The men's decathlon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. 23 athletes competed.
Background This was the 25th appearance of the event, having appeared in every Summer Olympics since 1912.
Qualification
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's decathlon event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 8350 points. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 24 is reached.
The qualifying period was originally from 1 January 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.
NOCs cannot use their universality place in the decathlon.
Men's decathlon Entry number: 24.
Qualification standardNo. of athletes NOC Nominated athletesEntry standard – 83503 Johannes ErmKarel TilgaMaicel Uibo3 Steve BastienGarrett ScantlingZach Ziemek2 Cedric DublerAshley Moloney2 Pierce LepageDamian Warner2 Niklas KaulKai Kazmirek1 Ilya Shkurenyov1 Thomas Van der Plaetsen1 Felipe dos Santos1 Kevin Mayer1 Lindon Victor World ranking2 Adam Sebastian HelceletJiří Sýkora 1 Vital Zhuk1 Martin Roe1 Paweł Wiesiołek1 Jorge Ureña Total 23
Competition format The decathlon consisted of ten track and field events, with a points system that awarded higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all competed in one competition with no elimination rounds.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records were as follows.
Area Points Athlete Nation Africa 8521 Larbi Bourrada Asia 8725 Dmitriy Karpov Europe 9126 Kevin Mayer North, Central America and Caribbean 9045 Ashton Eaton Oceania 8492 Ashley Moloney South America 8393 Carlos Eduardo Chinin
Records set during this event Olympic record9018 Tokyo, Japan4–5 August 2021Olympic decathlon best – 100 metres (tied WDB)10.12Tokyo, Japan4 August 2021Olympic decathlon best – Long jump8.24Tokyo, Japan4 August 2021Olympic decathlon best – 110 metres hurdles13.46Tokyo, Japan5 August 2021Oceanic record8649Tokyo, Japan4–5 August 2021
Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
The men's decathlon took place over two consecutive days, with 5 events each day.
Date Time Round Wednesday, 4 August 2021 9:00 19:30 100 metresLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 metres Thursday, 5 August 2021 9:00 19:00 110 metres hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 metres
Detailed results Key:WDBWorld decathlon bestODBOlympic decathlon bestNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualifiedDNSDid not startDNFDid not finish
100 metres RankHeatAthleteNation TimePointsNotes13Damian Warner 10.12 1066 =23Ashley Moloney 10.34 1013 33Pierce Lepage 10.43 99243Zach Ziemek 10.55 963 53Felipe dos Santos 10.58 95662Jorge Ureña 10.66 938 73Garret Scantling 10.67 9351Lindon Victor 91Kevin Mayer 10.68 933 103Steven Bastien 10.69 931113Paweł Wiesiołek 10.83 899122Martin Roe 10.86 892 132Cedric Dubler 10.89 885142Ilya Shkurenyov 10.93 876 151Johannes Erm 11.04 852 2Vital Zhuk171Thomas Van der Plaetsen 11.05 850 181Adam Helcelet 11.06 847 192Kai Kazmirek 11.09 841202Jiří Sýkora 11.18 821211Niklas Kaul 11.22 812 222Karel Tilga 11.31 793231Maicel Uibo 11.32 791
Long jump RankGroupAthleteNation#1#2#3 DistancePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank1BDamian Warner8.24x –8.241123218912APierce Lepage7.337.65 –7.65972196433BAshley Moloney7.647.407.607.64970198324BIlya Shkurenyov7.59xx7.59957183375AKevin Mayerx7.507.217.50935186846AKai Kazmirek6.997.487.427.489301771147BSteven Bastienxx7.397.39908183968AFelipe dos Santos6.997.387.337.38905186159AMaicel Uibo7.027.377.187.3790316941910BCedric Dubler7.27x7.367.36900178512ANiklas Kaul7.267.367.07171217AJohannes Erm7.257.137.3617521513BJorge Ureña7.307.25x7.3088618249BGarret Scantling7.077.307.1018211015BPaweł Wiesiołek7.27x7.277.2787817771316ALindon Victorx7.117.247.2487118061117BZach Ziemek7.197.207.177.208621825818AAdam Helcelet7.166.956.947.1685216991819AJiří Sýkora6.927.036.947.03821164221BMartin Roexx7.0317131621AVital Zhuk6.93xx6.9379716492022BKarel Tilga6.776.51 – 6.77760155322 –BThomas Van der Plaetsenx – –082323
