Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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Athletics at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
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 women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Decathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September.

After the first day of the contest, Chris Huffins found himself in en eight-point lead ahead of Dean Macey. Erki Nool and Tom Pappas occupied the next places. On the next day Nool dropped to fifth place after the 110 metres hurdles, but advanced again after the controversial discus contest. Starting off with two foul attempts, Nool was originally fouled in his third and last attempt as well, which would have resulted in him getting 0 points and falling out of the leading group. However, Nool successfully appealed the ring-foul ruling and had his throw measured to 43.66 metres, which saw him climb one place. The British delegation, representing Macey, protested to no avail.

Following Nool's strong result in the javelin throw event Huffins' lead had shrunk to only 14 points before the 1500 metres. As this was a weak event for Huffins he looked set to lose out in the medal chase; however, he managed to lower his personal best time by twelve seconds and grasped a bronze medal. Reigning world champion and world record holder Tomáš Dvořák struggled with a knee problem throughout the competition and finished in a disappointing sixth place.

Medalists

GoldErki Nool
 Estonia
SilverRoman Šebrle
 Czech Republic
BronzeChris Huffins
 United States


Šebrle would go on to break the world record in 2001 and win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in a new Olympic record. Huffins retired from international athletics after the end of the season.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record 8994 Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic 4 July 1999
Olympic Record 8847 Daley Thompson United Kingdom Los Angeles, United States 9 August 1984

Results

Overall results

Flying points table after 10th event:

