The men's decathlon competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 17 and 18 August.Men's Decathlon – Standings
The medals were presented by Dagmawit Girmay Berhane, IOC member, Ethiopia and Bernard Amsalem, Council Member of the IAAF.
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.
Schedule All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)
Date Time RoundWednesday, 17 August 2016 09:3010:3512:1517:4521:30100 metresLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 metresThursday, 18 August 2016 09:3010:2513:2518:3521:45110 metres hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 metres
Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record9045Beijing, China29 August 2015Olympic record8893Athens, Greece24 August 20042016 World leading8750Eugene, United States3 July 2016
Records set during this event
Olympic record8893 (tie)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil18 August 20162016 World leading8893Rio de Janeiro, Brazil18 August 2016Olympic decathlon best - 100 metres10.30Rio de Janeiro, Brazil17 August 2016
Detailed results Key:WDBWorld decathlon bestODBOlympic decathlon bestNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualifiedDNSDid not startDNFDid not finish
100 metres The 100 metres was held on 17 August at 09:30. Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes1 4 Damian Warner 10.30 1023 2 4 Ashton Eaton 10.46 985 3 4 Zach Ziemek 10.71 926 4 3 Rico Freimuth 10.73 922 5 2 Larbi Bourrada 10.75 917 6 2 Luiz Alberto de Araújo 10.77 912 7 3 Oleksiy Kasyanov 10.78 910 7 4 Kai Kazmirek 10.78 910 9 4 Yordanis García 10.81 903 9 2 Kevin Mayer 10.81 903 11 3 Karl Robert Saluri 10.82 901 12 3 Mihail Dudaš 10.83 899 12 4 Lindon Victor 10.83 899 14 4 Dominik Distelberger 10.84 897 15 3 Cedric Dubler 10.86 892 16 3 Arthur Abele 10.87 890 16 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas 10.87 890 18 3 Paweł Wiesiołek 10.88 888 19 1 Kurt Felix 10.93 876 20 2 Jeremy Taiwo 11.01 858 21 1 Pieter Braun 11.03 854 22 3 Akihiko Nakamura 11.04 852 23 2 Adam Helcelet 11.06 847 24 2 Willem Coertzen 11.12 834 25 3 Jiří Sýkora 11.15 827 26 1 Maicel Uibo 11.16 825 27 1 Bastien Auzeil 11.17 823 28 1 Leonel Suárez 11.21 814 29 1 Thomas Van der Plaetsen 11.24 808 30 2 Leonid Andreev 11.29 797 31 1 Keisuke Ushiro 11.30 795 32 1 Pau Tonnesen 11.32 791
Long jump The long jump was held on 17 August at 10:35.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overallpoints Overallrank1 A Ashton Eaton 7.90 7.94 7.64 7.94 1045 2030 1 2 B Kai Kazmirek 7.38 7.69 x 7.69 982 1892 3 3 B Damian Warner 7.60 x 7.67 7.67 977 2000 2 4 A Thomas Van der Plaetsen 7.66 7.58 5.71 7.66 975 1783 13 5 A Kevin Mayer 7.42 7.33 7.60 7.60 960 1863 4 6 A Pieter Braun 7.42 x 7.55 7.55 947 1801 10 7 B Oleksiy Kasyanov 7.54 x x 7.54 945 1855 7 8 A Larbi Bourrada 7.30 7.52 7.45 7.52 940 1857 6 9 A Zach Ziemek 7.30 7.37 7.49 7.49 932 1858 5 10 A Luiz Alberto de Araújo 7.48 x 7.41 7.48 930 1842 8 11 A Cedric Dubler 7.18 x 7.47 7.47 927 1819 9 12 B Jeremy Taiwo 7.30 7.45 x 7.45 922 1780 15 13 B Kurt Felix x 7.42 x 7.42 915 1791 11 14 A Adam Helcelet 7.14 7.08 7.35 7.35 898 1745 17 15 A Pau Tonnesen 7.33 x 7.31 7.33 893 1684 22 15 A Dominik Distelberger 6.89 7.33 x 7.33 893 1790 12 17 B Mihail Dudaš x x 7.29 7.29 883 1782 14 18 A Rico Freimuth x x 7.17 7.17 854 1776 16 19 A Maicel Uibo x 7.14 7.13 7.14 847 1672 24 19 B Leonel Suárez x 7.09 7.14 7.14 847 1661 25 21 A Akihiko Nakamura 7.00 x 7.13 7.13 845 1697 21 22 A Lindon Victor 7.11 6.90 6.84 7.11 840 1739 18 23 B Bastien Auzeil x 6.91 7.07 7.07 830 1653 26 24 B Karl Robert Saluri 6.94 7.02 x 7.02 818 1719 19 25 B Jiří Sýkora x x 7.00 7.00 814 1641 28 26 B Willem Coertzen 6.98 6.93 x 6.98 809 1643 27 27 B Arthur Abele x x 6.97 6.97 807 1697 20 28 B Keisuke Ushiro 6.68 6.83 6.60 6.83 774 1569 30 28 A Yordanis García 6.51 x 6.83 6.83 774 1677 23 30 B Paweł Wiesiołek 6.73 x x 6.73 750 1638 29 31 B Leonid Andreev 6.57 6.60 – 6.60 720 1517 31 Note: Eelco Sintnicolaas of the Netherlands did not compete.
