World Athletics Championships 1993 / Men's decathlon

4th World Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	25 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Stuttgart
Competition location	Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
Competition phase	19./20. August
	Medalist
	Dan O'Brien ( USA )
	Eduard Hämäläinen ( BLR )
	Paul Meier ( GER )

The Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart in 2007

The men's decathlon at the 1993 World Athletics Championships was held on August 19 and 20, 1993 in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart .

World champion was the US defending champion and world record holder Dan O'Brien . He won from Eduard Hämäläinen from Belarus . Bronze went to the German Paul Meier .

Records

Existing records

World record	United States Dan O'Brien	8891 P	Talence , France	4th / 5th August 1992
World championship record	United States Dan O'Brien	8812 P	1991 World Cup in Tokyo , Japan	29./30. August 1991

Record improvement

The US world champion Dan O'Brien improved his own world championship record on 19/20. August by five points to 8817 P.

execution

The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days, here is the schedule:

Day 1: August 19th	100 m	10:00 a.m	Day 2: August 20th	110 m hurdles	10:00 a.m
	Long jump	10:55 am		Discus throw	10:50 am / 12:10 am
	Shot put	12:30 pm		Pole vault	14:00 clock
	high jump	4:00 p.m.		Javelin throw	5:45 p.m. / 7:30 p.m.
	400 m	8:10 pm		1500 m	9:20 pm

The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today.

