User:Jnestorius/Decathlon world record progression

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<Decathlon world record progression

Roman Šebrle was the first man to score over 9,000 points.

The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.[1]

As of 23 June 2012, 36 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]

The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the IAAF in 2004. As of 21 June 2009, two world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1] The current world record holder in the decathlon is French national Kevin Mayer. Over the years athletes have become bigger, stronger, and faster; in turn athletes scored more points leading to the world record where it stands now at 9126 points by the current world record holder Kevin Mayer.

Records[edit]

Estonian Aleksander Klumberg was the first official record holder.
Yang Chuan-kwang was the first and, so far, only decathlon world record holder from outside Europe and the United States.
The male world record holder from 2012 to 2018 Ashton Eaton.


Men[edit]

This table includes:

  • Performances officially ratified by the IAAF as world records
  • Performances widely recognised as world bests prior to the IAAF's first ratified record in 1922
  • Performances superior to the then-current world record using the then-current decathlon scoring tables but not ratified by the IAAF for some reason
  • Jim Thorpe's 1912 Olympic mark, expunged when he was disqualified for professionalism.
  • Performances, possibly inferior to the then-current world record using the then-current tables, but superior using later tables
  • Performances superior to all but Jim Thorpe's 1912 Olympic mark using later tables
Points (then and later tables) Athlete Nation Date[n 1] Place Competition
1912 1920 1934 1950 1962 1984
6903.92[n 2] 6241.025 5516 4646 5584 5386 Hugo Wieslander  SWE 1911-10-15 Stockholm Rehearsal for 1912 Olympics
Events: 11.6 – 6.15 – 11.25 – 1.67 – 55.6 – 18.2 – 29.74 – 3.00 – 48.89 – 4:59.4 [held in one day]
7414.555[n 3] 6752.66 6095 5307 6051 5867 James Austin Menaul  USA 1912-05-24 Evanston, Illinois Central U.S. Olympic Trials 1912
Events: 11.4 - 6.06 - 12.70 - 1.78 - 53.8 - 16.6 - 33.00 - 2.89 - 40.48 - 4:37.2
8412.955[n 4] 7751.06 6971 6268 6756 6564 Jim Thorpe  USA 1912-07-15 Stockholm Olympic Games 1912
Events: 11.2 - 6.79 - 12.89 - 1.87 - 52.2 - 15.6 - 36.98 - 3.25 - 45.70 - 4:40.1 [3 days]
7724.495[n 4] 7062.60 6220 5377 6161 5966 Hugo Wieslander  SWE 1912-07-15 Stockholm Olympic Games 1912
Events: 11.8 - 6.42 - 12.14 - 1.75 - 53.6 - 17.2 - 36.29 - 3.10 - 50.40 - 4:45.0 [3 days]
7462.79[n 5] 6800.89 6167 5652 6124 5969 Valdemar Wickholm  FIN 1914-07-09 Malmö Baltic Games 1914
Events: 11.5 - 6.43 - 11.29 - 1.74 - 51.9 - 16.0 - 32.54 - 2.90 - 43.63 - 4:41.3 [3 days]
7786.92 7125.25 6301 5500 6209 6033 Helge Løvland  NOR 1919-07-20 Kristiania
Events: 11.4 - 6.57 - 12.03 - 1.67 - 54.5 - 16.1 - 38.12 - 3.06 - 51.61 - 5:01.4
7880.88 7218.985 6297 5431 6216 5987 Evert Nilsson  SWE 1920-07-04 Stockholm Swedish Championships 1920
Events: 11.8 - 6.33 - 11.44 - 1.84 - 55.1 - 18.1 - 35.86 - 3.45 - 51.77 - 4:36.0
7853.65 7191.755 6365 5444 6278 6075 Bertil Ohlson  SWE 1920-07-04 Stockholm Swedish Championships 1920
Events: 11.8 - 6.72 - 11.65 - 1.78 - 54.0 - 17.1 - 39.23 - 3.30 - 43.21 - 4:37.3
8025.52[n 6] 7363.625 6363 5466 6236 6026 Aleksander Klumberg  EST 1920-07-05 Tallinn Estonian Championships 1920
Events: 11.8 - 6.81 - 12.05 - 1.75 - 56.6 - 18.1 - 38.69 - 3.40 - 58.45 - 4:55.3 [3 days]
— 7485.610 6450 5531 6270 6087 Aleksander Klumberg  EST 1922-09-17 Helsinki
Events: zzz
— 7226.905 6408 5644 6304 6148 Gustaf Strandberg [fi]  FIN 1923-08-07 Gothenberg International Gothenberg Games
Events: zzz
— 7350.62 6583 5862 6424 6248 Harold Osborn  USA 1923-09-03 Chicago
Events: 11.5 - 6.555 - 11.45 - 1.955 - 52.9 - 15.6 - 33.64 - 3.20 - 46.11 - 4:53.1
— 7710.775 6872 6163 6668 6476 Harold Osborn  USA 1924-07-12 Paris Olympic Games 1924
Events: zzz
— 7832.030 6889 6077 6651 6460 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1926-07-18 Viipuri
Events: zzz
