2023-07 NC-FIN · Kalevan Kisat · Miesten 10-ottelu
Tarmo Savola won the men's decathlon at the Finnish national championships on 20 July 2023 with 7521 points, 74 under the personal best he set in Tampere in August 2021. He led after every one of the ten events.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarmo Savola (VasaIS) | 7521 | -74 | |
| 2 | Ville Toivonen (ÄhtUrh) | 7400 | -121 | +248 |
| 3 | Aleksi Savolainen (TampPy) | 7337 | -184 | -55 |
| 4 | Juuso Toivonen (ÄhtUrh) | 7025 | -496 | -383 |
| 5 | Otto Ylöstalo (IFSibboV) | 6873 | -648 | -603 |
| 6 | Jere Liskojärvi (HelTarmo) | 6641 | -880 | -108 |
| 7 | Juuso Erkkilä (LohtVeikot) | 6025 | -1496 | +219 |
| 8 | Marcus Kytölä (NurmijärvenYU) | 5198 | -2323 | -391 |
| DNF | Petri Ihander (LahdenA) | |||
| DNF | Ville Kattelus (YlihJunkkarit) |
Savola led from the opening 100m and was never headed, by as much as 423 after the hurdles. The last challenge came from Ville Toivonen, who threw 68.50 in the javelin for 867 points against Savola's 47.91 for 558 and cut the lead from 263 to 90 with one event left. The 1500m ended it: Savola ran 4.44.89 for 650 points, Ville Toivonen 4.49.87 for 619, and the margin closed at 121.
Savola was 57 under his own PB series at the day break on 4101, matching it to within 7 in the 100m, long jump and shot and losing 54 in the high jump. Day 2 stayed inside that band: 20 above in the hurdles, 14 in the discus, then 4.40 in the pole vault for 731 points and 65 under his series mark. The javelin and the 1500m returned 14 between them and he finished 74 under.
Ville Toivonen made the largest gain in the field. He was sixth after the 100m and fourth at the day break on 3677, already 142 above his own PB series, with 41 from the 100m, 53 from the shot and 51 from a 53.18 over 400m. Day 2 added 106 more. The pole vault gave 109 at 4.50 against a 4.12 series mark, and the javelin 57. His 7400 was 248 above the series and a personal best on the 7152 he scored in Turku in August 2020.
Aleksi Savolainen was second at the day break on 3754 and 99 under his PB series, having lost 70 in the long jump and 53 in the shot. Day 2 returned 44: 66 in the discus at 38.97 against a 35.71 series mark, 61 given back in the pole vault, 32 taken in the javelin. He held second from the 400m to the javelin, where Ville Toivonen passed him, and finished third, 55 under the series.
Juuso Toivonen took fourth, 312 behind Savolainen. The gap was 54 after the hurdles and three events opened it: 32.77 in the discus for 519 points, 90 under his own series mark, 4.60 in the pole vault for 790, 157 under it, and 47.59 in the javelin, 105 under. He finished 383 under the series.
Two men beat their PB series, and both scored personal bests: Ville Toivonen by 248 and Juuso Erkkilä by 219 in seventh, on the 5806 he scored in Tampere in May of the same year. Otto Ylöstalo, the second-ranked entrant on 7476 from Tampere in July 2013, finished fifth and 603 under his series, 422 of it lost on day 1 with 133 in the long jump and 131 in the high jump.
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