1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including three non-finishers. The competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993, and ended on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Dan O'Brien of the United States with a score of 8817 points.

Medalists

Gold	Dan O'Brien United States (USA)
Silver	Eduard Hämäläinen Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Paul Meier Germany (GER)

Schedule

August 19

1. 100 m
2. Long Jump
3. Shot Put
4. High Jump
5. 400 m

August 20

6. 110 m hurdles
7. Discus Throw
8. Pole Vault
9. Javelin Throw
10. 1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8891	September 5, 1992	Talence, France
Event Record	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8812	August 30, 1991	Tokyo, Japan
Season Best	Michael Smith (CAN)	8262	May 30, 1993	Götzis, Austria

Final standings

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming three of them. Three men tied for the high jump clearing 2.15 metres.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Dan O'Brien	United States	10.57	7.99	15.41	2.03	47.46	14.08	47.92	5.20	62.56	4:40.08	8817	CR
	Eduard Hämäläinen	Belarus	10.72	7.05	15.49	2.09	47.64	13.57	49.26	5.30	61.88	4:39.34	8724
	Paul Meier	Germany	10.57	7.57	15.45	2.15	47.73	14.63	45.72	4.60	61.22	4:32.05	8548
4	Christian Schenk	Germany	11.22	7.63	15.72	2.15	48.78	15.29	46.94	4.80	65.32	4:24.44	8500
5	Alain Blondel	France	10.94	7.20	14.06	1.94	48.12	14.40	45.74	5.40	62.22	4:19.89	8444
6	Christian Plaziat	France	10.80	7.50	14.47	2.09	47.91	14.36	41.74	5.00	56.96	4:26.31	8398
7	Steve Fritz	United States	10.83	7.52	13.87	2.03	48.40	13.99	41.62	4.90	57.68	4:23.56	8324
8	Rob Muzzio	United States	11.11	6.72	16.99	1.94	49.82	14.51	47.90	5.00	64.50	4:34.43	8237
9	Michael Kohnle	Germany	11.16	7.40	14.34	2.00	50.17	14.51	44.70	5.00	62.10	4:47.95	8075
10	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	10.93	7.20	14.69	2.00	49.40	14.21	42.66	4.50	61.30	4:37.79	8032
11	Petri Keskitalo	Finland	11.03	7.30	14.85	1.94	50.76	14.66	43.26	5.00	63.92	4:49.48	8032
12	Indrek Kaseorg	Estonia	11.41	7.31	11.97	2.12	48.99	14.97	40.40	4.60	57.46	4:19.20	7911
13	Henrik Dagård	Sweden	10.95	7.05	14.44	1.76	48.36	14.62	42.72	4.70	64.78	4:44.09	7838
14	Sébastien Levicq	France	11.36	7.15	13.48	1.97	51.75	15.10	41.48	5.10	64.00	4:41.43	7783
15	Ramil Ganiyev	Uzbekistan	11.09	7.26	14.07	2.03	49.80	14.64	39.78	5.10	43.00	4:45.26	7734
16	Ronalds Blums	Latvia	11.32	7.15	12.96	1.97	50.55	14.67	39.12	5.00	57.16	4:33.59	7734
17	Sándor Munkácsi	Hungary	11.12	7.08	13.36	1.94	48.71	14.60	41.02	4.50	51.04	4:21.97	7726
18	Xavier Brunet	Spain	11.16	6.88	12.13	2.15	49.09	14.62	37.86	4.60	49.14	4:46.72	7547
19	Alex Kruger	Great Britain	11.34	7.07	13.90	2.06	50.33	15.10	40.00	4.40	54.04	4:52.53	7481
20	Katsuhiko Matsuda	Japan	11.30	7.03	12.39	1.97	49.68	14.61	38.32	4.40	43.40	5:03.56	7140
21	Munehiro Kaneko	Japan	11.24	NM	13.25	2.00	49.60	14.52	45.08	4.70	57.78	4:55.28	6912
22	Barry Walsh	Ireland	11.66	6.73	14.21	1.94	51.29	15.36	45.38	NM	55.52	4:42.59	6632
	Robert Změlík	Czechoslovakia	10.78	7.41	13.21	1.97	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Dezső Szabó	Hungary	11.02	7.01	13.16	1.94	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Mike Smith	Canada	10.99	NM	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic Decathlon
• 1993 Hypo-Meeting
• 1993 Decathlon Year Ranking
• 1994 Men's European Championships Decathlon

References

• Results