Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Daley Thompson won the gold medal by a whopping 844 points. This included winning six events including all five events on day one of the competition. His lowest placing for any event in this decathlon was fifth in the javelin throw. Thompson's 8.11m long jump would have been good enough to win the individual event at these Games.

Results Wind for 100m: Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Daley Thompson 10.50w 8.11w 14.43 2.07 47.85 14.92 41.68 4.80 56.60 4:25.78 8467 Peter Hadfield 10.98w 7.28 13.48 1.92 49.24 15.59 46.52 4.00 60.80 4:54.54 7623 Alan Drayton 11.03w 7.15 11.85 1.95 50.17 14.86 40.60 4.40 57.22 4:54.11 7484 Graeme Watson 10.77w 7.31w 13.29 1.89 49.73 16.97 38.04 3.80 54.90 4:44.73 7261 Panayiotis Zeniou 11.38 6.93 13.31 1.75 50.80 16.26 37.38 4.20 56.54 4:20.48 7201 Rob Town 11.59 6.47 13.33 1.92 52.40 16.40 46.62 3.60 62.20 4:32.30 7138 Robert Sadler 11.42 6.87 12.28 1.95 51.87 15.93 36.66 4.40 42.10 4:20.10 7117 Charles Kokoyo 11.32 7.27 9.58 1.89 50.32 16.40 33.90 3.00 65.00 4:32.80 6775 Mike Bull 11.60 6610 10 Tony Verhoeven 11.64 6453 11 Dunstan Campbell 5515 Zenon Smiechowski 11.64w Craig Considine 11.68w 6.75 13.31

References

Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results