Shot put The shot put was held on 17 August at 12:15.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overallpoints Overallrank1 A Kevin Mayer 15.76 x – 15.76 836 2699 32 B Bastien Auzeil 15.41 x x 15.41 815 2468 173 A Luiz Alberto de Araújo 14.45 14.63 15.26 15.26 806 2648 44 A Adam Helcelet 15.11 14.65 15.03 15.11 796 2541 115 B Arthur Abele x 15.03 x 15.03 792 2489 156 B Jeremy Taiwo 14.92 14.33 x 14.92 785 2565 97 B Leonid Andreev 14.86 14.33 x 14.86 781 2298 308 A Lindon Victor x x 14.80 14.80 777 2516 149 B Kurt Felix 14.13 14.77 14.55 14.77 776 2567 810 A Ashton Eaton 14.72 14.73 14.58 14.73 773 2803 111 A Yordanis García 14.58 14.37 14.39 14.58 764 2441 1912 B Oleksiy Kasyanov x 14.50 x 14.50 759 2614 613 B Leonel Suárez 13.77 14.27 14.11 14.27 745 2406 2214 B Mihail Dudaš 13.96 14.23 x 14.23 742 2524 1215 B Kai Kazmirek 14.15 14.20 13.87 14.20 741 2633 516 B Paweł Wiesiołek 13.38 x 14.17 14.17 739 2377 2517 B Keisuke Ushiro 13.91 14.14 14.03 14.14 737 2306 2818 B Willem Coertzen 14.00 x x 14.00 728 2371 2619 A Pieter Braun 13.77 13.90 x 13.90 722 2523 1320 B Karl Robert Saluri 13.88 13.74 13.55 13.88 721 2440 2021 A Larbi Bourrada 13.47 12.74 13.78 13.78 715 2572 722 A Pau Tonnesen x 13.69 x 13.69 709 2393 2423 B Damian Warner 13.53 12.62 13.66 13.66 708 2708 224 B Jiří Sýkora 13.04 13.45 x 13.45 695 2336 2725 A Zach Ziemek 12.96 13.44 13.32 13.44 694 2552 1026 A Dominik Distelberger 13.15 13.23 13.40 13.40 692 2482 1627 A Rico Freimuth 12.75 13.25 13.27 13.27 684 2460 1828 A Thomas Van der Plaetsen 12.84 x 12.56 12.84 657 2440 2129 A Akihiko Nakamura 12.00 11.36 11.92 12.00 606 2303 2930 A Cedric Dubler 11.49 11.38 11.43 11.49 575 2394 23– A Maicel Uibo x x x 0 1672 31
High jump The high jump was held on 17 August at 17:45.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality 1.77 1.80 1.83 1.86 1.89 1.92 1.95 1.98 2.01 2.04 2.07 2.10 2.13 2.16 2.19 2.22 Result Points Notes Overallpoints Overallrank1 A Jeremy Taiwo o o o xo o xxo xxx 2.19 982 3547 3 2 A Thomas Van der Plaetsen o – o o o xo xxx 2.16 953 3393 10 3 A Cedric Dubler o o xxo o xxx 2.13 925 3319 14 3 A Maicel Uibo o – o – xxo – xxx 2.13 925 2597 285 A Kai Kazmirek o – o o o o xxx 2.10 896 3529 5 5 A Zach Ziemek o o o o o xxx 2.10 896 3448 7 5 B Larbi Bourrada o o o o o xxo o xo xxr 2.10 896 3468 6 8 A Kurt Felix o – xo xo o xxx 2.07 868 3435 8 8 A Leonel Suárez