Robert Změlík

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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Gold	Barcelona 1992	Decathlon
European Indoor Championships
Silver	1992 Genoa	Heptathlon
Competitor for Czech Republic
World Indoor Championships
Gold	1997 Paris	Heptathlon

Robert Změlík (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrobɛrd ˈzmɲɛliːk]) (born April 18, 1969 in Prostějov) is a Czech track athlete who won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon in 1992.

His personal best in decathlon was 8627 points (1992), in Heptathlon 6228 points (1997), both former national records. Změlík's Olympic success was influential for other two great Czech decathletes and world record holders, Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle.

v • d • e Olympic Champions in the Men's All Around, Pentathlon and Decathlon

As all-around	1904: Tom Kiely

As pentathlon	1906: Hjalmer Mellander · 1912: Jim Thorpe/Ferdinand Bie · 1920+1924: Eero Lehtonen

As decathlon	1912: Jim Thorpe/Hugo Wieslander · 1920: Helge Løvland · 1924: Harold Osborn · 1928: Paavo Yrjölä · 1932: James Bausch · 1936: Glenn Morris · 1948+1952: Bob Mathias · 1956: Milt Campbell · 1960: Rafer Johnson · 1964: Willi Holdorf · 1968: Bill Toomey · 1972: Nikolai Avilov · 1976: Bruce Jenner · 1980+1984: Daley Thompson · 1988: Christian Schenk · 1992: Robert Změlík · 1996: Dan O'Brien · 2000: Erki Nool · 2004: Roman Šebrle · 2008: Bryan Clay

v • d • e World Indoor Champions in Men's Heptathlon

1993: Dan O'Brien (USA) · 1995: Christian Plaziat (FRA) · 1997: Robert Změlík (CZE) · 1999: Sebastian Chmara (POL) · 2001: Roman Šebrle (CZE) · 2003: Tom Pappas (USA) · 2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE) · 2006: André Niklaus (GER) · 2008: Bryan Clay (USA)