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DECATHLON HANDBOOK & MEDIA GUIDE 11th IAAF World CHAMPIONSHIPS DECATHLON Osaka, Japan August 31-Sept. 1, 2007 by: Frank Zarnowski The Decathlon Association www.decathlonusa.org [email protected] Outlook for 2007 Meeting The 11th IAAF world championship returns to the Orient after a 16 year absence. Dan O’Brien won the 3rd IAAF world title in Tokyo in 1991. Defending champion Bryan Clay appears healthy and ready for a big score. He won the 2005 title in Helsinki after garnering a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In fact the 3 Athens’ medalists are all healthy and primed for Osaka. Olympic champion (and world record holder-9026 in 2001) Roman Sebrle, 32, of the Czech Republic has the world’s leading score (8697). Olympic bronze medalist Dmirty Karpov/Kazakstan dnf’d the 1500m at Gotzis but returned with an 8553 effort in Kladno. But all eyes will be on Clay who put up an 8493 effort in Gotzis for 3rd after cruising with a big lead. His snafu in the discus cost him 300+ points. He withdrew after 4 events at the USA nationals in Indianapolis but appears healthy and rare’in to go. A pair of decathletes with dissimilar credentials could throw a monkey wrench into the Big Three. 21 year old Andrei Krauchanka of BelaRussia won the Gotzis affair with a huge PR 8617, then won the Euro under 23 crown. He’s springy and has fresh legs. And Tom Pappas, 5 days shy of his 31st birthday, has returned to elite status. He was injured at the Athens Games in ’04 and a shoulder injury did not allow him to defend his IAAF world title in 05. He won the crown in Paris in 2003. But Pappas has reclaimed the last two USA nationals to tie Bill Toomey and Dan O’Brien for the most USA national titles, 5. Also returning from injuries will be former Kansas State U star Attila Zsivoczky/HUN, who was runner-up to Sebrle at the ’06 Euro champs. As well, Pan American champion Maurice Smith, an NCAA champ from Auburn U and Jamaica, will be a contender although his jav elbow is suspect. Other in the loaded field include 3 time champion Tomas Dvorak, now 35, who score 8000 points for the 35th time in his career in June. A pair of additional Americans (the US gets 4 entrants b/c Clay gets a bye as defending champ) will make their presence felt, especially in the vault. Paul Terek, who won MultiStars in Desanzano in May (8134) and newly crowned NCAA champ Jake Arnold of the University of Arizona (8215), are terrific vaulters, both capable of over 5.30m/17-4½ The feature (and possibly turning) event of the meet will be the discus where Clay owns the world best score, but at least 6 others are capable of tossing over 51 meters. Smith’s recent Pan-Am 53+m toss in Rio de Janeiro was eye-opening. Americans and a Czech have been prominent at the Worlds, having won the last 8 titles. The US has a two meet win streak (Pappas and Clay). Time Schedule: Friday, August 31 Saturday, September 1 100 Meters 10:00 am 110m Hurdles: 9:00 am Long Jump 11:00 Discus 10:00 Shot Put 1:00 pm (13:00) Pole Vault 1:00 pm (13:00) High Jump 6:30 (18:30) Javelin 6:00 (18:00) 400 Meters 9:35 (21:35) 1500 Meters 9:30 (21:30) NB: these are local (Osaka) times and Japan is 13 hours ahead of US East Coast/ So, if you are watching for example, a webcast the 100m will go