Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 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 | women | ||
| 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 at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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[edit] Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Dan O'BrienUnited States (USA) |
 Frank BusemannGermany (GER) |
 Tomáš DvořákCzech Republic (CZE) |
[edit] Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | - | 8891 | Dan O'Brien |
Talence (FRA) | September 5, 1992 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 8797(*) | 8847(**) |  Daley Thompson |
Los Angeles (USA) | August 9, 1984 |
(*) Originally score according to the 1962/1977 tables.
(**)Score according to the 1985 tables.
[edit] Results
| RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS |
|---|---|---|
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Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8824 |
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Frank Busemann (GER) |
8706 |
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Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) |
8664 |
| 4. | Steve Fritz (USA) |
8644 |
| 5. |  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) |
8613 |
| 6. |  Erki Nool (EST) |
8543 |
| 7. | Robert Změlík (CZE) |
8422 |
| 8. |  Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) |
8318 |
| 9. |  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) |
8307 |
| 10. | Chris Huffins (USA) |
8300 |
| 11. |  Christian Plaziat (FRA) |
8282 |
| 12. |  Jon Arnar Magnusson (ISL) |
8274 |
| 13. |  Michael Smith (CAN) |
8271 |
| 14. | Frank Müller (GER) |
8253 |
| 15. |  Sebastian Chmara (POL) |
8249 |
| 16. | Kamil Damašek (CZE) |
8229 |
| 17. | Sebastien Levicq (FRA) |
8192 |
| 18. |  Marcel Dost (NED) |
8111 |
| 19. | Francisco Benet (ESP) |
8107 |
| 20. | Dirk-Achim Pajonk (GER) |
8045 |
| 21. | Jack Rosendaal (NED) |
8035 |
| 22. |  Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) |
8025 |
| 23. |  Rojs Piziks (LAT) |
7994 |
| 24. |  Doug Pirini (NZL) |
7961 |
| 25. |  Eugenio Balanque (CUB) |
7873 |
| 26. | Raúl Duany (CUB) |
7802 |
| 27. |  Zsolt Kurtosi (HUN) |
7755 |
| 28. |  Philipp Huber (SUI) |
7.743 |
| 29. |  Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR) |
7575 |
| 30. |  Beniamino Poserina (ITA) |
7013 |
| 31. |  Nikolay Afanasyev (RUS) |
6711 |
| — | Andrei Nazarov (EST) |
DNF |
| — | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) |
DNF |
| — |  Victor Houston (BAR) |
DNF |
| — | Lev Lobodin (UKR) |
DNF |
| — | Dezső Szabó (HUN) |
DNF |
| — |  Peter Winter (AUS) |
DNF |
| — | Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB) |
DNF |
| — | Alex Kruger (GBR) |
DNF |
| — | Scott Ferrier (AUS) |
DNF |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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