— 7995.19 7053 6244 6768 6586 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1927-07-17 Helsinki
Events: zzz
— 8053.29 7071 6246 6774 6587 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1928-08-04 Amsterdam Olympic Games 1928
Events: 11.8 - 6.72 - 14.11 - 1.87 - 53.2 - 16.6 - 42.09 - 3.30 - 55.70 - 4:44.0
— 7931.50 7081 6379 6815 6645 Akilles Järvinen  FIN 1928-08-04 Amsterdam Olympic Games 1928
Events: 11.2 - 6.87 - 13.64 - 1.75 - 51.4 - 15.6 - 36.95 - 3.30 - 55.58 - 4:52.4
— 8117.300 7193 6432 6869 6700 Paavo Yrjölä  FIN 1930-07-10 Aalborg
Events: zzz
— 8255.475 7378 6719 7036 6865 Akilles Järvinen  FIN 1930-07-20 Viipuri
Events: zzz
— 8292.48[n 7] 7378 6707 7038 6879 Akilles Järvinen  FIN 1932-08-06 Los Angeles Olympic Games
Events: zzz
— 8462.235 7396 6590 6896 6736 James Bausch  USA 1932-08-06 Los Angeles Olympic Games
Events: zzz
— 8460.62 7432 6635 6999 6833 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  GER 1933-07-23
Events: 11.4 - 7.09 - 14.55 - 1.825 - 54.0 - 16.2 - 46.66 - 3.40 - 59.58 - 4:59.8
— 8453.56 7449 6680 7003 6828 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  GER 1933-08-13 Cologne German Championships 1933
Events: zzz
— 8790.46 7824 7135 7292 7147 Hans-Heinrich Sievert  GER 1934-07-08 Hamburg
Events: zzz
— — 7875 7291 7394 7213 Glenn Morris  USA 1936-06-27 Milwaukee U.S. Olympic Trials 1936
Events: zzz
— — 7900 7310 7421 7254 Glenn Morris  USA 1936-08-08 Berlin Olympic Games 1936
Events: zzz
— — 8042 7444 7453 7287 Bob Mathias  USA 1950-06-30 Tulare US Championships 1950
Events: zzz
— — — 7829 7690 7543 Bob Mathias  USA 1952-07-02 U.S. Olympic Trials 1952
Events: zzz
— — — 7887 7731 7592el. Bob Mathias  USA 1952-07-26 Helsinki Olympic Games 1952
Events: zzz
— — — 7985 7758 7608 Rafer Johnson  USA 1955-06-11 Kingsburg
Events: zzz
— — — 8014 7760 7653 Vasili Kuznetsov  URS 1958-05-18 Krasnodar
Events: zzz
— — — 8302 7896 7789 Rafer Johnson  USA 1958-07-28 Moscow
Events: zzz
— — — 8357 7957 7839 Vasili Kuznetsov  URS 1959-05-17 Moscow
Events: zzz
— — — 8683 8063 7981 Rafer Johnson  USA 1960-07-09 Eugene US Championships 1960
Events: zzz
— — — 8709 8155[n 8] 8050 Philip Mulkey  USA 1961-06-17
Events: zzz
— — — 9206 8089[n 8] 8010 Yang Chuan-kwang  ROC 1963-04-28 Walnut Mt. SAC Relays 1963
Events: zzz
— — — — 8234 8096 Bill Toomey  USA 1966-07-03 US Championships 1966
Events: zzz
— — — — 8230 8120 Russ Hodge  USA 1966-07-24 Los Angeles
Events: zzz
— — — — 8319 8235 Kurt Bendlin  FRG 1967-05-14 Heidelberg
Events: zzz
— — — — 8417 8310 Bill Toomey  USA 1969-12-11 Los Angeles
Events: zzz
— — — — 8454/8456 8466 Mykola Avilov  URS 1972-09-08 Munich Olympic Games 1972
Events: zzz
— — — — 8524 8429 Bruce Jenner  USA 1975-08-10 Eugene
Events: zzz
— — — — 8542w 8465 Bruce Jenner  USA 1976-06-26 Eugene U.S. Olympic Trials 1976
Events: zzz
— — — — 8618/8617 8634 Bruce Jenner  USA 1976-07-30 Montreal Olympic Games 1976
Events: zzz
— — — — 8622 8648 Daley Thompson  GBR 1980-05-15 Götzis Hypo-Meeting
Events: zzz
— — — — 8649 8667 Guido Kratschmer  FRG 1980-06-14 Filderstadt-Bernhausen
Events: zzz
— — — — 8704 8730 Daley Thompson  GBR 1982-05-23 Götzis Hypo-Meeting
Events: zzz
— — — — 8723 8741 Jürgen Hingsen  FRG 1982-08-15 Ulm
Events: zzz
— — — — 8743 8774 Daley Thompson  GBR 1982-09-08 Athens European Championships 1982
Events: zzz
— — — — 8779 8825 Jürgen Hingsen  FRG 1983-06-05 Filderstadt-Bernhausen
Events: zzz
— — — — 8798 8832[n 9] Jürgen Hingsen  FRG 1984-05-09 Mannheim
Events: zzz
— — — — 8798[n 9] 8847[n 9] Daley Thompson  GBR 1984-08-09 Los Angeles Olympic Games
Events: zzz
— — — — — 8891 Dan O'Brien  USA 1992-09-05 Talence Décastar 1992
Events: zzz
— — — — — 8994 Tomáš Dvořák  CZE 1999-07-04 Prague European Cup Combined Events 1999
Events: zzz
— — — — — 9026 Roman Šebrle  CZE 2001-05-27 Götzis Hypo-Meeting 2001
Events: zzz
— — — — — 9039 Ashton Eaton  USA 2012-06-23 Eugene U.S. Olympic Trials 2012[5][6]
Events: zzz
— — — — — 9045 Ashton Eaton  USA 2015-08-29 Beijing World Championships 2015[7]
Events: zzz
— — — — — 9126 Kevin Mayer  FRA 2018-09-16 Talence Décastar 2018[8]
Events: zzz
Details: 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110mH DT PV JT 1500m

