The Men's decathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28.

Ashton Eaton started off strongly, taking a 22-point advantage in the 100m over American teammate Trey Hardee, then adding three more points in the long jump. Oleksiy Kasyanov placed himself in third. Defending champion Hardee pulled back that advantage to take a 6-point lead after the shot put. Aleksey Drozdov blew past the field with a 2.14 high jump, but cumulatively it was only a short lived 2-point lead. And the faster Eaton took the 400m and a 53-point lead over Hardee at the end of Day 1.

The second day was more of the same, Eaton's speed over the 110 hurdles extended his lead to 69 points over Hardee, but considering how much faster Eaton normally is vs Hardee, he didn't extend the lead enough. Kasyanov was the best of the rest now almost 170 points behind the leaders. The discus was the reversal of fortunes. Hardee threw over 3 and a half metres further and took an 8-point lead. In the pole vault, Eaton's 4.60 was the poorest of the top 16, losing 20 cm to Hardee, while Leonel Suárez vaulted 5.00 to slide into third, barely ahead of Drozdov. In the javelin, Eaton only managed a 55.16, while Hardee went 68.99 and Suárez bettered that with 69.12 to move into second place by 32 points. With a 244-point lead, Hardee was not going to be caught from behind. It was predictable that Suárez needed to finish within 4.8 seconds of Eaton to hold on to silver. With Suárez' personal best in the 1500m at around 4:16, and Eaton's best around 4:20, it looked like a foregone conclusion. But Eaton went out aggressively, taking the lead on the final lap and powering close to a 65-second last lap to get a personal best 4:18.94. Eaton beat Suárez by 5.22 seconds to edge 4 points ahead and take the silver medal.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeTrey HardeeAshton EatonLeonel Suárez

Records World record9026Götzis, Austria27 May 2001Championship record8902Edmonton, Canada7 August 2001World leading8729Eugene, United States24 June 2011 African record8302Ratingen, Germany17 July 2011 Asian record8725Athens, Greece24 August 2004North, Central American and Caribbean record8891Talence, France5 September 1992South American record8291Provo, United States23 June 1983European record9026Götzis, Austria27 May 2001Oceanian record8490Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia18 September 1998

Qualification standards A standardB standard 8200 pts 8000 pts

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 27, 2011 10:00 100 metresAugust 27, 2011 11:00 Long jumpAugust 27, 2011 12:50 Shot putAugust 27, 2011 20:00 High jumpAugust 27, 2011 22:40 400 metresAugust 28, 2011 09:05 110 metres hurdlesAugust 28, 2011 10:00 Discus throwAugust 28, 2011 13:00 Pole vaultAugust 28, 2011 16:30 Javelin throwAugust 28, 2011 20:15 1500 metresAugust 28, 2011 20:15 Final standings

Results

100 metres Wind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes 1 1 Ashton Eaton 10.46 985 2 1 Trey Hardee 10.55 963 3 1 Damian Warner 10.56 961 4 1 Luiz Alberto de Araújo 10.71 926 SB 5 1 Oleksiy Kasyanov 10.75 917 SB 6 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas 10.76 915 SB 7 1 Mihail Dudaš 10.81 903 8 2 Ingmar Vos 10.82 901 SB 9 1 Rico Freimuth 10.83 899 10 2 Yordanis García 10.85 894 SB 10 2 Andres Raja 10.85 894 SB 12 4 Larbi Bouraada 10.88 888 SB 13 2 Darius Draudvila 10.90 883 14 2 Jamie Adjetey-Nelson 10.97 867 15 2 Maurice Smith 10.98 865 16 3 Brent Newdick 11.00 861 17 3 Leonel Suárez 11.07 845 18 3 Pascal Behrenbruch 11.08 843 19 3 Kim Kun-Woo 11.11 836 SB 20 3 Willem Coertzen 11.16 825 21 4 Jan Felix Knobel 11.18 821 22 4 Hadi Sepehrzad 11.19 819 SB 23 3 Romain Barras 11.20 817 23 4 Thomas van der Plaetsen 11.20 817 PB 25 3 Dmitriy Karpov 11.24 808 26 4 Roman Šebrle 11.25 806 27 3 Mikk Pahapill 11.28 799 28 4 Ryan Harlan 11.29 797 29 4 Aleksey Drozdov 11.34 786 30 4 Keisuke Ushiro 11.42 769

