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Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon

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The men's decathlon event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] on 31 August and 1 September 1961.

The winning margin was an astonishing 1,692 points which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's decathlon was won by more than 400 points at these games.

Results

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Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasili Kuznetsov  Soviet Union 10.9 7.29 13.94 1.83 49.7 15.0 47.73 4.10 67.03 4:59.0 7918 [2]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Milan Kuzmanov  Bulgaria 6226
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Klaus-Dieter Röper  West Germany 6209
4 Hermann Salomon  West Germany 6147
5 Josef Habr  Czechoslovakia 6047
6 Johannes de Haas  Netherlands 6004
7 Mario Piccolo  Italy 5782
8 Yordan Dzhikelov  Bulgaria 5249

References

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