Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place between 5 September and 6 September at the Stadio Olimpico.[1]

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueStadio Olimpico
Dates5–6 September
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Medalists
Rafer Johnson  United States
Yang Chuan-kwang  Republic of China
Vasili Kuznetsov  Soviet Union

Analysis

Despite the presence of previous world record holder Vasili Kuznetsov, the competition quickly became a battle between UCLA training partners Rafer Johnson and Yang Chuan-kwang, known as C.K. Yang. After two years of training under "Ducky" Drake, each knew the other's abilities.

Yang's abilities lay in the speed events, building an almost 90 point lead in the first two events (100m and Long Jump). Johnson was superior in the throwing events. At the end of the first day, Johnson had a 55 point advantage.

The second day began with Yang speeding to a 180 point advantage in the 110 hurdles. Johnson countered with a 270 point gain in the Discus. Yang continued to dominate in the Pole Vault but Johnson set a personal record in the event, minimizing Yang's gain. Yang followed that by staying close to Johnson in the Javelin, leaving the final event, Yang's best event, the 1500m to decide the competition. Both knew Yang would need to defeat Johnson by 10 seconds to win. Johnson did not break, finishing a mere 1.2 seconds behind Yang to claim the gold medal.[2] Yang beat Johnson in seven of the ten events, but Johnson beat Yang by significant margins in the Shot Put and Discus to win. The two warmly congratulated each other after the conclusion of the event and waved to the crowd.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record Rafer Johnson8683 pointsEugene, United States09 July 1960
Olympic record Milt Campbell (USA)7937 pointsMelbourne, Australia30 November 1956

Results

100m

RankAthleteCountryTimePointsNotes
1Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 10.71034
2Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 10.8990
3Rafer Johnson United States 10.9948
4Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 11.1870
4Seppo Suutari Finland 11.1870
4Héctor Thomas Venezuela 11.1870
5Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia 11.2834
6Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 11.3800
6Walter Meier United Team of Germany 11.3800
6Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 11.3800
6Herman Timme Netherlands 11.3800
7Dave Edstrom United States 11.4768
7Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 11.4768
7Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 11.4768
7Franco Sar Italy 11.4768
8Markus Kahma Finland 11.5737
8Léopold Marien Belgium 11.5737
8Hans Muchitsch Austria 11.5737
8Alois Buchel Liechtenstein 11.5737
8Philip Mulkey United States 11.5737
9Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 11.6707
9Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 11.6707
9Juris Laipenieks Chile 11.6707
9Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 11.6707
10Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 11.7638
11Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 11.8650
11Luciano Paccagnella Italy 11.8650
12Júlio Santos Portugal 12.0597
12George Stulac Canada 12.0597

Long jump

RankAthleteCountry123MarkPoints
1Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 7.467.137.377.46950
2Rafer Johnson United States 7.216.927.357.35906
3Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 7.21x7.21856
4Hans Muchitsch Austria 6.957.14x7.14932
5Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 7.127.096.707.12825
6Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 6.956.866.966.96773
7Seppo Suutari Finland 6.586.94x6.94767
7Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 6.946.656.746.94767
8Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 6.606.936.846.93764
8Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia 6.476.93x6.93764
8Markus Kahma Finland 6.716.93x6.93764
8Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 6.716.936.646.93764
8Holm Bjoergvin Iceland x6.476.936.93764
8Herman Timme Netherlands 6.93x6.93764
9Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 6.376.786.916.91758
10Juris Laipenieks Chile 6.775.786.886.88749
11Philip Mulkey United States 6.576.516.436.57746
11Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 6.87xx6.87746
12Héctor Thomas Venezuela 6.156.556.816.81728
13Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 6.79x7.376.79722
14Luciano Paccagnella Italy 6.506.73x6.73704
15Franco Sar Italy 6.636.696.676.69692
16Léopold Marien Belgium 6.096.62x6.62672
17Alois Buchel Liechtenstein 6.056.516.546.54651
18Dave Edstrom United States x6.166.396.39610
19Júlio Santos Portugal 6.216.146.326.32592
20Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 6.036.236.226.23570
21Rodolfo Mijares Mexico xx6.206.20562
22George Stulac Canada 5.92x5.655.92493
23Walter Meier United Team of Germany xxxNM0

