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    Paavo Yrjölä. "Paavo Yrjölä". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 October 2021. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paavo Yrjölä"...
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  • politician Paavo Yrjölä (1902–1980), Finnish track and field athlete, won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1928 Olympics Paavo, a Life in Five Courses...
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  • Yrjölä (1899–1985), Finnish athlete Paavo Yrjölä (1902–1980), Finnish track and field athlete Eero Yrjölä (1925–2010), Finnish diplomat Matti Yrjölä (born...
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  • in 1973. Yrjölä came from an athletic family: both his father (Paavo Yrjölä) and his uncle (Iivari Yrjölä) competed in the decathlon. Yrjölä was one of...
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  • actor (d. 1994) 1902 – Louis Alter, American musician (d. 1980) 1902 – Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete (d. 1980) 1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress...
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    7,820.93 6,460 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1926-07-18 Viipuri 7,995.19 6,566 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1927-07-17 Helsinki 8,053.29 6,587 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1928-08-04...
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    Norton  United States Aleksander Klumberg  Estonia 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Yrjölä  Finland Akilles Järvinen  Finland Ken Doherty  United States 1932 Los...
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    Lundqvist  Sweden Béla Szepes  Hungary Olav Sunde  Norway Decathlon details Paavo Yrjölä  Finland Akilles Järvinen  Finland Ken Doherty  United States...
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  • runner, Olympic champion Lasse Virén – runner, four Olympic gold medals Paavo Yrjölä – decathlete, Olympic champion Petteri Koponen – basketball player, first...
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    Loukola 1928 Amsterdam Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase  Gold Paavo Yrjölä 1928 Amsterdam Athletics Men's decathlon  Gold Kaarlo Mäkinen 1928 Amsterdam...
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    skier and biathlete Iivari Yrjölä (1899–1985), Finnish athlete Matti Yrjölä (born 1938), Finnish shot putter Paavo Yrjölä (1902–1980), Finnish track and...
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    Norton  United States Aleksander Klumberg  Estonia 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Yrjölä  Finland Akilles Järvinen  Finland Ken Doherty  United States 1932 Los...
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  • Norton  United States Aleksander Klumberg  Estonia 1928 Amsterdam details Paavo Yrjölä  Finland Akilles Järvinen  Finland Ken Doherty  United States 1932 Los...
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  • Paavo Yrjölä  Finland Akilles Järvinen  Finland Ken Doherty  United States...
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    Decathlon World Record Holder July 12, 1924 – July 18, 1926 Succeeded by Paavo Yrjölä Preceded by Edward Beeson Men's High Jump World Record Holder May 27...
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    Decathlon 7,485.61 – Aleksander Klumberg, 22 September 1922 7,995.19 – Paavo Yrjölä, 17 July 1927 SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PARK City of Helsinki. Retrieved...
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    August  Gold Paavo Nurmi Athletics Men's 10,000 m 29 July  Gold Toivo Loukola Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 4 August  Gold Paavo Yrjölä Athletics Men's...
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    Records Preceded by Paavo Yrjölä Men's Decathlon World Record Holder 20 July 1930 – 6 August 1932 Succeeded by James Bausch...
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     Great Britain o o o x 1.77 Valerio Vallania  Argentina o o o x 1.77 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland o o o x 1.77 28 Haydar Aşan  Turkey o o x — 1.70 Frits Bührman...
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  • Rank Athlete Country Distance (m) Points 1 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 13.28 794.0 2 Iivari Yrjölä Finland 13.08 774.0 3 Emerson Norton United States 13.04 770...
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  • States 11.7 738.2 663 11T Harry Hart  South Africa 11.7 738.2 663 13 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland 11.8 714.4 643 14 Péter Bácsalmási  Hungary 12.0 666.8 605 -...
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    N/A 55.3 2 Q 55.4 3 Q 53.8 OR Iivari Yrjölä Pentathlon N/A did not finish Decathlon N/A did not finish Paavo Yrjölä Decathlon N/A 6548.525 9 Väinö Eskola...
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    championships he scored 4083 points and defeated Olympic decathlon champion Paavo Yrjölä in a close competition as both exceeded Martti Tolamo's unofficial world...
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  • December 17 – Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower February 11 – Paavo Yrjölä (77), Finnish decathlete (b. 1902) February 21 – Mario Lanzi (63), Italian...
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    14.68 8 2 József Darányi  Hungary Unknown Did not advance 14.35 9 2 Paavo Yrjölä  Finland Unknown Did not advance 14.01 10 1 Werner Nüesch  Switzerland...
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    Amsterdam, he placed third in the decathlon with a score of 7,706.65 behind Paavo Yrjölä (8,053.29 points) and Akilles Järvinen (7,624.135 points). Doherty was...
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     Netherlands DNS Daniel Pierre  France DNS Vilhelms Rozenbergs  Latvia DNS Pál Toth  Hungary DNS Paavo Yrjölä  Finland DNS Georgios Zacharopoulos  France DNS...
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  • Simola 1964: Seppo Simola 1965: Matti Yrjölä 1966: Matti Yrjölä 1967: Matti Yrjölä 1968: Matti Yrjölä 1969: Matti Yrjölä 1970: Seppo Simola 1971: Seppo Simola...
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  • Järvenpää Jorma Paavo Äijälä 1982 Helsinki Veijo Mäki 1983 Helsinki Kaarle Ojanen 1984 Helsinki Antti Pyhälä 1985 Espoo Jouni Yrjölä 1986 Pori Yrjö Aukusti...
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  • Ruuskanen (FIN) 15.33 m Shot put  Bjørn Bang Andersen (NOR) 17.35 m CR  Matti Yrjölä (FIN) 17.22 m  Erik Uddebom (SWE) 17.20 m Discus throw  Stein Haugen (NOR)...
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