Women[edit]

Austra Skujytė – the current women's record holder.
Points Athlete Nation Date Place
8,150 Marie Collonvillé  FRA 2004-09-26 Talence[1]
8,358 Austra Skujytė  LTU 2005-04-15 Columbia, Missouri[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Last day in the case of multi-day events. Event lasted two days unless otherwise stated.
  2. ^ Wieslander's score at the time was 6138.33, using different tables from those introduced in 1912.
  3. ^ Scored at the time by sums of ranking in each event rather than tables.
  4. ^ a b Thorpe was disqualified in 1912, losing his gold medal and world record. Wieslander was promoted from second to first when Thorpe was disqualified. Thorpe's gold medal was restored in 1982 but not his world record.
  5. ^ Wickholm finished third in the event, behind John Svanström and Karl Halt.
  6. ^ Not ratified as Estonia was not a member of the IAAF.
  7. ^ Bausch finished the final 1500m of the 1932 Olympic decathlon 30 seconds behind Järvinen, but with a higher total points score. Järvinen's score was not submitted as a (short-lived) record.
  8. ^ a b Mulkey's 1961 series if ratified would have lost the record to Yang's 1963 series under the 1950 tables but regained it when the 1962 tables took effect in 1964.[2]
  9. ^ a b c Originally recorded as 8797 points and thus not a world record using the then-current 1962 tables. Based on the revised tables which took effect in April 1985, Thompson's Los Angeles performance would have scored more than Hingsen's Mannheim performance (8,846 to 8,832) but the IAAF had decreed the pre-revision record could only be broken by a mark set after the changeover. In 1986, Thompson's 110 metres hurdles time was revised from 14.34 to 14.33 and his score increased by one point, so he retrospectively joined Hingsen as record holder under the old tables and replaced him from the date of the new tables.[3][4]

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • Hymans, Richard; Matrahazi, Imre (2015). "Decathlon". Progression of IAAF World Records (PDF). pp. 210–219. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook" (PDF). Berlin: IAAF. 2009. pp. 546, 559–60, 649. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. ^ Wiggins, David K.; Rodgers, R. Pierre (2012). Rivals: Legendary Matchups That Made Sports History. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 9781610753494. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ Hymans and Matrahazi 2015, p.217
  4. ^ Reinmuth, Gary (17 May 1986). "Hingsen objects". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Decathlon Results". USATF. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  6. ^ "World record for Eaton, dramatic wins for Jeter and Harper in Eugene – US Olympic Trials, Day 2". IAAF. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  7. ^ Chavez, Chris (28 August 2015). "Ashton Eaton sets decathlon world record; wins gold in Beijing". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  8. ^ "World Records ratified". IAAF. October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2018.


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