Shot put

RankAthleteCountry123MarkPoints
1Rafer Johnson United States 14.5515.8215.2615.82976
2Seppo Suutari Finland 14.29x14.9614.96872
3Markus Kahma Finland 14.55x-14.55827
4Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 14.4114.46x14.46817
5Luciano Paccagnella Italy 14.18x13.1114.18788
6Philip Mulkey United States 14.1013.7713.8214.10780
7Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 12.5113.9713.8313.97767
8Franco Sar Italy 13.4913.8913.8013.89759
9Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 13.7613.5713.7113.76746
10Walter Meier United Team of Germany 13.6813.2513.3413.68738
11Dave Edstrom United States 13.5913.5413.1013.59729
12Holm Bjoergvin Iceland x13.5813.3613.58728
13Héctor Thomas Venezuela 12.9313.4213.2413.42712
14Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 12.4213.33x13.33703
15Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 12.5513.2213.2113.22692
16Herman Timme Netherlands 13.1912.8411.2013.19689
17Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia 12.6813.10x13.10681
18George Stulac Canada 13.3212.2112.7413.32648
19Juris Laipenieks Chile 12.2411.8612.6512.65640
20Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany x11.7512.4212.42619
21Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia x12.308.2712.30609
22Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 12.0611.7411.7912.06587
23Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 10.8312.0311.4512.03584
24Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 11.1111.4911.7811.78562
25Léopold Marien Belgium 10.6811.3811.4411.44535
26Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 11.3511.2410.5711.35528
27Hans Muchitsch Austria 10.2610.7711.7711.77505
28Júlio Santos Portugal 10.6510.8510.6710.85488
29Rodolfo Mijares Mexico x9.7410.5910.59467
30Alois Buchel Liechtenstein 9.209.499.719.71406

High jump

RankAthleteCountryMarkPoints
1Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 1.90900
1Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 1.90900
2Rafer Johnson United States 1.85832
2Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 1.85832
2Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 1.85832
3Herman Timme Netherlands 1.83806
3Seppo Suutari Finland 1.83806
3Walter Meier United Team of Germany 1.83806
3Philip Mulkey United States 1.83806
4Hans Muchitsch Austria 1.80770
4Luciano Paccagnella Italy 1.80770
4Franco Sar Italy 1.80770
4Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 1.80770
4Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 1.80770
4Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 1.80770
5Markus Kahma Finland 1.75711
5Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 1.75711
5Héctor Thomas Venezuela 1.75711
5Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 1.75711
5Léopold Marien Belgium 1.75711
6Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 1.73689
6Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 1.73689
6Alois Buchel Liechtenstein 1.73689
7Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 1.70656
7Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia 1.70656
7George Stulac Canada 1.70656
8Juris Laipenieks Chile 1.65605
8Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 1.65605
8Júlio Santos Portugal 1.65605
-Dave Edstrom United States --

400m

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 48.01015
2Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 48.11005
3Rafer Johnson United States 48.3985
4Walter Meier United Team of Germany 49.5884
5Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 50.0844
6Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 50.2828
7Léopold Marien Belgium 50.5807
7Markus Kahma Finland 50.5807
7Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 50.5807
7Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 50.5807
8Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 50.7793
9Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 51.0772
10Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 51.1765
10Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 51.1765
11Herman Timme Netherlands 51.2758
12Hans Muchitsch Austria 51.3751
12Franco Sar Italy 51.3751
13Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 51.8716
13Seppo Suutari Finland 51.8716
14Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 52.0702
15Philip Mulkey United States 52.2690
16George Stulac Canada 53.0642
17Juris Laipenieks Chile 53.2630
18Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 53.6606
19Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia 53.9588
20Héctor Thomas Venezuela 54.1576
21Luciano Paccagnella Italy 54.3565
-Alois Buchel Liechtenstein -Retired
-Júlio Santos Portugal -Retired

