1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

None These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on September 3, 1987, and ended on September 4, 1987. Medalists GoldGDR Torsten VossEast Germany (GDR)SilverFRG Siegfried WentzWest Germany (FRG)BronzeURS Pavel TarnavetskiySoviet Union (URS) Schedule Thursday, September 3 1 100 m Long Jump Shot Put High Jump 400 m Friday, September 4 6 110 m hurdles Discus Throw Pole Vault Javelin Throw 1,500 m Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record Daley Thompson GBR 8847 August 9, 1984 USA Los Angeles, United States Event Record Daley Thompson GBR 8714 August 13, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Season Best Siegfried Wentz FRG 8645 May 24, 1987 AUT Götzis, Austria Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Season Best Torsten Voss GDR 8680 September 4, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Final RANKFINAL RANKINGPOINTSImage:Med 1.pngTorsten Voss GDR8680Image:Med 2.pngSiegfried Wentz FRG8461Image:Med 3.pngPavel Tarnavetskiy URS83754.Christian Plaziat FRA83075.Christian Schenk GDR83046.Simon Poelman NZL82967.Alain Blondel FRA81788.Aleksandr Nevskiy URS81749.Daley Thompson GBR812410.William Motti FRA806211.Beat Gähwiler SUI803412.Gary Kinder USA803013.Rob Muzzio USA801714.Michael Neugebauer FRG773315.Mikael Olander SWE769616.Veroslav Valenta TCH757417.Lars Warming DEN753718.Paul Hewlett IVB6474—Pedro da Silva BRA 1968DNF—Dave Steen CANDNF—Valter Külvet URSDNF—Petri Keskitalo FINDNF—Jürgen Hingsen FRGDNF—Marco Rossi ITADNF—Lee Fu-an TPEDNF—Tim Bright USADNF—Mike Smith CANDNF—Robert de Wit NEDDNF See also 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon 1987 Hypo-Meeting 1988 Men's Olympic Decathlon References Results Results D Category:Decathlon at the World Athletics Championships