Shot put RankGroupAthleteNation#1#2#3 DistancePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank 1 BVital Zhuk 16.23 15.97 15.34 16.23 865 2514 15 2 BGarret Scantling 12.84 15.59 x 15.59 826 2647 5 3 BLindon Victor 14.61 x 15.39 15.39 814 2620 6 4 APierce Lepage x 15.31 x 15.31 809 2773 2 5 BKarel Tilga 14.26 15.25 x 15.25 805 2358 22 6 AKevin Mayer 14.63 15.07 x 15.07 794 2662 4 7BZach Ziemek 14.18 14.42 14.99 14.99 789 2614 8 BAdam Helcelet 14.99 x x 14.99 789 2488 16 9 AIlya Shkurenyov 14.09 14.55 14.95 14.95 787 2620 6 10 BPaweł Wiesiołek 14.40 14.90 x 14.90 784 2561 11 11 ADamian Warner 14.33 14.29 14.80 14.80 777 2966 1 12 BJiří Sýkora 14.63 x x 14.63 767 2409 21 13 AJohannes Erm 14.07 14.01 14.60 14.60 765 2517 14 14 BNiklas Kaul 14.29 14.50 14.55 14.55 762 2474 17 15 BAshley Moloney 14.04 14.49 14.24 14.49 758 2741 3 16 AKai Kazmirek 13.93 14.44 14.46 14.46 757 2528 13 17ASteven Bastien x 14.40 x 14.40 753 2592 10 18AFelipe dos Santos 13.29 13.36 14.13 14.13 736 2597 9 19 BMartin Roe x x 13.98 13.98 727 2440 19AJorge Ureña 13.97 13.34 13.31 13.97 727 2551 12 21 BMaicel Uibo 13.95 x 13.66 13.95 725 2419 20 22 ACedric Dubler 12.62 12.86 13.35 13.35 689 2474 17 – AThomas Van der Plaetsen DNS1
1 Van Der Plaetsen was forced to retire from the competition after pulling his achillies tendon during his second attempt in the long jump.
High jump RankGroupAthleteNation HeightPointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank1BAshley Moloney2.11906 =36472ANiklas Kaul2.119063380133BKevin Mayer2.08878354044ACedric Dubler2.05850332415AZach Ziemek2.05850346456ASteven Bastien2.05850344267AJorge Ureña2.058503401118AKai Kazmirek2.02822335014ALindon Victor2.0282234427ADamian Warner2.028223788111BFelipe dos Santos2.028223419912AMaicel Uibo2.0282232411913AKarel Tilga2.0282231802114BPaweł Wiesiołek2.0282233831215AGarret Scantling 1.99 794 3441816BPierce Lepage1.997943567317BJohannes Erm1.9979433111618BIlya Shkurenyov1.9979434141019BVital Zhuk1.96767328117BAdam Helcelet1.9676732551821BMartin Roe1.96767 =32072022BJiří Sýkora1.90714312322
400 metres RankHeatAthleteNation TimePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank13Ashley Moloney46.299944641223Pierce Lepage46.929624529333Damian Warner47.489344722143Steven Bastien47.649274369452Jorge Ureña48.009094310863Kai Kazmirek48.1790142511373Paweł Wiesiołek48.2489842811081Johannes Erm48.258974208142Garret Scantling48.2589743386102Jiří Sýkora48.89866398919112Ilya Shkurenyov48.98862427611123Cedric Dubler49.02860418415131Zach Ziemek49.0685843227142Lindon Victor49.2185142939152Vital Zhuk49.22851413216162Felipe dos Santos49.31847426612171Adam Helcelet49.41842409717181Kevin Mayer50.3180043405192Karel Tilga50.48793397321201Maicel Uibo50.82777401818211Martin Roe50.93772397920 –3Niklas Kaul –338022
110 metres hurdles RankHeatAthleteNation TimePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank13Damian Warner13.4610455767121Kevin Mayer13.909875327433Garret Scantling14.039715309543Ashley Moloney14.089645605253Jorge Ureña14.139585268762Adam Helcelet14.3593050271573Pierce Lepage14.399255454383Steven Bastien14.429215290692Ilya Shkurenyov14.4392051969102Jiří Sýkora14.48913490218111Zach Ziemek14.5191052328121Johannes Erm14.55905511314133Felipe dos Santos14.58901516710142Kai Kazmirek14.73882513313151Lindon Victor14.838705163112Maicel Uibo14.83870488819172Paweł Wiesiołek14.958565137122Vital Zhuk14.95856498817193Cedric Dubler15.10837502116201Martin Roe15.47794477320211Karel Tilga16.10722469521 –2Niklas KaulDNS1