110m hurdles

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 14.6923
2Franco Sar Italy 14.7894
3Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 14.9840
4Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 15.0813
5Rafer Johnson United States 15.3740
5Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 15.3740
5Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 15.3740
6Léopold Marien Belgium 15.5694
7Seppo Suutari Finland 15.6673
7Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 15.6673
8Herman Timme Netherlands 15.7652
8Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 15.7652
8Luciano Paccagnella Italy 15.7652
9Hans Muchitsch Austria 15.8632
10Markus Kahma Finland 15.9612
11Walter Meier United Team of Germany 16.0593
12Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 16.1575
13Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 16.2557
14Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 16.4523
15Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 16.9443
15Héctor Thomas Venezuela 16.9443
16Juris Laipenieks Chile 17.1413
17Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 17.3385
18Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 18.1283
18Philip Mulkey United States 18.1283
19George Stulac Canada 18.4250
-Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia -Did not start

Discus throw

RankAthleteCountry123MarkPoints
1Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 44.3445.0550.5250.52972
2Franco Sar Italy 48.9847.9449.5849.58935
3Rafer Johnson United States 44.5448.2448.4948.49894
4Luciano Paccagnella Italy 43.2742.9345.6745.67797
5Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 45.4844.2245.6345.63795
6Markus Kahma Finland 44.9343.3244.3744.93773
7Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands x42.5244.3144.31753
8Héctor Thomas Venezuela 31.3340.77x40.77648
9Juris Laipenieks Chile 36.3038.2540.4940.49640
10Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 38.5928.9840.1240.12630
11Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 39.8337.9136.5939.83622
12Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 38.7839.5036.8739.50612
13Walter Meier United Team of Germany 39.1839.0938.0739.18603
14Herman Timme Netherlands 36.9237.9539.0839.08601
15Seppo Suutari Finland x37.94x37.94571
16Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 37.8736.4735.1837.87569
17Manfred Bock United Team of Germany x37.0237.6937.69564
18Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia x31.2437.6637.66563
19Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 34.1436.6137.5537.55561
20George Stulac Canada 34.3337.3536.6737.35555
21Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 35.5434.4037.0337.03547
22Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 33.0734.1434.6834.68487
23Léopold Marien Belgium 34.0633.9834.2834.28477
24Philip Mulkey United States x34.12x34.12473
25Hans Muchitsch Austria 31.7930.6330.9431.79418
-Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India ---DNP-

Pole vault

RankAthleteCountryMarkPoints
1Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 4.30915
2Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 4.20855
3Rafer Johnson United States 4.10795
3Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 4.10795
4Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 4.00745
5Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 3.90695
5Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 3.90695
6Franco Sar Italy 3.80645
6Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 3.80645
6Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 3.80645
7Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 3.70596
7Walter Meier United Team of Germany 3.70596
8Luciano Paccagnella Italy 3.60556
8Markus Kahma Finland 3.60556
8George Stulac Canada 3.60556
9Seppo Suutari Finland 3.50516
10Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 3.40476
11Léopold Marien Belgium 3.30438
11Juris Laipenieks Chile 3.30438
11Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 3.30438
11Herman Timme Netherlands 3.30438
12Hans Muchitsch Austria 3.20400
12Héctor Thomas Venezuela 3.20400
13Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece NM0
-Philip Mulkey United States -Retired

