These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991.
Medalists
editGold | United States (USA) |
Silver | Canada (CAN) |
Bronze | Germany (GER) |
Schedule
edit- Thursday, August 29
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- Friday, August 30
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 1,500 m
Records
editStanding records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
World Record | 8847 | August 9, 1984 | ||
Event Record | 8714 | August 13, 1983 | ||
Season Best | 8518 | July 7, 1991 | ||
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
Event Record | 8812 | August 30, 1991 | ||
Season Best | 8812 | August 30, 1991 |
Final standings
edit The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming five of them. As of 2024, this is the only time a decathlete has claimed the best score for more than four events at these championships.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
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Dan O'Brien | 10.41 | 7.90 | 16.24 | 1.91 | 46.53 | 13.94 | 47.20 | 5.20 | 60.66 | 4:37.50 | 8812 | CR | ||
Mike Smith | 10.81 | 7.67 | 15.69 | 2.09 | 47.53 | 14.78 | 48.42 | 4.40 | 65.46 | 4:29.14 | 8549 | |||
Christian Schenk | 11.37 | 7.55 | 15.77 | 2.18 | 50.10 | 15.26 | 45.98 | 4.90 | 61.98 | 4:22.58 | 8394 | |||
4 | Robert Změlík | 10.85 | 7.84 | 13.42 | 2.00 | 49.48 | 14.07 | 44.04 | 5.00 | 57.80 | 4:21.24 | 8379 | ||
5 | Petri Keskitalo | 10.93 | 7.58 | 15.06 | 2.03 | 50.26 | 14.27 | 44.22 | 4.80 | 69.22 | 4:46.03 | 8318 | ||
6 | Simon Poelman | 10.82 | 7.32 | 15.88 | 2.06 | 50.10 | 14.63 | 45.06 | 5.00 | 56.56 | 4:36.36 | 8267 | ||
7 | Eduard Hämäläinen | 10.99 | 7.34 | 15.16 | 2.09 | 49.28 | 14.51 | 45.48 | 4.90 | 55.64 | 4:36.85 | 8233 | ||
8 | Antonio Peñalver | 11.17 | 7.32 | 16.52 | 2.03 | 50.00 | 15.38 | 50.66 | 4.50 | 63.08 | 4:32.95 | 8200 | ||
9 | Christian Plaziat | 10.88 | 7.28 | 13.87 | 2.09 | 48.72 | 14.38 | 44.30 | 4.90 | 48.62 | 4:29.98 | 8122 | ||
10 | Thorsten Dauth | 10.74 | 6.99 | 15.36 | 2.03 | 48.13 | 14.88 | 42.96 | 4.30 | 60.46 | 4:28.09 | 8069 | ||
11 | Beat Gähwiler | 11.27 | 7.13 | 13.86 | 1.88 | 49.18 | 14.73 | 44.36 | 4.80 | 60.36 | 4:11.82 | 8011 | ||
12 | Michael Kohnle | 10.90 | 7.52 | 14.47 | 2.03 | 49.63 | 14.57 | 42.28 | 4.70 | 58.68 | 4:51.98 | 8000 | ||
13 | Alain Blondel | 11.03 | 7.20 | 13.15 | 1.94 | 48.43 | 14.49 | 39.16 | 4.80 | 55.40 | 4:30.56 | 7848 | ||
14 | Munehiro Kaneko | 11.33 | 7.18 | 13.49 | 1.94 | 50.19 | 15.17 | 43.76 | 4.50 | 60.84 | 4:37.86 | 7672 | ||
15 | Paul Scott | 11.01 | 6.82 | 12.31 | 1.97 | 48.15 | 15.46 | 39.14 | 4.50 | 61.78 | 4:27.13 | 7663 | ||
16 | Jan Trefny | 11.41 | 6.59 | 13.93 | 1.91 | 49.31 | 15.00 | 41.36 | 4.30 | 60.84 | 4:16.95 | 7610 | ||
17 | Lars Warming | 11.28 | 6.90 | 13.28 | 1.85 | 48.84 | 15.02 | 42.06 | 4.40 | 53.02 | 4:21.79 | 7529 | ||
18 | Saša Karan | 11.32 | 6.79 | 13.06 | 1.94 | 49.53 | 15.37 | 47.16 | 4.20 | 52.38 | 4:30.03 | 7468 | ||
19 | Alper Kasapoğlu | 11.14 | 6.85 | 12.62 | 1.94 | 50.90 | 15.50 | 40.90 | 4.40 | 48.22 | 4:41.62 | 7211 | ||
20 | Rob Muzzio | 11.41 | 6.80 | 16.62 | 1.97 | 51.42 | 15.33 | 50.06 | 4.70 | 56.00 | DNF | 7133 | ||
21 | Dave Johnson | 11.16 | 6.65 | 14.61 | 1.97 | 50.78 | 15.07 | 46.56 | NM | 68.08 | DNF | 6378 | ||
22 | Marco Baffi | 11.27 | 6.98 | 12.35 | 1.94 | 50.00 | 15.93 | 38.70 | NM | 39.44 | 4:54.15 | 6209 | ||
Mikhail Medved | 11.25 | 7.26 | 16.17 | 2.00 | 50.33 | 14.96 | 49.94 | NM | DNS | – | DNF | |||
Henrik Dagård | 10.88 | 7.29 | 13.19 | 1.97 | 48.29 | 14.96 | 41.16 | DNS | – | – | DNF | |||
Pedro da Silva | 11.16 | 7.12 | 14.39 | 1.94 | 51.18 | DNF | DNS | – | – | – | DNF | |||
Homelo Vi | 11.34 | 6.15 | NM | 1.82 | DQ | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | |||
Dezső Szabó | 11.06 | NM | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |||
Lee Fu-an | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNS | |||
Anthony Brannen | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNS | |||
Viktor Radchenko | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNS |