2025-08 NC-FIN · Kalevan Kisat · Miesten 10-ottelu
Tarmo Savola won the men's decathlon at the Finnish national championships on 31 July 2025 with 7807 points, 204 above the personal best he set in Vaasa in June 2024. The margin was 8. Seven of the twelve finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarmo Savola (VasaIS) | 7807 | +204 | |
| 2 | Joni Heikkinen (OulPy) | 7799 | -8 | +308 |
| 3 | Ville Toivonen (ÄhtU) | 7268 | -539 | -132 |
| 4 | Leo Rautiainen (KU-58) | 7140 | -667 | +316 |
| 5 | Aleksi Hakanen (LauttLu) | 7125 | -682 | +354 |
| 6 | Juuso Toivonen (ÄhtU) | 7024 | -783 | -384 |
| 7 | Matias Tapanainen (EspTa) | 6836 | -971 | +380 |
| 8 | Ville Kattelus (YlihJu) | 6835 | -972 | +110 |
| 9 | Olavi Halonen (HyvsU) | 6702 | -1105 | +249 |
| 10 | Jere Liskojärvi (HelsTa) | 6365 | -1442 | -384 |
| 11 | Otto Ylöstalo (IFSibboV) | 6235 | -1572 | -1241 |
| 12 | Juuso Erkkilä (LohtVei) | 6069 | -1738 | -268 |
The pole vault decided it. Joni Heikkinen had taken the lead in the discus, by 2, the only event of the ten that Savola did not lead. Savola cleared 4.70 for 819 points, 146 more than the vault in his PB series had been worth; Heikkinen cleared 4.30 for 702, and the lead went back to 115. The javelin held it at 114 and Heikkinen's closing 1500m took all but 8 of it.
Savola led from the opening 100m, 10.83 for 899 points and 52 above his own series mark. He closed day 1 on 4208 and 87 above the series, having given 36 back in the shot and 27 in the high jump and taken 66 in a 47.39 over 400m. Day 2 added 117, effectively all of it from the pole vault: the discus and javelin cost 58 between them and the 1500m returned 15. He finished 204 above the series.
Heikkinen was second after every event except the discus. He closed day 1 on 4054 and 200 above his PB series, improving on it in all five, with 79 from a 7.30 long jump and 52 from a 50.03 over 400m. Day 2 added 108: 20 in the discus, 48 at 4.30 in the pole vault and 30 in a 4.26.83 for 766 points, the fastest closing run in the top five. It took him from 114 behind to 8, and his 7799 was 308 above the series and a personal best on the 7491 he scored in Göteborg in June.
Ville Toivonen was third after every event from the shot put. He was 5 above his PB series at the day break on 3682, and 26 above it after the discus. The pole vault turned that: 4.20 for 673 points, 87 under his series mark, and the javelin took 45 more at 65.57 against a 68.50 series mark. He finished 132 under the series, holding third by 128.
Leo Rautiainen took fourth. The javelin opened the gap, Ville Toivonen's 822 points against 622, which turned a 44-point deficit into 244, and 4.35.43 in the closing 1500m for 709 points against 593 closed 116 of it. Rautiainen's own competition ran 316 above his PB series, 122 of it from 4.20 in the pole vault against a 3.76 series mark and 108 from that 1500m.
Seven men beat their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Matias Tapanainen made the largest gain, 380 for seventh on the 6456 he scored in Helsinki in June. Aleksi Hakanen took 354 for fifth, improving on his series in eight of the ten events, Rautiainen 316, Heikkinen 308, Olavi Halonen 249 in ninth, Savola 204 and Ville Kattelus 110 in eighth. Otto Ylöstalo, the third-ranked entrant on 7476 from Tampere in July 2013, finished eleventh and 1241 under his series.
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