2013 World Championships Statistics - Men s Decathlon by K Ken Nakamura The records likely to be broken in Moskva: 1) Can Trey Hardee win record tying third gold medal? 2) Eaton may run fastest 100m and longest LJ during the World Championships Decathlon. All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8902 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1 Edmonton 2001 2 8837 Tomas Dvorak 1 Athinai 1997 3 2 8817 Dan O Brien 1 Stuttgart 1993 4 3 8815 Erki Nool EST 2 Edmonton 2001 5 8812 Dan O Brien 1 Tokyo 1991 6 4 8790 Trey Hardee 1 Berlin 2009 7 5 8750 Tom Pappas 1 Paris 2003 8 8744 Tomas Dvorak 1 Sevilla 1999 9 6 8732 Bryan Clay 1 Helsinki 2005 10 7 8730 Eduard Hämäläinen FIN 2 Athinai 1997 11 8724 Eduard Hämäläinen 2 Stuttgart 1993 12 8 8714* Daley Thompson GBR 1 Helsinki 1983 13 8695 Dan O Brien 1 Göteborg 1995 14 9 8680 Torsten Voss GDR 1 Roma 1987 15 10 8676 Roman Sebrle CZE 1 Osaka 2007 16 11 8652 Frank Busemann GER 3 Athinai 1997 17 12 8644 Maurice Smith JAM 2 Osaka 2007 18 13 8640 Leonel Suarez CUB 2 Berlin 2009 19 8634 Roman Sebrle 2 Paris 2003 20 8607 Trey Hardee 1 Daegu 2011 21 14 8603 Dean Macey GBR 3 Edmonton 2001 22 15 8599* Jürgen Hingsen FRG 2 Helsinki 1983 23 16 8586 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 3 Osaka 2007 24 8556 Dean Macey 2 Sevilla 1999 25 17 8549 Michael Smith CAN 2 Tokyo 1991 26 18 8548 Paul Meier GER 3 Stuttgart 1993 27 19 8547 Chris Huffins 3 Sevilla 1999 28 20 8528 Aleksandr Pogorelov RUS 3 Berlin 2009 29 21 8524 Sebastien Levicq FRA 4 Sevilla 1999 30 8521 Roman Sebrle 2 Helsinki 2005 31 22 8513* Siegfried Wentz FRG 3 Helsinki 1983 32 23 8505 Ashton Eaton 2 Daegu 2011 33 8501 Leonel Suarez 3 Daegu 2011 34 24 8500 Christian Schenk GER 4 Stuttgart 1993 35 25 8494 Lev Lobodin RUS 5 Sevilla 1999 36 8489 Eduard Hämäläinen 2 Göteborg 1995 37 26 8479 Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR 4 Berlin 2009 38 27 8475 Aleksey Drozdov RUS 4 Osaka 2007 39 28 8469* Uwe Freimuth GDR 4 Helsinki 1983 40 29 8463 Steve Fritz 4 Athinai 1997 41 8461 Siegfried Wentz FRG 2 Roma 1987 42 30 8454 Aleksey Sysoyev RUS 5 Berlin 2009 Note:1983 scores (8666, 8561, 8478) are converted to points according to 1984 table (8714,8599, 8513) Lowest winning score: 8606 in 2011 by Trey Hardee
Margin of Victory Difference Points Name Nat Venue Year Max 263 219 8812 8680 Dan O Brien Torsten Voss GDR Tokyo Roma 1991 1987 Min 32 8676 Roman Sebrle CZE Osaka 2007 The second highest winning margin is 219 in 1987 Difference between first and third Diff Winning score 3 rd place score Winner s Name Nat Venue Year Max 418 8812 8394 Dan O Brien Tokyo 1991 Min 90 8676 8586 Roman Sebrle CZE Osaka 2007 Difference between third and fourth place (Medal versus no medal) Difference Score Name Nat Venue Year Max 232 8603 Dean Macey GBR Edmonton 2001 Min 15 8394 Christian Schenk GER Tokyo 1991 Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning score 8743 8607 8790 8676 8732 8750 8902 Winning Medal 8496 8501 8528 8586 8385 8374 8603 8 th place 8202 8200 8387 8257 8068 8020 8280 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Points Name Nat Venue Year 1 8902 Tomas Dvorak CZE Edmonton 2001 2 8815 8730 Erki Nool Eduard Hämäläinen EST FIN Edmonton Athinai 2001 1997 3 8652 Frank Busemann GER Athinai 1997 4 8524 Sebastien Levicq FRA Sevilla 1999 5 8454 Aleksey Sysoyev RUS Berlin 2009 6 8439 Pascal Behrenbruch GER Berlin 2009 7 8406 Nicklas Wiberg SWE Berlin 2009 8 8387 Yordani Garcia CUB Berlin 2009 The