1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the European Athletics Championships

The men's decathlon at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 14 September 1962.

Medalists

Gold	Vasiliy Kuznetsov Soviet Union
Silver	Werner von Moltke West Germany
Bronze	Manfred Bock West Germany

Results

Final

13/14 September

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Vasiliy Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	10.8	6.91	14.32	1.75	49.3	14.5	48.08	3.90	68.08	4:41.0	7653 (8026)	CR
	Werner von Moltke	West Germany	10.7	7.03	14.93	1.80	49.7	14.8	49.41	4.25	56.17	4:46.9	7637 (8022)	NR
	Manfred Bock	West Germany	10.8w	6.96	13.25	1.86	48.6	14.7	39.47	3.90	62.65	4:22.9	7562 (7835)
4	Eef Kamerbeek	Netherlands	11.1	7.03	14.13	1.83	50.9	14.5	47.44	3.80	63.62	4:39.2	7500 (7724)	NR
5	Willi Holdorf	West Germany	10.5	7.08	14.00	1.75	48.7	15.1	44.43	3.60	50.98	4:30.0	7355 (7523)
6	Yuriy Dyachkov	Soviet Union	11.1	7.12	13.59	1.86	49.8	14.9	43.09	4.00	52.37	4:41.7	7299 (7400)
7	Mirko Kolnik	Yugoslavia	10.7w	6.81	13.82	1.75	50.3	15.7	41.95	4.45	55.54	4:53.3	7199 (7348)
8	Jože Brodnik	Yugoslavia	11.3	6.80	13.15	1.83	51.4	15.4	39.25	4.00	63.99	4:27.4	7185 (7183)
9	Markus Kahma	Finland	11.3	6.60	15.01	1.65	50.9	15.8	47.87	3.70	56.87	4:24.7	7085 (7052)
10	Valbjörn Þorláksson	Iceland	11.0	6.47	11.77	1.80	51.1	15.6	39.62	4.30	56.50	4:54.0	6866 (6800)
11	Jean-René Monneret	France	11.0w	6.41	12.74	1.83	51.0	15.7	32.30	4.15	53.63	5:03.0	6646 (6498)
12	German Klimov	Soviet Union	10.8	7.10	13.70	1.83	49.6	15.9	38.85	NM	50.19	4:47.2	6201 (6323)
13	Franco Sar	Italy	11.3	6.31	13.16	1.75	52.7	15.0	45.82	3.50	52.53	5:06.8	6583 (6288)
14	Léopold Marien	Belgium	11.1w	6.02	10.84	1.65	50.0	14.6	34.76	3.20	47.64	4:28.6	6367 (6141)
15	Gyula Hubai	Hungary	11.3	6.31	12.05	1.75	54.5	16.1	43.41	3.80	43.84	5:21.2	6139 (5741)
	Seppo Suutari	Finland	10.8	6.99	15.19	1.86	51.0	15.3	39.36	NM			DNF
	Stoyan Slavkov	Bulgaria	11.1w	6.70									DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (2)