Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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.[1]

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram of athletics
VenuesOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 28-29
Competitors39 from 26 nations
Winning result8488
Medalists
Christian Schenk
 East Germany
Torsten Voss
 East Germany
Dave Steen
 Canada

Medalists

GoldChristian Schenk
 East Germany
SilverTorsten Voss
 East Germany
BronzeDave Steen
 Canada

Schedule

September 28, 1988
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
September 29, 1988
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 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

  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
Christian Schenk East Germany11.257.4315.482.2748.9015.1349.284.7061.324:28.958488
Torsten Voss East Germany10.877.4514.971.9747.7114.4644.365.1061.764:33.028399
Dave Steen Canada11.187.4414.201.9748.2914.8143.665.2064.164:23.208328
4Daley Thompson Great Britain10.627.3815.022.0349.0614.7244.804.9064.044:45.118306
5Christian Plaziat France10.837.6213.582.1248.3414.1843.064.9052.184:34.078272
6Alain Blondel France11.027.4312.921.9747.4414.4041.205.2057.464:16.648268
7Tim Bright United States11.187.0514.122.0649.3414.3941.685.7061.604:51.208216
8Robert de Wit Netherlands11.056.9515.342.0048.2114.3641.324.8063.004:25.868189
9Dave Johnson United States11.157.1214.522.0349.1514.6642.364.9066.464:29.628180
10Pavel Tarnavetskiy Soviet Union11.237.2815.251.9748.6014.7648.025.2059.484:52.248167
11Petri Keskitalo Finland10.947.5615.341.9749.9414.2541.864.8066.644:55.898143
12Beat Gähwiler Switzerland11.187.3414.481.9449.0215.1142.464.7065.844:16.748114
13Dezső Szabó Hungary11.027.2912.922.0648.2314.9639.545.0056.804:17.858093
14Mike Smith Canada10.997.3713.611.9747.8314.7043.884.3066.544:28.978083
15Simon Shirley Australia11.037.4514.201.9748.8415.4441.684.7064.004:27.488036
16Simon Poelman New Zealand11.097.0814.512.0349.8914.7843.204.9057.184:28.548021
17Mikael Olander Sweden11.466.7516.072.0051.2816.0650.664.8072.805:02.427869
18Uwe Freimuth East Germany11.577.0015.601.9449.8415.0446.664.9060.204:46.047860
19Lars Warming Denmark11.077.0413.411.9447.9714.4940.384.8051.504:22.417859
20Roman Hrabaň Czechoslovakia10.897.0715.841.7949.6814.9445.324.9060.485:06.687781
21Georg Werthner Austria11.527.3613.931.9449.9915.6438.824.6067.044:26.427753
22Christian Gugler Switzerland11.497.0213.802.0350.6015.2239.084.7060.924:21.937745
23Antonio Peñalver Spain11.387.0814.312.0050.2414.9746.344.4055.684:32.687743
24Alex Kruger Great Britain11.306.9713.232.1549.9815.3838.724.6054.344:37.847623
25Lee Fu-an Chinese Taipei11.007.2313.152.0349.7314.9638.064.5052.824:45.577579
26Santiago Mellado El Salvador11.336.8311.632.0648.3715.3937.524.6055.424:30.077517NR
27Severin Moser Switzerland11.106.9812.691.8548.6315.1338.044.7049.524:21.907502
28Věroslav Valenta Czechoslovakia11.517.0114.171.9451.1615.1845.844.6056.285:03.177442
29Carlos O'Connell Ireland11.266.9012.411.8848.2415.6138.024.4052.684:32.067310
30Greg Richards Great Britain11.507.0912.941.8249.2715.5642.324.5053.504:53.857237
31Gong Guohua China11.436.2213.981.9151.2515.8846.184.6057.844:54.997231
32Albert Miller Fiji11.476.4312.331.9450.3015.0038.724.0057.264:53.727231
33Lee Gwang-ik South Korea11.577.1910.271.9150.7116.2034.364.1054.944:29.987231
34Dambar Kunwar Nepal12.125.839.711.7152.3217.0527.102.8039.104:41.245339
Valter Külvet Soviet Union11.317.1415.292.0050.62DNSDNF
Gary Kinder United States11.317.0014.891.9751.79DNSDNF
Fidel Solórzano Ecuador11.016.7911.761.88DNSDNF
Aleksandr Apaychev Soviet UnionDNFDNF
Jürgen Hingsen West GermanyDQDNF

See also

  • 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon
  • 1987 Men's World Championship Decathlon
  • 1988 Hypo-Meeting
  • 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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