Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Athletics at the 1988 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
10,000 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
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
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.

Medalists

Gold	Christian Schenk East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Torsten Voss East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Dave Steen Canada (CAN)

Schedule

• September 28, 1988
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m

• September 29, 1988
  6. 110 m hurdles
  7. Discus Throw
  8. Pole Vault
  9. Javelin Throw
  10. 1,500 m

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8798(*)	8832(**)	Jürgen Hingsen	Mannheim (FRG)	June 9, 1984
	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles (USA)	August 9, 1984
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.

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.

Results

RANK	FINAL RANKING	POINTS
	Christian Schenk (GDR)	8488
	Torsten Voss (GDR)	8399
	Dave Steen (CAN)	8328
4.	Daley Thompson (GBR)	8306
5.	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	8272
6.	Alain Blondel (FRA)	8268
7.	Tim Bright (USA)	8216
8.	Robert de Wit (NED)	8189
9.	Dave Johnson (USA)	8180
10.	Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS)	8167
11.	Petri Keskitalo (FIN)	8143
12.	Beat Gähwiler (SUI)	8114
13.	Dezső Szabó (HUN)	8093
14.	Mike Smith (CAN)	8083
15.	Simon Shirley (AUS)	8036
16.	Simon Poelman (NZL)	8021
17.	Mikael Olander (SWE)	7869
18.	Uwe Freimuth (GDR)	7860
19.	Lars Warming (DEN)	7859
20.	Roman Hrabaň (TCH)	7781
21.	Georg Werthner (AUT)	7753
22.	Christian Gugler (SUI)	7745
23.	Antonio Peñalver (ESP)	7743
24.	Alex Kruger (GBR)	7623
25.	Lee Fu-An (TPE)	7579
26.	Santiago Mellado (ESA)	7517 (NR)
27.	Severin Moser (SUI)	7502
28.	Věroslav Valenta (TCH)	7442
29.	Carlos O'Connell (IRL)	7310
30.	Greg Richards (GBR)	7237
31.	Gong Guohua (CHN)	7231
32.	Albert Miller (FIJ)	7016
33.	Lee Kwang-Ik (KOR)	6917
34.	Dambar Kunwar (NEP)	5339
—	Valter Külvet (URS)	DNF
—	Gary Kinder (USA)	DNF
—	Fidel Solórzano (ECU)	DNF
—	Aleksandr Apaychev (URS)	DNF
—	Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)	DNF

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon
• 1987 Men's World Championship Decathlon
• 1988 Hypo-Meeting
• 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon

References

• Official Report
• Results