Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon

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

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	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]
	Milan Kuzmanov	Bulgaria											6226
	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

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. Detailed results