2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Men’s Decathlon by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro: 1) Can Eaton join Mathias and Thompson to become third two-time Olympic champion? 2) Can Kevin Mayer become first World Youth Champion to win an Olympic medal? 3) Can Suarez become first three-time Olympic medalist? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8893 Roman Sebrle CZE 1 Athinai 2004 2 2 8869 Ashton Eaton USA 1 London 2012 3 3 8824 Dan O’Brien USA 1 Atlanta 1996 4 4 8847/8798 Daley Thompson GBR 1 Los Angeles 1984 5 5 8820 Bryan Clay USA 2 Athinai 2004 Lowest winning score since 1976: 8488 by Christian Schenk (GDR) in 1988 Margin of Victory Difference Points Name Nat Venue Year Max 240 8791 Bryan Clay USA Beijing 2008 Min 35 8641 Erkki Nool EST Sydney 2000 For new scoring table Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Points Name Nat Venue Year 1 8893 Roman Sebrle CZE Athinai 2004 2 8820 Bryan Clay USA Athinai 2004 3 8725 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ Athinai 2004 4 8644 Steve Fritz USA Atlanta 1996 5 8613 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR Atlanta 1996 Multiple Gold Medalists: Daley Thompson (GBR): 1980, 1984 Bob Mathias (USA): 1948, 1952 Highest scores in Rio de Janeiro Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 8278 Maurice Smith JAM 1 24 July 2007 All time Performance List at the Olympic Games Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 8893 Roman Sebrle CZE 1 Athinai 2004 2 2 8869 Ashton Eaton USA 1 London 2012 3 3 8824 Dan O’Brien USA 1 Atlanta 1996 4 4 8847/8798 Daley Thompson GBR 1 Los Angeles 1984 5 5 8820 Bryan Clay USA 2 Athinai 2004 6 8791 Bryan Clay 1 Beijing 2008 7 6 8725 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ 3 Athinai 2004 8 7 8706 Frank Busemann GER 2 Atlanta 1996 9 8 8695/8673 Jürgen Hingsen FRG 2 Los Angeles 1984 10 9 8671 Trey Hardee USA 2 London 2012 11 10 8664 Tomas Dvorak CZE 3 Atlanta 1996 12 11 8644 Steve Fritz USA 4 Atlanta 1996 13 12 8641 Erki Nool EST 1 Sydney 2000 14 13 8634/8618 Bruce Jenner USA 1 Montreal 1976 15 14 8613 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR 5 Atlanta 1996 16 15 8611 Robert Zmelik TCH 1 Barcelona 1992 17 8606 Roman Sebrle 2 Sydney 2000 18 16 8595 Chris Huffins USA 3 Sydney 2000 19 17 8567 Dean Macey GBR 4 Sydney 2000 20 18 8551 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 2 Beijing 2008 21 8543 Erkki Nool 6 Atlanta 1996 22 19 8527 Leonel Suarez CUB 3 Beijing 2008 23 8523 Leonel Suarez 3 London 2012 24 8522/8495 Daley Thompson 1 Moskva 1980 25 20 8488 Christian Schenk GDR 1 Seoul 1988 26 21 8466/8454 Nikolay Avilov URS 1 München 1972 27 22 8447 Hans van Alphen BEL 4 London 2012 28 23 8442 Damian Warner CAN 5 London 2012 29 24 8425 Tom Pappas USA 5 Sydney 2000 30 8422 Robert Zmelik 7 Atlanta 1996 31 25 8416/8412 Siegfried Wentz FRG 3 Los Angeles 1984 32 26 8416/8411 Guido Kratschmer FRG 2 Montreal 1976 33 8414 Dean Macey 4 Athinai 2004 34 27 8412 Antonio Peñalver ESP 2 Barcelona 1992 Note: 8412 (1912 table) points by Jim Thorpe in 1912 equal to 6564 points in current table 8462 (1920 table) points by Jim Bausch in 1932 equal to 6736 in current table Lowest winning score since 1976: 8488 by Christian Schenk (GDR) in 1988 Following differences are for the Olympic Games after 1988 (since current table came into effect) Margin of Victory Difference Points Name Nat Venue Year Max 240 8791 Bryan Clay USA Beijing 2008 Min 35 8641 Erkki Nool EST Sydney 2000 For new scoring table Difference between first and third Diff Winning score 3rd place score Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 346 8869 8523 Ashton Eaton USA London 2012 302 8611 8412 Robert Zmelik TCH Barcelona 1992 Min 46 8641 8595 Erkki Nool EST Sydney 2000 Difference between third and fourth place (Medal versus no medal) Difference Score Name Nat Venue Year Max 311 8725 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ Athinai 2004 Min 20 8664 Tomas Dvorak CZE Atlanta 1996 Average of last seven Olympic Games Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 1988-2012 Winning score 8731 8869 8791 8893 8641 8824 8611 8488 8847/8798 Winning Medal 8524 8523 8527 8725 8595 8664 8309 8328 8416/8412 Missing Medal (4 th ) 8415 8447 8328 8414 8567 8644 8199 8306 8357/8326 8th place 8231 8219 8220 8235 8277 8318 8160 8189 8034/8047 Current table score is used for averaging Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Points Name Nat Venue Year 1 8893 Roman Sebrle CZE Athinai 2004 2 8820 Bryan Clay USA Athinai 2004 3 8725 Dmitriy Karpov KAZ Athinai 2004 4 8644 Steve Fritz USA Atlanta 1996 5 8613 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR Atlanta 1996 6 8543 Erkki Nool EST Atlanta 1996 7 8422 Robert Zmelik CZE Atlanta 1996 