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1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including three non-finishers. The competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993, and ended on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Dan O'Brien of the United States with a score of 8817 points.

Medalists

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Gold United States Dan O'Brien
United States (USA)
Silver Belarus Eduard Hämäläinen
Belarus (BLR)
Bronze Germany Paul Meier
Germany (GER)

Schedule

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August 19
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
August 20
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992 France Talence, France
Event Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8812 August 30, 1991 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Season Best  Michael Smith (CAN) 8262 May 30, 1993 Austria Götzis, Austria

Final standings

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming three of them. Three men tied for the high jump clearing 2.15 metres.
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dan O'Brien  United States 10.57 7.99 15.41 2.03 47.46 14.08 47.92 5.20 62.56 4:40.08 8817 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eduard Hämäläinen  Belarus 10.72 7.05 15.49 2.09 47.64 13.57 49.26 5.30 61.88 4:39.34 8724
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Meier  Germany 10.57 7.57 15.45 2.15 47.73 14.63 45.72 4.60 61.22 4:32.05 8548
4 Christian Schenk  Germany 11.22 7.63 15.72 2.15 48.78 15.29 46.94 4.80 65.32 4:24.44 8500
5 Alain Blondel  France 10.94 7.20 14.06 1.94 48.12 14.40 45.74 5.40 62.22 4:19.89 8444
6 Christian Plaziat  France 10.80 7.50 14.47 2.09 47.91 14.36 41.74 5.00 56.96 4:26.31 8398
7 Steve Fritz  United States 10.83 7.52 13.87 2.03 48.40 13.99 41.62 4.90 57.68 4:23.56 8324
8 Rob Muzzio  United States 11.11 6.72 16.99 1.94 49.82 14.51 47.90 5.00 64.50 4:34.43 8237
9 Michael Kohnle  Germany 11.16 7.40 14.34 2.00 50.17 14.51 44.70 5.00 62.10 4:47.95 8075
10 Tomáš Dvořák  Czech Republic 10.93 7.20 14.69 2.00 49.40 14.21 42.66 4.50 61.30 4:37.79 8032
11 Petri Keskitalo  Finland 11.03 7.30 14.85 1.94 50.76 14.66 43.26 5.00 63.92 4:49.48 8032
12 Indrek Kaseorg  Estonia 11.41 7.31 11.97 2.12 48.99 14.97 40.40 4.60 57.46 4:19.20 7911
13 Henrik Dagård  Sweden 10.95 7.05 14.44 1.76 48.36 14.62 42.72 4.70 64.78 4:44.09 7838
14 Sébastien Levicq  France 11.36 7.15 13.48 1.97 51.75 15.10 41.48 5.10 64.00 4:41.43 7783
15 Ramil Ganiyev  Uzbekistan 11.09 7.26 14.07 2.03 49.80 14.64 39.78 5.10 43.00 4:45.26 7734
16 Ronalds Blums  Latvia 11.32 7.15 12.96 1.97 50.55 14.67 39.12 5.00 57.16 4:33.59 7734
17 Sándor Munkácsi  Hungary 11.12 7.08 13.36 1.94 48.71 14.60 41.02 4.50 51.04 4:21.97 7726
18 Xavier Brunet  Spain 11.16 6.88 12.13 2.15 49.09 14.62 37.86 4.60 49.14 4:46.72 7547
19 Alex Kruger  Great Britain 11.34 7.07 13.90 2.06 50.33 15.10 40.00 4.40 54.04 4:52.53 7481
20 Katsuhiko Matsuda  Japan 11.30 7.03 12.39 1.97 49.68 14.61 38.32 4.40 43.40 5:03.56 7140
21 Munehiro Kaneko  Japan 11.24 NM 13.25 2.00 49.60 14.52 45.08 4.70 57.78 4:55.28 6912
22 Barry Walsh  Ireland 11.66 6.73 14.21 1.94 51.29 15.36 45.38 NM 55.52 4:42.59 6632
Robert Změlík  Czechoslovakia 10.78 7.41 13.21 1.97 DNS DNF
Dezső Szabó  Hungary 11.02 7.01 13.16 1.94 DNS DNF
Mike Smith  Canada 10.99 NM DNS DNF

See also

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Notes

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References

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