1987 Men's Decathlon

In 1987, the World Championship men's decathlon was won by Torsten Voss of East Germany.

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In 1983, the first world championship decathlon was won by Daley Thompson who returned for these championships as subsequent holder of the Olympic, Commonwealth and European titles, one of a small band of British athletes to do so.

This year, however, went the way of East German athlete Torsten Voss and he won his first major title, the gold medal and title in Men's Decathlon. Voss added to his success with the silver medal in the Summer Olympics in Seoul a year later. By winning the title on 8680 points the German broke the season best in decathlon.

His compatriot from West Germany, Siegfried Wentz, was second, and a Soviet athlete called Pavel Tarnavetskiy won bronze. By the year of next championships, these countries ceased to exist. East and West Germany were unified whilst the Soviet Union was dissolved.

As of the other athletes, defending world champion Thompson finished the event in 9th place.