Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	23–24 August
Competitors	39 from 26 nations
Winning points	8893 OR
Medalists
Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic Bryan Clay  United States Dmitriy Karpov  Kazakhstan

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The men's decathlon competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–24 August.

Competition format

The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.

At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who has received more points in the greater number of events is the winner.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 23 August 2004	09:15 10:15 13:15 18:30 19:20	100 metres Long jump Shot put High jump 400 metres
Tuesday, 24 August 2004	09:00 10:05 13:45 19:30 21:00	110 metres hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 metres

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	9026	Götzis, Austria	26–27 May 2001
Olympic record	Daley Thompson (GBR)	8847	Los Angeles, United States	8–9 August 1984

Record set during this event

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
24 August	Final	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	8893	OR

Overall results

The final results of the event are in the following table.

Key

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming two of them.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Overall points	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 m H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m
	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	8893 (OR)	894 10.85 s	1020 7.84 m	873 16.36 m	915 2.12 m	892 48.36 s	968 14.05 s	844 48.72 m	910 5.00 m	897 70.52 m	680 4:40.01 min
	Bryan Clay	United States	8820 (PB)	989 10.44 s	1050 7.96 m	804 15.23 m	859 2.06 m	852 49.19 s	958 14.13 s	873 50.11 m	880 4.90 m	885 69.71 m	670 4:41.65 min
	Dmitriy Karpov	Kazakhstan	8725 (AS)	975 10.50 s	1012 7.81 m	847 15.93 m	887 2.09 m	968 46.81 s	978 13.97 s	905 51.65 m	790 4.60 m	671 55.54 m	692 4:38.11 min
4	Dean Macey	Great Britain	8414 (SB)	885 10.89 s	927 7.47 m	835 15.73 m	944 2.15 m	863 48.97 s	903 14.56 s	836 48.34 m	731 4.40 m	715 58.46 m	775 4:25.42 min
5	Chiel Warners	Netherlands	8343 (SB)	947 10.62 s	995 7.74 m	758 14.48 m	776 1.97 m	911 47.97 s	973 14.01 s	741 43.73 m	880 4.90 m	669 55.39 m	693 4:38.05 min
6	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary	8287 (SB)	881 10.91 s	847 7.14 m	809 15.31 m	915 2.12 m	842 49.40 s	856 14.95 s	780 45.62 m	819 4.70 m	790 63.45 m	748 4:29.54 min
7	Laurent Hernu	France	8237 (SB)	867 10.97 s	859 7.19 m	768 14.65 m	831 2.03 m	874 48.73 s	942 14.25 s	761 44.72 m	849 4.80 m	704 57.76 m	782 4:24.35 min
8	Erki Nool	Estonia	8235	906 10.80 s	942 7.53 m	744 14.26 m	696 1.88 m	870 48.81 s	874 14.80 s	706 42.05 m	1035 5.40 m	758 61.33 m	704 4:36.33 min
9	Claston Bernard	Jamaica	8225 (NR)	931 10.69 s	930 7.48 m	777 14.80 m	915 2.12 m	855 49.13 s	953 14.17 s	762 44.75 m	731 4.40 m	667 55.27 m	704 4:36.31 min
10	Roland Schwarzl	Austria	8102 (PB)	865 10.98 s	932 7.49 m	729 14.01 m	749 1.94 m	826 49.76 s	942 14.25 s	714 42.43 m	941 5.10 m	683 56.32 m	721 4:33.56 min
11	Aleksandr Pogorelov	Russia	8084 (SB)	872 10.95 s	888 7.31 m	796 15.10 m	859 2.06 m	779 50.79 s	948 14.21 s	759 44.60 m	910 5.00 m	640 53.45 m	633 4:47.63 min
12	Florian Schönbeck	Germany	8077	883 10.90 s	886 7.30 m	776 14.77 m	696 1.88 m	801 50.30 s	931 14.34 s	755 44.41 m	910 5.00 m	751 60.89 m	688 4:38.82 min
13	Romain Barras	France	8067 (SB)	830 11.14 s	811 6.99 m	784 14.91 m	749 1.94 m	842 49.41 s	927 14.37 s	763 44.83 m	790 4.60 m	807 64.55 m	764 4:27.09 min
