1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, including fourteen non-finishers. The competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Eduard Hämäläinen Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Frank Busemann Germany (GER)

Schedule

Tuesday, August 5

100 m
Long Jump
Shot Put
High Jump
400 m

Wednesday, August 6

110 m hurdles
Discus Throw
Pole Vault
Javelin Throw
1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8891	September 5, 1992	Talence, France
Event Record	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8817	August 20, 1993	Stuttgart, Germany
Season Best	Steve Fritz (USA)	8604	June 13, 1997	Indianapolis, United States

Results

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Decathlon										Points
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	10,60	7.64	16.32	2.00	47,56	13,61	45.16	5.00	70.34	4.35,40	8837
	Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN)	10,81	7.56	15.71	1.97	46,71	13,74	50.50	5.20	59.82	4.37,10	8730
	Frank Busemann (GER)	10,76	7.96	13.53	2.09	48,32	13,55	42.56	5.00	63.92	4.29,27	8652
4	Steve Fritz (USA)	10,96	7.30	14.41	2.00	48,70	14,08	48.88	5.00	65.24	4.31,14	8463
5	Ramil Ganiyev (UZB)	10,94	7.58	14.76	2.06	48,34	14,35	46.04	5.30	55.14	4.36,78	8445
6	Erki Nool (EST)	10,67	7.37	14.33	1.91	46,99	14,66	43.20	5.40	65.84	4.42,98	8413
7	Stefan Schmid (GER)	10,93	7.58	14.58	1.97	48,14	14,49	44.38	5.00	67.46	4.43,20	8360
8	Michael Smith (CAN)	11,04	7.25	17.54	2.03	49,67	14,68	47.80	4.80	65.58	4.54,99	8307
9	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	10,91	7.71	14.33	2.09	48,16	14,32	43.32	4.20	64.76	4.40,31	8232
10	Klaus Isekenmeier (GER)	11,05	7.56	14.28	1.91	48,56	14,40	47.88	4.60	65.84	4.42,54	8180
11	Indrek Kaseorg (EST)	11,39	7.16	13.87	2.03	48,66	14,49	41.64	4.90	63.34	4.20,82	8140
12	Philipp Huber (SUI)	11,08	7.18	14.29	1.85	48,00	14,65	44.88	5.00	58.22	4.20,90	8107
13	Cédric Lopez (FRA)	11,21	7.13	13.48	2.09	48,88	14,75	40.96	4.60	64.88	4.25,96	8047
14	Marcel Dost (NED)	10,97	7.45	13.61	1.91	47,99	14,49	42.42	5.20	51.80	4.36,68	8040
15	Francisco Javier Benet (ESP)	11,04	7.19	13.66	2.03	48,49	14,56	43.30	4.50	55.92	4.33,65	7929
16	Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE)	10,77	7.29	13.28	2.00	49,59	14,47	44.46	4.80	54.94	4.58,44	7867
17	Victor Houston (BAR)	10,72	7.57	12.82	2.03	47,91	13,92	33.56	3.50	62.10	4.32,30	7777
18	Mário Aníbal (POR)	11,09	7.03	14.57	2.03	49,73	15,28	44.28	4.60	53.70	4.39,65	7768
19	Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA)	11.02	7.11	13.35	1.88	48,87	14,83	43.26	4.80	53.70	4.42,29	7708
20	Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB)	11,10	7.32	13.93	1.85	48,85	15,39	39.70	4.40	60.28	4.25,68	7698

—	Chris Huffins (USA)	10.39	7.85	15.28	2.06	49,05	14,04	49.22	4.60	NM	DNS	DNF
—	Jagan Hames (AUS)	11.11	7.27	14.08		49,92	14,36	46.68	DNF	—	—	DNF
—	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	11.07	7.07	15.00		49,02	14,38	44.78	DNF	—	—	DNF
—	Beniamino Poserina (ITA)	11.10	6.93	14.04	1.91	49,99	14,56	38.42	DNS	—	—	DNF
—	Robert Změlík (CZE)	10.84	7.28	14.38		49,39	DNF	45.72	DNS	—	—	DNF
—	Sebastian Chmara (POL)	11.17	7.56	15.21		48,24	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Sébastien Levicq (FRA)	11.25	7.01	13.58	1.94	53,43	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL)	10.61	7.42	15.05	2.00	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Jaime Peñas (ESP)	11.08	7.16	15.33		DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Shawn Wilbourn (USA)	10.88	6.94	14.85	1.91	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Rojs Piziks (LAT)	11.77	6.79	14.05		DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Alper Kasapoğlu (TUR)	11.28	6.91	13.99	1.85	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Doug Pirini (NZL)	10.93	7.17	14.38	NM	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
—	Jack Rosendaal (NED)	11.27	6.94	12.73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

References

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Events at the 1997 World Championships

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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

Decathlon and heptathlon at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics
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