The men's decathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 21 and 22, at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 8,000 points (A standard) and 7,700 points (B standard).
Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundThursday, 21 August 2008 9:2011:0013:1019:1022:00100 metresLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 metresFriday, 22 August 2008 09:0010:0512:5519:0021:40110 metres hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 metres
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Overall results Key
RankAthleteCountryOverall points100 mLJSPHJ400 m110 m HDTPVJT1500 m Bryan Clay 8791 Andrei Krauchanka 8551 Leonel Suárez 8527 (NR) Romain Barras 8253 (SB) Roman Šebrle 8241 (SB) Oleksiy Kasyanov 8238 (SB) André Niklaus 8220 Maurice Smith 8205 Michael Schrader 819410 Mikk Pahapill 8178 (PB)11 Aleksey Drozdov 815412 Andres Raja 8118 (PB)13 Eugène Martineau 805514 Yordanis García 799215 Mikalai Shubianok 7906 (SB)16 Aliaksandr Parkhomenka 783817 Qi Haifeng 7835 (SB)18 Massimo Bertocchi 771419 Jangy Addy 7665 (NR)20 Daniel Awde 751621 Hadi Sepehrzad 748322 Damjan Sitar 733623 Slaven Dizdarevič 702124 David Gómez 687625 Mikko Halvari 6486 Gonzalo Barroilhet Trey Hardee Jānis Karlivāns Alexey Sysoev Carlos Chinin Pavel Andreev Frédéric Xhonneux Victor Covalenco Arthur Abele Hans van Alphen Vitaliy Smirnov Tom Pappas Attila Zsivoczky Dmitriy Karpov DSQ Aleksandr Pogorelov 8328
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