Rank Athlete Nation Overall
points
Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
100 mLJSPHJ400 m110 mhDTPVJT1500 m
1Erki Nool Estonia 8641 933 pts
10.68 s
1000
7.76
796
15.11
803
2.00
973
46.71
913
14.48
739
43.66
910
5.00
826
65.82
748
4:29.48
2Roman Šebrle Czech Republic 8606 878 pts
10.92 s
965
7.62
803
15.22
915
2.12
899
48.20
991
13.87
754
44.39
849
4.80
799
64.04
753
4:28.79
3Chris Huffins United States 8595 (SB) 980 pts
10.48 s
987
7.71
806
15.27
887
2.09
894
48.31
986
13.91
861
49.55
819
4.70
687
56.62
688
4:38.71
4Dean Macey Great Britain 8567 (PB) 903 pts
10.81 s
1002
7.77
766
14.62
887
2.09
988
46.41
907
14.53
733
43.37
849
4.80
744
60.38
788
4:23.45
5Tom Pappas United States 8425 901 pts
10.82 s
913
7.41
782
14.87
1002
2.21
878
48.64
955
14.15
693
41.42
880
4.90
772
62.26
649
4:45.10
6Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic 8385 881 pts
10.91 s
935
7.50
846
15.91
776
1.97
856
49.11
931
14.34
811
47.15
731
4.40
888
69.94
730
4:32.23
7Frank Busemann Germany 8351 881 pts
10.91 s
970
7.64
760
14.52
887
2.09
863
48.97
954
14.16
538
33.71
910
5.00
812
64.91
776
4:25.32
8Attila Zsivoczky Hungary 8277 838 pts
11.10 s
821
7.00
787
14.96
859
2.06
880
48.61
817
15.27
817
47.43
849
4.80
827
65.87
789
4:23.37
9Stefan Schmid Germany 8206 874 pts
10.94 s
854
7.17
731
14.04
803
2.00
880
48.61
926
14.38
681
40.81
910
5.00
844
67.03
703
4:36.49
10Henrik Dagård Sweden 8178 (SB) 897 pts
10.84 s
833
7.08
788
14.97
749
1.94
873
48.75
936
14.30
725
42.95
941
5.10
814
65.05
622
4:49.51
11Zsolt Kürtösi Hungary 8149 (PB) 861 pts
11.00 s
859
7.19
798
15.13
803
2.00
870
48.81
955
14.15
800
46.62
849
4.80
695
57.16
659
4:43.39
12Mário Aníbal Portugal 8136 (NR) 867 pts
10.97 s
790
6.90
814
15.39
831
2.03
875
48.71
885
14.71
767
45.01
880
4.90
??
57.51
727
4:32.68
13Lev Lobodin Russia 8071 917 pts
10.75 s
857
7.18
836
15.75
749
1.94
867
48.87
972
14.02
758
44.55
910
5.00
591
50.16
614
4:50.73
14Jiří Ryba Czech Republic 8056 830 pts
11.14 s
838
7.10
741
14.21
803
2.00
863
48.97
851
14.99
722
42.83
880
4.90
704
57.76
824
4:18.21
15Raúl Duany Cuba 8054 841 pts
11.09 s
893
7.33
688
13.34
859
2.06
827
49.73
918
14.44
688
41.17
790
4.60
803
64.31
747
4:29.68
16Oleksandr Yurkov Ukraine 7993 885 pts
10.89 s
739
6.68
776
14.78
776
1.97
877
48.66
847
15.02
843
48.67
910
5.00
659
54.77
681
4:39.94
17Indrek Kaseorg Estonia 7932 793 pts
11.31 s
866
7.22
683
13.26
776
1.97
813
50.03
902
14.57
705
41.98
849
4.80
837
66.54
708
4:35.64
18Klaus Ambrosch Austria 7917 858 pts
11.01 s
854
7.17
808
15.30
723
1.91
804
50.23
859
14.92
689
41.22
790
4.60
858
67.94
674
4:40.94
19Laurent Hernu France 7909 819 pts
11.19 s
847
7.14
700
13.54
859
2.06
786
50.63
910
14.51
701
41.78
910
5.00
683
56.34
694
4:37.82
20Wilfrid Boulineau France 7821 845 pts
11.07 s
833
7.08
690
13.38
831
2.03
823
49.82
847
15.02
662
39.86
849
4.80
733
59.69
708
4:35.59
21Kip Janvrin United States 7726 804 pts
11.26 s
727
6.63
702
13.57
723
1.85
856
49.12
831
15.15
709
42.20
910
5.00
690
56.84
827
4:17.81
22Volodymyr Mykhailenko Ukraine 7676 838 pts
11.10 s
823
7.04
700
13.53
859
2.06
871
48.80
869
14.84
674
40.45
790
4.60
548
47.27
704
4:36.23
23Fedor Laukhin Ukraine 7652 814 pts
11.21 s
816
7.01
677
13.16
831
2.03
831
49.64
830
15.16
631
38.33
880
4.90
671
55.53
671
4:41.48
24Eduard Hämäläinen Finland 7520 858 pts
11.01 s
859
7.19
732
14.06
723
1.85
902
48.14
927
14.37
583
35.98
849
4.80
546
47.11
692
4:38.18
25Mike Maczey Germany 7228 823 pts
11.17 s
838
7.10
719
13.84
831
2.03
819
49.91
0
DNF
739
43.64
941
5.10
760
61.49
758
4:27.99
 Eugenio Balanqué Cuba DNF 890 pts
10.87 s
628
6.19
784
14.90
749
1.94
898
48.23
929
14.36
799
46.56
0
NM
 
 
 
 
 Claston Bernard Jamaica DNF 908 pts
10.79 s
0
NM
709
13.68
887
2.09
825
49.77
848
15.01
688
41.15
0
NM
 
 
 
 
 Prodromos Korkizoglou Greece DNF 919 pts
10.74 s
852
7.16
710
13.70
776
1.97
657
53.57
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Scott Ferrier Australia DNF 836 pts
11.11 s
859
7.19
698
13.50
776
1.97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Roman Razbeyko Russia DNF 763 pts
11.45 s
771
6.82
727
13.98
776
1.97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yeorgios Andreou Cyprus DNF 867 pts
10.97 s
750
6.73
743
14.24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sébastien Levicq France DNF 757 pts
11.48 s
713
6.57
700
13.53
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Trond Høiby Norway DNF 740 pts
11.56 s
635
6.22
730
14.03
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jón Arnar Magnússon Iceland DNF 894 pts
10.85 s
0
NM
819
15.48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aki Heikkinen Finland DNF 827 pts
11.15 s
0
NM
690
13.37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Francisco Javier Benet Spain DNF 769 pts
11.42 s
657
6.32
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Philipp Huber Switzerland DNF 784 pts
11.35 s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Oleg Veretelnikov Uzbekistan DNF 618 pts
12.17 s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

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