Javelin throw

RankAthleteCountry123MarkPoints
1Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 71.4462.8870.0371.441031
2Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 71.2061.6262.1271.201024
3Rafer Johnson United States 69.7667.0463.9069.76980
4Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 65.9068.2265.1168.22937
5Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 57.7059.5465.3065.30858
6Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 63.6358.78-63.63817
7Juris Laipenieks Chile 55.8161.4455.3161.44764
8Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 58.48x60.8160.81750
9Markus Kahma Finland 60.5059.9356.3760.50743
10Seppo Suutari Finland 49.2359.8658.4659.86729
11Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 45.4057.4949.9157.49677
12Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 56.6954.2057.4557.45676
13Franco Sar Italy 50.7455.7450.6455.74641
14Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 48.3950.9452.6152.61578
15Herman Timme Netherlands 51.74xx51.74561
16Héctor Thomas Venezuela 51.15xx51.15549
17Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 50.3850.6650.5550.66540
18George Stulac Canada 50.4045.6650.2050.40536
19Luciano Paccagnella Italy 48.6048.09-48.60503
20Walter Meier United Team of Germany 47.3346.74-47.33480
21Léopold Marien Belgium 42.5742.8144.7144.71434
22Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 38.9942.6243.3643.36411
23Hans Muchitsch Austria x38.44x38.44330
-Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union ----Retired

1500m

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Markus Kahma Finland 4:22.8582
2Hans Muchitsch Austria 4:23.3575
3Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 4:27.0536
4Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 4:27.6530
5Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 4:27.7528
6Walter Meier United Team of Germany 4:30.6500
7Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 4:37.7434
8Léopold Marien Belgium 4:40.0414
9Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 4:40.6409
10Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 4:43.6384
11Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 4:44.2379
12Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 4:48.5345
13Franco Sar Italy 4:49.2340
14Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 4:49.3339
15Rafer Johnson United States 4:49.7336
16Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 4:53.8306
17Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 4:55.0297
18Luciano Paccagnella Italy 4:55.4294
19Juris Laipenieks Chile 4:57.5279
20George Stulac Canada 4:59.6265
21Seppo Suutari Finland 5:04.8231
22Herman Timme Netherlands 5:21.4137
23Héctor Thomas Venezuela 5:25.2116

