Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram of athletics
Venues	Stadium Australia
Dates	27–28 September
Competitors	36 from 23 nations
Winning result	8641
Medalists
Erki Nool  Estonia Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic Chris Huffins  United States

The Men's Decathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September 2000.

The winning margin was 36 points. As of 2023, this is the narrowest winning margin in the Olympic decathlon since the introduction of the 1984 scoring tables and the only time the Olympic decathlon has been won by fewer than 50 points over this same period.

After the first day of the contest, Chris Huffins found himself in an eight-point lead ahead of Dean Macey. Erki Nool and Tom Pappas occupied the next places. On the next day, Nool dropped to fifth place after the 110 metres hurdles but advanced again after the controversial discus contest. Starting with two foul attempts, Nool was originally fouled in his third and last attempt as well, which would have resulted in him getting 0 points and falling out of the leading group. However, Nool successfully appealed the ring-foul ruling and had his throw measured to 43.66 metres which saw him climb one place. The British delegation, representing Macey, protested to no avail.

Following Nool's strong result in the javelin throw event Huffins' lead had shrunk to only 14 points before the 1500 metres. As this was a weak event for Huffins he looked set to lose out in the medal chase; however, he managed to lower his personal best time by twelve seconds and grasped a bronze medal. Reigning world champion and world record holder Tomáš Dvořák struggled with a knee problem throughout the competition and finished in a disappointing sixth place.

Medalists

Gold	Erki Nool  Estonia
Silver	Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic
Bronze	Chris Huffins  United States

Šebrle would go on to break the world record in 2001 and win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in a new Olympic record. Huffins retired from international athletics after the end of the season.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8994	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic	4 July 1999
Olympic Record	8847	Daley Thompson	United Kingdom	Los Angeles, United States	9 August 1984

Results

Overall results

The best marks for each event were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming none (which is unusual in an Olympic decathlon) but placing second in three of them.

Flying points table after final event:

