Eduard Hämäläinen competing at the 1993 World Championships where he won the
silver medal in the men's decathlon.
He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution,
but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to
Turkestan in 1917. From 1997 he represented Finland.
During his career he won three silver medals at the World Championship.
| |
|
Men's Decathlon
World Athletics Championships 1993
|
| 1. Dan O'Brien |
|
USA |
|
8817pts |
|
CR |
|
|
| 2. Eduard Hamalainen |
|
BLR |
|
8724pts |
| 3. Paul Meier |
|
GER |
|
8548pts |
| 4. Christian Schenk |
|
GER |
|
8500pts |
| 5. Alain Blondel |
|
FRA |
|
8444pts |
| 6. Christian Plaziat |
|
FRA |
|
8398pts |
| 7. Steve Fritz |
|
USA |
|
8324pts |
| 8. Rob Muzzio |
|
USA |
|
8237pts |
| |
|
Men's Decathlon
World Athletics Championships 1995
|
| 1. Dan O'Brien |
|
USA |
|
8695 pts |
| 2. Eduard Hamalainen |
|
BLR |
|
8489 pts |
| 3. Mike Smith |
|
CAN |
|
8419 pts |
| 4. Erki Nool |
|
EST |
|
8268 pts |
| 5. Tomas Dvorak |
|
CZE |
|
8236 pts |
| 6. Christian Plaziat |
|
FRA |
|
8206 pts |
| 7. Lev Lobodin |
|
UKR |
|
8196 pts |
| 8. Chris Huffins |
|
USA |
|
8193 pts |
|
|
|
Men's Decathlon
World Athletics Championships 1997
|
| 1. Tomas Dvorak |
|
CZE |
|
8837 |
|
CR |
|
|
| 2. Eduard Hamalainen |
|
FIN |
|
8730 |
| 3. Frank Busemann |
|
GER |
|
8652 |
| 4. Steve Fritz |
|
USA |
|
8463 |
| 5. Ramil Ganiyev |
|
UZB |
|
8445 |
| 6. Erki Nool |
|
EST |
|
8413 |
| 7. Stefan Schmid |
|
GER |
|
8360 |
| 8. Mike Smith |
|
CAN |
|
8307 |
| Artur Kohutek |
|
POL |
|
DNS |
|
|
|
Men's Decathlon final
European Athletics Championships 1998
|
| 1. Erki NOOL |
|
EST |
|
8667 |
| 2. Eduard HAMALAINEN |
|
FIN |
|
8587 |
| 3. Lev LOBODIN |
|
RUS |
|
8571 |
| 4. Jon MAGNUSSON |
|
ISL |
|
8552 |
| 5. Tomas DVORAK |
|
CZE |
|
8506 |
| 6. Roman SEBRLE |
|
CZE |
|
8477 |
| 7. Dezso SZABO |
|
HUN |
|
8392 |
| 8. Mike MACZEY |
|
GER |
|
8174 |
PERSONAL BEST PERFORMANCES.
Decathlon - 8735 (1994)
100 metres - 10.69 (1994)
400 metres - 46.71 (1997)
1500 metres - 4:22.0 (1987)
110 metres hurdles - 13.57 (1993)
Pole vault - 5.30 (1993)
High jump - 2.11 (1994)
Long jump - 7.56 (1997)
Shot put - 16.74 (1996)
Discus throw - 52.20 (1994)
Javelin throw - 61.88 (1993).
ANNUAL PROGRESS:
2001 8028 Götzis (AUT) 27 MAY 2001
2000 8224 Lahti (FIN) 20 AUG 2000
1998 8587 Budapest (HUN) 20 AUG 1998
1997 8730 Athina (GRE) 06 AUG 1997
1996 8613 Atlanta (USA) 01 AUG 1996
1995 8489 Göteborg (SWE) 07 AUG 1995
1994 8735 Götzis (AUT) 29 MAY 1994
1993 8724 Stuttgart (GER) 20 AUG 1993
1992 8194 Moskva (RUS) 23 JUN 1992
1991 8233 Tokyo (JPN) 30 AUG 1991
1990 7845 Bryansk (URS) 15 JUL 1990
1989 7891 Kiev (URS) 20 AUG 1989
1988 7596 Sudbury (CAN) 28 JUL 1988