Final standings

PosAthleteCountry100m
Long
jump
Shot
put
High
jump
400m110m
hurdles
Discus
throw
Pole
vault
Javelin
throw
1500mTotal
points
Rafer Johnson United States 10.9
948
7.35
906
15.82
906
1.85
832
48.3
985
15.3
740
48.49
894
4.10
795
69.76
980
4:49.7
336
8392 (OR)
Yang Chuan-kwang Republic of China 10.7
1034
7.46
950
13.33
703
1.90
900
48.1
1005
14.6
923
39.83
622
4.30
915
68.22
937
4:48.5
345
8334
Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union 11.1
870
6.96
773
14.46
817
1.75
711
50.2
828
15.0
813
50.52
972
3.90
695
71.20
1024
4:53.8
306
7809
4Yuriy Kutenko Soviet Union 11.4
768
6.93
764
13.97
767
1.80
770
51.1
765
15.6
673
45.63
795
4.20
855
71.44
1031
4:44.2
379
7567
5Evert Kamerbeek Netherlands 11.3
800
7.21
856
13.76
746
1.80
770
51.1
765
14.9
840
44.31
753
3.80
645
57.49
677
4:43.6
384
7236
6Franco Sar Italy 11.4
768
6.69
692
13.89
759
1.80
770
51.1
765
14.7
894
49.58
935
3.80
645
55.74
641
4:49.2
340
7195
7Markus Kahma Finland 11.5
737
6.93
764
14.55
827
1.75
711
50.5
807
15.9
612
44.93
773
3.60
556
60.50
743
4:22.8
582
7112
8Klaus Grogorenz United Team of Germany 10.8
990
6.93
764
12.42
619
1.73
689
48.0
1015
16.9
443
40.12
630
3.70
596
60.81
750
4:27.0
536
7032
9Joze Brodnik Yugoslavia 11.6
707
6.91
758
12.30
609
1.80
770
51.0
772
15.7
652
37.66
563
4.10
795
65.30
858
4:37.7
434
6918
10Manfred Bock United Team of Germany 11.4
768
6.79
722
12.03
584
1.85
832
50.5
807
16.1
575
37.69
564
3.90
695
63.63
817
4:27.6
530
6894
11Fritz Vogelsang Switzerland 11.3
800
6.94
767
11.78
562
1.70
656
50.0
844
15.3
740
37.03
547
4.00
745
52.61
578
4:27.7
528
6767
12Seppo Suutari Finland 11.1
870
6.94
767
14.96
872
1.83
806
51.8
716
15.6
673
37.94
571
3.50
516
59.86
729
5:04.8
231
6751
13Luciano Paccagnella Italy 11.8
650
6.73
704
14.18
788
1.80
770
54.3
565
15.7
652
45.67
797
3.60
556
48.60
503
4:55.4
294
6283
14Holm Bjoergvin Iceland 11.8
650
6.93
764
13.58
728
1.75
711
51.8
716
16.2
657
39.50
612
3.30
438
57.45
676
4:40.6
409
6261
15Herman Timme Netherlands 11.3
800
6.93
764
13.76
746
1.83
806
51.2
758
15.7
652
39.08
601
3.30
438
51.74
561
5:21.4
137
6206
16Walter Meier United Team of Germany 11.3
800
NM13.68
738
1.83
806
49.5
884
16.0
593
39.18
603
3.70
596
47.33
480
4:30.6
500
6000
17Hans Muchitsch Austria 11.5
737
7.14
932
11.77
505
1.80
770
51.3
751
15.8
632
31.79
418
3.20
400
38.44
330
4:23.3
575
5950
18Léopold Marien Belgium 11.5
737
6.62
672
11.44
535
1.75
711
50.5
807
15.5
694
34.28
477
3.30
438
44.71
434
4:40.0
414
5919
19Juris Laipenieks Chile 11.6
707
6.88
749
12.65
640
1.65
605
53.2
630
17.1
413
40.49
640
3.30
438
61.44
764
4:57.5
279
5865
20Héctor Thomas Venezuela 11.1
870
6.81
728
13.42
712
1.75
711
54.1
576
16.9
443
40.77
648
3.20
400
51.15
549
5:25.2
116
5753
21Rodolfo Mijares Mexico 11.3
800
6.20
562
10.59
467
1.65
605
50.5
807
17.3
385
37.55
561
3.40
476
43.36
411
4:49.3
339
5413
22George Stulac Canada 12.0
597
5.92
493
13.32
648
1.70
656
53.0
642
18.4
250
37.35
555
3.60
556
50.40
536
4:59.6
265
5198
23Panayotis Epitropoulos Greece 11.7
638
6.23
570
12.06
587
1.73
689
53.6
606
18.1
283
34.68
487
NM50.66
540
4:55.0
297
4737
Did not finish
Yuri Diachkov Soviet Union 11.6
707
7.12
825
13.22
692
1.85
832
50.7
793
15.3
740
37.87
569
3.80
645
--5803
Philip Mulkey United States 11.5
737
6.57
746
14.10
780
1.83
806
52.2
690
18.1
283
34.12
473
---4515
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 11.6
707
6.87
746
11.35
528
1.90
900
52.0
702
16.4
523
----4106
Mirko Kolnik Yugoslavia 11.2
834
6.93
764
13.10
681
1.70
656
53.9
588
- ----3523
Alois Buchel Liechtenstein 11.5
737
6.54
651
9.71
406
1.73
689
-- ----2483
Júlio Santos Portugal 12.0
597
6.32
592
10.85
488
1.65
605
-- ----2282
Dave Edstrom United States 11.4
768
6.39
610
13.59
729
--- ----2107

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