2020 US Olympic Trials Statistics – Men’s Decathlon by K Ken Nakamura
Summary: All time performance list at the Olympic Trials Performance Performer Score Name Pos Venue Year 1 1 9039 Ashton Eaton 1 Eugene 2012 2 2 8832 Bryan Clay 1 Eu gene 2008 3 3 8762 Dan O’Brien 1 Atlanta 1996 4 8750 Ashton Eaton 1 Eugene 2016 5 8660 Bryan Clay 1 Sacramento 2004 6 4 8649 Dave Johnson 1 New Orleans 1992 7 5 8636 Steve Fritz 2 Atlanta 1996 8 6 8546 Chris Huffins 3 Atlanta 1996 9 7 8542 Bruc e Jenner 1 Eugene 1976 10 8 8534 Trey Hardee 2 Eugene 2008
Margin of Victory Difference Winning Score Name Venue Year Max 774 7829 Bob Mathias Los Angele s 1952 656 9039 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 Min 0 7728 Dick Emberger Los Angeles 1964 4 8102 John Crist Los Angeles 1984
Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Trials Pos Score Name Venue Year 1 9039 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 8832 Bryan Clay Eugene 2008 2 8636 Steve Fritz Atlanta 1996 3 8546 Chris Huffins Atlanta 1996 4 8345 Kip Janvrin Atlanta 1996
Last five Olympic Trials Year First Score Second Score Third Score 2016 Ashton Eaton 8750 Jeremy Taiwo 8425 Zach Ziemek 8413 2012 Ashton Eaton 9039 Trey Hardee 8383 Gray Horn 7954 2008 Bryan Clay 8832 Trey Hardee 8534 Tom Pappas 8511 2004 Bryan Clay 8660 Tom Pappas 8517 Paul Terek 8312 2000 Tom Pappas 8467 Chris Huffins 8285 Kip Janvrin 8057
All time US List Performance Performer score Name Pos Venue DMY 1 1 9045 Ashton Eaton 1 Beijing 29 Aug 2015 2 9039 Asht on Eaton 1 Eugene 23 June 2012 3 8893 Ashton Eaton 1 Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 201 6 4 2 8891 Dan O’Brien 1 Talence 5 Sept 1992 5 8869 Ashton Eato n 1 London 9 Aug 2012
Highest score in Eugene Performance Performer score Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 9039 Ashton Eaton USA 1 23 June 2012 2 2 8832 Bryan Clay USA 1 30 June 2008 3 8750 Ashton Eaton 1 3 July 2016 4 8729 Ash ton Eaton 1 24 June 2011 5 3 8534 Trey Hardee USA 2 30 June 2008
All time performance list at the Olympic Trials Performance Performer Score Name Pos Venue Year 1 1 9039 Ashton Eaton 1 Eugene 2012 2 2 8832 Bryan Clay 1 Eu gene 2008 3 3 8762 Dan O’Brien 1 Atlanta 1996 4 8750 Ashton Eaton 1 Eugene 2016 5 8660 Bryan Clay 1 Sacramento 2004 6 4 8649 Dave Johnson 1 New Orl eans 1992 7 5 8636 Steve Fritz 2 Atlanta 1996 8 6 8546 Chris Huffins 3 Atlanta 1996 9 7 8542 Bruc e Jenner 1 Eugene 1976 10 8 8534 Trey Hardee 2 Eugene 2008 11 9 8517 Tom Pappas 2 Sacramento 2004 12 8511 Tom Pappas 3 Eugene 2008 13 8467 Tom Pappas 1 Sacramento 2000 14 10 8425 Jeremy Taiwo 2 Eugene 2016 15 11 8413 Zach Ziemek 3 Eugene 2016 16 8383 Tra y Hardee 2 Eugene 2012 17 12 8345 Kip Janvrin 4 Atlanta 1996 17 13 8312 Paul Terek 3 Sacramento 2004 19 14 8294 Fred Dixon 2 Eugene 1976 20 15 8293 Gary Kinder 1 Indianapolis 1988 21 16 8287 Tim Bright 2 Indianapolis 1988 22 8285 Chris Hu ffins 2 Sa cramento 2000 23 17 8285 Phil McMullen 4 Sacramento 2004 24 8245 Dave Johnson 3 Indianapolis 1988 25 18 8237 Aric Long 2 New Orleans 1992 26 19 8228 Garrett Scantling 4 Eugene 201 6 27 20 8227 Drew Fucci 5 Atlanta 1996 28 21 8222 Bill Too mey 1 Echo Sum mit 1968
Lowest winning score since 1992: 8467 by Tom Pappas in 2000
Margin of Victory Difference Winning Score Name Venue Year Max 77 4 7829 Bob Mathias Los Angele s 1952 656 9039 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 422 8222 Bill Toomey Echo Summit 1968 412 8649 Dave Johnson New Orleans 1992 Min 0 7728 Dick Emberger Los Angeles 1964 4 8102 John Crist Los Angeles 1984
Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (Making versus not making the team) Difference 3rd place Score Name Venue Year Max 381 8511 To m Pappas Eugene 2008 Min 23 7954 Gray Horn Eugene 2012 24 7846 Bruce Jenner Eugene 1972 27 8312 Paul Terek Sacramento 2004
Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Trials Pos Score Name Venue Year 1 9039 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 8832 Bryan Clay Eugene 2008 2 8636 Steve Fritz Atlanta 1996 3 8546 Chris Huffins Atlanta 1996 4 8345 Kip Janvrin Atlanta 1996 5 8227 Drew Fucci Atl anta 199 6 6 8189 Dave Johnson Atlanta 1996
Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Points Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 9126 Kevin Mayer FRA Talence 16 Sept 2018 9045 Ashton Eaton USA Beijing 29 Aug 2015 9039 Ashton Eaton USA Eugene 23 June 2012 9026 Roman Sebrle CZE Götzis 27 May 2001 2 8834 Kevin Mayer FRA Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 2016 8820 Bryan Clay USA Athinai 24 Aug 2004 8815 Erki Nool EST Edmonton 7 Aug 2001 3 8742 Erki Nool EST Götzis 4 June 2000 8725 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ At hinai 24 Aug 2004 4 8644 Steve Fritz USA Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 8580 Kai Kazmirek GER Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 2016 8574 Aleksandr Yurkov UKR Götzi s 4 June 2000 5 8613 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 8554 Attila Zsivoczky HUN Götzis 4 June 2000 6 8543 Erki Nool EST Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 8531 Frank Busemann GER Götzis 4 June 2000
Making the team multiple times: Ashton Eaton 2012, 2016 Trey Hardee 2008, 2012 Bryan Clay 2004, 2008 Tom Pappas 2000, 2004, 2008 Chris Huffins 1996, 2000 Dave Johnson 1988, 1992 Tim Bright 1984, 1988 Fred Dixon 1976, 1980 Bruce Jenner 1972, 1976 Rafer Johnson 1956, 1960 Milt Campbell 1952, 1956 Bob Mathias 1948, 1952 Floyd Simmons: 1948, 1952
Average from last nine Olympic Trials Average 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning Score 8613 8750 9039 8832 8660 8467 8726 8649 8293 8102 Making team (3 rd ) 8253 8413 7954 8511 8312 8057 8546 8163 8245 8072 Missing team (4 th ) 8111 8228 7931 8130 8285 7954 8345 8054 8076 7995
Last nine Olympic Trials Year First Score Second Score Third Score 2016 Ashton Eaton 8750 Jeremy Taiwo 8425 Zach Ziemek 8413 2012 Ashton Eaton 9039 Trey Hardee 8383 Gray Horn 7954 2008 Bryan Clay 8832 Trey Hardee 8534 Tom Pappas 8511 2004 Bryan Clay 8660 Tom Pappas 8517 Paul Terek 8312 2000 Tom Pappas 8467 Chris Huffins 8285 Kip Janvrin 8057 1996 Dan O’Brien 8726 Steve Fritz 8636 Chris Huffins 8546 1992 Dave Johnson 8649 Aric Long 8237 Rob Muzzio 8163 1988 Gary Kinder 8293 Tim Bright 8287 Dave Johnson 8245 1984 John Crist 8102 Tim Bright 8098 Jim Wooding 8072
Best performances in ten events of Decathlon at the US Olympic Trials Event Name Venue Year 100m 10.21 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 10.22 Chris Huffins Atlanta 1996 LJ 8.23 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 7.91 Chris Huffins Atlanta 1996 SP 17.26 Tom Pappas Eugene 20 08 HJ 2.21 Jeremy Taiwo Eugene 2016 2.17 Darwin VanderHoef Atlanta 1996 400m 46.30 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2016 46.70 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 46.81 Dan O’Brien Atlanta 1996 110mH 13.70 Ashton Eaton Eugene 2012 13.71 Trey Hardee Eugene 2008 Trey Hardee Eugene 2012 DT 52.74 Bryan Clay Eugene 2008 PV 5.60 Tim Bright Indianapolis 1988 JT 74.58 Dave Johnson New Orleans 1992 1500m 4:07.63 Joe Detmer Eugen e 2008
All time US List Performance Performer score Name Pos Venue DMY 1 1 9045 Ashton Eaton 1 Beijing 29 Aug 2015 2 9039 Ashton Eaton 1 Eugene 23 June 2012 3 8893 Ashton Eaton 1 Rio de Janeiro 18 Aug 2016 4 2 8891 Dan O’Brien 1 Talence 5 Sept 1992 5 8869 Ashton Eaton 1 London 9 Aug 2012 6 3 8832 Bryan Clay 1 Eugene 30 June 2008 7 8824 Dan O’Brien 1 Atlanta 1 Aug 1996
Highest score in Eugene Performance Performer score Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 9039 Ashton Eaton USA 1 23 June 2012 2 2 8832 Bryan Clay USA 1 30 June 2008 3 8750 Ashton Eaton 1 3 July 2016 4 8729 Ash ton Eaton 1 24 June 2011 5 3 8534 Trey Hardee USA 2 30 June 2008
Highest score in June Performance Performer score Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 9039 Ashton Eaton USA 1 Eugene 23 June 2012 2 2 8900 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1 Gotzis 4 June 2000 3 3 8832 Jurgen Hingsen FRG 1 Mannhaeim 9 June 1984 4 4 8832 Bryan Clay USA 1 Eugene 30 June 2008
Combined 2020 & 2021 US List Performance Performer Score Name Pos Venue DMY 1 1 8476 Garrett Scantling 2 Athens 10 A pr 2021 2 2 8439 Harrison Williams 1 Chula Vista 25 Apr 2021 3 3 8213 Zach Ziemek 3 Athens 10 Apr 2021 4 4 8196 Kyle Garland 1 College Station 14 May 2021 5 5 8038 Jack Flood 1 Mount Ol ive 15 May 2021 6 6 8035 Hunter Price 1 Azusa 15 May 2021
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