second highest non-winning mark is 8730 by Eduard Hämäläinen in 1997 Best Marks for Places all competitions Pos Points Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 9039 9026 Ashton Eaton Roman Sebrle CZE Eugene Götzis 23 June 2012 27 May 2001 2 8820 Bryan Clay Athinai 24 Aug 2004 3 8742 Erki Nool EST Götzis 4 June 2000 4 8644 Steve Fritz Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 5 8613 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 6 8543 Erki Nool EST Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 Multiple Gold Medalists:
Trey Hardee (): 2009, 2011 Dan O Brien (): 1991, 1993, 1995 Tomas Dvorak (CZE): 1997, 1999, 2001 Multiple Medalists: Siegfried Wentz (FRG): 1983 Bronze; 1987 Silver Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR): 1993 Silver; 1995 Silver; 1997 Silver Mike Smith (CAN): 1991 Silver; 1995 Bronze Dean Macey (GBR): 1999 Silver; 2001 Bronze Roman Sebrle (CZE): 2003 Silver; 2005 Silver, 2007 Gold Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ): 2003 Bronze; 2007 Bronze Trey Hardee (): 2009 Gold, 2011 Gold, Leonel Suarez (CUB): 2009 Silver, 2011 Bronze Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze 2011 Trey Hardee Ashton Eaton FRG 1983 Jürgen Hingsen Siegfried Wentz Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event (Decathlon & Heptathlon) Nation Men Women Venue Year Dan O Brien Jackie Joyner-Kersee Stuttgart 1993 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze 7 1 1 CZE 4 2 GBR 1 1 1 GDR 1 FRG 2 1 BLR 2 CAN 1 1 CUB 1 1 FIN 1 EST 1 JAM 1 GER 3 KAZ 2 URS 1 HUN 1 RUS 1 World Championships Gold medalists with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Bryan Clay 2005 2008 Roman Sebrle CZE 2007 2004 Dan O Brien 1991, 1993, 1995 1996
Daley Thompson GBR 1983 1980, 1984 World Championships Gold medalists with World Indoor Championships Gold medal Name Nat World Championships World Indoor Champ Bryan Clay 2005 2008 Tom Pappas 2003 2003 Roman Sebrle CZE 2007 2001, 2004 Dan O Brien 1991, 1993, 1995 1993 (non champ event) World Championships medalists who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat World Championships Year World Junior Championships Year Dean Macey GBR Silver 1999 Silver 1996 Eduard Hämäläinen URS Silver 1993-1997 Bronze 1988 Michael Smith CAN Silver 1991 Silver 1986 World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal (Octathlon) None: World Championships Gold medalists with European Championships Gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Daley Thompson GBR 1983 1982, 1986 Roman Sebrle CZE 2007 2002, 2006 World Championships medalists with Asian Games/Asian Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Games Asian Championships Dmitriy Karpov KAZ Bronze 2003 2006, 2010 2013 World Championships medalists with All Africa Games medal: Highest finish by African at the World Championships is 11 th by Hamdi Dhoubi (TUN) in 2005 World Championships medalist with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat World Championships Year Pan American Games Leonel Suarez CUB Silver 2009 2011 Maurice Smith JAM Silver 2007 2007 Chris Huffins Bronze 1999 1999 World Championships Gold medalists with Commonwealth Games Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Commonwealth Games Daley Thompson GBR 1983 1978,1982, 1986 Best performances in ten events of Decathlon at the World Championships Event Name Nat Venue Year 100m 10.34 Chris Huffins Göteborg 1995 LJ 8.07m Tomas Dvorak CZE Edmonton 2001 SP 17.54m Michael Smith CAN Athinai 1997 HJ 2.25m Christian Schenk GDR Roma 1987 400m 46.15 Yunior Diaz CUB Berlin 2009 110mH 13.55 Frank Busemann GER Athinai 1997