Long jump Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall 1 A Thomas van der Plaetsen 7.79 – – 7.79 1007 PB 1824 2 A Oleksiy Kasyanov 7.46 7.59 x 7.59 957 SB 1874 3 A Ashton Eaton x 7.46 7.21 7.46 925 1910 4 A Aleksey Drozdov 7.05 7.30 7.45 7.45 922 SB 1708 4 A Trey Hardee x 7.45 x 7.45 922 1885 6 B Larbi Bouraada x 7.41 7.42 7.42 915 SB 1803 7 A Mihail Dudaš 7.41 7.15 7.33 7.41 913 1816 8 A Ingmar Vos 7.41 – – 7.41 913 1814 9 A Willem Coertzen x 7.37 7.33 7.37 903 SB 1728 10 A Damian Warner 7.35 x x 7.35 898 1859 11 B Leonel Suárez 6.95 6.66 7.33 7.33 893 SB 1738 12 A Brent Newdick 7.31 7.14 x 7.31 888 1749 13 B Jan Felix Knobel 7.15 7.30 7.27 7.30 886 PB 1707 14 A Roman Šebrle 7.30 7.18 7.22 7.30 886 1692 15 A Eelco Sintnicolaas x x 7.29 7.29 883 1798 16 B Kim Kun-Woo 7.22 7.24 x 7.24 871 SB 1707 17 A Andres Raja 7.21 7.21 7.16 7.21 864 1758 18 B Jamie Adjetey-Nelson x 7.21 x 7.21 864 1731 19 A Darius Draudvila 7.14 7.19 x 7.19 859 1742 20 A Mikk Pahapill x x 7.12 7.12 842 1641 21 B Romain Barras 7.05 x 7.06 7.06 828 1645 22 B Maurice Smith x x 7.06 7.06 828 1693 23 B Keisuke Ushiro 6.87 6.76 6.96 6.96 804 1573 24 B Dmitriy Karpov 6.69 6.86 6.64 6.86 781 1589 25 B Pascal Behrenbruch 6.67 6.80 6.76 6.80 767 1610 26 B Luiz Alberto de Araújo x 6.74 x 6.74 753 1679 27 B Ryan Harlan 6.55 6.68 x 6.68 739 1536 28 B Hadi Sepehrzad 6.43 6.27 6.65 6.65 732 SB 1551 29 B Yordanis García x 6.56 6.24 6.56 711 1605 B Rico Freimuth x x x 0 899

Shot put Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall A Ryan Harlan 16.49 16.23 x 16.49 882 2418 A Aleksey Drozdov x 16.17 x 16.17 862 2570 A Jan Felix Knobel 14.72 15.86 16.06 16.06 855 PB 2562 A Pascal Behrenbruch 15.91 15.73 16.01 16.01 852 2462 A Dmitriy Karpov 15.69 x 14.91 15.69 832 2421 A Hadi Sepehrzad 15.31 15.20 15.65 15.65 830 2381 A Roman Šebrle 15.05 x 15.20 15.20 802 2494 A Maurice Smith 15.15 15.14 x 15.15 799 2492 A Trey Hardee 15.09 x 15.09 15.09 795 2680 10 A Yordanis García 14.52 14.12 14.93 14.93 785 2390 11 A Romain Barras 14.61 14.66 14.92 14.92 785 2430 12 A Darius Draudvila x 14.38 14.81 14.81 778 2520 13 A Luiz Alberto de Araújo 14.45 14.77 14.76 14.77 776 2455 14 A Mikk Pahapill 14.76 14.08 x 14.76 775 2416 15 A Andres Raja 14.39 x 14.61 14.61 766 2524 16 B Leonel Suárez 14.54 13.57 14.25 14.54 761 SB 2499 17 B Ashton Eaton 14.44 x x 14.44 755 2665 18 B Oleksiy Kasyanov 14.29 14.43 x 14.43 755 SB 2629 19 B Eelco Sintnicolaas 13.50 12.98 14.13 14.13 736 2534 20 B Ingmar Vos 13.72 13.73 13.86 13.86 720 2534 21 B Mihail Dudaš 13.67 13.76 x 13.76 714 2530 22 B Brent Newdick 13.75 x 13.25 13.75 713 2462 23 B Willem Coertzen x 13.48 13.01 13.48 697 2425 24 B Damian Warner 12.92 x 13.26 13.26 683 2542 25 B Larbi Bouraada 13.11 13.10 x 13.11 674 SB 2477 26 B Kim Kun-Woo 12.61 12.59 12.96 12.96 665 SB 2372 27 B Keisuke Ushiro x 12.88 12.71 12.88 660 2233 28 B Thomas van der Plaetsen 11.99 12.76 12.63 12.76 653 2477 B Rico Freimuth x – – 0 B Jamie Adjetey-Nelson