o – xo o o xxo xxx 2.07 868 3274 18 10 B Damian Warner o o o o xo xxx 2.04 840 3548 2 10 A Mihail Dudaš o – xo o xxo xo xxx 2.04 840 3364 13 10 B Kevin Mayer o – o o xxo r 2.04 840 3539 4 10 A Adam Helcelet o o o o xo xxo xxx 2.04 840 3381 11 14 A Paweł Wiesiołek o o o o o xxx 2.01 813 3190 2214 B Yordanis García o o o o xo o xxx 2.01 813 3254 19 14 B Oleksiy Kasyanov o o o xo o xxx 2.01 813 3427 9 14 A Pau Tonnesen o xo xo xxx 2.01 813 3206 2114 B Ashton Eaton o o xo xxo xxx 2.01 813 3616 1 19 B Lindon Victor o o o o xxx 1.98 785 3301 15 19 A Bastien Auzeil o – xo xxx 1.98 785 3253 20 19 B Jiří Sýkora o o xo o xo xxx 1.98 785 3121 24 19 B Keisuke Ushiro o o xo xxo xo xxx 1.98 785 3091 25 19 B Arthur Abele o xo o o xxo xxx 1.98 785 3274 17 24 A Pieter Braun o o o xxr 1.95 758 3281 16 25 B Luiz Alberto de Araújo o – o o xxx 1.92 731 3379 12 25 B Akihiko Nakamura o o xxo xxx 1.92 731 3034 27 27 B Dominik Distelberger o o o xxx 1.89 705 3187 23 28 B Karl Robert Saluri o xxx 1.77 602 3042 26 Note: Leonid Andreev of Uzbekistan, Rico Freimuth of Germany, and Willem Coertzen of South Africa did not compete.
400 metres The 400 metres was held on 17 August at 21:30.
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overallpoints Overallrank1 4 Ashton Eaton 46.07 1005 4621 12 4 Kai Kazmirek 46.75 971 4500 23 4 Damian Warner 47.35 941 4489 34 1 Larbi Bourrada 47.98 910 4378 65 2 Luiz Alberto de Araújo 48.14 902 4281 96 2 Leonel Suárez 48.15 902 4176 157 4 Cedric Dubler 48.18 900 4219 128 2 Kevin Mayer 48.28 896 4435 49 3 Oleksiy Kasyanov 48.56 882 4309 710 4 Dominik Distelberger 48.61 880 4067 2011 3 Yordanis García 48.69 876 4130 1712 3 Jeremy Taiwo 48.78 872 4419 513 4 Akihiko Nakamura 48.93 865 3899 2414 3 Arthur Abele 49.02 860 4134 1615 3 Mihail Dudaš 49.13 855 4219 1316 2 Kurt Felix 49.14 855 4290 817 2 Bastien Auzeil 49.34 845 4098 1918 1 Adam Helcelet 49.51 837 4218 1419 1 Thomas Van der Plaetsen 49.63 832 4225 1120 4 Lindon Victor 49.80 824 4125 1821 3 Zach Ziemek 49.83 822 4270 1022 3 Jiří Sýkora 49.88 820 3941 2323 2 Paweł Wiesiołek 50.18 806 3996 2124 4 Karl Robert Saluri 50.32 800 3842 2625 1 Keisuke Ushiro 50.43 795 3886 2526 1 Pau Tonnesen 50.81 778 3984 2227 1 Maicel Uibo 51.08 765 3362 27 Note: Pieter Braun of the Netherlands did not compete.
110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles was held on 18 August at 09:30.