1 Kaul was forced to retire from the competition after pulling a muscle in the 400 meters.
Discus throw RankGroupAthleteNation#1#2#3 DistancePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank 1 BJiří Sýkora 45.09 47.04 49.90 49.90 868 5770 17 2 BLindon Victor 49.75 x x 49.75 865 6028 6 3 BDamian Warner 48.67 48.39 47.37 48.67 843 6610 1 4 BMartin Roe 44.86 48.37 45.69 48.37 836 5609 20 5 BPaweł Wiesiołek x x 48.27 48.27 834 5971 10 6 BKevin Mayer 46.59 48.08 x 48.08 830 6157 4 7 BPierce Lepage x 47.14 45.63 47.14 811 6265 3 8 AIlya Shkurenyov 45.81 45.87 47.02 47.02 809 6005 8 9 AVital Zhuk 44.11 43.81 47.01 47.01 808 5796 16 10 BMaicel Uibo 46.38 x 44.93 46.38 795 5683 19 11 AJohannes Erm 45.72 44.80 43.94 45.72 782 5895 12 12 BGarret Scantling 43.57 x 45.46 45.46 776 6085 5 13 BAdam Helcelet 41.33 x 45.40 45.40 775 5802 15 14 AZach Ziemek 44.36 44.87 44.84 44.87 764 5996 9 15 AAshley Moloney 43.19 43.29 44.38 44.38 754 6359 2 16 AJorge Ureña 41.95 43.70 x 43.70 740 6008 7 17 ACedric Dubler 43.31 x 42.65 43.31 732 5753 18 18 AKai Kazmirek 40.69 40.35 42.70 42.70 720 5853 13 19 BKarel Tilga 41.31 x x 41.31 691 5386 21 20 ASteven Bastien x x 40.77 40.77 680 5970 11 21 AFelipe dos Santos 37.89 39.91 36.62 39.91 663 5830 14
Pole vault RankGroupAthleteNation HeightPointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank1BMaicel Uibo5.5010676750122BZach Ziemek5.301004700063BKevin Mayer5.20972712944AVital Zhuk5.109416737145BGarret Scantling5.1094170265BIlya Shkurenyov5.10941694677BAshley Moloney5.00910726928BPierce Lepage5.00910717539AJorge Ureña4.908806888910ALindon Victor4.908806908811ADamian Warner4.90880=7490112BKai Kazmirek4.80849670215BPaweł Wiesiołek4.8084968201014AMartin Roe4.8084964581915AJohannes Erm4.8084967441316BFelipe dos Santos4.6079066201617ASteven Bastien4.60790676011AJiří Sýkora4.6079065601819AAdam Helcelet4.60790659217 –BCedric Dubler0576320 –AKarel Tilga0538621
Javelin throw
RankGroupAthleteNation#1#2#3 DistancePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank1AKarel Tilga71.7172.5873.3673.369416327212BKevin Mayer64.7173.09 –73.09937806623BLindon Victor65.0668.4671.5671.56913782164BGarret Scantling69.10x68.9769.10876790245AKai Kazmirek63.7654.44 –63.767957497106AJiří Sýkora63.73 –x63.737947354157BDamian Warner62.3563.4460.4263.44790828018AMartin Roex56.9662.2862.287727230199AAdam Helcelet59.6160.8561.5461.5476173531610BIlya Shkurenyov60.3860.9559.8260.957527698811BZach Ziemek60.1458.9660.4460.447447744712BVital Zhuk57.3256.7059.4959.4973074671213ACedric Dubler55.7058.5257.9358.5271664692014BJohannes Erm56.35x58.4158.4171474581315ASteven Bastien53.1157.6358.2158.2171174711116APierce Lepage57.1453.4557.2457.246967871517AAshley Moloney56.0456.7257.1257.126957964318BJorge Ureña55.8254.2453.1255.826757563919AFelipe dos Santos49.8653.8954.5654.5665672761820APaweł Wiesiołek50.47x51.6051.6061274321421BMaicel Uibo50.64 – –50.64598734817
1500 metres RankAthleteNation TimePointsNotesOverall pointsOverall rank1Steven Bastien4:26.957658236102Jorge Ureña4:27.82759832293Johannes Erm4:28.427558213114Paweł Wiesiołek4:30.027448176125Damian Warner4:31.08738901816Pierce Lepage4:31.85733860457Ilya Shkurenyov4:34.62715841388Garret Scantling4:35.54709861149Karel Tilga4:38.2469170182010Zach Ziemek4:38.386918435611Maicel Uibo4:38.6468980371512Ashley Moloney4:39.196858649313Vital Zhuk4:42.5766481311314Kevin Mayer4:43.176608726215Adam Helcelet4:44.7465180041616Martin Roe4:47.5863378631917Kai Kazmirek4:48.3062981261418Felipe dos Santos4:52.4060478801819Lindon Victor4:54.325938414720Jiří Sýkora4:54.9758979431721Cedric Dubler5:03.69539700821
Overall results Key