1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991.

Medalists

GoldUnited States Dan O'Brien
United States (USA)
SilverCanada Mike Smith
Canada (CAN)
BronzeGermany Christian Schenk
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Thursday, August 29
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Friday, August 30
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record Daley Thompson (GBR)8847 August 9, 1984United States Los Angeles, United States
Event Record Daley Thompson (GBR)8714 August 13, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Christian Plaziat (FRA)8518 July 7, 1991Netherlands Helmond, Netherlands
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Dan O'Brien (USA)8812 August 30, 1991Japan Tokyo, Japan
Season Best Dan O'Brien (USA)8812 August 30, 1991Japan Tokyo, Japan

Final

RANK FINAL RANKING POINTS
 Dan O'Brien (USA) 8812 CR
 Mike Smith (CAN) 8549
 Christian Schenk (GER) 8394
4.  Robert Změlík (TCH) 8379
5.  Petri Keskitalo (FIN) 8318
6.  Simon Poelman (NZL) 8267
7.  Eduard Hämäläinen (URS) 8233
8.  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) 8200
9.  Christian Plaziat (FRA) 8122
10.  Thorsten Dauth (GER) 8069
11.  Beat Gähwiler (SUI) 8011
12.  Michael Kohnle (GER) 8000
13.  Alain Blondel (FRA) 7848
14.  Munehiro Kaneko (JPN) 7672
15.  Paul Scott (AUS) 7663
16.  Jan Trefny (SUI) 7610
17.  Lars Warming (DEN) 7529
18.  Sasa Karan (YUG) 7468
19.  Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR) 7211
20.  Rob Muzzio (USA) 7133
21.  Dave Johnson (USA) 6378
22.  Marco Baffi (ITA) 6209
—  Mikhail Medved (URS) DNF
—  Henrik Dagård (SWE) DNF
—  Pedro da Silva (BRA) DNF
—  Homelo Vi (TGA) DNF
—  Dezső Szabó (HUN) DNF
—  Fu-An Lee (TPE) DNS
—  Anthony Brannen (GBR) DNS
—  Viktor Radchenko (URS) DNS

See also

References

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