Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.

Medalists

Gold	Christian Schenk East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Torsten Voss East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Dave Steen Canada (CAN)

Schedule

September 28, 1988
1. 100 m
2. Long Jump
3. Shot Put
4. High Jump
5. 400 m
September 29, 1988
1. 110 m hurdles
2. Discus Throw
3. Pole Vault
4. Javelin Throw
5. 1,500 m

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8798(*)	8832(**)	Jürgen Hingsen	Mannheim (FRG)	June 9, 1984
World Record	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles (USA)	August 9, 1984
Olympic Record	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles (USA)	August 9, 1984

(*) Originally score according to the 1962/1977 tables.

(**)Score according to the 1985 tables.

Thompson's mark was not a world record in 1984, but when the 1985 tables came into use, his mark became the record. They were both given credit to the world record.

Results

RANK	FINAL RANKING	POINTS
	Christian Schenk (GDR)	8488
	Torsten Voss (GDR)	8399
	Dave Steen (CAN)	8328
4.	Daley Thompson (GBR)	8306
5.	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	8272
6.	Alain Blondel (FRA)	8268
7.	Tim Bright (USA)	8216
8.	Robert de Wit (NED)	8189
9.	Dave Johnson (USA)	8180
10.	Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS)	8167
11.	Petri Keskitalo (FIN)	8143
12.	Beat Gähwiler (SUI)	8114
13.	Dezső Szabó (HUN)	8093
14.	Mike Smith (CAN)	8083
15.	Simon Shirley (AUS)	8036
16.	Simon Poelman (NZL)	8021
17.	Mikael Olander (SWE)	7869
18.	Uwe Freimuth (GDR)	7860
19.	Lars Warming (DEN)	7859
20.	Roman Hrabaň (TCH)	7781
21.	Georg Werthner (AUT)	7753
22.	Christian Gugler (SUI)	7745
23.	Antonio Peñalver (ESP)	7743
24.	Alex Kruger (GBR)	7623
25.	Lee Fu-An (TPE)	7579
26.	Santiago Mellado (ESA)	7517 (NR)
27.	Severin Moser (SUI)	7502
28.	Věroslav Valenta (TCH)	7442
29.	Carlos O'Connell (IRL)	7310
30.	Greg Richards (GBR)	7237
31.	Gong Guohua (CHN)	7231
32.	Albert Miller (FIJ)	7016
33.	Lee Kwang-Ik (KOR)	6917
34.	Dambar Kunwar (NEP)	5339
—	Valter Külvet (URS)	DNF
—	Gary Kinder (USA)	DNF
—	Fidel Solórzano (ECU)	DNF
—	Aleksandr Apaychev (URS)	DNF
—	Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)	DNF

References

Combined events at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men's decathlon	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women's pentathlon	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women's heptathlon	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Other variations: Men's All-Around: 1904 • Men's Triathlon: 1904 • Men's Pentathlon: 1912 • 1920 • 1924

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