Result

19./20. August 1993

space	Surname	nation	Points	100 m	Long jump	Bullet poking	High jump	400 m	Status after day 1 (P)	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Stabhoch- jump	javelin throw	1500 m
1	Dan O'Brien	United States United States	8817 CR	10.57 s 959 P.	7.99 m 1058 P	15.41 m 815 p	2.03 m 831 p	47.46 s 935 P.	4598	14.08 s 964 P.	47.92 m 827 p	5.20 m 972 p	62.56 m 776 P.	4: 40.08 min 680 p
2	Eduard Hämäläinen	Belarus 1991 Belarus	8724	10.72 s 924 P.	7.05 m 826 p	15.49 m 820 p	2.09 m 887 p	47.64 s 927 P.	4384	13.57 s 1031 P.	49.26 m 855 p	5.30 m 1004 P.	61.88 m 766 P.	4: 39.34 min 684 P.
3	Paul Meier	Germany Germany	8548	10.57 s 959 P.	7.57 m 952 p	15.45 m 817 p	2.15 m 944 p	47.73 s 922 P.	4594	14.63 s 895 P	45.72 m 782 p	4.60 m 790 p	61.22 m 756 P.	4: 32.05 min 731 P.
4th	Christian Schenk	Germany Germany	8500	11.22 s 812 p	7.63 m 967 p	15.72 m 834 p	2.15 m 944 p	48.78 s 872 P.	4429	15.29 s 815 p	46.94 m 807 p	4.80 m 849 p	65.32 m 818 p	4: 24.44 min, 782 P.
5	Alain Blondel	France France	8444	10.94 s 874 P.	7.20 m 862 p	14.06 m 732 p	1.94 m 749 p	48.12 s 903 P.	4120	14.40 s 924 p	45.74 m 782 p	5.40 m 1035 p	62.22 m 771 P.	4: 19.89 min 812 p
6th	Christian Plaziat	France France	8398	10.80 s 906 P.	7.50 m 935 p	14.47 m 757 p	2.09 m 887 p	47.91 s 913 P.	4398	14.36 s 929 P.	41.74 m 700 p	5.10 m 910 p	56.96 m 692 p	4: 26.31 min 769 P.
7th	Steve Fritz	United States United States	8324	10.83 s 899 p	7.52 m 940 p	13.87 m 720 p	2.03 m 831 p	48.40 s 890 p	4280	13.99 s 976 P.	41.62 m 698 p	4.90 m 880 p	57.68 m 703 P.	4: 23.56 min, 787 P.
8th	Rob Muzzio	United States United States	8237	11.11 s 836 p	6.72 m 748 p	16.99 m 912 P	1.94 m 749 p	49.82 s 823 P.	4068	14.51 s 910 p	47.90 m 827 p	5.00 m 910 p	64.50 m 806 P	4: 34.43 min 716 P.
9	Michael Kohnle	Germany Germany	8075	11.16 s 825 p	7.40 m 910 p	14.34 m 749 p	2.00 m 803 P	50.17 s 807 P.	4094	14.51 s 910 p	44.70 m 761 P.	5.00 m 910 p	62.10 m 769 P	4: 47.95 min 631 P.
10	Tomáš Dvorák	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8032	10.93 s 876 P.	7.20 m 862 p	14.69 m 771 P.	2.00 m 803 P	49.40 s 842 p	4154	14.21 s 948 p	42.66 m 719 p	4.50 m 760 p	61.30 m 757 p	4: 37.79 min 694 P.
11	Petri Keskitalo	Finland Finland	8000	11.03 s 854 P.	7.30 m 886 P	14.85 m 780 p	1.94 m 749 p	50.76 s 780 p	4049	14.66 s 891 P.	43.26 m 731 p	5.00 m 910 p	63.92 m 797 p	4: 49.48 min 622 P.
12	Indrek Kaseorg	Estonia Estonia	7911	11.41 s 771 P.	7.31 m 888 p	11.97 m 605 p	2.12 m 915 p	48.99 s 862 P.	4041	14.67 s 890 p	40.40 m 673 P	4.60 m 790 p	57.46 m 700 p	4: 19.20 min 817 p
13	Henrik Dagård	Sweden Sweden	7838	10.95 s 872 P.	7.05 m 826 p	14.44 m 755 p	1.76 m 593 p	48.38 s 891 P.	3937	14.61 s 897 P	42.72 m 720 p	4.70 m 819 p	64.78 m 810 p	4: 44.09 min 655 P.
14th	Sébastien Levicq	France France	7783	11.36 s 782 P.	7.15 m 850 p	13.48 m 697 p	1.97 m 776 p	51.75 s 736 P.	3841	15.10 s 837 p	41.48 m 695 p	5.10 m 941 p	64.00 m 798 p	4: 41.43 min 671 P.
15th	Ramil Ganiyev	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	7734	11.09 s 841 p	7.26 m 876 P.	14.07 m 733 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.80 s 824 P.	4105	14.64 s 894 P	39.78 m 660 p	5.10 m 941 p	43.00 m 486 p	4: 45.15 min 648 P.
16	Ronald's Blums	Latvia Latvia	7734	11.32 s 791 P.	7.15 m 850 p	12.96 m 665 p	1.97 m 776 p	50.55 s 789 P.	3871	14.67 s 890 p	39.12 m 647 p	5.00 m 910 p	57.16 m 695 p	4: 33.59 min 721 P.
17th	Sándor Munkacsi	Hungary Hungary	7726	11.12 s 834 p	7.08 m 833 p	13.36 m 689 p	1.94 m 749 p	48.71 s 875 p	3980	14.60 s 899 p	41.02 m 685 p	4.50 m 760 p	51.04 m 604 p	4: 21.97 min 798 P.
18th	Xavier Brunet	Spain Spain	7547	11.16 s 825 p	6.88 m 785 p	12.13 m 614 p	2.15 m 944 p	49.09 s 857 P.	4025	14.62 s 896 P	37.86 m 621 P.	4.60 m 790 p	49.14 m 576 p	4: 46.72 min 639 P.
19th	Alex Kruger	United Kingdom Great Britain	7481	11.34 s 786 P.	7.07 m 830 p	13.90 m 722 p	2.06 m 859 P	50.33 s 799 p	3996	15.10 s 837 p	40.00 m 665 p	4.40 m 731 P	54.04 m 649 p	4: 52.53 min 603 P.
20th	Katsuhiko Matsuda	Japan Japan	7140	11.30 s 795 p	7.03 m 821 p	12.39 m 630 p	1.97 m 776 p	49.68 s 829 P.	3851	14.61 s 897 P	38.32 m 630 p	4.40 m 731 P	43.40 m 492 p	5: 03.56 min 539 P.
21st	Munehiro Kaneko	Japan Japan	6912	11.24 s 808 P.	NM 0 P	13.25 m 682 p	2.00 m 803 P	49.60 s 833 p	3126	14.52 s 908 P.	45.08 m 768 p	4.70 m 819 p	57.78 m 704 P.	4: 55.28 min 587 P.
22nd	Barry Walsh	Ireland Ireland	6632	11.66 s 719 P.	6.73 m 750 p	14.21 m 741 P.	1.94 m 749 p	51.29 s 756 P.	3715	15.36 s 807 P.	45.38 m 775 p	NM 0 P	55.52 m 671 p	4: 42.59 min 664 P.
DNF	Robert Změlík	Czech Republic Czech Republic	3972	10.78 s 910 p	7.41 m 913 p	13.21 m 680 p	1.97 m 776 p	DNS	3279
	Dezső Szabó	Hungary Hungary	3098	11.02 s 856 P.	7.01 m 816 p	13.16 m 677 p	1.94 m 749 p	DNS	3098
	Mike Smith	Canada Canada	0863	10.99 s 863 P.	NM 0 P	DNS			0863

World champion Dan O'Brien - as defending champion and world record holder, he fully lived up to his role as a favorite
Christian Schenk, Olympic champion in 1988 , third in the 1991 World Cup and third in 1990 European Championship , came fourth this time
Tomáš Dvorák came in tenth place - the great successes of his sports career were yet to come
Mike Smith, 1991 runner-up, gave the competition after three failed attempts in the long jump on

Video links

Dan O'Brien 8817 points on youtube.com (English), accessed May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 1 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 2 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 3 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 4 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 5 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 6 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 7 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 8 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020
World Championships WM 1993 Stuttgart Decathlon Part 9 on youtube.com, accessed on May 15, 2020

Web links

IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Decathlon men , accessed on May 15, 2020
Men Decathlon Athletics IV World Championship Stuttgart (GER) 1993 at todor66.com (English), accessed on May 15, 2020
Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men Decathlon, Stuttgart 1993 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 208), English, accessed on May 15, 2020

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed May 15, 2020

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed May 15, 2020