1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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Events at the
1997 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, including fourteen non-finishers. The competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997. At over 41%, this edition of the men's decathlon is notable for having the highest fraction of athletes not finishing the competition in the World Championships history. This was equalled 20 years later during the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

Medalists[edit]

Gold Czech Republic Tomáš Dvořák
Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver Finland Eduard Hämäläinen
Finland (FIN)
Bronze Germany Frank Busemann
Germany (GER)

Schedule[edit]

Tuesday, August 5
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Wednesday, August 6
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992 France Talence, France
Event Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8817 August 20, 1993 Germany Stuttgart, Germany
Season Best  Steve Fritz (USA) 8604 June 13, 1997 United States Indianapolis, United States

Results[edit]

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Decathlon Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 10,60 7.64 16.32 2.00 47,56 13,61 45.16 5.00 70.34 4.35,40 8837
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) 10,81 7.56 15.71 1.97 46,71 13,74 50.50 5.20 59.82 4.37,10 8730
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Frank Busemann (GER) 10,76 7.96 13.53 2.09 48,32 13,55 42.56 5.00 63.92 4.29,27 8652
4  Steve Fritz (USA) 10,96 7.30 14.41 2.00 48,70 14,08 48.88 5.00 65.24 4.31,14 8463
5  Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) 10,94 7.58 14.76 2.06 48,34 14,35 46.04 5.30 55.14 4.36,78 8445
6  Erki Nool (EST) 10,67 7.37 14.33 1.91 46,99 14,66 43.20 5.40 65.84 4.42,98 8413
7  Stefan Schmid (GER) 10,93 7.58 14.58 1.97 48,14 14,49 44.38 5.00 67.46 4.43,20 8360
8  Michael Smith (CAN) 11,04 7.25 17.54 2.03 49,67 14,68 47.80 4.80 65.58 4.54,99 8307
9  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 10,91 7.71 14.33 2.09 48,16 14,32 43.32 4.20 64.76 4.40,31 8232
10  Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) 11,05 7.56 14.28 1.91 48,56 14,40 47.88 4.60 65.84 4.42,54 8180
11  Indrek Kaseorg (EST) 11,39 7.16 13.87 2.03 48,66 14,49 41.64 4.90 63.34 4.20,82 8140
12  Philipp Huber (SUI) 11,08 7.18 14.29 1.85 48,00 14,65 44.88 5.00 58.22 4.20,90 8107
13  Cédric Lopez (FRA) 11,21 7.13 13.48 2.09 48,88 14,75 40.96 4.60 64.88 4.25,96 8047
14  Marcel Dost (NED) 10,97 7.45 13.61 1.91 47,99 14,49 42.42 5.20 51.80 4.36,68 8040
15  Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) 11,04 7.19 13.66 2.03 48,49 14,56 43.30 4.50 55.92 4.33,65 7929
16  Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) 10,77 7.29 13.28 2.00 49,59 14,47 44.46 4.80 54.94 4.58,44 7867
17  Victor Houston (BAR) 10,72 7.57 12.82 2.03 47,91 13,92 33.56 3.50 62.10 4.32,30 7777
18  Mário Aníbal (POR) 11,09 7.03 14.57 2.03 49,73 15,28 44.28 4.60 53.70 4.39,65 7768
19  Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) 11.02 7.11 13.35 1.88 48,87 14,83 43.26 4.80 53.70 4.42,29 7708
20  Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB) 11,10 7.32 13.93 1.85 48,85 15,39 39.70 4.40 60.28 4.25,68 7698
—  Chris Huffins (USA) 10.39 7.85 15.28 2.06 49,05 14,04 49.22 4.60 NM DNS DNF
—  Jagan Hames (AUS) 11.11 7.27 14.08 2.24 49,92 14,36 46.68 DNF — — DNF
—  Lev Lobodin (RUS) 11.07 7.07 15.00 49,02 14,38 44.78 DNF — — DNF
—  Beniamino Poserina (ITA) 11.10 6.93 14.04 1.91 49,99 14,56 38.42 DNS — — DNF
—  Robert Změlík (CZE) 10.84 7.28 14.38 49,39 DNF 45.72 DNS — — DNF
—  Sebastian Chmara (POL) 11.17 7.56 15.21 48,24 — — — — — DNF
—  Sébastien Levicq (FRA) 11.25 7.01 13.58 1.94 53,43 — — — — — DNF
—  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) 10.61 7.42 15.05 2.00 DNS — — — — — DNF
—  Jaime Peñas (ESP) 11.08 7.16 15.33 DNS — — — — — DNF
—  Shawn Wilbourn (USA) 10.88 6.94 14.85 1.91 DNS — — — — — DNF
—  Rojs Piziks (LAT) 11.77 6.79 14.05 DNS — — — — — DNF
—  Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR) 11.28 6.91 13.99 1.85 DNS — — — — — DNF
—  Doug Pirini (NZL) 10.93 7.17 14.38 NM — — — — — — DNF
—  Jack Rosendaal (NED) 11.27 6.94 12.73 — — — — — — — DNF

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References[edit]

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