2022-08 EC Munich - Men's Decathlon
Niklas Kaul (GER) won the men's decathlon at the European Championships in Munich on 13 August 2022 with 8545 points, 146 under the personal best he brought from Doha in October 2019. He took the lead in the last event, having been seventh at the day break.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niklas Kaul (GER) | 8545 | -146 | |
| 2 | Simon Ehammer (SUI) | 8468 | -77 | +91 |
| 3 | Janek Õiglane (EST) | 8346 | -199 | -59 |
| 4 | Marcus Nilsson (SWE) | 8327 | -218 | +207 |
| 5 | Maicel Uibo (EST) | 8234 | -311 | -370 |
| 6 | Dario Dester (ITA) | 8218 | -327 | +109 |
| 7 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 8211 | -334 | -87 |
| 8 | Kai Kazmirek (GER) | 8151 | -394 | -429 |
| 9 | Baptiste Thiery (FRA) | 8057 | -488 | +91 |
| 10 | Sven Roosen (NED) | 8021 | -524 | -35 |
| 11 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE) | 8000 | -545 | -335 |
| 12 | Niels Pittomvils (BEL) | 7862 | -683 | -360 |
| 13 | Fredrik Samuelsson (SWE) | 7757 | -788 | -415 |
| 14 | Martin Roe (NOR) | 7754 | -791 | -474 |
| 15 | Arthur Abele (GER) | 7662 | -883 | -943 |
| DNF | Tim Nowak (GER) | |||
| DNF | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen (BEL) | |||
| DNF | Rik Taam (NED) | |||
| DNF | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | |||
| DNF | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | |||
| DNF | Karel Tilga (EST) | |||
| DNF | Jiří Sýkora (CZE) |
The 1500m decided it. Simon Ehammer (SUI) had led all nine previous events, by as much as 423 after the hurdles, and went to the line on 7842 with 159 on Janek Õiglane (EST) and 178 on Kaul. Kaul ran 4.10.04 for 881 points, the fastest closing run in the competition; Ehammer ran 4.48.72 for 626, and the title changed hands by 77.
Kaul was seventh at the day break on 4184 and 20 above his own PB series, the 100m worth 24 more than the series mark and the 400m 29. Day 2 went the other way for four events: 41.80 in the discus for 701 points was 153 under his series mark and the largest single loss on any of the leading sheets, and the pole vault took 30 more and the javelin 46, leaving him 186 under and third after the javelin. The closing 1500m returned 40 of that and 361 on Ehammer.
Ehammer led from the opening 100m. He was first at the break on 4661 and 25 above his own PB series, with 8.31 in the long jump for 1141 points and 47.40 over 400m for 938. Day 2 tracked the series closely: level in the hurdles, 41 down in the discus, 31 up in the vault, 38 down in the javelin. Then 4.48.72 in the 1500m, 114 above his series mark, which was the largest single gain on his sheet and still 255 points less than Kaul's run. He finished 8468, 91 above his PB series and a personal best on the 8377 he scored at Götzis in May.
Õiglane was fourth at the day break on 4208 and 34 under his PB series, having lost 27 in the 100m and 37 in the long jump and taken 23 back in the 400m. Day 2 stayed within that band: 5.10 in the pole vault for 941 points and 46 above the series, 70.94 in the javelin for 904 and second place, then a 1500m worth 22 less than the series. He took third, 59 under.
Marcus Nilsson (SWE) finished 19 behind Õiglane in fourth. He had been 178 back after the javelin, and 4.18.51 in the 1500m for 822 points, against Õiglane's 663, closed all but that. The gap had been made on day 1 and mostly in the 100m, where 11.39 for 776 points against Õiglane's 858 left him nineteenth after one event.
Kevin Mayer (FRA) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 9126 from Talence in September 2018. He ran the 100m for 717 points, twenty-first and 246 under his own PB series, and did not start the long jump.
Four men finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Nilsson's 207 was the largest, built almost entirely on day 2: 62 in the pole vault at 5.20 against a 5.00 series mark, 46 in the javelin and 42 in the 1500m. Dario Dester (ITA) gained 109 for sixth, and Ehammer and Baptiste Thiery (FRA) 91 apiece. Arthur Abele (GER), the third-ranked entrant on 8605 from Ratingen in June 2016, finished fifteenth and 943 under his series, and Kai Kazmirek (GER) eighth and 429 under.
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