The men's decathlon competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–24 August.
Competition format The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.
At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who has received more points in the greater number of events is the winner.
Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundMonday, 23 August 2004 09:1510:1513:1518:3019:20100 metresLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 metresTuesday, 24 August 2004 09:0010:0513:4519:3021:00110 metres hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 metres
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows:
Record set during this event Date Event Name Nationality Result Record 24 August Final Roman Šebrle 8893
Overall results The final results of the event are in the following table.
Key
RankAthleteCountryScore100mLJSPHJ400m110mHDTPVJT1500m Roman Šebrle 8893 () Bryan Clay 8820 (PB) Dmitriy Karpov 8725 (AS) Dean Macey 8414 (SB) Chiel Warners 8343 (SB) Attila Zsivoczky 8287 (SB) Laurent Hernu 8237 (SB) Erki Nool 8235 Claston Bernard 8225 (NR)10 Roland Schwarzl 8102 (PB)11 Aleksandr Pogorelov 8084 (SB)12 Florian Schönbeck 807713 Romain Barras 8067 (SB)14 Maurice Smith 802315 Nikolay Averyanov 802116 Jaakko Ojaniemi 8006 (SB)17 Vitaliy Smirnov 799318 Qi Haifeng 793419 Stefan Drews 792420 Aliaksandr Parkhomenka 7918 (SB)21 Paul Terek 789322 David Gómez 786523 Indrek Turi 770824 Santiago Lorenzo 759225 Jānis Karlivāns 758326 Prodromos Korkizoglou 757327 Hans Olav Uldal 749528 Paolo Casarsa 740429 Eugène Martineau 718530 Victor Covalenco 6543 Pavel Andreev Tom Pappas Luiggy Llanos Ahmad Hassan Moussa Dennis Leyckes Jón Arnar Magnússon Kristjan Rahnu Lev Lobodin Tomáš Dvořák
References
External links Official Olympic Report