső Szabó (HUN) | 11.06 | 7.49 | 13.65 | 1.98 | 47.17 | 14.67 | 40.78 | 5.30 | 61.94 | 4:11.07 | 8436 |
| | Christian Schenk (GDR) | 11.26 | 7.55 | 15.59 | 2.22 | 49.03 | 15.24 | 47.34 | 4.40 | 61.62 | 4:13.77 | 8433 |
| 4 | Robert Změlík (TCH) | 10.86 | 7.90 | 12.60 | 2.01 | 48.25 | 14.12 | 39.00 | 4.90 | 59.28 | 4:27.76 | 8249 |
| 5 | Alain Blondel (FRA) | 11.06 | 7.39 | 13.05 | 1.95 | 48.04 | 14.27 | 43.86 | 4.90 | 56.24 | 4:09.90 | 8216 |
| 6 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | 11.24 | 7.55 | 16.01 | 2.01 | 50.27 | 14.63 | 47.84 | 4.70 | 57.48 | 4:28.86 | 8214 |
| 7 | Beat Gähwiler (SUI) | 11.29 | 7.42 | 13.41 | 1.98 | 49.21 | 14.65 | 44.30 | 4.70 | 62.94 | 4:12.88 | 8146 |
| 8 | Andrei Nazarov (URS) | 11.04 | 7.43 | 13.07 | 2.13 | 48.09 | 14.56 | 41.82 | 4.60 | 56.56 | 4:33.88 | 8072 |
| 9 | Henrik Dagård (SWE) | 10.93 | 7.44 | 12.39 | 1.98 | 46.95 | 14.63 | 39.72 | 4.70 | 63.54 | 4:34.46 | 8052 |
| 10 | Frank Müller (FRG) | 11.00 | 7.32 | 13.92 | 1.98 | 47.98 | 14.64 | 41.46 | 4.40 | 59.78 | 4:29.29 | 7973 |
| 11 | Michael Kohnle (FRG) | 10.89 | 7.24 | 14.41 | 1.98 | 49.63 | 14.80 | 42.18 | 4.70 | 61.74 | 5:04.05 | 7829 |
| 12 | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | 11.28 | 7.09 | 14.89 | 1.98 | 48.78 | 14.48 | 43.20 | 4.40 | 56.20 | 4:39.81 | 7810 |
| 13 | Saša Karan (YUG) | 11.29 | 7.07 | 13.53 | 1.92 | 49.13 | 14.90 | 44.70 | 4.40 | 56.10 | 4:17.60 | 7774 |
| 14 | Gernot Kellermayr (AUT) | 10.99 | 7.32 | 12.96 | 1.86 | 48.92 | 14.87 | 40.64 | 4.40 | 58.86 | 4:35.61 | 7666 |
| 15 | Goran Kabić (YUG) | 11.56 | 6.94 | 13.85 | 1.89 | 51.86 | 14.87 | 43.66 | 4.30 | 65.12 | 4:26.38 | 7584 |
| 16 | Eugene Gilkes (GBR) | 11.19 | 6.80 | 13.84 | 1.83 | 48.91 | 15.31 | 46.30 | 4.20 | 53.20 | 4:19.42 | 7555 |
| 17 | Michael Arnold (AUT) | 11.20 | 7.23 | 13.39 | 1.98 | 49.63 | 14.81 | 37.74 | 4.00 | 59.46 | 4:39.77 | 7515 |
| 18 | Álvaro Burrell (ESP) | 11.09 | 6.68 | 13.36 | 1.95 | 48.06 | 14.93 | 42.36 | 4.10 | 47.08 | 4:29.55 | 7443 |
| 19 | Kaj Ekman (FIN) | 11.20 | 6.52 | 12.35 | 1.95 | 49.10 | 14.86 | 40.84 | 4.00 | 56.80 | 4:22.36 | 7415 |
| 20 | Alex Kruger (GBR) | 11.49 | 6.85 | 13.48 | 2.07 | 50.35 | 15.39 | 40.30 | 4.30 | 52.74 | 4:43.77 | 7359 |
| | Mikhail Medved (URS) | 11.14 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.39 (w: 1.2 m/s) | 15.61 | 2.01 | 49.42 | 14.42 (w: 0.7 m/s) | 48.58 | NM | | | DNF |
| | Sándór Munkácsi (HUN) | 11.17 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 6.83 (w: 1.4 m/s) | 12.13 | 1.95 | 49.40 | 14.69 (w: 0.7 m/s) | 39.34 | NM | | | DNF |
| | Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR) | 11.38 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 7.08 (w: 0.4 m/s) | 12.31 | 1.89 | 49.81 | 15.09 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 38.90 | NM | | | DNF |
| | Sten Ekberg (SWE) | 11.29 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 6.85 (w: 0.6 m/s) | 13.40 | 1.86 | | | | | | | DNF |
| | René Schmidheiny (SUI) | 11.88 (w: 0.2 m/s) | 6.75 (w: 0.7 m/s) | 14.84 | 1.83 | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Robert de Wit (NED) | 11.14 (w: 0.0 m/s) | 7.17 (w: 1.0 m/s) | 13.42 | NH | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Aleksey Lyakh (URS) | 11.57 (w: -0.2 m/s) | NM | 15.12 | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Thomas Halamoda (GDR) | 11.12 (w: -0.2 m/s) | NM | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Petri Keskitalo (FIN) | 11.27 (w: -0.6 m/s) | | | | | | | | | | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)