Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The Men's decathlon competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 29–30 July.

Competition format The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds. At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who has received more points in the greater number of events is the winner.

Records Before the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record8538Eugene, Oregon, United States26 June 1976Olympic record8466Munich, West Germany8 September 1972

Overall results Key

RankAthletePoints100 mLJSPHJ400 m110 m HDTPVJT1500 m861884118369821881138048802579747803107767117711127616137602147580157504167493177486187434197322207319217063227052236754

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References

External links Official Olympic Report , la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 18, 2012.