Tom Pappas USA 8511 (08) 8784 (03) ‘03 IAAF World Champion Trey Hardee USA 8524 (08) 8524 (08) CR Holder, 2Nd US Olympic Trials
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2008 Olympic Games Beijing Decathlon Handbook and Media Guide DECA, The Decathlon Association Frank Zarnowski DECA, The Decathlon Association [email protected] Contents: Section 1: Schedule page 2 Section 2: The Field -History 2 -Qualifying standards 2 -Leading Contenders 3 -Others 3 Section 3: The Likely Contenders…..bios -Clay, Bryan USA 4 -Hardee, Trey USA 4 -Krauchanka, Andrei BLS 5 -Karpov, Dmitry KAZ 5 -Pappas, Tom USA 6 -Sebrle, Roman CZE 6 -Smith, Maurice JAM 7 -Suarev, Leonel CUB 7 -Sysoyev, Alexandr RUS 8 Section 4: Background on the USA team-expanded bios -Clay, Bryan 8 -Hardee, Trey 10 -Pappas, Tom 11 Section 5: Records Section -Olympic Games winners(1912-2004) 13 -Individual Event records 14 (World, American, OG, US at OG) -Other Olympic Decathlon Records 16 Section 6: Recent Olympic Games Decathlon Results -1992 Barcelona 18 -1996 Atlanta 19 -2000 Sydney 20 -2004 Athens 21 Section 7: PACE -World, American and Olympic meet record pace 23 Section 8: Where results will be posted 23 1 Section 1: Schedule Thursday Aug 21 Friday Aug 22 100 m 9:20 110m Hurdles 9:00 Long Jump 10:30 Discus 10:05 Shot Put 12:20 Pole vault ` 12.55 High Jump 19:10 Javelin 19:00 400 m 21:20 1500 m 21:40 Decathlon medal ceremony: Section 2: The Field The field is not likely to be as large as the ungodly fields of the last 4 Games: 39 in 1988 Seoul 36 in 1992 Barcelona 40 In 1996 Atlanta 38 In 2000 Sydney 39 In 2004 Athens A standard = 8000 points (for 2 or 3 entries per nation) B standard = 7700 points (for a single entry by nation) [must be made between Sept. 1, 2006 and July 6, 2008; nb: Combined Events window was expanded this year]] Number of Competitors/Finishers, by Year: 1912 Stockholm 29 12 1964 Tokyo 22 18 1920 Antwerp 23 12 1968 Mexico City 33 20 1924 Paris 36 25 1972 Munich 33 22 1928 Amsterdam 38 27 1976 Montreal 28 23 1932 Los Angeles 14 11 1980 Moscow 21 16 1936 Berlin 28 17 1984 Los Angeles 26 25 1948 London 35 28 1988 Seoul 39 34 1952 Helsinki 28 21 1992 Barcelona 36 28 1956 Melbourne 15 12 1996 Atlanta 40 31 1960 Rome 30 23 2000 Sydney 38 25 2004 Athens 39 30 2 Leading contenders: qualifying mark PR notes Bryan Clay USA 8832 (08) 8832 (08) ’04 silver, 08 USOT winner Dmitry Karpov KAZ 8586 (07) 8725 (04) ’04 bronze, 1st ’08 Götzis Andrei Krauchanka BLS 8617 (07) 8617 (07) ’04 IAAF Jr champ, 1st ’07 Götzis Maurice Smith JAM 8644 (07) 8644 (07) ’04 IAAF 2nd, ’07 Pan-Am champ Roman Sebrle CZE 8697 (07) 9026 (01) defending champ, WR holder Alexander Sysoyev RUS 8497 (08) 8497 (08) 6th ‘07 IAAF, 2nd ’08 Götzis Leonel Suarez CUB 8451 (08) 8451 (08) 2nd ’07 NACAC, 