The men's decathlon event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] on 31 August and 1 September 1961.
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Vasili Kuznetsov |  Soviet Union |
10.9 | 7.29 | 13.94 | 1.83 | 49.7 | 15.0 | 47.73 | 4.10 | 67.03 | 4:59.0 | 7918 | [2] |
 |
Milan Kuzmanov |  Bulgaria |
6226 | |||||||||||
 |
Klaus-Dieter Röper |  West Germany |
6209 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Hermann Salomon | West Germany |
6147 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Josef Habr |  Czechoslovakia |
6047 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Johannes de Haas |  Netherlands |
6004 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Mario Piccolo |  Italy |
5782 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Yordan Dzhikelov | Bulgaria |
5249 |