1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

Medalists

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

Final standings

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
Dan O'Brien United States10.417.9016.241.9146.5313.9447.205.2060.664:37.508812CR
Mike Smith Canada10.817.6715.692.0947.5314.7848.424.4065.464:29.148549
Christian Schenk Germany11.377.5515.772.1850.1015.2645.984.9061.984:22.588394
4Robert Změlík Czechoslovakia10.857.8413.422.0049.4814.0744.045.0057.804:21.248379
5Petri Keskitalo Finland10.937.5815.062.0350.2614.2744.224.8069.224:46.038318
6Simon Poelman New Zealand10.827.3215.882.0650.1014.6345.065.0056.564:36.368267
7Eduard Hämäläinen Soviet Union10.997.3415.162.0949.2814.5145.484.9055.644:36.858233
8Antonio Peñalver Spain11.177.3216.522.0350.0015.3850.664.5063.084:32.958200
9Christian Plaziat France10.887.2813.872.0948.7214.3844.304.9048.624:29.988122
10Thorsten Dauth Germany10.746.9915.362.0348.1314.8842.964.3060.464:28.098069
11Beat Gähwiler  Switzerland11.277.1313.861.8849.1814.7344.364.8060.364:11.828011
12Michael Kohnle Germany10.907.5214.472.0349.6314.5742.284.7058.684:51.988000
13Alain Blondel France11.037.2013.151.9448.4314.4939.164.8055.404:30.567848
14Munehiro Kaneko Japan11.337.1813.491.9450.1915.1743.764.5060.844:37.867672
15Paul Scott Australia11.016.8212.311.9748.1515.4639.144.5061.784:27.137663
16Jan Trefny  Switzerland11.416.5913.931.9149.3115.0041.364.3060.844:16.957610
17Lars Warming Denmark11.286.9013.281.8548.8415.0242.064.4053.024:21.797529
18Saša Karan Yugoslavia11.326.7913.061.9449.5315.3747.164.2052.384:30.037468
19Alper Kasapoğlu Turkey11.146.8512.621.9450.9015.5040.904.4048.224:41.627211
20Rob Muzzio United States11.416.8016.621.9751.4215.3350.064.7056.00DNF7133
21Dave Johnson United States11.166.6514.611.9750.7815.0746.56NM68.08DNF6378
22Marco Baffi Italy11.276.9812.351.9450.0015.9338.70NM39.444:54.156209
Mikhail Medved Soviet Union11.257.2616.172.0050.3314.9649.94NMDNSDNF
Henrik Dagård Sweden10.887.2913.191.9748.2914.9641.16DNSDNF
Pedro da Silva Brazil11.167.1214.391.9451.18DNFDNSDNF
Homelo Vi Tonga11.346.15NM1.82DQDNSDNF
Dezső Szabó Hungary11.06NMDNSDNF
Lee Fu-an Chinese TaipeiDNSDNS
Anthony Brannen Great BritainDNSDNS
Viktor Radchenko Soviet UnionDNSDNS

See also

  • 1988 Men's Olympic Decathlon
  • 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon
  • 1991 Hypo-Meeting
  • 1991 Decathlon Year Ranking
  • 1992 Men's Olympic Decathlon

References

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