Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon

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Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the men's decathlon competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with eight competitors who didn't finish the competition.

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[edit] Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Czechoslovakia Robert Změlík
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Spain Antonio Peñalver
Spain (ESP)
United States Dave Johnson
United States (USA)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 8798(*) 8832(**) Flag of West Germany Jürgen Hingsen Mannheim (FRG) June 9, 1984
8797(*) 8847(**) Flag of the United Kingdom Daley Thompson Los Angeles (USA) August 9, 1984
Olympic Record 8797(*) 8847(**) Flag of the United Kingdom Daley Thompson Los Angeles (USA) August 9, 1984

(*) Originally score according to the 1962/1977 tables.

(**)Score according to the 1985 tables.

Thompson's mark was not a world record in 1984, but when the 1985 tables came into use, his mark became the record. They were both given credit to the world record.

[edit] Final

RANK FINAL RANKING POINTS
Image:Med_1.png Czechoslovakia Robert Změlík (TCH) 8611
Image:Med_2.png Spain Antonio Peñalver (ESP) 8412
Image:Med_3.png United States Dave Johnson (USA) 8309
4. Hungary Dezső Szabó (HUN) 8199
5. United States Robert Muzzio (USA) 8195
6. Germany Paul Meier (GER) 8192
7. France William Motti (FRA) 8164
8. Unified Team Ramil Ganiyev (EUN) 8160
9. Sweden Sten Ekberg (SWE) 8136
10. Netherlands Robert de Wit (NED) 8109
11. Austria Gernot Kellermayr (AUT) 8076
12. Unified Team Viktor Radchenko (EUN) 8071
13. Germany Frank Müller (GER) 8066
14. Estonia Andrei Nazarov (EST) 8052
15. France Alain Blondel (FRA) 8031
16. Spain Alvaro Burrell (ESP) 7952
17. Germany Thorsten Dauth (GER) 7951
18. Great Britain David Bigham (GBR) 7754
19. Australia Dean Smith (AUS) 7703
20. Hungary Sándor Munkácsy (HUN) 7698
21. Switzerland Beat Gähwiler (SUI) 7676
22. Spain Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) 7484
23. Turkey Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR) 7205
24. Fiji Albert Miller (FIJ) 6971
25. Papua New Guinea Erich Momberger (PNG) 6780
26. Tonga Homelo Vi (TGA) 6768
27. United Arab Emirates Ibrahim Al-Matrooshi (UAE) 6124
28. Honduras Jorge Flores Maradiaga (HON) 5746
Estonia Erki Nool (EST) DNF
Brazil Pedro da Silva Filho (BRA) DNF
United States Aric Long (USA) DNF
Canada Mike Smith (CAN) DNF
France Christian Plaziat (FRA) DNF
Unified Team Eduard Hämäläinen (EUN) DNF
Finland Petri Keskitalo (FIN) DNF
New Zealand Simon Poelman (NZL) DNF


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