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in bold green with a yellow background)
				100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 metres hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m
	Erki Nool	Estonia	8641	933 10.68	1000 7.76	796 15.11	803 2.00	973 46.71	913 14.48	739 43.66	910 5.00	826 65.82	748 4:29.48
	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	8606	878 10.92	965 7.62	803 15.22	915 2.12	899 48.20	991 13.87	754 44.39	849 4.80	799 64.04	753 4:28.79
	Chris Huffins	United States	8595 (SB)	980 10.48	987 7.71	806 15.27	887 2.09	894 48.31	986 13.91	861 49.55	819 4.70	687 56.62	688 4:38.71
4	Dean Macey	Great Britain	8567 (PB)	903 10.81	1002 7.77	766 14.62	887 2.09	988 46.41	907 14.53	733 43.37	849 4.80	744 60.38	788 4:23.45
5	Tom Pappas	United States	8425	901 10.82	913 7.41	782 14.87	1002 2.21	878 48.64	955 14.15	693 41.42	880 4.90	772 62.26	649 4:45.10
6	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	8385	881 10.91	935 7.50	846 15.91	776 1.97	856 49.11	931 14.34	811 47.15	731 4.40	888 69.94	730 4:32.23
7	Frank Busemann	Germany	8351	881 10.91	970 7.64	760 14.52	887 2.09	863 48.97	954 14.16	538 33.71	910 5.00	812 64.91	776 4:25.32
8	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary	8277	838 11.10	821 7.00	787 14.96	859 2.06	880 48.61	817 15.27	817 47.43	849 4.80	827 65.87	789 4:23.37
9	Stefan Schmid	Germany	8206	874 10.94	854 7.17	731 14.04	803 2.00	880 48.61	926 14.38	681 40.81	910 5.00	844 67.03	703 4:36.49
10	Henrik Dagård	Sweden	8178 (SB)	897 10.84	833 7.08	788 14.97	749 1.94	873 48.75	936 14.30	725 42.95	941 5.10	814 65.05	622 4:49.51
11	Zsolt Kürtösi	Hungary	8149 (PB)	861 11.00	859 7.19	798 15.13	803 2.00	870 48.81	955 14.15	800 46.62	849 4.80	695 57.16	659 4:43.39
12	Mário Aníbal	Portugal	8136 (NR)	867 10.97	790 6.90	814 15.39	831 2.03	875 48.71	885 14.71	767 45.01	880 4.90	700 57.51	727 4:32.68
13	Lev Lobodin	Russia	8071	917 10.75	857 7.18	836 15.75	749 1.94	867 48.87	972 14.02	758 44.55	910 5.00	591 50.16	614 4:50.73
14	Jiří Ryba	Czech Republic	8056	830 11.14	838 7.10	741 14.21	803 2.00	863 48.97	851 14.99	722 42.83	880 4.90	704 57.76	824 4:18.21
15	Raúl Duany	Cuba	8054	841 11.09	893 7.33	688 13.34	859 2.06	827 49.73	918 14.44	688 41.17	790 4.60	803 64.31	747 4:29.68
16	Oleksandr Yurkov	Ukraine	7993	885 10.89	739 6.68	776 14.78	776 1.97	877 48.66	847 15.02	843 48.67	910 5.00	659 54.77	681 4:39.94
17	Indrek Kaseorg	Estonia	7932	793 11.31	866 7.22	683 13.26	776 1.97	813 50.03	902 14.57	705 41.98	849 4.80	837 66.54	708 4:35.64
18	Klaus Ambrosch	Austria	7917	858 11.01	854 7.17	808 15.30	723 1.91	804 50.23	859 14.92	689 41.22	790 4.60	858 67.94	674 4:40.94
19	Laurent Hernu	France	7909	819 11.19	847 7.14	700 13.54	859 2.06	786 50.63	910 14.51	701 41.78	910 5.00	683 56.34	694 4:37.82
20	Wilfrid Boulineau	France	7821	845 11.07	833 7.08	690 13.38	831 2.03	823 49.82	847 15.02	662 39.86	849 4.80	733 59.69	708 4:35.59
21	Kip Janvrin	United States	7726	804 11.26	727 6.63	702 13.57	670 1.85	856 49.12	831 15.15	709 42.20	910 5.00	690 56.84	827 4:17.81
22	Volodymyr Mykhailenko	Ukraine	7676	838 11.10	823 7.04	700 13.53	859 2.06	871 48.80	869 14.84	674 40.45	790 4.60	548 47.27	704 4:36.23
23	Fedor Laukhin	Ukraine	7652	814 11.21	816 7.01	677 13.16	831 2.03	831 49.64	830 15.16	631 38.33	880 4.90	671 55.53	671 4:41.48
24	Eduard Hämäläinen	Finland	7520	858 11.01	859 7.19	732 14.06	670 1.85	902 48.14	927 14.37	583 35.98	849 4.80	546 47.11	594 4:54.18
25	Mike Maczey	Germany	7228	823 11.17	838 7.10	719 13.84	831 2.03	819 49.91	0 DNF	739 43.64	941 5.10	760 61.49	758 4:27.99
	Eugenio Balanqué	Cuba	DNF	890 10.87	628 6.19	784 14.90	749 1.94	898 48.23	929 14.36	799 46.56	0 NM
	Claston Bernard	Jamaica	DNF	908 10.79	0 NM	709 13.68	887 2.09	825 49.77	848 15.01	688 41.15	0 NM
	Prodromos Korkizoglou	Greece	DNF	919 10.74	852 7.16	710 13.70	776 1.97	657 53.57
	Scott Ferrier	Australia	DNF	836 11.11	859 7.19	698 13.50	776 1.97
	Roman Razbeyko	Russia	DNF	763 11.45	771 6.82	727 13.98	776 1.97
	Yeorgios Andreou	Cyprus	DNF	867 10.97	750 6.73	743 14.24
	Sébastien Levicq	France	DNF	757 11.48	713 6.57	700 13.53
	Trond Høiby	Norway	DNF	740 11.56	635 6.22	730 14.03
	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland	DNF	894 10.85	0 NM	819 15.48
	Aki Heikkinen	Finland	DNF	827 11.15	0 NM	690 13.37
	Francisco Javier Benet	Spain	DNF	769 11.42	657 6.32
	Philipp Huber	Switzerland	DNF	784 11.35
	Oleg Veretelnikov	Uzbekistan	DNF	618 12.17
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

See also

• 1998 Men's European Championships Decathlon
• 1999 Men's World Championships Decathlon
• 2000 Decathlon Year Ranking
• 2001 Men's World Championships Decathlon

Sources

• IAAF results day one: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 m. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
• IAAF results day two: 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 m. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
• IAAF results: Final standings. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
• IAAF (27 September 2000). "Decathlon – Day 1 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Archived from the original on 27 May 2002. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
• IAAF (28 September 2000). "Decathlon – Day 2 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2007.

External links

• Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics