Decathlon world record progression

The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.[1]

As of June 21, 2009, 35 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1] The first score in the following table indicates the score using the tables in use at the time, the second score is based on tables currently in use.

The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2004. As of June 21, 2009, 2 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]

Contents

Records

Men

Points Adjusted
points		 Athlete Nation Date Place
7485.61 6087 Aleksander Klumberg  EST 1922-09-22 Helsinki[1]
7710.775 6476 Harold Osborn  USA 1924-07-12 Paris[1]
7820.93 6460 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1926-07-18 Viipuri[1]
7995.19 6566 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1927-07-17 Helsinki[1]
8053.29 6587 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1928-08-04 Amsterdam[1]
8255.475 6087 Akilles Järvinen  FIN 1930-07-20 Viipuri[1]
8462.235 6736 James Bausch  US 1932-08-06 Los Angeles[1]
8790.46 7147 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  GER 1934-07-08 Hamburg[1]
7900 7254 Glenn Morris  USA 1936-08-08 Berlin[1]
8042 7287 Bob Mathias  USA 1950-06-30 Tulare[1]
7887 7592 Bob Mathias  USA 1952-07-26 Helsinki[1]
7985 7608 Rafer Johnson  USA 1955-06-11 Kingsburg[1]
8014 7653 Vasili Kuznetsov  URS 1958-05-18 Krasnodar[1]
8302 7989 Rafer Johnson  USA 1958-07-28 Moscow[1]
8357 7839 Vasili Kuznetsov  URS 1959-05-17 Moscow[1]
8683 7981 Rafer Johnson  USA 1960-07-09 Eugene[1]
9121 8010 Yang Chuan-Kwang  ROC 1963-04-28 Walnut[1]
8230 8120 Russ Hodge  USA 1966-07-24 Los Angeles[1]
8319 8235 Kurt Bendlin  FRG 1967-05-14 Heidelberg[1]
8417 8310 Bill Toomey  USA 1969-12-11 Los Angeles[1]
8454 8466 Mykola Avilov  URS 1972-09-08 Munich[1]
8524 8420 Bruce Jenner  USA 1975-08-10 Eugene[1]
8538 8454 Bruce Jenner  USA 1976-06-26 Eugene[1]
8618 8634 Bruce Jenner  USA 1976-07-30 Montreal[1]
8622 8648 Daley Thompson  GBR 1980-05-15 Götzis[1]
8649 8667 Guido Kratschmer  FRG 1980-06-14 Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1]
8704 8730 Daley Thompson  GBR 1982-05-23 Götzis[1]
8723 8741 Jürgen Hingsen  FRG 1982-08-15 Ulm[1]
8743 8774 Daley Thompson  GBR 1982-09-08 Athens[1]
8779 8825 Jürgen Hingsen  FRG 1983-06-05[2] Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1]
8798 8832 Jürgen Hingsen  FRG 1984-05-09 Mannheim[1]
8798 8847 Daley Thompson  GBR 1984-08-09 Los Angeles[1]
8891 8891 Dan O'Brien  USA 1992-09-05 Talence[1]
8994 8994 Tomáš Dvořák  CZE 1999-07-04 Prague[1]
9026 9026 Roman Šebrle  CZE 2001-05-27 Götzis[1]

Women

Points Athlete Nation Date Place
8150 Marie Collonvillé  FRA 2004-09-26 Talence[1]
8366 Austra Skujytė  LTU 2005-04-15 Columbia, Missouri[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 (pages 546, 559–60, 649). IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
  2. ^ The IAAF record progression lists lists this date as 1984-06-05 but their all-time list says 1983.[1]
World
100 metres (men) (women)  · 200 metres (men) (women)  · 400 metres (men) (women)  · 4×100 metres (men) (women)  · 4×400 metres (men) (women)
800 metres (progression)  · 1500 metres (progression)  · One mile (progression)  · 3000 metres (men) (women)
5000 metres (progression)  · 10,000 metres (progression)  · Marathon (progression)  · 10 km walk (men) (women)  · 20 km walk (men) (women)  · 50 km walk (men)
110/100 metres hurdles (men) (women)  · 400 metres hurdles (men) (women)  · 3000 metres steeplechase (men) (women)
High jump (men outdoor • men indoor) (women)  · Long jump (progression)  · Triple jump (progression)  · Pole vault (men outdoor • men indoor) (women)
Discus (men) (women)  · Hammer (men) (women)  · Javelin (men) (women)  · Shot put (men) (women)
Decathlon (progression)  · Heptathlon (men) (women)  · Pentathlon (women)
European
100 metres (men) (women)  · 200 metres (men) (women)  · 400 metres (men) (women)  · 800 metres (men) (women)  · 1500 metres (men) (women)  · 5000 metres (men)