1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
v t e

The men's decathlon at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 4 and 5 September 1938.^[1]

Gold	Olle Bexell  Sweden
Silver	Witold Gerutto  Poland
Bronze	Josef Neumann   Switzerland

4/5 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Olle Bexell	Sweden	11.5	6.67	13.62	1.75	53.2	15.7	43.64	3.80	52.60	4:49.2	6687 (7214)	CR
	Witold Gerutto	Poland	11.4	6.18	14.76	1.83	53.3	16.3	41.86	3.50	58.80	5:21.6	6459 (7006)
	Josef Neumann	Switzerland	11.6	6.54	12.57	1.60	50.1	16.9	36.82	2.90	60.10	4:45.4	6228 (6664)
4	Rudolf Glötzner	Germany	11.6	6.50	12.42	1.70	53.3	16.9	34.83	3.50	55.18	4:47.2	6173 (6492)
5	Raymond Anet	Switzerland	11.5	6.14	10.21	1.65	51.8	15.7	32.80	3.30	44.68	4:42.0	5918 (6118)
6	Jerzy Pławczyk	Poland	12.0	6.56	11.12	1.83	55.1	16.7	36.64	3.20	50.65	5:46.5	5665 (5946)
7	Jean Balezo	France	11.5	6.75	11.84	1.65	55.2	18.2	30.89	3.00	37.50	5:12.8	5360 (5503)
8	Hervé Mahé	France	12.2	5.73	12.13	1.70	57.9	19.3	35.52	3.10	49.84	5:15.2	5138 (5346)
9	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	Germany	11.3	6.68	14.39	1.75							DNF
10	Émile Binet	Belgium	11.5	6.50	8.63	1.60							DNF

According to an unofficial count, 10 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.