Men's Olympic Decathlon Through the Years
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
Decathlon
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's decathlon competition from 1904 to the present.
| Year | Points | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Thomas Kiely, IRE | 6036 | |
| 1906-08 Not held | |||
| 1912 | Jim Thorpe, USA | 8412 | WR |
| 1920 | Helge Lövland, NOR | 6803 | |
| 1924 | Harold Osborn, USA | 7711 | WR |
| 1928 | Paavo Yrjölä, FIN | 8053 | WR |
| 1932 | Jim Bausch, USA | 8462 | WR |
| 1936 | Glenn Morris, USA | 7900 | WR |
| 1948 | Bob Mathias, USA | 7139 | |
| 1952 | Bob Mathias, USA | 7887 | WR |
| 1956 | Milt Campbell, USA | 7937 | OR |
| 1960 | Rafer Johnson, USA | 8392 | OR |
| 1964 | Willi Holdorf, GER | 7887 | |
| 1968 | Bill Toomey, USA | 8193 | OR |
| 1972 | Nikolai Avilov, USSR | 8454 | WR |
| 1976 | Bruce Jenner, USA | 8617 | WR |
| 1980 | Daley Thompson, GBR | 8495 | |
| 1984 | Daley Thompson, GBR | 8798 | WR |
| 1988 | Christian Schenk, E. Ger | 8488 | |
| 1992 | Robert Zmelik, CZE | 8611 | |
| 1996 | Dan O'Brien, USA | 8824 | |
| 2000 | Erki Nool, EST | 8641 | |
| 2004 | Roman Sebrle, CZE | 8893 | OR |
| 2008 | Bryan Clay, USA | 8791 | |
| 2012 | Ashton Eaton, USA | 8869 | |
| Javelin Throw | Men's Olympic Track & Field |
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