Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 21 and 22, at the Beijing National Stadium.[2]

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 21–22
Competitors40[1] from 27[1] nations
Winning points8791
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Bryan Clay United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Andrei Krauchanka Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Leonel Suárez Cuba
← 2004
2012 →

The qualifying standards were 8,000 points (A standard) and 7,700 points (B standard).[3]

Schedule edit

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 21 August 20089:20
11:00
13:10
19:10
22:00
100 metres
Long jump
Shot put
High jump
400 metres
Friday, 22 August 200809:00
10:05
12:55
19:00
21:40
110 metres hurdles
Discus throw
Pole vault
Javelin throw
1500 metres

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record Roman Šebrle (CZE)9026 points Götzis, Austria27 May 2001
Olympic record  Roman Šebrle (CZE)8893 points Athens, Greece24 August 2004

Overall results edit

Key
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
RankAthleteCountryOverall points100 mLJSPHJ400 m110 m HDTPVJT1500 m
Bryan Clay  United States8791989
10.44 s
1005
7.78 m
868
16.27 m
794
1.99 m
865
48.92 s
984
13.93 s
950
53.79 m
910
5.00 m
904
70.97 m
522
5:06.59 min
Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus8551870
10.96 s
962
7.61 m
752
14.39 m
906
2.11 m
943
47.30 s
948
14.21 s
758
44.58 m
910
5.00 m
741
60.23 m
761
4:27.47 min
Leonel Suárez  Cuba8527 (NR)883
10.90 s
893
7.33 m
758
14.49 m
850
2.05 m
913
47.91 s
955
14.15 s
756
44.45 m
819
4.70 m
950
73.98 m
750
4:29.17 min
4Romain Barras  France8253 (SB)804
11.26 s
833
7.08 m
816
15.42 m
767
1.96 m
837
49.51 s
948
14.21 s
770
45.17 m
910
5.00 m
819
65.40 m
749
4:29.29 min
5Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic8241 (SB)814
11.21 s
980
7.68 m
776
14.78 m
906
2.11 m
836
49.54 s
885
14.71 s
777
45.50 m
849
4.80 m
797
63.93 m
621
4:49.63 min
6Oleksiy Kasyanov  Ukraine8238 (SB)968
10.53 s
950
7.56 m
799
15.15 m
767
1.96 m
924
47.70 s
927
14.37 s
837
48.39 m
702
4.30 m
612
51.59 m
752
4:28.94 min
7André Niklaus  Germany8220834
11.12 s
883
7.29 m
681
13.23 m
850
2.05 m
831
49.65 s
927
14.37 s
775
45.39 m
972
5.20 m
741
60.21 m
726
4:32.90 min
8 Maurice Smith  Jamaica8205894
10.85 s
823
7.04 m
795
15.09 m
794
1.99 m
911
47.96 s
964
14.08 s
889
50.91 m
790
4.60 m
611
51.52 m
734
4:31.62 min
9Michael Schrader  Germany8194906
10.80 s
985
7.70 m
708
13.67 m
794
1.99 m
886
48.47 s
885
14.71 s
673
40.41 m
849
4.80 m
742
60.27 m
766
4:26.77 min
10Mikk Pahapill  Estonia8178 (PB)827
11.15 s
823
7.04 m
750
14.36 m
906
2.11 m
774
50.90 s
910
14.51 s
857
49.35 m
849
4.80 m
845
67.07 m
637
4:47.03 min
11Aleksey Drozdov  Russia8154856
11.02 s
869
7.23 m
867
16.26 m
822
2.02 m
744
51.56 s
789
15.51 s
817
47.43 m
941
5.10 m
777
62.57 m
672
4:41.34 min
12Andres Raja  Estonia8118 (PB)885
10.89 s
883
7.29 m
777
14.79 m
767
1.96 m
862
48.98 s
967
14.06 s
661
39.83 m
849
4.80 m
846
67.16 m
621
4:49.60 min
13 Eugène Martineau  Netherlands8055819
11.19 s
859
7.19 m
715
13.78 m
794
1.99 m
815
49.99 s
882
14.73 s
748
44.09 m
819
4.70 m
911
71.44 m
693
4:37.96 min
14Yordanis García  Cuba7992942
10.64 s
830
7.07 m
840
15.82 m
767
1.96 m
830
49.66 s
987
13.90 s
598
36.73 m
819
4.70 m
822
65.60 m
557
5:00.49 min
15Mikalai Shubianok  Belarus7906 (SB)793
11.31 s
781
6.86 m
782
14.88 m
794
1.99 m
814
50.02 s