off at 9:00 pm EDT on Thursday, Aug 30. Television/Webcast Schedule The 2007 World Championships will be broadcast in the United States daily on NBC and Versus. The broadcast schedule for the decathlon s as follows. All times Eastern; subject to change; check local listings. August 30: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Versus August 31: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. on Versus September 1: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. on NBC 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. on Versus September 2: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. on NBC 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Versus Updated Results: Available on www.IAAF.org. Click, on upper right, “IAAF World Championships, Osaka,” and follow directions to “Schedule/Results (button usually on upper left). Dates and Sites date site starters finishers I 1983 Aug 12-13 Helsinki 25 18 II 1987 Sept. 3-4 Rome 28 18 III 1991 Aug 29-30 Tokyo 27 22 IV 1993 Aug 19-20 Stuttgart 25 22 V 1995 Aug 6-7 Göteborg 30 19 VI 1997 Aug 5-6 Athens 34 20 VII 1999 Aug 24-25 Seville 25 16 VIII 2001 Aug 6-7 Edmonton 22 17 IX 2003 Aug 26-27 Paris 20 12 X 2005 Aug 9-10 Helsinki 25 17 History of Individual medal Winners: Gold Silver Bronze 1983 Thompson/GBR 8714 Hingsen/FRG 8599 Wentz/FRG 8513 1987 Voss/GDR 8680 Wentz/GER 8461 Tarnovetskiy/URS 8375 1991 O’Brien/USA 8812 Smith/CAN 8549 Schenk/GER 8394 1993 O’Brien/USA 8817 Hämälainen/BLR 8724 Meier/GER 8548 1995 O’Brien/USA 8695 Hämälainen/BLR 8389 Smith/CAN 8419 1997 Dvorak/CZE 8837 Hämälainen/FIN 8730 Busemann/GER 8652 1999 Dvorak/CZE 8744 Macey/GBR 8556 Huffins/USA 8547 2001 Dvorak/CZE 8902 Nool/EST 8815 Macey/GBR 8603 2003 Pappas/USA 8750 Sebrle/CZE 8634 Karpov/KAZ 8374 2005 Clay/USA 8732 Sebrle/CZE 8521 Zsivoczky/HUN 8385 Individual Event Meet Records: 100m 10.34 Chris Huffins\USA Göteborg 08/05/95 LJ 8.07m(26- ¾) Tomas Dvorak\CZE Edmonton 08/06/01 SP 17.54m (57-6½) Michael Smith\Canada Athens 08/05/97 HJ 2.25m (7-4 1/2) Christian Schenk\GDR Rome 09/03/87 400 46.21 Dean Macey\GBR Edmonton 08/06/01 110mH 13.55 Frank Busemann\GER Athens 08/06/97 DT 53.68m (176-1) Bryan Clay/USA Helsinki 08/10/05 PV 5.50m (18- ½) Sebastien Levique\FRA Seville 08/25/99 JT(old) 75.08m (246-4) Siegfried Wentz\FRG Helsinki 08/13/83 (new) 72.00m (236-3) Bryan Clay/USA Helsinki 08/10/05 1500 4:11.82 Beat Gahwiler\Switzerland Tokyo 08/30/91 1st day 4602 pts Dan O'Brien\USA Tokyo 08/29/91 2nd day 4340 pts Eduard Hämäläinen\BLS Stuttgart 08/20/93 Total 8902 pts Tomas Dvorak\CZE Edmonton 08/6-7/01 [10.62+1.5 807+0.9 1657 200 47.74 13.80-0.4 4551 500 6853 4:35.13] Top Scores 8902 1 Tomas Dvorak/CZE 01 8837 1 Tomas Dvorak/CZE 97 8817 1 Dan O’Brien/USA 93 8815 2 Erki Nool/EST 01 8812 1 Dan O’Brien/USA 91 [5 performances, 3 performers over 8800] 8750 1 Tom Pappas/USA 03 8744 1 Tomas Dvorak/CZE 99 8732 1 Bryan Clay/USA 05 8730 2 Eduard Hämälainen/FIN 97 8724 2 Eduard Hämälainen/BLR 93 8714 1 Daley Thompson/GBR 83 [11 performances, 7 performers > 8700] 8695 1 Dan O’Brien/USA 95 8680 1 Torsten Voss/GDR 97 8652 3 Frank Busemann/GER 97 8634 2 Roman Sebrle/CZE 03 8603 3 Dean Macey/GBR 01 [16 performances, 11 performers > 8600] Youngest and Oldest – WC Meet Youngest Gold medalist 24 yrs, 164 d Torsten Voss/GDR 1987 Youngest