Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10 and 11 September 1979.[1][2][3]

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Sepp Zeilbauer	Austria	10.99	7.39	16.12	2.09	49.52	14.31	43.28	4.60	62.24	4:51.2	8198	UR
	Jürgen Hingsen	West Germany	11.15	7.67	14.04	2.13	48.95	14.32	40.92	4.40	56.18	4:42.2	8034
	Hans-Dieter Antretter	West Germany	10.82	7.47	13.99	1.94	48.89	15.05	43.16	4.10	63.08	4:44.5	7868
4	Wesley Herbst	United States	11.20	6.98	14.29	1.99	51.55	14.95	47.64	4.30	59.32	4:55.9	7656
5	Vladimir Nemogayev	Soviet Union	10.82	7.03	14.82	1.91	49.47	14.64	37.70	4.60	58.66	5:86.6	7621
6	Georg Werthner	Austria	11.21	7.20	13.59	1.85	50.35	15.13	38.36	4.70	68.66	4:51.7	7620
7	Armin Tschenett	Switzerland	10.90	7.09	12.44	1.94	49.06	14.88	37.40	4.70	54.50	5:25.4	7394
8	Erling Hansen	Denmark	11.60	7.02	12.77	1.88	51.77	15.28	41.48	4.30	48.74	4:50.8	7112
9	Zenon Smiechowski	Canada	11.39	6.87	14.55	1.97	53.12	16.04	44.44	4.10	60.40	5:37.7	7109
10	Karl Anker Jørgensen	Denmark	11.36	6.69	11.60	1.94	50.89	14.80	36.94	4.20	58.56	5:05.3	7092
11	Robert Town	Canada	11.45	6.55	13.60	1.85	51.67	15.93	46.16	4.20	54.38	5:07.8	7058
	Tőnu Kaukis	Soviet Union	11.16	7.44	14.55	2.00	50.99	14.57	41.14	4.40	DNS	–	DNF	[4]
	Gianni Modena	Italy	??.?	?.??	??.??	?.??	??.?	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF	[5]

References

1. "Results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 12 September 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. 1979 decathlon results (p26)
3. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
4. Soviet results (p110)
5. "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.