DT 53.68 Bryan Clay Helsinki 2005 PV 5.50 Sebastian Levicq FRA Sevilla 1999 JT 75.19 Leonel Suarez CUB Berlin 2009 1500m 4:11.82 Beat Gäwhwiler SUI Tokyo 1991 Best performances in ten events of Decathlon (all competitions) Event Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 100m 10.21 10.22 Ashton Eaton Chris Huffins Eugene Atlanta 22 June 2012 21 June 1996 LJ 8.23m 8.22m Ashton Eaton Erki Nool EST Eugene Tallinn 22 June 2012 15 June 1996 SP 19.17m Edy Hubacher SUI Bern 5 Oct 1969 HJ 2.27m Rolf Beilschmidt Christian Schenk GDR GDR Jena Seoul 1 Oct 1977 28 Sept 1988 400m 45.68 Bill Toomey Mexico City 18 Oct 1968 110mH 13.47 Frank Busemann FRG Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 DT 55.87m Bryan Clay Carson 24 June 2005 PV 5.76m Tim Lobinger GER Leverkusen 16 Sept 1999 JT 79.80m Peter Blank GER Emmelshausen 19 July 1992 1500m 3:58.70 Robert Baker Austin 3 Apr 1980 Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat Scor Bronze Nat score 2011 Trey Hardee 8607 Ashton Eaton 8505 Leonel Suarez CUB 8501 2009 Trey Hardee 8790 Leonel Suarez CUB 8640 Aleksandr Pogorelov RUS 8528 2007 Roman Sebrle CZE 8676 Maurice Smith JAM 8644 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 8586 2005 Bryan Clay 8732 Roman Sebrle CZE 8521 Attila Zsivoczky HUN 8385 2003 Tom Pappas 8750 Roman Sebrle CZE 8634 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 8374 2001 Tomas Dvorak CZE 8902 Erki Nool EST 8815 Dean Macey GBR 8603 Last five Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Ashton Eaton 8869 Trey Hardee 8671 Leonel Suarez CUB 8523 2008 Bryan Clay 8791 Andrey Kravcheko BLR 8551 Leonel Suarez CUB 8527 2004 Roman Sebrle CZE 8893 Bryan Clay 8820 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 8725 2000 Erki Nool EST 8641 Roman Sebrle CZE 8606 Chris Huffins 8595 1996 Dan O Brien 8824 Frank Busemann GE 8706 Tomas Dvorak CZE 8664 Last seven World Indoor (Heptathlon) Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Ashton Eaton 6645 Oleksiy Kasyanov UZB 6071 Artem Lukyanenko RUS 5969 2010 Bryan Clay 6204 Trey Hardee 6184 Aleksey Drozdov RUS 6141 2008 Bryan Clay 6371 Andrey Kravchenko BLR 6234 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 6131 2006 Andre Niklaus GER 6192 Bryan Clay 6187 Roman Sebrle CZE 6161 2004 Roman Sebrle CZE 6438 Bryan Clay 6365 Lev Lobodin RUS 6203 2003 Tom Pappas 6361 Lev Lobodin RUS 6297 Roman Sebrle CZE 6196 2001 Roman Sebrle CZE 6420 Jon Magnusson ISL 6233 Lev Lobodin RUS 62 6202 Last six World Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat Scor Silver Nat Scor Bronze Nat score 2012 Gunnar Nixon e 8018 Jake Stein AUS e 7951 Tim Dekker NED 7815 2010 Kevin Mayer FRA 7928 Ilya Shkurenev RUS 7830 Marcus Nilsson SWE 7751
2008 Jan Felix Knobel GER 7896 Eduard Mikhan BLR 7894 Mihail Dudas SRB 7663 2006 Arkadiy Vasiliyev RUS 8059 Yordanis Garcia CUB 7850 Jordan Vandemade NZL 7807 2004 Andrey Kravchanka BLR 8126 Aleksey Sysoyev RUS 8047 Norman Müller GER 7942 2002 Leonid Andreyev UZB 7693 Nadir El Fassi FRA 7677 Mikko Halvari FIN 7587 Last seven World Youth Championships (Octathlon): 2013 Karsten Warholm NOR 6451 Feliks Shestopolov RUS 6260 Jan Dolezal CZE 6222 2011 Jake Stein AUS 6491 Fredrick Ekholm SWE 6127 Felipe dos Santos BRA 5966 2009 Kevin Mayer FRA 6478 Mohd Ahmed Al-Mannai QAT 6232 Steffen Klink GER 6217 2007 