1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

7th World Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	25 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Seville
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	24./25. August
	Medalist
	Tomáš Dvořák ( CZE )
	Dean Macey ( GBR )
	Chris Huffins ( USA )

The Olympic Stadium of Seville in 2011

The men's decathlon at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held on August 24th and 25th, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city of Seville .

World champion was the Czech defending champion, Olympic third in 1996 and world record holder Tomáš Dvořák . The Briton Dean Macey won the silver medal. Bronze went to the American Chris Huffins .

Existing records

World record	8994 P	Czech Republic Tomáš Dvořák	Prague , Czech Republic	3rd / 4th July 1999
World championship record	8837 P	Czech Republic Tomáš Dvořák	1997 World Cup in Athens , Greece	5th / 6th August 1997

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

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 24th	100 m	10:00 a.m	Day 2: August 25th	110 m hurdles	10:00 a.m
	Long jump	11:00 o'clock		Discus throw	11:00 am / 12:15 pm
	Shot put	12:45 p.m.		Pole vault	14:00 clock
	high jump	6:30 p.m.		Javelin throw	6:00 p.m. / 8:00 p.m.
	400 m	10:10 p.m.		1500 m	9:40 pm

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

Result

24./25. August 1999

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	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8744	10.60 s 952 P.	7.98 m 1056 P.	16.49 m 882 p	2.00 m 803 P	48.42 s 889 P.	4582	13.75 s 1007 P.	46.26 m 793 p	4.60 m 790 p	70.11 m 891 P.	4: 39.87 min 681 P.
2	Dean Macey	United Kingdom Great Britain	8556	10.69 s 931 P.	7.48 m 930 p	15.14 m 798 p	2.12 m 915 p	46.72 s 972 P.	4546	14.35 s 930 p	43.78 m 742 p	4.60 m 790 p	64.03 m 799 p	4: 29.31 min 749 p
3	Chris Huffins	United States United States	8547	10.43 s 992 P.	7.67 m 977 p	15.67 m 831 p	2.00 m 803 P	49.04 s 859 P.	4462	13.98 s 977 P.	49.48 m 860 p	4.80 m 849 p	64.35 m 803 P	4: 53.83 min 596 P.
4th	Sébastien Levicq	France France	8524	11.05 s 850 p	7.52 m 940 p	14.22 m 742 p	2.00 m 803 P	50.13 s 809 P.	4144	14.48 s 913 P.	44.65 m 760 p	5.50 m 1067 p	69.01 m 874 p	4: 26.81 min 766 P.
5	Lev Lobodin	Russia Russia	8494	10.80 s 906 P.	7.40 m 910 p	16.13 m 859 P.	2.03 m 831 p	49.23 s 850 p	4356	14.04 s 969 P.	47.04 m 809 P.	5.10 m 941 p	58.13 m 710 p	4: 35.50 min 709 p
6th	Wilfrid Boulineau	France France	8154	11.02 s 856 P.	7.35 m 898 p	13.52 m 699 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.75 s 826 P.	4110	14.57 s 902 P.	43.43 m 735 p	4.80 m 849 p	63.61 m 792 p	4: 26.74 min 766 P.
7th	Henrik Dagård	Sweden Sweden	8150	10.77 s 912 p	7.06 m 828 p	14.95 m 787 P	1.97 m 776 p	47.88 s 915 P.	4218	14.35 s 930 p	42.35 m 712 p	4.80 m 849 p	64.77 m 810 p	4: 47.99 min 631 P.
8th	Dan Steele	United States United States	8130	10.84 s 897 P	6.75 m 755 p	14.12 m 736 p	1.91 m 723 p	47.04 s 956 P.	4067	14.50 s 911 P	50.35 m 878 P	4.50 m 760 p	65.50 m 821 p	4: 38.03 min 693 P.
9	David Mewes	Germany Germany	8089	11.25 s 806 P.	7.43 m 918 p	14.87 m 782 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.87 s 821 P.	4158	14.63 s 895 P	44.49 m 756 p	4.60 m 790 p	63.04 m 784 p	4: 35.97 min 706 P.
10	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary Hungary	8019	11.22 s 812 p	7.05 m 826 p	14.05 m 731 p	2.12 m 915 p	48.56 s 882 P.	4166	15.24 s 821 P.	42.64 m 718 p	4.60 m 790 p	60.36 m 743 P.	4: 24.59 min 781 P.
