DECATHLON EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Venue Olympic Stadium Dates Today and tomorrow Medal event One
1 | 100M Maximum points 1,223 10.395sec = 1,000pts 2 | LONG JUMP Maximum points 1,461 7.76m = 1,000pts

Discipline record 6 | 110M HURDLES Maximum points 1,249 13.8sec = 1,000pts

Event record 7 | DISCUS THROW Maximum points 1,500 56.17m = 1,000pts 8 | POLE VAULT Maximum points 1,396 5.28m = 1,000pts

55.87m
993 pts

THE BASICS

Bryan Clay
US

Decathlon consists of ten disciplines carried out in the following order over two consecutive days
WORLD RECORD

10.21sec
1,044 pts

5.76m
1,152 pts

Ashton Eaton
US

8.23m
1,120 pts

Tim Lobinger
Ger

Eaton
US

13.35sec
1,044pts

9,039pts
Ashton Eaton
Eugene, Oregon June 2012

Eaton
US

BRITISH

3 | SHOT PUT Maximum points 1,350 18.4m = 1,000pts

5 | 400M Maximum points 1,250 46.17sec = 1,000pts

9 | JAVELIN Maximum points 1,400 77.19m = 1,000pts

RECORD 10 | 1,500M Maximum 8,847pts points 1,250 Daley Thompson 3min 53.79sec = 1,000pts

79.80m
1.040 pts

Los Angeles, Aug 1984

2.27m
1,061 pts

45.68sec
1,025 pts

Peter Blank
Ger

19.17m
1,048 pts

R Beilschmidt & C Schenk 4 | HIGH JUMP Maximum points 1,392 2.20m = 1,000pts
Ger

Bill Toomey
US

3min 58.70sec
963 pts

Robert Baker
US

Edy Hubacher
Swit

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