Shane Brathwaite BAR 6261 Jaroslav Hedvicak CZE 6212 Adam Bevis AUS 6212 2005 Yordani Garcia CUB 6482 Matthias Prey GER 6282 Cleiton Sabino BRA 6218 2003 Andres Silva URU 6456 Andrey Kravchanka BLR 6366 Lukas Patera CZE 6316 2001 Rene Oruman EST 6219 Essa Mufarrah KSA 6024 Jason Dudley AUS 5997 Last four European Championships: 2012 Pascal Behrenbruch GER 8558 Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR 8321 Ilya Shkurenyov RUS 8219 2010 Roman Barras FRA 8453 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 8436 Andrey Kravchenko BLR 8370 2006 Roman Sebrle CZE 8526 Attila Zsivoczky HUN 8356 Aleksey Drozdov RUS 8350 2002 Roman Sebrle CZE 8800 Erki Nool EST 8438 Lev Lobodin RUS 8390 Last three Asian Games: 2010 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 8026 Kim Kun-woo KOR 7808 Vu Van Huyen VIE 7755 2006 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 8384 Vitaliy Smirnov UZB 7769 Kim Kun-Woo KOR 7665 2002 Qi Haifeng CHN 8041 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 7995 Ahmed Hassan Moussa QAT 7683 Last seven Asian Championships: 2013 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 8037 Akihiko Nakamura JPN 7620 Leonid Andreyev UZB 7383 2011 Hadi Sepehrzad IRI 7506 Akihiko Nakamura JPN 7478 Bharat Inder Singh IND 7358 2009 Hiromasa Tanaka JPN 7515 Hadi Sepehrzad IRI 7262 Zhu Hengjun CHN 7200 2007 Ahmad Hassan Moussa QAT 7678 Hadi Sepehrzad IRI 7667 Pavel Andreyev UZB 7484 2005 Pavel Andreev UZB 7744 Kim Kun-Woo KOR 7694 Hiromasa Tanaka JPN 7351 2003 Vitaliy Simirnov UZB 8021 Pavel Dubitskiy KAZ 7604 Pavel Andreev UZB 7487 2002 Ahmed Hassan Moussa QAT 7670 Pavel Andreev UZB 7428 Takuro Hirata JPN 7344 Last three All Africa Games: 2011 Jangy Addy LBR 7985 Guillaume Thierry MRI 7481 Ali Kame MAD 7458 2007 Hamdi Dhouibi TUN 7838 Boualem Lamri ALG 7473 Larbi Bouraada ALG 7349 2003 Mustafa Hussein EGY 7400 Lee Okoroafor NGR 7240 Redouane Youcef ALG 7119 Last six African Championships: 2012 Ali Kame MAD 7252 Mourad Souissi ALG 7000 Guillaume Thierry MRI 6955 2010 Larbi Bourrada ALG 8148 Mourad Souissi ALG 7818 Guillaume Thierry MRI 7100 2008 Larbi Bourrada ALG 7574 Willem Coertzen RSA 7374 Boualem Lamri ALG 6919 2006 Hamdi Dhouidi TUN 7566 Mourad Souissi ALG 7113 Terry Wepener RSA 7084 2004 Anis Riahi TUN 7200 Selwyn Lieutier MRI 6882 Celestin Kengue CGO 6478 2002 Hamdi Dhouibi TUN 7965 Anis Riahi TUN 7363 Redouane Youcef ALG 7089
Last three Pan American Games: Year Gold Nat Scor Silver Nat Scor Bronze Nat score 2011 Leonel Suarez CUB 8373 Maurice Smith JAM 8214 Yordanis Garcia CUB 8074 2007 Maurice Smith JAM 8278 Yordanis Garcia CUB 8113 Carlos Chinin BRA 7977 2003 Stephen Moore 7809 Luiggy Llanos PUR 7704 Yonelvis Aguila CUB 7593 Last three Commonwealth Games: 2010 Jamie Adjetey-Nelson CAN 8070 Brent Newdick NZL 7899 Martin Brockman ENG 7712 2006 Dean Macey ENG 8143 Maurice Smith JAM 8074 Jason Dudley AUS 8001 2002 Claston Bernard JAM 7830 Matt McEwen AUS 7685 Jamie Quarry SCO 7630 Highest scores in Europe Performance Performer Score Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 9026 Roman Sebrle CZE 1 Götzis 27 May 2001 2 2 8994 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1 Praha 4 July 1999 3 8900 Tomas Dvorak 1 Götzis 4 June 2000 4 3 8893 Roman Sebrle 1 Athinai 24 Aug 2004 Russian All-Comer s List Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 8715 Dan O Brien 1 Sankt Peterburg 29 July 1994 2 2 8580 Grigoriy Degtyaryov URS 1 Moskva 19 June 1983 3 8572 Grigoriy