1st ’08 Ratingen Tom Pappas USA 8511 (08) 8784 (03) ‘03 IAAF world champion Trey Hardee USA 8524 (08) 8524 (08) CR holder, 2nd US Olympic Trials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Others: NB: there are likely another dozen athletes who will start in Beijing Arthur Abele GER 8372 (08) 8372 (08) Won German Trials in Ratingen DOB: 7/30/86 184/80 [’05 Euro Jr 2nd, won ’06 Thorpe Cup in Manhattan. Kansas] Gonzalo Barroihlet CHI 7902 (08) 7902 (08) NCAA runner-up in Des Moines DOB: 8/19/86 197/88 [NCAA indoor hept champ, freshman at Florida State U] Romain Barras FRA 8298 (07) 8416 (06) ’03 WUG winner, 7th at 2 IAAF WC DOB: 8/1/80, 194/84, [13th at ’04 OG in Athens, ’05 Mediterranean Games winner] Massimo Bertocchi CAN 8014 (08) 8014 (08) ’08 Candian Trials winner DOB: 9/27/85 6-5/205 [U of Toronto TC, won ’08 Big Green/Desert in Scottsdale] Carlos Chinin BRA 7977 (07) 7977 (07) South American Champ DOB: 5/3/85 193/85 [3rd, 07 WUG, dnf ’07 IAAF WC] Hamdi Dhoubi TUN 7838 (07) 8023 (05) 2x African champ DOB: 1/24/82, 190/85 [African Record Holder] Yunior Diaz CUB 8057 (08) 8057 (08) ’06 Pan Am Jr runner-up DOB: 4/28/87 194/90 [3rd ’07 NACAC, won early season Havana meet] Aleksey Drozdov RUS 8475 (07) 8475 (07) 4th ’07 IAAC WC DOB: 12/3/83 184/93 [3rd ’06 Euro Champs, 1st ’06 NC] Edgars Erins LAT 7961 (07) 7961 (07) ’07 Latvian champ DOB: 6/18/86 184/81 Runar Heltne NOR 8047 (08) 8047 (08) won ’08 Euro Cup (2ndL) DOB: 4/21/80 ???/?? Eugene Martineau NED 8233 (08) 8233 (08) 29th in 04 Athens DOB: 5/14/80 180/79 [dnf’d two world champs] Andrey Nicklaus GER 8371 (07) 8371 (07) ’06 IAAF indoor hept champ DOB: 8/30/81 190/84 [8th, 4th, 5th at last 3 IAAF world champs] Mikk Pahapill EST 8117 (08) 8149 (05) ’08 Estonian champ DOB: 7/18/83 196/96 [12th ’05 IAAF world champs] Alexsandr Parkhomenka BLS 8101 (07) 8136 (06) ’08 4th Euro Cup SL DOB: 3/22/81 182/82 [20th ’04 Athens, ’05 WUG champ] Alexander Pogorelov RUS 8381 (08) 8381 (08) 3rd ’08 Götzis DOB: 1/10/80 201/94 [11th ’04 Athens, 5th ’05 IAAF WC] Qi Haifeng CHN 8290 (05) 7th ’03 IAAF WC DOB: 8/7/83 186/70 [18th ’04 Athens] Michael Schrader GER 8248 (08) 8248 (08) 4th at ’08 Ratingen DOB: 7/1/87 ???/?? [’07 national U23 champ] 3 Nikolai Shubianok BLS 8028 (07) 8028 (07) 5th ’07 WUG DOB: 5/4/85 ???/?? Hans van Alphen BEL 8047 (07) 8047 (07) 2nd, ’07 WUG DOB: 1/12/82 192/90 [11th ’07 WC in Osaka] Niklas Wiberg SWE 8040 (08) 8040 (08) ’03 Euro Jr Champ DOB: 4/16/85 190/84 [great javelin arm, 1500m skills] Frederic Xhonneux BEL 8142 (08) 8142 (08) won ’08 MultiStars in DeSanzano DOB: 5/11/83 ???/?? [14th ’05 World Champs] Section 3: The Likely Medal Contenders Thumbnail Sketches of leading contenders: [listed alphabetically] Bryan Clay USA DOB: 3 January, 1980, 28, 180/82 (Azusa Pacific U ’02) PR: 8832 (08) Career: 2nd at Athens Games, ’05 IAAF world champ, 3 x USA national champ, ’08 IAAF world indoor hept champ, 2x US Olympic Trials winner. 