14	Maurice Smith	Jamaica	8023	894 10.85 s	769 6.81 m	804 15.24 m	723 1.91 m	849 49.27 s	973 14.01 s	850 49.02 m	673 4.20 m	761 61.52 m	727 4:32.74 min
15	Nikolay Averyanov	Russia	8021	963 10.55 s	896 7.34 m	755 14.44 m	749 1.94 m	828 49.72 s	925 14.39 s	662 39.88 m	849 4.80 m	656 54.51 m	738 4:31.02 min
16	Jaakko Ojaniemi	Finland	8006 (SB)	933 10.68 s	935 7.50 m	788 14.97 m	749 1.94 m	856 49.12 s	848 15.01 s	672 40.35 m	790 4.60 m	727 59.26 m	708 4:35.71 min
17	Vitaliy Smirnov	Uzbekistan	7993	885 10.89 s	830 7.07 m	721 13.88 m	749 1.94 m	856 49.11 s	878 14.77 s	715 42.47 m	819 4.70 m	751 60.88 m	789 4:23.31 min
18	Qi Haifeng	China	7934	847 11.06 s	896 7.34 m	701 13.55 m	776 1.97 m	831 49.65 s	876 14.78 s	770 45.13 m	760 4.50 m	750 60.79 m	727 4:32.63 min
19	Stefan Drews	Germany	7924	890 10.87 s	905 7.38 m	672 13.07 m	696 1.88 m	885 48.51 s	973 14.01 s	667 40.11 m	910 5.00 m	611 51.53 m	715 4:34.51 min
20	Aliaksandr Parkhomenka	Belarus	7918 (SB)	830 11.14 s	723 6.61 m	832 15.69 m	831 2.03 m	767 51.04 s	864 14.88 s	703 41.90 m	849 4.80 m	826 65.82 m	693 4:37.94 min
21	Paul Terek	United States	7893	878 10.92 s	799 6.94 m	799 15.15 m	749 1.94 m	835 49.56 s	835 15.12 s	780 45.62 m	1004 5.30 m	598 50.62 m	616 4:50.36 min
22	David Gómez	Spain	7865	843 11.08 s	876 7.26 m	763 14.57 m	670 1.85 m	880 48.61 s	922 14.41 s	684 40.95 m	731 4.40 m	749 60.71 m	747 4:29.70 min
23	Indrek Turi	Estonia	7708	843 11.08 s	792 6.91 m	705 13.62 m	831 2.03 m	739 51.67 s	941 14.26 s	661 39.83 m	849 4.80 m	728 59.34 m	619 4:50.01 min
24	Santiago Lorenzo	Argentina	7592	838 11.10 s	821 7.03 m	681 13.22 m	670 1.85 m	845 49.34 s	804 15.38 s	669 40.22 m	760 4.50 m	713 58.36 m	791 4:23.08 min
25	Jānis Karlivāns	Latvia	7583	789 11.33 s	876 7.26 m	686 13.30 m	776 1.97 m	790 50.54 s	852 14.98 s	733 43.34 m	760 4.50 m	632 52.92 m	689 4:38.67 min
26	Prodromos Korkizoglou	Greece	7573	892 10.86 s	830 7.07 m	778 14.81 m	749 1.94 m	762 51.16 s	854 14.96 s	789 46.07 m	819 4.70 m	634 53.05 m	466 5:17.00 min
27	Hans Olav Uldal	Norway	7495	810 11.23 s	811 6.99 m	700 13.53 m	670 1.85 m	771 50.95 s	839 15.09 s	726 43.01 m	760 4.50 m	738 60.00 m	670 4:41.70 min
28	Paolo Casarsa	Italy	7404	782 11.36 s	739 6.68 m	785 14.92 m	749 1.94 m	673 53.20 s	803 15.39 s	843 48.66 m	731 4.40 m	717 58.62 m	582 4:56.72 min
29	Eugène Martineau	Netherlands	7185	863 10.99 s	776 6.84 m	0 NM	803 2.00 m	857 49.10 s	847 15.02 s	665 40.00 m	849 4.80 m	792 63.62 m	733 4:31.79 min
30	Victor Covalenco	Moldova	6543	799 11.28 s	862 7.20 m	670 13.04 m	670 1.85 m	733 51.82 s	755 15.80 s	628 38.19 m	0 NM	640 53.46 m	786 4:23.81 min
—	Pavel Andreev	Uzbekistan	DNF	797 11.29 s	0 NM	747 14.30 m	803 2.00 m	741 51.64 s	785 15.54 s	703 41.89 m	880 4.90 m	DNS	DNS
—	Tom Pappas	United States	DNF	906 10.80 s	905 7.38 m	862 16.17 m	831 2.03 m	911 47.97 s	951 14.18 s	816 47.39 m	0 NM	DNS	DNS
—	Luiggy Llanos	Puerto Rico	DNF	874 10.94 s	918 7.43 m	714 13.77 m	723 1.91 m	848 49.28 s	958 14.13 s	702 41.82 m	0 NM	DNS	DNS
—	Ahmad Hassan Moussa	Qatar	DNF	908 10.79 s	823 7.04 m	687 13.32 m	644 1.82 m	874 48.73 s	0 DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Dennis Leyckes	Germany	DNF	850 11.05 s	826 7.05 m	657 12.84 m	723 1.91 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland	DNF	850 11.05 s	842 7.12 m	788 14.98 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Kristjan Rahnu	Estonia	DNF	912 10.77 s	0 NM	756 14.45 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Lev Lobodin	Russia	DNF	850 11.05 s	781 6.86 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	DNF	746 11.53 s	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS

External links

• Official Olympic Report