Degtyaryov 1 Moskva 18 Aug 1984 4 4 8522 Daley Thompson GBR 1 Moskva 26 July 1980 Highest scores in Moskva: Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 8580 Grigoriy Degtyaryov URS 1 19 June 1983 2 8572 Grigoriy Degtyaryov 1 18 Aug 1984 3 2 8522 Daley Thompson GBR 1 26 July 1980 Highest scores in August Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 8902 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1 Edmonton 7 Aug 2001 2 2 8893 Roman Sebrle CZE 1 Athinai 24 Aug 2004 3 3 8869 Ashton Eaton 1 London 9 Aug 2012 4 4 8847 Daley Thompson GBR 1 Los Angeles 9 Aug 1984 Combined 2012 & 2013 World List Performance Performer Score Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 9039 Ashton Eaton 1 Eugene OT 23 June 2012 2 8869 Ashton Eaton 1 London OG 9 Aug 2012 3 2 8671 Trey Hardee 2 London OG 9 Aug 2012 4 3 8558 Pascal Behrenbruch GER 1 Helsinki EC 28 June 2012 5 4 8523 Leonel Suarez CUB 3 London OG 9 Aug 2012 6 5 8519 Hans Van Alphen BEL 1 Götzis 27 May 2012 7 8514 Pascal Behrenbruch 1 Ratingen 16 June 2013 8 6 8506 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 2 Götzis 27 May 2012 9 7 8488 Rico Freimuth GER 2 Ratingen 16 June 2013
10 8 8447 Kevin Mayer FRA 1 Bruxelles 1 July 2012 11 8447 Hans Van Alphen 4 London OG 9 Aug 2012 12 9 8442 Damian Warner CAN 5 London OG 9 Aug 2012 13 8433 Pascal Behrenbruch 3 Götzis 27 May 2012 14 10 8427 Michael Schrader GER 1 Ulm 23 May 2013 15 8415 Kevin Mayer Bruxelles 1 July 2012 Gold Medal Contenders: Ashton Eaton () DOB: 21 Jan 1988 Personal Best: 9039 (2012); Season Best: 8291 Championships Highlights: 2012 Olympic Champion; 2 nd in 2011 World Championships; 2012 World Indoor Champion at Heptathlon; Average of top performances in 2011, 2012 and 2013 Score Meet Place Date 1 9039 Eugne USOT 1 23 June 2012 2 8869 London OG 1 9 Aug 2012 3 8729 Eugene 1 24 June 2011 4 8505 Daegu WC 2 28 Aug 2011 5 8291 Des Moines 1 22 June 2013 Top 4 Average 8687 Trey Hardee () DOB: 7 Feb 1984 Personal Best: 8790 (2009); Season Best: None Championships Highlights: 2009 & 2011 World Champion; 2 nd in 2012 Olympics Average of top performances in 2011, 2012 and 2013 Score Venue Place Date 1 8689 Götzis 1 29 May 2011 2 8671 London OG 2 9 Aug 2012 3 8607 Daegu WC 1 28 Aug 2011 4 8383 Eugene USOT 2 23 June 2012 Top 4 Average 8588 Leonel Suarez (CUB) DOB: 1 Sept 1987 Personal Best: 8654 (2009); Season Best: None Championships Highlights: 3 rd in 2008 & 2012 Olympics; 2 nd in 2009 & 3 rd in 2011 World Championships Average of top performances in 2011, 2012 and 2013 Score Venue Place Date 1 8523 London OG 3 9 Aug 2012 2 8501 Daegu WC 3 28 Aug 2011 3 8440 Götzis 2 29 May 2011 4 8373 Guadalajara PAG 1 25 Oct 2011 8289 Götzis 5 27 May 2012 Top 4 Average 8425 Last 3 competitions: Ashton Eaton () score Race Place Date 1 8291 Des Moines 1 22 June 2013 2 8869 London OG 1 9 Aug 2012 3 9039 Eugene USOT 1 23 June 2012 Average 8733
Trey Hardee () score Race Place Date 1 8671 London OG 2 9 Aug 2012 2 8383 Eugene USOT 2 23 June 2012 3 8607 Daegu WC 1 28 Aug 2011 Average 8554 Note: DNF at 2013 US Championships, but that was planned Leonel Suarez (CUB) score Race Place Date 1 8523 London OG 3 9 Aug 2012 2 DNF Ratingen DNF 15 June 2012 3 8289 Götzis 5 27 May 2012 Average 8406 References: Athletics annual, Athletics International, All-Athletics.com, Alltime-athletics.com, gbrathletics.com, IAAF Statistics Handbooks, RRW, Tilastopaja OY and Track and Field News etc. Please send corrections to KKenNakamura@gmail.com