| Birth Date: | 21 January 1969 |
Eduard Hämäläinen (born 21 January 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.
He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandfather had moved from Finland to Russia before 1917 and was later deported to Kazakhstan. He was a frequent competitor in the European Athletics Championships, including the men's decathlon event in 1998.[1] During his career he won three silver medals at World Championships.
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| 1988 | Sudbury, Canada | 3rd | Decathlon | 7596 pts | |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | Decathlon | 8233 pts |
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| 1992 | Götzis, Austria | 2nd | Decathlon | 8483 pts | |
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| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6075 pts |
| Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8604 pts | ||
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Decathlon | 8724 pts | |
| 1994 | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8735 pts | |
| European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Decathlon | DNF | |
| 1995 | Götzis, Austria | 2nd | Decathlon | 8438 pts | |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | Decathlon | 8489 pts | |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 5th | Decathlon | 8613 pts |
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| 1997 | Götzis, Austria | 1st | Decathlon | 8617 pts | |
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | Decathlon | 8730 pts | |
| 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Decathlon | 8587 pts | |
| several places | 6th | Decathlon | 24,923 pts | ||
| 2000 | Götzis, Austria | — | Decathlon | DNF | |
| 2001 | Götzis, Austria | 9th | Decathlon | 8028 pts | |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | — | Decathlon | DNF | |
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