Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_decathlon
Quick Facts Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Venues ...
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| Venues | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | September 28-29 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 39 from 26 nations | |||||||||
| Winning result | 8488 | |||||||||
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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.[1]
| Gold | Christian Schenk East Germany |
| Silver | Torsten Voss East Germany |
| Bronze | Dave Steen Canada |
- September 28, 1988
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- September 29, 1988
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 1,500 m
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
More information World Record, Olympic Record ...
| World Record | 8798(*) | 8832(**) |  Jürgen Hingsen |
Mannheim (FRG) | June 9, 1984 |
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| 8797(*) | 8847(**) |  Daley Thompson |
Los Angeles (USA) | August 9, 1984 | |
| Olympic Record | 8797(*) | 8847(**) | Daley Thompson |
Los Angeles (USA) | August 9, 1984 |
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(*) 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.
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
More information Rank, Athlete ...
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Christian Schenk |  East Germany | 11.25 | 7.43 | 15.48 | 2.27 | 48.90 | 15.13 | 49.28 | 4.70 | 61.32 | 4:28.95 | 8488 | |
 | Torsten Voss | East Germany | 10.87 | 7.45 | 14.97 | 1.97 | 47.71 | 14.46 | 44.36 | 5.10 | 61.76 | 4:33.02 | 8399 | |
 | Dave Steen |  Canada | 11.18 | 7.44 | 14.20 | 1.97 | 48.29 | 14.81 | 43.66 | 5.20 | 64.16 | 4:23.20 | 8328 | |
| 4 | Daley Thompson |  Great Britain | 10.62 | 7.38 | 15.02 | 2.03 | 49.06 | 14.72 | 44.80 | 4.90 | 64.04 | 4:45.11 | 8306 | |
| 5 | Christian Plaziat |  France | 10.83 | 7.62 | 13.58 | 2.12 | 48.34 | 14.18 | 43.06 | 4.90 | 52.18 | 4:34.07 | 8272 | |
| 6 | Alain Blondel | France | 11.02 | 7.43 | 12.92 | 1.97 | 47.44 | 14.40 | 41.20 | 5.20 | 57.46 | 4:16.64 | 8268 | |
| 7 | Tim Bright |  United States | 11.18 | 7.05 | 14.12 | 2.06 | 49.34 | 14.39 | 41.68 | 5.70 | 61.60 | 4:51.20 | 8216 | |
| 8 | Robert de Wit |  Netherlands | 11.05 | 6.95 | 15.34 | 2.00 | 48.21 | 14.36 | 41.32 | 4.80 | 63.00 | 4:25.86 | 8189 | |
| 9 | Dave Johnson | United States | 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 |  Soviet Union | 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 |  Finland | 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 |  Switzerland | 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 |  Hungary | 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 | Canada | 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 |  Australia | 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 |  New Zealand | 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 |  Sweden | 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 | East Germany | 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 |  Denmark | 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 |  Czechoslovakia | 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 |  Austria | 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 | Switzerland | 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 |  Spain | 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 | Great Britain | 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 |  Chinese Taipei | 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 |  El Salvador | 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 | Switzerland | 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 | Czechoslovakia | 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 |  Ireland | 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 | Great Britain | 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 |  China | 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 |  Fiji | 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 |  South Korea | 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 |  Nepal | 12.12 | 5.83 | 9.71 | 1.71 | 52.32 | 17.05 | 27.10 | 2.80 | 39.10 | 4:41.24 | 5339 | |
| Valter Külvet | Soviet Union | 11.31 | 7.14 | 15.29 | 2.00 | 50.62 | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | ||
| Gary Kinder | United States | 11.31 | 7.00 | 14.89 | 1.97 | 51.79 | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | ||
| Fidel Solórzano |  Ecuador | 11.01 | 6.79 | 11.76 | 1.88 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | ||
| Aleksandr Apaychev | Soviet Union | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | ||
| Jürgen Hingsen |  West Germany | DQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF |
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- "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.