Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 29 and 30 August.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Roman Šebrle | Czech Republic | 10.70 | 7.72 | 15.09 | 2.07 | 48.75 | 14.48 | 42.34 | 4.80 | 65.60 | 4:48.31 | 8380 |
| | Kamil Damašek | Czech Republic | 11.05 | 7.01 | 15.30 | 2.01 | 47.95 | 15.20 | 42.18 | 5.00 | 56.44 | 4:29.87 | 8072 |
| | Marcel Dost | Netherlands | 10.95 | 7.15 | 13.91 | 1.92 | 49.69 | 14.85 | 40.74 | 5.20 | 56.76 | 4:39.19 | 7899 |
| 4 | Oleksandr Yurkov | Ukraine | 10.95 | 7.27 | 14.13 | 1.89 | 50.12 | 15.17 | 47.82 | 5.00 | 50.28 | 4:41.49 | 7828 |
| 5 | Wilfrid Boulineau | France | 11.14 | 7.22 | 12.93 | 2.01 | 49.59 | 15.33 | 41.52 | 4.60 | 61.16 | 4:26.60 | 7824 |
| 6 | Zsolt Kürtösi | Hungary | 11.17 | 7.19 | 14.94 | 1.89 | 50.60 | 14.80 | 41.94 | 4.70 | 54.58 | 4:34.91 | 7727 |
| 7 | Valeriy Belousov | Russia | 11.31 | 7.07 | 14.58 | 1.98 | 52.01 | 14.79 | 38.98 | 4.80 | 61.88 | 4:41.52 | 7701 |
| 8 | Dmitri Sukhomazov | Belarus | 11.19 | 6.81 | 14.54 | 2.13 | 50.82 | 15.22 | 39.80 | 4.60 | 62.22 | 4:59.35 | 7658 |
| 9 | Trond Høiby | Norway | 11.27 | 6.57 | 13.76 | 1.86 | 50.12 | 15.19 | 41.42 | 4.70 | 62.58 | 4:31.91 | 7564 |
| 10 | Michael Nolan | Canada | 11.19 | 6.96 | 13.80 | 1.92 | 49.93 | 14.86 | 43.66 | 4.80 | 48.00 | 4:57.37 | 7477 |
| 11 | Matt McEwen | Australia | 10.87 | 6.91 | 14.32 | 1.95 | 49.35 | 16.23 | 39.24 | NM | 58.72 | 4:55.62 | 6693 |
| 12 | Hamid Asiabi | Iran | | | | | | | | | | | 5847 |
| | Peter Banks | Australia | 11.10 | 7.37 | 13.29 | 1.95 | 48.94 | 16.04 | 35.92 | DNS | – | – | DNF |
| | Chen Chien-hung | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Chiel Warners | Netherlands | | 7.42 | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Billy Schuffenhauer | United States | 11.09 | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Jarkko Finni | Finland | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Sándór Munkácsi | Hungary | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Jamie Quarry | Great Britain | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Benjamin Jensen | Norway | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Patrik Sandberg | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
| | Lin Shang-chuan | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | | | DNF |