12x> 8000, 6x> 8500, PR Meet: June 30, 2008, 8832, US Olympic Trials, Eugene Mark 10.39 739 1517 208 48.41 13.75 5274 500 7055 4:50.97 pts 1001 908 800 878 889 1007 928 910 898 613 cum pts 1001 1909 2709 3587 4476 5483 6411 7321 8219 8832 PRs: 10.34 8.05 1625 210 47.78 13.74 5587 510 7200 4:38.93 Trey Hardee USA DOB: 7 February, 1984, 24, 196/95 (U of Texas ’05) PR: 8524 (08) Career: 2nd at US Olympic Trials with PR. Won early Season Texas Relays. ’05 NCAA champ and ’06 Collegiate record at Texas Relays (8465). 4 scores > 8000. PR Meet: June 30, 2008, 8524, US Olympic Trials, Eugene mark 10.43 775 1407 202 47.99 13.71 4241 500 6369 4:44.79 pts 992 997 733 822 910 1012 714 910 794 640 cum pts 992 1989 2722 3544 4454 5466 6180 7090 7884 8524 PRs: 10.28 775 1475 204 47.76 13.71 5268 530 6369 4:42.61 Dmitry Karpov Kazakstan DOB: 23 July 1981, 27, 198/94 PR: 8725 (04) Career: 3rd at Athens Games, 3rd at ’03 and ’07 IAAF WCs, won ’08 Gotzis, 11x over 8000, 4x over 8500, Asian Record holder PR Meet: August 24, 2004 , 8725, OG, Athens mark 10.50 781 1593 209 46.81 13.97 5165 460 5554 4:38.11 pts 975 1012 847 887 968 978 905 790 671 692 cum pts 975 1987 2834 3721 4689 5667 6572 7362 8033 8725 PRs: 10.50 805 1647 212 46.81 13.93 5280 520 6031 4:32.34 Andrei Krauchanka (please note: this is the correct spelling of his name) Belarus DOB: 4 January, 1986, 22, 187/84 PR: 8617 (07) Career: Dnf’d ’07 IAAF WC (Osaka) with two 100m false starts; 2004 IAAF World Jr champ; was European Jr and U23 champ, PR’d at ’07 winning at Götzis. PR Meet: May 27, 2007, 8617, Götzis. mark 10.86 790 1389 215 47.46 14.05 3963 500 6435 4:29.10 pts 892 1045 742 944 905 968 657 910 803 751 cum pts 892 1937 2679 3623 4528 5496 6153 7063 7866 8617 PRs: 10.86 790 1422 219i 47.17 13.93 4408 520 6435 4:24.44 5 Tom Pappas USA DOB: 6 September, 1976, 31, 197/95 (Tennessee ’99) PR: 8784 Career: 1999 NCAA champ at Tennessee and CR, 5x USA national champ, 5th at ’00 OG in Sydney, dnf’d (injured) at ’04 OG in Athens, ’03 IAAF World champ. Pappi brothers Tom, Billy, Paul are highest scoring brother combo in history. PR Meet: June 22, 2003, 8784 (1) USA, Palo Alto mark 10.78 796 1628 217 48.22 14.13 4584 520 6077 4:48.12 pts 910 1050 869 963 899 958 784 972 749 630 cum pts 910 1960 2829 3792 4691 5649 6433 7405 8154 8784 Recent Meet: June 30, 2008, 8511 (3), USA, Eugene mark 10.90 777 1726 196 49.80 14.17 4944 520 5934 4:54.08 pts 883 1002 929 767 824 953 859 972 728 594 cum pts 883 1885 2814 3581 4405 5358 6217 7189 7917 8511 PRs: 10.63 796 1726 221 47.58 13.90 5218 520 6656 4:35.14 Roman Sebrle Czech Republic DOB: 26 Nov.