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overallpoints Overallrank1 4 Damian Warner 13.58 1029 5518 22 4 Ashton Eaton 13.80 1000 5621 1 3 4 Kevin Mayer 14.02 972 5407 34 4 Arthur Abele 14.12 959 5093 14 5 1 Larbi Bourrada 14.15 955 5333 56 2 Luiz Alberto de Araújo 14.17 953 5234 87 3 Yordanis García 14.25 942 5072 17 8 3 Cedric Dubler 14.30 936 5155 10 9 4 Oleksiy Kasyanov 14.34 931 5240 7 10 2 Adam Helcelet 14.37 927 5145 12 11 2 Dominik Distelberger 14.39 925 4992 18 12 2 Leonel Suárez 14.48 913 5089 1513 4 Akihiko Nakamura 14.57 902 4801 23 13 3 Jeremy Taiwo 14.57 902 5321 6 15 4 Kai Kazmirek 14.62 896 5396 4 16 2 Mihail Dudaš 14.65 892 5111 13 17 1 Zach Ziemek 14.77 878 5148 11 18 1 Kurt Felix 14.79 875 5165 919 3 Bastien Auzeil 14.82 871 4969 19 20 2 Maicel Uibo 14.84 869 4231 27 21 3 Pau Tonnesen 14.99 851 4835 2222 3 Thomas Van der Plaetsen 15.01 848 5073 16 23 3 Jiří Sýkora 15.02 847 4788 24 24 1 Keisuke Ushiro 15.09 839 4725 25 24 2 Paweł Wiesiołek 15.09 839 4835 21 26 1 Lindon Victor 15.74 762 4887 20 27 1 Karl Robert Saluri 16.51 676 4518 26
Discus throw The discus throw was held on 18 August at 10:25.
Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overallpoints Overallrank 1 A Lindon Victor 53.21 x 53.24 53.24 938 5825 14 2 A Keisuke Ushiro 47.86 48.42 49.90 49.90 868 5593 22 3 A Zach Ziemek 45.32 49.42 x 49.42 858 6006 6 4 A Paweł Wiesiołek 44.93 x 48.32 48.32 835 5670 19 5 B Leonel Suárez 47.07 x x 47.07 810 5899 10 6 A Kevin Mayer x 46.78 x 46.78 804 6211 3 7 B Pau Tonnesen 42.83 44.85 46.31 46.31 794 5629 20 8 B Ashton Eaton 43.16 45.49 45.39 45.49 777 6398 1 9 A Kurt Felix 42.88 42.98 45.10 45.10 769 5934 9 9 A Luiz Alberto de Araújo x 40.70 45.10 45.10 769 6003 7 11 A Damian Warner x 42.43 44.93 44.93 765 6283 2 12 A Arthur Abele 44.66 44.00 43.94 44.66 760 5853 12 13 B Jiří Sýkora 41.36 44.11 44.49 44.49 756 5544 23 14 A Adam Helcelet x 42.11 44.13 44.13 749 5894 11 15 B Thomas Van der Plaetsen 42.57 43.58 41.98 43.58 738 5811 15 16 A Mihail Dudaš 43.27 42.23 42.13 43.27 731 5842 13 17 B Kai Kazmirek 37.61 41.98 43.25 43.25 731 6127 4 18 B Karl Robert Saluri 39.97 42.96 42.37 42.96 725 5243 25 19 B Larbi Bourrada 37.12 42.39 x 42.39 713 6046 5 20 A Bastien Auzeil 41.35 42.23 x 42.23 710 5679 18 21 B Yordanis García x 40.34 40.13 40.34 671 5743 17 22 B Jeremy Taiwo x 39.91 38.62 39.91 663 5984 8 23 B Cedric Dubler 38.16 32.93 38.89 38.89 642 5797 16 24 B Dominik Distelberger 35.82 38.09 x 38.09 626 5618 21 25 A Maicel Uibo x x 37.69 37.69 618 4849 27 26 B Akihiko Nakamura x 34.91 34.83 34.91 562 5363 24 – A Oleksiy Kasyanov x x x 0 5240 26
Pole vault The pole vault was held on 18 August at 13:25.