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1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
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 jumpmen
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 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991.

Medalists

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Gold United States Dan O'Brien
United States (USA)
Silver Canada Mike Smith
Canada (CAN)
Bronze Germany Christian Schenk
Germany (GER)

Schedule

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Thursday, August 29
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Friday, August 30
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Daley Thompson (GBR) 8847 August 9, 1984 United States Los Angeles, United States
Event Record  Daley Thompson (GBR) 8714 August 13, 1983 Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best  Christian Plaziat (FRA) 8518 July 7, 1991 Netherlands Helmond, Netherlands
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8812 August 30, 1991 Japan Tokyo, Japan
Season Best  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8812 August 30, 1991 Japan Tokyo, Japan

Final standings

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming five of them. As of 2024, this is the only time a decathlete has claimed the best score for more than four events at these championships.
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dan O'Brien  United States 10.41 7.90 16.24 1.91 46.53 13.94 47.20 5.20 60.66 4:37.50 8812 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Smith  Canada 10.81 7.67 15.69 2.09 47.53 14.78 48.42 4.40 65.46 4:29.14 8549
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Schenk  Germany 11.37 7.55 15.77 2.18 50.10 15.26 45.98 4.90 61.98 4:22.58 8394
4 Robert Změlík  Czechoslovakia 10.85 7.84 13.42 2.00 49.48 14.07 44.04 5.00 57.80 4:21.24 8379
5 Petri Keskitalo  Finland 10.93 7.58 15.06 2.03 50.26 14.27 44.22 4.80 69.22 4:46.03 8318
6 Simon Poelman  New Zealand 10.82 7.32 15.88 2.06 50.10 14.63 45.06 5.00 56.56 4:36.36 8267
7 Eduard Hämäläinen  Soviet Union 10.99 7.34 15.16 2.09 49.28 14.51 45.48 4.90 55.64 4:36.85 8233
8 Antonio Peñalver  Spain 11.17 7.32 16.52 2.03 50.00 15.38 50.66 4.50 63.08 4:32.95 8200
9 Christian Plaziat  France 10.88 7.28 13.87 2.09 48.72 14.38 44.30 4.90 48.62 4:29.98 8122
10 Thorsten Dauth  Germany 10.74 6.99 15.36 2.03 48.13 14.88 42.96 4.30 60.46 4:28.09 8069
11 Beat Gähwiler  Switzerland 11.27 7.13 13.86 1.88 49.18 14.73 44.36 4.80 60.36 4:11.82 8011
12 Michael Kohnle  Germany 10.90 7.52 14.47 2.03 49.63 14.57 42.28 4.70 58.68 4:51.98 8000
13 Alain Blondel  France 11.03 7.20 13.15 1.94 48.43 14.49 39.16 4.80 55.40 4:30.56 7848
14 Munehiro Kaneko  Japan 11.33 7.18 13.49 1.94 50.19 15.17 43.76 4.50 60.84 4:37.86 7672
15 Paul Scott  Australia 11.01 6.82 12.31 1.97 48.15 15.46 39.14 4.50 61.78 4:27.13 7663
16 Jan Trefny  Switzerland 11.41 6.59 13.93 1.91 49.31 15.00 41.36 4.30 60.84 4:16.95 7610
17 Lars Warming  Denmark 11.28 6.90 13.28 1.85 48.84 15.02 42.06 4.40 53.02 4:21.79 7529
18 Saša Karan  Yugoslavia 11.32 6.79 13.06 1.94 49.53 15.37 47.16 4.20 52.38 4:30.03 7468
19 Alper Kasapoğlu  Turkey 11.14 6.85 12.62 1.94 50.90 15.50 40.90 4.40 48.22 4:41.62 7211
20 Rob Muzzio  United States 11.41 6.80 16.62 1.97 51.42 15.33 50.06 4.70 56.00 DNF 7133
21 Dave Johnson  United States 11.16 6.65 14.61 1.97 50.78 15.07 46.56 NM 68.08 DNF 6378
22 Marco Baffi  Italy 11.27 6.98 12.35 1.94 50.00 15.93 38.70 NM 39.44 4:54.15 6209
Mikhail Medved  Soviet Union 11.25 7.26 16.17 2.00 50.33 14.96 49.94 NM DNS – DNF
Henrik Dagård  Sweden 10.88 7.29 13.19 1.97 48.29 14.96 41.16 DNS – – DNF
Pedro da Silva  Brazil 11.16 7.12 14.39 1.94 51.18 DNF DNS – – – DNF
Homelo Vi  Tonga 11.34 6.15 NM 1.82 DQ DNS – – – – DNF
Dezső Szabó  Hungary 11.06 NM DNS – – – – – – – DNF
Lee Fu-an  Chinese Taipei DNS – – – – – – – – – DNS
Anthony Brannen  Great Britain DNS – – – – – – – – – DNS
Viktor Radchenko  Soviet Union DNS – – – – – – – – – DNS

See also

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References

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