2024-06 EC Rome - Men's Decathlon
Johannes Erm (EST) won the men's decathlon at the European Championships in Rome on 10 June 2024 with 8764 points, 280 above the personal best he set in Budapest in August 2023. Seven of the twenty-one finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 8764 | +280 | |
| 2 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 8635 | -129 | +45 |
| 3 | Makenson Gletty (FRA) | 8606 | -158 | +163 |
| 4 | Niklas Kaul (GER) | 8547 | -217 | -144 |
| 5 | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | 8476 | -288 | -650 |
| 6 | Dario Dester (ITA) | 8235 | -529 | +17 |
| 7 | Manuel Eitel (GER) | 8212 | -552 | -139 |
| 8 | Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) | 8156 | -608 | +81 |
| 9 | Tim Nowak (GER) | 8150 | -614 | -132 |
| 10 | Vilém Stráský (CZE) | 8088 | -676 | +72 |
| 11 | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen (BEL) | 8084 | -680 | -346 |
| 12 | Jeff Tesselaar (NED) | 8079 | -685 | +44 |
| 13 | Felix Wolter (GER) | 8051 | -713 | -248 |
| 14 | Finley Gaio (SUI) | 7934 | -830 | -88 |
| 15 | Edgaras Benkunskas (LTU) | 7882 | -882 | -216 |
| 16 | Teo Bastien (FRA) | 7845 | -919 | -131 |
| 17 | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | 7707 | -1057 | -626 |
| 18 | Ággelos-Tzanís Andréoglou (GRE) | 7561 | -1203 | -365 |
| 19 | Zsombor Gálpál (HUN) | 7528 | -1236 | -457 |
| 20 | Lorenzo Naidon (ITA) | 7519 | -1245 | -571 |
| 21 | Darko Pešić (MNE) | 7421 | -1343 | -442 |
| DNF | Risto Lillemets (EST) | |||
| DNF | Markus Rooth (NOR) | |||
| DNF | Janek Õiglane (EST) |
The pole vault decided it. The lead had changed after six of the first seven events and Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) held it on 6293 with 27 on Makenson Gletty (FRA) and 58 on Erm. Erm cleared 5.20 for 972 points, 92 above his own series mark; Skotheim cleared 4.60 for 790 and lost 90 against his. Erm moved to 7207 and a lead of 61, and it grew to 93 in the javelin and 129 at the finish.
Erm was second at the day break on 4541 and 111 above his PB series, with 7.91 in the long jump for 1038 points and 1.99 in the high jump worth 54 above the series. Day 2 added 169 more: 74 in the hurdles at 14.30 for 936 points, 92 in the pole vault and 33 in the javelin. He was 299 above the series with one event to run, and 4.24.95 in the 1500m for 778 points took 19 back. His 8764 was 280 above the series and a personal best on the 8484 from Budapest.
Skotheim led the high jump and the 400m and closed day 1 first on 4566, 108 above his PB series, with 7.93 in the long jump worth 83 of it. Day 2 gave that back. He was 155 above after 46.18 in the discus for 791 points, then 4.60 in the pole vault cost 90, the largest single loss on his sheet, and the 1500m 21. He finished 8635, 45 above the series and a personal best on the 8590 he scored at Götzis in May 2023.
Gletty led three events and was third at the day break on 4539 and 195 above his own PB series, having improved on it in four of five, the long jump worth 61 and the high jump 55. Day 2 opened with 13.88 in the hurdles for 990 points and the lead, and the discus took him to 250 above the series. The pole vault cost 52 and the javelin 34. He finished third, 163 above the series and a personal best on the 8443 he scored in Talence in September 2023.
Niklas Kaul (GER) finished 59 behind Gletty in fourth. He had been 400 behind at the day break, twenty-second after the 100m and thirteenth after the 400m, and day 2 nearly erased it: 75.45 in the javelin for 973 points against Gletty's 700 took 273, and 4.17.77 in the 1500m for 827 points another 67. It left him 59 short of third and 144 under his own PB series.
Markus Rooth (NOR), the third-ranked entrant on 8608 from Espoo in July 2023, was third on 7096 after the pole vault and 29 above his own PB series at that point, and did not start the javelin.
Seven men finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Erm's 280 was the largest, then Gletty's 163, Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) 81 in eighth, Vilém Stráský (CZE) 72 in tenth, Skotheim 45, Jeff Tesselaar (NED) 44 in twelfth and Dario Dester (ITA) 17 in sixth. Kevin Mayer (FRA), the top-ranked entrant on 9126 from Talence in September 2018, finished fifth and 650 under his series, having lost 107 in the long jump, 83 in the high jump and 122 in the closing 1500m. Paweł Wiesiołek (POL), seventeenth, was 626 under his.
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