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.