11	Oleg Veretelnikov	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	7853	10.98 s 865 p	7.10 m 838 p	13.85 m 719 p	1.85 m 670 p	48.92 s 865 p	3957	14.89 s 863 P.	42.12 m 708 P.	4.60 m 790 p	64.43 m 805 P	4: 32.18 min 730 p
12	Indrek Kaseorg	Estonia Estonia	7851	11.34 s 786 P.	7.03 m 821 p	14.03 m 730 p	1.91 m 723 p	49.28 s 848 p	3908	14.56 s 903 P.	43.30 m 732 p	4.80 m 849 p	64.38 m 804 P.	4: 44.07 min 655 P.
13	Prodromos Korkizoglou	Greece Greece	7850	10.68 s 933 P.	7.08 m 833 p	14.73 m 773 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.10 s 857 P.	4227	14.44 s 918 p	43.16 m 729 P.	4.90 m 880 p	54.97 m 662 p	5: 23.02 min 434 P.
14th	Erki Nool	Estonia Estonia	7568	10.72 s 924 P.	7.85 m 1022 p	14.23 m 742 p	1.97 m 776 p	47.13 s 952 P.	4416	14.47 s 915 P.	43.12 m 728 p	NM 0 P	70.22 m 893 p	4: 50.52 min 616 p
15th	Aki Heikkinen	Finland Finland	7536	11.16 s 825 p	7.07 m 830 p	13.98 m 727 p	1.94 m 749 p	49.79 s 824 p	3955	14.94 s 857 P.	36.60 m 596 p	4.40 m 731 P	67.75 m 855 p	5: 03.12 min 542 P.
16	Francisco Javier Benet	Spain Spain	7529	10.93 s 876 P.	7.22 m 866 p	13.96 m 726 p	2.00 m 803 P	48.18 s 900 p	4171	14.07 s 965 p	44.30 m 752 p	4.90 m 880 p	61.52 m 761 P.	DNF 0 P
DNF	Tom Pappas	United States United States	5895	11.24 s 808 P.	7.19 m 859 P.	14.31 m 747 p	2.12 m 915 p	48.95 s 864 P.	4193	14.16 s 954 P.	44.08 m 748 p	NM 0 P	NM 0 P	DNS
	Chiel Warners	Netherlands Netherlands	5829	10.76 s 915 P.	7.47 m 927 p	14.34 m 749 p	2.03 m 831 p	47.71 s 923 P.	4345	15.02 s 847 p	38.65 m 637 p	DNS
	Trond Høiby	Norway Norway	5506	11.31 s 793 P.	6.85 m 778 p	14.52 m 760 p	2.03 m 831 p	50.11 s 810 p	3972	DSQ 0 P	43.88 m 744 p	4.60 m 790 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic Czech Republic	4621	10.93 s 876 P.	7.65 m 972 p	14.44 m 755 p	2.03 m 831 p	48.08 s 905 P.	4339	DNF 0 P	20.51 m 282 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Klaus Isekenmeier	Germany Germany	3183	11.16 s 825 p	7.20 m 862 p	15.16 m 800 p	1.88 m 696 p	DNS	3183
	Benjamin Jensen	Norway Norway	2391	10.88 s 888 P.	7.00 m 814 p	13.35 m 689 p	NM 0 P	DNS	2391
	Thomas Tebbich	Austria Austria	2387	10.90 s 883 P.	6.85 m 778 p	13.96 m 726 p	DNS		2387
	Frank Busemann	Germany Germany	1850	10.87 s 890 p	7.60 m 960 p	DNS			1850
	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland Iceland	0874	10.94 s 874 P.	DNS				0874

The world record holder and defending champion Tomáš Dvořák, Olympic Knight in 1996 , won his second of three World Cup titles
Eighth placed Dan Steele in a relay race
Oleg Veretelnikov finished eleventh
The reigning European champion Erki Nool came in 14th place - in the coming year he was Olympic champion

Tom Pappas was after three failed attempts in the pole vault on
Chiel Warners no longer competed in the pole vault
Roman Šebrle gave up after failing to score points over 110 meter hurdles and in the pole vault

Benjamin Jensen failed to make a valid attempt in the high jump and then gave up

Frank Busemann came to the third discipline, the shot put , no longer

Web links

7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 20, 2020
Men Decathlon Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com (English), accessed July 20, 2020
Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men Decathlon, Seville 1999 (PDF; 10.3 MB, p. 209f), English, accessed on July 20, 2020

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed July 20, 2020

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed July 20, 2020