These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 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

September 29, 1988

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

World Record 8798(*) 8832(**) Jürgen Hingsen Mannheim (FRG) June 9, 1984 8797(*) 8847(**) Daley Thompson Los Angeles (USA) August 9, 1984 Olympic Record 8797(*) 8847(**) Daley Thompson Los Angeles (USA) August 9, 1984

(*) Original 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 for the world record.

Results

Neither the silver nor bronze medallists claimed any of these marks yet the competitor who placed 17th claimed three of them.

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Christian Schenk 11.25 7.43 15.48 2.27 48.90 15.13 49.28 4.70 61.32 4:28.95 8488 Torsten Voss 10.87 7.45 14.97 1.97 47.71 14.46 44.36 5.10 61.76 4:33.02 8399 Dave Steen 11.18 7.44 14.20 1.97 48.29 14.81 43.66 5.20 64.16 4:23.20 8328 Daley Thompson 10.62 7.38 15.02 2.03 49.06 14.72 44.80 4.90 64.04 4:45.11 8306 Christian Plaziat 10.83 7.62 13.58 2.12 48.34 14.18 43.06 4.90 52.18 4:34.07 8272 Alain Blondel 11.02 7.43 12.92 1.97 47.44 14.40 41.20 5.20 57.46 4:16.64 8268 Tim Bright 11.18 7.05 14.12 2.06 49.34 14.39 41.68 5.70 61.60 4:51.20 8216 Robert de Wit 11.05 6.95 15.34 2.00 48.21 14.36 41.32 4.80 63.00 4:25.86 8189 Dave Johnson 11.15 7.12 14.52 2.03 49.15 14.66 42.36 4.90 66.46 4:29.62 8180 10 Pavel Tarnavetskiy 11.23 7.28 15.25 1.97 48.60 14.76 48.02 5.20 59.48 4:52.24 8167 11 Petri Keskitalo 10.94 7.56 15.34 1.97 49.94 14.25 41.86 4.80 66.64 4:55.89 8143 12 Beat Gähwiler 11.18 7.34 14.48 1.94 49.02 15.11 42.46 4.70 65.84 4:16.74 8114 13 Dezső Szabó 11.02 7.29 12.92 2.06 48.23 14.96 39.54 5.00 56.80 4:17.85 8093 14 Mike Smith 10.99 7.37 13.61 1.97 47.83 14.70 43.88 4.30 66.54 4:28.97 8083 15 Simon Shirley 11.03 7.45 14.20 1.97 48.84 15.44 41.68 4.70 64.00 4:27.48 8036 16 Simon Poelman 11.09 7.08 14.51 2.03 49.89 14.78 43.20 4.90 57.18 4:28.54 8021 17 Mikael Olander 11.46 6.75 16.07 2.00 51.28 16.06 50.66 4.80 72.80 5:02.42 7869 18 Uwe Freimuth 11.57 7.00 15.60 1.94 49.84 15.04 46.66 4.90 60.20 4:46.04 7860 19 Lars Warming 11.07 7.04 13.41 1.94 47.97 14.49 40.38 4.80 51.50 4:22.41 7859 20 Roman Hrabaň 10.89 7.07 15.84 1.79 49.68 14.94 45.32 4.90 60.48 5:06.68 7781 21 Georg Werthner 11.52 7.36 13.93 1.94 49.99 15.64 38.82 4.60 67.04 4:26.42 7753 22 Christian Gugler 11.49 7.02 13.80 2.03 50.60 15.22 39.08 4.70 60.92 4:21.93 7745 23 Antonio Peñalver 11.38 7.08 14.31 2.00 50.24 14.97 46.34 4.40 55.68 4:32.68 7743 24 Alex Kruger 11.30 6.97 13.23 2.15 49.98 15.38 38.72 4.60 54.34 4:37.84 7623 25 Lee Fu-an 11.00 7.23 13.15 2.03 49.73 14.96 38.06 4.50 52.82 4:45.57 7579 26 Santiago Mellado 11.33 6.83 11.63 2.06 48.37 15.39 37.52 4.60 55.42 4:30.07 7517 NR 27 Severin Moser 11.10 6.98 12.69 1.85 48.63 15.13 38.04 4.70 49.52 4:21.90 7502 28 Věroslav Valenta 11.51 7.01 14.17 1.94 51.16 15.18 45.84 4.60 56.28 5:03.17 7442 29 Carlos O'Connell 11.26 6.90 12.41 1.88 48.24 15.61 38.02 4.40 52.68 4:32.06 7310 30 Greg Richards 11.50 7.09 12.94 1.82 49.27 15.56 42.32 4.50 53.50 4:53.85 7237 31 Gong Guohua 11.43 6.22 13.98 1.91 51.25 15.88 46.18 4.60 57.84 4:54.99 7231 32 Albert Miller 11.47 6.43 12.33 1.94 50.30 15.00 38.72 4.00 57.26 4:53.72 7231 33 Lee Gwang-ik 11.57 7.19 10.27 1.91 50.71 16.20 34.36 4.10 54.94 4:29.98 7231 34 Dambar Kunwar 12.12 5.83 1.71 52.32 17.05 27.10 2.80 39.10 4:41.24 5339 Valter Külvet 11.31 7.14 15.29 2.00 50.62 Gary Kinder 11.31 7.00 14.89 1.97 51.79 Fidel Solórzano 11.01 6.79 11.76 1.88 Aleksandr Apaychev Jürgen Hingsen

See also 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon 1987 Men's World Championship Decathlon 1988 Hypo-Meeting 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon

References

External links Official Report Results