medalist 22 yrs, 24 d Paul Meier/GER 1993 Oldest Gold medalist 29 yrs, 88 d Tomas Dvorak/CZE 2001 Oldest medalist 31 yrs, 43 d Erki Nool/EST 2001 Youngest and Oldest – American at WC Youngest competitor 21 yrs, 216 d Bryan Clay 2001 Youngest Gold medalist 25 yrs, 43 d Dan O’Brien 1991 Youngest medalist 25 yrs, 43 d Dan O’Brien 1991 Oldest competitor 36 yrs, 30 d Kip Janvrin 2001 Oldest Gold medalist 29 yrs, 20 d Dan O’Brien 1995 Oldest medalist 29 yrs, 132 d Chris Huffins 1999 Competitors at 5 or more World Decathlon Championships 7 Tomas Dvorak/CZE 93, 95, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05 5 Michael Smith/CAN 87, 91, 93, 95, 97 5 Erki Nool/EST 5, 97, 99, 01, 03 5 Roman Sebrle/CZE 7, 99, 01, 03, 05 5 Jon-Arnar Magnusson/ISL 95, 97, 99, 01, 03 5 Lev Lobodin/URS 95, 97, 99, 01, 03 American Finishers: [5 medals, 4 gold] 1983 John Crist dnf Mark Anderson dnf 1987 Gary Kinder 12th Rob Muzzio 13th Tim Bright dnf 1991 Dan O’Brien 1st Rob Muzzio 20th Dave Johnson 21st 1993 Dan O’Brien 1st Steve Fritz 7th Rob Muzzio 8th 1995 Dan O’Brien 1st Chris Huffins 8th Brian Brophy dnf 1997 Steve Fritz 4th Chris Huffins dnf Shawn Wilbourn dnf 1999 Chris Huffins 3rd Dan Steele 8th Tom Pappas dnf 2001 Phil McMullen 15th Kip Janvrin 17th Bryan Clay dnf 2003 Tom Pappas 1st Paul Terek 12th Bryan Clay dnf 2005 Bryan Clay 1st Paul Terek 13th Phil McMullen 17th PACE After each event: [for world, American, meet and personal records] 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110H DT PV JT 1500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WR Sebrle Gotzis ‘01 942 2031 2841 3756 4675 5660 6487 7336 8228 9026 AR O'Brien Talence ‘92 992 2073 2967 3826 4720 5697 6537 7447 8224 8891 MR Dvorak Edmonton ‘01 947 2026 2912 3715 4637 5637 6414 7324 8191 8902 PR Clay Athens ’04 989 2039 2843 3702 4554 5512 6385 7265 8150 8820 PR Pappas PR Terek Sacramento ’04 865 1743 2555 3368 4242 5044 5899 6871 7529 8312 PR Arnold Sacramento ‘07 TOP SCORE AFTER EACH EVENT: 100 1042 Chris Huffins O Trials Atlanta 1996 (10.22) LJ 2090 Dan O'Brien TAC New York 1991 (10.23 796) SP 2967 Dan O'Brien DecaStar Talence 1992 (10.43 808 1669) HJ 3838 Dan O'Brien USA TF Knoxville 1994 (10.31 781 1587 217) 400 4747 Dan O'Brien TAC New York 1991 (10.23 796 1606 208 47.70) 110H 5735 Dan O'Brien Goodwill St Petersburg94 (10.49 781 1570 220 47.73 13.81) DT 6579 Chris Huffins USATF New Orleans1998 (10.31 776 1543 218 49.02 14.02 5322) PV 7499 Dan O'Brien TAC New York 1991 (10.23 796 1606 208 47.70 13.95 4808 510) JT 8296 Tomas Dvorak E Cup Prague 1999 (10.54 790 1678 204 48.08 13.73 4833 490 7232) 1500 9026 Roman Sebrle Hypo Bank Gotzis 2001(10.64811 1533 212 47.79 13.92 4792 480 7016 4:21.98) 2005 World Championship Results: 8/9-10 10th IAAF World Championships, Helsinki, FIN 8732 Clay, Bryan/USA 10.43+3.2 754+0.6 1625 200 47.78 14.43-2.6 5368 490 7200 5:03.77 8521 Sebrle, Roman/CZE 10.91+1.2 786+1.2 1629 206 48.62 14.71-2.6 4685 480 6321 4:39.54 8385 Zsivoczky, Attila/HUN 10.90+3.2 703+1.6 1572 215 49.29 15.15-1.9 4958 480 6302 4:32.17 8316 Nicklaus, Andre/GER 11.04+1.2 720+2.6 1424 203 49.42 14.78-1.9 4613 530 6174 4:28.93 8246 Pogorelov, Alaksandr/RUS 10.86+1.2 749-0.4 1590 209 50.58 14.45-2.6 4668 500 5979 5:03.62 8223 Rahnu, Kristian/EST 10.59+2.5 736-1.1 1579 203 48.58 14.87-1.6 4713 470 6165