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Points Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 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 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 Athinai 24 Aug 2004 4 8644 Steve Fritz USA Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 8574 Aleksandr Yurkov UKR Götzis 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 Multiple Gold Medalists: Daley Thompson (GBR): 1980, 1984 Bob Mathias (USA): 1948, 1952 Multiple Medalists: Leonel Suarez (CUB): 2008 Bronze, 2012 Bronze Bryan Clay (USA): 2004 Silver, 2008 Gold Roman Sebrle (CZE): 2000 Silver, 2004 Gold Daley Thompson (GBR): 1980 Gold, 1984 Gold Nikolay Avilov (URS): 1972 Gold, 1976 Bronze Hans-Joachim Walde (FRG): 1964 Bronze, 1968 Silver Vasiliy Kuznetsov (URS): 1956 Bronze, 1960 Bronze Rafer Johnson (USA): 1956 Silver, 1960 Gold Milt Campbell (USA): 1952 Silver, 1956 Gold Bob Mathias (USA): 1948 Gold, 1952 Gold Floyd Simmons (USA): 1948 Bronze, 1952 Bronze Akilles Järvinen (FIN): 1928 Silver, 1932 Silver Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze USA 2012 Ashton Eaton Trey Hardee GDR 1988 Christian Schenk Torsten Voss FRG 1984 Jürgen Hingsen Siegfried Wentz URS 1980 Yuriy Kutsenko Sergey Zhelanov URS 1972 Nikolay Avilov Leonid Litvinenko FRG 1968 Hans-Jaochim Walde Kurt Bendlin GER 1964 Willi Holdorf Hans-Joachim Walde USA 1956 Milt Campbell Rafer Johnson USA 1952 Bob Mathias Milt Campbell Floyd Simmons USA 1948 Bob Mathias Floyd Simmons USA 1936 Glenn Morris Bob Clark Jack Parker FIN 1928 Paavo Yrjölä Akilles Järvinen USA 1924 Harold Osborn Emerson Norton SWE 1912 Hugo Wieslander Charles Lomberg Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event (Decathlon & Heptathlon) Never happened Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 13 7 6 GBR 2 URS 1 3 4 FIN 1 2 GER 1 1 2 CZE 1 1 1 GDR 1 1 EST 1 1 TCH 1 NOR 1 FRG 3 2 SWE 1 2 FRA 1 TPE 1 ESP 1 BLR 1 CUB 2 KAZ 1 CAN 1 POL 1 World Championships Gold medalists with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Ashton Eaton USA 2013, 2015 2012 Bryan Clay USA 2005 2008 Roman Sebrle CZE 2007 2004 Dan O’Brien USA 1991, 1993, 1995 1996 Daley Thompson GBR 1983 1980, 1984 Olympic Champion with World Indoor Championships Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games World Indoor Champ Ashton Eaton USA 2012 2012, 2014, 2016 Bryan Clay USA 2008 2008, 2010 Roman Sebrle CZE 2004 2001, 2004 Olympic medalists who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year World Junior Championships Year Robert Zmelik TCH Gold 1992 Silver 1988 Olympic medalists who previously won World Youth medal (Octathlon) None: Olympic Champion with European Championships Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Roman Sebrle CZE 2004 2002 Erki Nool EST 2000 1998 Daley Thompson GBR 1980, 1984 1982, 1986 Olympic medalists with Asian Games medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year Asian Games C K Yang TPE Silver 1960 1954, 1958 Olympic medalists with All Africa Games medal: None Olympic Champion with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Pan American Games Bruce Jenner USA 1976 1975 Bill Toomey USA 1968 1967 Rafer Johnson USA 1960 1955 Olympic Champion with Commonwealth Games Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games Commonwealth Games Daley Thompson GBR 1980, 1984 1978, 1982, 1986 Best performances in ten events of Decathlon at the Olympic Games Event Name Nat Venue Year 100m 10.35 Ashton Eaton USA London 2012 10.41 Bill Toomey USA Mexico City 1968 LJ 8.07 Frank Buseman GER Atlanta 1996 SP 16.53 Aleksandr Pogorelov RUS Beijing 2008 HJ 2.27 Christian Schenk GDR Seoul 1988 400m 45.68 Bill Toomey USA Mexico City 1968 110mH 13.47 Frank Busemann FRG Atlanta 1996 DT 53.79 Bryan Clay USA Beijing 2008 PV 5.70 Tim Bright USA Seoul 1998 JT 76.94 Leonel Suarez CUB London 2012 73.98 Leonel Suarez CUB Beijing 2008 1500m 4:05.91 Leonid Litvinenko URS Munchen 1972 Best performances in ten events of Decathlon (all competitions) Event Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 100m 10.15 Damian Warner CAN Gotzis 28 May 2016 10.21 Ashton Eaton USA Eugene 22 June 2012 LJ 8.23m Ashton Eaton USA Eugene 22 June 2012 SP 19.17m Edy Hubacher SUI Bern 5 Oct 1969 HJ 2.27m Rolf Beilschmidt GDR Jena 1 Oct 1977 Christian Schenk GDR Seoul 28 Sept 1988 400m 45.00 Ashton Eaton USA Beijing 28 Aug 2015 45.68 Bill Toomey USA Mexico City 18 Oct 1968 110mH 13.44 Damian Warner CAN Toronto - PAG 23 July 2015 13.47 Frank Busemann FRG Atlanta 1 Aug 1996 DT 55.87m Bryan Clay USA Carson 24 June 2005 PV 5.76m Tim Lobinger GER Leverkusen 16 Sept 1999 JT 79.80m Peter Blank GER Emmelshausen 19 July 1992 1500m 3:58.70 Robert Baker USA Austin 3 Apr 1980 Last seven Olympics: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2012 Ashton Eaton USA 8869