Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
| Men's decathlon at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Dates | August 5 & August 6 | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 10 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's decathlon event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6. Bob Mathias of the United States won with a points total of 7139.
Results
Final standings
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Points | Adjusted points | Notes |
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 | Bob Mathias |  United States | 7139 | 6628 | |
 | Ignace Heinrich |  France | 6974 | 6559 | |
 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 6950 | 6531 | |
| 4 | Enrique Kistenmacher |  Argentina | 6929 | 6542 | |
| 5 | Erik Andersson |  Sweden | 6877 | 6486 | |
| 6 | Peter Mullins |  Australia | 6739 | 6334 | |
| 7 | Per Eriksson | Sweden | 6731 | 6391 | |
| 8 | Irving Mondschein | United States | 6715 | 6331 | |
| 9 | Edward Adamczyk |  Poland | 6712 | 6336 | |
| 10 | Godtfred Holmvang |  Norway | 6663 | 6324 | |
| 11 | Per Stavem | Norway | 6552 | 6153 | |
| 12 | Örn Clausen |  Iceland | 6444 | 6110 | |
| 13 | Yrjö Mäkelä |  Finland | 6421 | 6064 | |
| 14 | Pierre Sprécher | France | 6401 | 6136 | |
| 15 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 6325 | 6017 | |
| 16 | Wacław Kuźmicki | Poland | 6153 | 5898 | |
| 17 | Hannes Sonck | Finland | 6142 | 5883 | |
| 18 | Davorin Marčelja |  Yugoslavia | 6141 | 5851 | |
| 19 | Witold Gerutto | Poland | 6106 | 5756 | |
| 20 | Hernán Figueroa |  Chile | 6026 | 5786 | |
| 20 | Hércules Azcune |  Uruguay | 6026 | 5781 | |
| 22 | Jacques Crétaine | France | 5829 | 5604 | |
| 23 | Fritz Nüssbaum |  Switzerland | 5808 | 5641 | |
| 24 | Mario Recordón | Chile | 5730 | 5582 | |
| 25 | Lionel Fournier |  Canada | 5590 | 5453 | |
| 26 | Albert Dayer | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 5586 | 5349 | |
| 27 | Oskar Gerber | Switzerland | 5558 | 5403 | |
| 28 | Sayed Moukhtar | .svg.png){kind=small} Egypt | 5031 | 5000 | |
| Baldev Singh |  India | DNF | |||
| Josef Seger |  Liechtenstein | DNF | |||
| Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | DNF | |||
| Eduardo Julve | .svg.png){kind=small} Peru | DNF | |||
| René Kremer |  Luxembourg | DNF | |||
| Gebhard Büchel | Liechtenstein | DNF | |||
| Armin Scheurer | Switzerland | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's decathlon, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-17.
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