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 |
| Silver | Torsten Voss East Germany |
| Bronze | Dave Steen Canada |
Schedule
- September 28, 1988
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- September 29, 1988
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also
- 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon
- 1987 Men's World Championship Decathlon
- 1988 Hypo-Meeting
- 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon
References
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