Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the Commonwealth Games

The men's decathlon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Daley Thompson won the gold medal by a whopping 844 points. This included winning six events including all five events on day one of the competition. His lowest placing for any event in this decathlon was fifth in the javelin throw.

Results

Wind for 100m: Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Daley Thompson	England	10.50w	8.11w	14.43	2.07	47.85	14.92	41.68	4.80	56.60	4:25.78	8467
	Peter Hadfield	Australia	10.98w	7.28	13.48	1.92	49.24	15.59	46.52	4.00	60.80	4:54.54	7623
	Alan Drayton	England	11.03w	7.15	11.85	1.95	50.17	14.86	40.60	4.40	57.22	4:54.11	7484
4	Graeme Watson	England	10.77w	7.31w	13.29	1.89	49.73	16.97	38.04	3.80	54.90	4:44.73	7261
5	Panayiotis Zeniou	Cyprus	11.38	6.93	13.31	1.75	50.80	16.26	37.38	4.20	56.54	4:20.48	7201
6	Rob Town	Canada	11.59	6.47	13.33	1.92	52.40	16.40	46.62	3.60	62.20	4:32.30	7138
7	Robert Sadler	New Zealand	11.42	6.87	12.28	1.95	51.87	15.93	36.66	4.40	42.10	4:20.10	7117
8	Charles Kokoyo	Kenya	11.32	7.27	9.58	1.89	50.32	16.40	33.90	3.00	65.00	4:32.80	6775
9	Mike Bull	Northern Ireland	11.60										6610
10	Tony Verhoeven	Canada	11.64										6453
11	Dunstan Campbell	Grenada											5515
	Zenon Smiechowski	Canada	11.64w										DNF
	Craig Considine	Australia	11.68w	6.75	13.31	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

References

• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results