Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.

Medalists

Schedule

September 28, 1988
1. 100 m
2. Long Jump
3. Shot Put
4. High Jump
5. 400 m

September 29, 1988
2. 110 m hurdles
3. Discus Throw
4. Pole Vault
5. Javelin Throw
6. 1,500 m

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8798(*)	8832(**)	Jürgen Hingsen Jürgen Hingsen Jürgen Hingsen is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984....	Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart.... (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	June 9, 1984
World Record	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times....	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 9, 1984
Olympic Record	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times....	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 9, 1984

(*) Originally score according to the 1962/1977 tables.

(**)Score according to the 1985 tables.

Thompson's mark was not a world record in 1984, but when the 1985 tables came into use, his mark became the record. They were both given credit to the world record.

Results

RANK	FINAL RANKING	POINTS
		8488
		8399
		8328
4.		8306
5.		8272
6.		8268
7.		8216
8.		8189
9.		8180
10.		8167
11.		8143
12.		8114
13.		8093
14.		8083
15.		8036
16.		8021
17.		7869
18.		7860
19.		7859
20.		7781
21.		7753
22.		7745
23.		7743
24.		7623
25.		7579
26.		7517 (NR)
27.		7502
28.		7442
29.		7310
30.		7237
31.		7231
32.		7016
33.		6917
34.		5339
—		DNF
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Medalists

Schedule

Records

Results

See also