High jump Rank Group Athlete Nationality 1.81 1.84 1.87 1.90 1.93 1.96 1.99 2.02 2.05 2.08 2.11 2.14 2.17 Result Points Notes Overall 1 A Thomas van der Plaetsen – – – – – o – o o xo o o xxo 2.17 963 PB 3440 2 A Aleksey Drozdov – – – – o – o o o xxo xo xo xxx 2.14 934 SB 3504 3 A Leonel Suárez – – – – o – xo o xo xxx 2.05 850 3349 4 A Roman Šebrle – – – – – o o o xxo xxx 2.05 850 3344 5 A Ryan Harlan – – – – o o o o xxx 2.02 822 3240 6 A Yordanis García – – – o – xo xxo o xxx 2.02 822 3212 7 A Mikk Pahapill – – – o – o – xo xxx 2.02 822 3238 7 A Willem Coertzen – – – o o o o xo xxx 2.02 822 3247 7 A Mihail Dudaš – – – o – o o xo xxx 2.02 822 SB 3352 7 A Ashton Eaton – – – – – o o xo xxx 2.02 822 3487 11 B Trey Hardee – – – – o – xxo xo xxx 2.02 822 SB 3502 12 A Keisuke Ushiro – – – o – xo o xxo xxx 2.02 822 3055 13 B Damian Warner – o o o o xxo xxo xxo xxx 2.02 822 3364 14 A Andres Raja – – – o – o o xxx 1.99 794 3318 15 A Oleksiy Kasyanov – – – xo – o o xxx 1.99 794 3423 16 B Romain Barras – – o – o xxo o xxx 1.99 794 SB 3224 17 B Darius Draudvila – – – o o o xxx 1.96 767 3287 18 A Larbi Bouraada – – – – xo o xxx 1.96 767 3244 19 B Jan Felix Knobel – o xo o xo xo xxx 1.96 767 PB 3329 20 B Kim Kun-Woo – – o o o xxo xxx 1.96 767 SB 3139 21 B Brent Newdick – o – o xo xxo xxx 1.96 767 SB 3229 22 B Maurice Smith – – o xo o xxx 1.93 740 SB 3232 23 B Eelco Sintnicolaas – xo xo xo o xxx 1.93 740 3274 24 B Dmitriy Karpov – – o xo xxo xxx 1.93 740 3161 25 B Pascal Behrenbruch – o xxo o xxo xxx 1.93 740 3202 26 B Luiz Alberto de Araújo o – o o xxx 1.90 714 3169 27 B Hadi Sepehrzad o o xo xo xxx 1.90 714 PB 3095 A Ingmar Vos B Rico Freimuth B Jamie Adjetey-Nelson

400 metres Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall 1 1 Ashton Eaton 46.99 959 4446 2 1 Larbi Bouraada 47.34 941 SB 4185 3 1 Mihail Dudaš 47.73 922 4274 4 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas 48.35 892 SB 4166 5 1 Trey Hardee 48.37 891 4393 6 1 Oleksiy Kasyanov 48.46 887 4310 7 2 Luiz Alberto de Araújo 48.48 886 PB 4055 8 2 Leonel Suárez 49.17 853 4202 9 2 Willem Coertzen 49.20 852 4099 10 1 Kim Kun-Woo 49.24 850 3989 11 2 Thomas van der Plaetsen 49.46 840 4280 11 3 Jan Felix Knobel 49.46 840 4169 13 2 Andres Raja 49.47 839 4157 14 3 Romain Barras 49.50 838 4062 15 2 Yordanis García 49.64 831 4043 16 4 Pascal Behrenbruch 49.90 819 4021 17 3 Brent Newdick 49.95 817 4046 18 3 Damian Warner 50.12 809 4173 19 3 Maurice Smith 50.27 802 4034 20 3 Darius Draudvila 50.55 789 4076 21 4 Mikk Pahapill 50.65 785 SB 4023 22 4 Keisuke Ushiro 50.89 774 3829 23 4 Hadi Sepehrzad 50.92 773 SB 3868 24 4 Roman Šebrle 51.18 761 SB 4105 25 4 Aleksey Drozdov 51.35 753 SB 4257 26 4 Ryan Harlan 51.57 744 3984 27 3 Dmitriy Karpov 52.01 724 3885 1 Rico Freimuth 3 Jamie Adjetey-Nelson 4 Ingmar Vos

110 metres hurdles Wind:Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall 1 1 Ashton Eaton 13.85 994 5440 2 1 Trey Hardee 13.97 978 5371 3 1 Andres Raja 14.04 969 5126 4 1 Damian Warner 14.19 950 5123 5 2 Luiz Alberto de Araújo 14.25 942 SB 4997 6 2 Leonel Suárez 14.29 937 SB 5139 7 3 Pascal Behrenbruch 14.33 932 SB 4953 8 2 Romain Barras 14.37 927 4989 9 2 Eelco Sintnicolaas 14.42 921 5087 10 2 Willem Coertzen 14.48 913 5012 11 3 Mikk Pahapill 14.54 906 SB 4929 12 3 Larbi Bouraada 14.56 903 PB 5088 13 3 Dmitriy Karpov 14.64 894 SB 4779 14 2 Oleksiy Kasyanov 14.65 892 5202 15 1 Maurice Smith 14.68 889 4923 16 1 Yordanis García 14.70 886 4929 17 3 Ryan Harlan 14.71 885 4869 18 4 Roman Šebrle 14.75 880 SB 4985 19 3 Thomas van der Plaetsen 14.79 875 5155 20 3 Brent Newdick 14.86 867 4913 21 4 Mihail Dudaš 14.89 863 SB 5137 22 4 Jan Felix Knobel 14.92 859 5028 23 2 Darius Draudvila 14.93 858 4934 24 4 Kim Kun-Woo 14.95 856 SB 4845 25 4 Hadi Sepehrzad 14.95 856 4724 26 4 Keisuke Ushiro 15.20 825 4654 27 4 Aleksey Drozdov 15.49 791 5048

Discus throw