908
14.52 s
783
45.80 m
790
4.60 m
769
62.10 m
692
4:38.14 min
16Aliaksandr Parkhomenka  Belarus7838797
11.29 s
811
6.99 m
820
15.49 m
740
1.93 m
782
50.71 s
842
15.06 s
772
45.27 m
819
4.70 m
807
64.60 m
648
4:45.17 min
17Qi Haifeng  China7835 (SB)827
11.15 s
866
7.22 m
692
13.40 m
740
1.93 m
843
49.39 s
899
14.60 s
797
46.46 m
702
4.30 m
784
63.09 m
685
4:39.32 min
18Massimo Bertocchi  Canada7714861
11.00 s
826
7.05 m
734
14.10 m
714
1.90 m
875
48.72 s
934
14.32 s
765
44.91 m
819
4.70 m
520
45.33 m
666
4:42.26 min
19Jangy Addy  Liberia7665 (NR)915
10.76 s
905
7.38 m
784
14.91 m
740
1.93 m
885
48.51 s
935
14.31 s
711
42.30 m
673
4.20 m
626
52.50 m
491
5:12.22 min
20Daniel Awde  Great Britain7516847
11.06 s
842
7.12 m
608
12.03 m
610
1.78 m
950
47.16 s
887
14.69 s
606
37.12 m
880
4.90 m
636
53.18 m
650
4:44.80 min
21Hadi Sepehrzad  Iran7483878
10.92 s
767
6.80 m
852
16.02 m
714
1.90 m
780
50.75 s
894
14.64 s
877
50.32 m
617
4.00 m
582
49.56 m
522
5:06.67 min
22Damjan Sitar  Slovenia7336814
11.21 s
874
7.25 m
631
12.41 m
850
2.05 m
810
50.10 s
846
15.03 s
649
39.25 m
617
4.00 m
548
47.23 m
697
4:37.37 min
23Slaven Dizdarevič  Slovakia7021825
11.16 s
818
7.02 m
727
13.97 m
767
1.96 m
724
52.02 s
777
15.61 s
662
39.86 m
617
4.00 m
494
43.58 m
610
4:51.42 min
24David Gómez  Spain6876834
11.12 s
778
6.85 m
703
13.58 m
636
1.81 m
849
49.27 s
897
14.61 s
668
40.17 m
0
NM
771
62.22 m
740
4:30.74 min
25Mikko Halvari  Finland6486821
11.18 s
785
6.88 m
711
13.72 m
740
1.93 m
787
50.60 s
705
16.25 s
823
47.71 m
0
NM
665
55.11 m
449
5:20.26 min
Gonzalo Barroilhet  ChileDNF789
11.33 s
833
7.08 m
681
13.23 m
740
1.93 m
729
51.91 s
941
14.26 s
789
46.07 m
0
NM
DNSDNS
Trey Hardee  United StatesDNF970
10.52 s
990
7.72 m
697
13.49 m
850
2.05 m
921
47.75 s
949
14.20 s
737
43.55 m
0
NM
DNSDNS
Jānis Karlivāns  LatviaDNF782
11.36 s
876
7.26 m
780
14.85 m
661
1.84 m
742
51.61 s
816
15.28 s
757
44.54 m
DNSDNSDNS
Alexey Sysoev  RussiaDNF854
11.03 s
760
6.77 m
816
15.42 m
906
2.11 m
782
50.71 s
0
DNF
DNSDNSDNSDNS
Carlos Chinin  BrazilDNF863
10.99 s
799
6.94 m
0
NM
794
1.99 m
851
49.21 s
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Pavel Andreev  UzbekistanDNF759
11.47 s
725
6.62 m
738
14.15 m
794
1.99 m
0
DNF
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Frédéric Xhonneux  BelgiumDNF771
11.41 s
799
6.94 m
728
13.99 m
714
1.90 m
0
DNF
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Victor Covalenco  MoldovaDNF677
11.87 s
697
6.50 m
694
13.44 m
636
1.81 m
0
DNF
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Arthur Abele  GermanyDNF883
10.90 s
691
6.47 m
701
13.55 m
714
1.90 m
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Hans van Alphen  BelgiumDNF799
11.28 s
709
6.55 m
781
14.86 m
661
1.84 m
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Vitaliy Smirnov  UzbekistanDNF740
11.56 s
0
NM
698
13.51 m
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Tom Pappas  United StatesDNF834
11.12 s
913
7.41 m
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Attila Zsivoczky  HungaryDNF679
11.86 s
0
NM
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Dmitriy Karpov  KazakhstanDNF685
11.83 s
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
DSQAleksandr Pogorelov  Russia8328845
11.07 s
903
7.37 m
884
16.53 m
878
2.08 m
773
50.91 s
915
14.47 s
871
50.04 m
910
5.00 m
798
64.01 m
551
5:01.56 min

References edit

  • "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.