2001 World Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	22 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	6./7. August
	Medalist
	Tomáš Dvořák ( CZE )
	Erki Nool ( EST )
	Dean Macey ( GBR )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The decathlon men at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics was on 6 and 7 August 2001 Commonwealth Stadium the Canadian city of Edmonton held.

The Czech Olympic third party from 1996 Tomáš Dvořák became world champion for the third time in a row. Silver went to the current Olympic and reigning European champion Erki Nool from Estonia . Third place went to the British vice world champion from 1999 Dean Macey .

Records

Existing records

World record	9026 P	Czech Republic Roman Šebrle	Götzis , Austria	26./27. May 2001
World championship record	8837 P	Czech Republic Tomáš Dvořák	1997 World Cup in Athens , Greece	5th / 6th August 1997

Record improvement

The Czech world champion Tomáš Dvořák improved his own world championship record on 6/7. August by 135 points to 8972 points.

There was also a national
record : 8815 P - Erki Nool , Estonia

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 6th	100 m	9:05 a.m.	Day 2: August 7th	110 m hurdles	9:05 a.m.
	Long jump	10:00 a.m		Discus throw	10:00 am / 11:20 am
	Shot put	11:40 a.m.		Pole vault	1:30 p.m.
	high jump	1:30 p.m.		Javelin throw	4:30 p.m. / 5:50 p.m.
	400 m	5:50 pm		1500 m	8:21 pm

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

Result

6./7. August 2001

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	8902 CR	10.62 s 947 p	8.07 m 1079 p	16.57 m 886 p	2.00 m 803 P	47.74 s 922 P.	4637	13.80 s 1000 p	45.51 m 777 p	5.00 m 910 p	68.53 m 867 p	4: 35.13 min 711 P.
2	Erki Nool	Estonia Estonia	8815 NO	10.60 s 952 P.	7.63 m 967 p	14.90 m 784 p	2.03 m 831 p	46.23 s 997 P.	4531	14.40 s 924 p	43.40 m 734 p	5.40 m 1035 p	67.01 m 844 p	4: 29.58 min 747 P.
3	Dean Macey	United Kingdom Great Britain	8603	10.72 s 924 P.	7.59 m 957 p	15.41 m 815 p	2.15 m 944 p	46.21 s 998 P.	4638	14.34 s 931 p	46.96 m 807 p	4.70 m 819 p	54.61 m 657 p	4: 29.05 min, 751 P.
4th	Attila Zsivoczky	Hungary Hungary	8371	10.97 s 867 P.	6.99 m 811 P	14.65 m 768 p	2.18 m 973 p	48.86 s 868 P.	4287	15.19 s 827 P.	47.23 m 813 p	4.90 m 880 p	62.43 m 774 P.	4: 23.23 min 790 p
5	Lev Lobodin	Russia Russia	8352	10.74 s 919 P.	7.15 m 850 p	16.16 m 861 P.	2.03 m 831 p	48.78 s 872 P.	4333	14.42 s 921 P.	44.95 m 766 P	5.10 m 941 p	54.68 m 658 p	4: 31.77 min 733 P.
6th	Jiří Ryba	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8332	11.14 s 830 p	7.17 m 854 P.	13.76 m 714 p	2.09 m 887 p	48.76 s 873 P.	4158	14.33 s 932 p	47.40 m 816 p	5.10 m 941 p	56.04 m 678 p	4: 20.66 min 807 P.
7th	Stefan Schmid	Germany Germany	8307	10.87 s 890 p	7.43 m 918 p	13.55 m 701 P.	1.97 m 776 p	47.86 s 916 P.	4201	14.57 s 902 P.	43.16 m 729 P.	5.10 m 941 p	65.13 m 815 p	4: 33.98 min 719 P.
8th	Laurent Hernu	France France	8280	10.97 s 867 P.	7.31 m 888 p	14.43 m 755 p	2.03 m 831 p	49.31 s 847 p	4188	14.01 s 973 P.	43.93 m 745 p	5.10 m 941 p	59.90 m 736 p	4: 37.41 min 697 P.
9	Oleksandr Yurkov	Ukraine Ukraine	8264	10.93 s 876 P.	7.37 m 903 P.	15.15 m 799 p	1.97 m 776 p	49.45 s 840 p	4194	14.41 s 922 P.	48.10 m 831 p	5.00 m 910 p	58.63 m 717 p	4: 38.43 min 690 p
10	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic Czech Republic	8174	10.91 s 881 P.	7.67 m 977 p	15.43 m 816 p	2.00 m 803 P	48.18 s 900 p	4377	16.97 s 627 P.	47.41 m 817 p	4.60 m 790 p	65.75 m 825 p	4: 31.04 min 738 p
11	Michael Nolan	Canada Canada	8169	11.29 s 797 P.	6.98 m 809 p	15.17 m 800 p	1.97 m 776 p	49.86 s 821 P.	4003	14.86 s 867 P.	50.30 m 877 P	4.90 m 880 p	64.57 m 807 P.	4: 31.44 min 735 P.
12	Mário Aníbal	Portugal Portugal	8155	10.84s 897 P.	7.11 m 840 p	15.35 m 811 p	2.00 m 803 P	48.46 s 887 P.	4238	14.45 s 917 P.	44.22 m 751 P.	5.00 m 910 p	53.23 m 637 p	4: 36.64 min 702 P.
13	Zsolt Kürtösi	Hungary Hungary	8097	11.03 s 854 P.	7.17 m 854 P.	15.34 m 811 p	2.06 m 859 P	48.68 s 876 P.	4254	14.50 s 911 P	45.20 m 771 P	4.70 m 819 p	58.87 m 721 p	4: 49.61 min 621 P.
14th	Benjamin Jensen	Norway Norway	8090	10.79 s 908 P.	7.08 m 833 p	14.47 m 757 p	1.88 m 696 p	48.27 s 896 P	4090	14.22 s 946 p	39.89 m 662 p	5.30 m 1004 P.	56.51 m 685 p	4: 36.45 min 703 P.
15th	Phil McMullen	United States United States	8079	11.39 s 776 P.	6.94 m 799 p	15.12 m 797 p	1.97 m 776 p	49.08 s 858 P.	4006	15.09 s 839 p	48.85 m 846 p	5.10 m 941 p	53.50 m 641 p	4: 20.84 min 806 P.
16	Chiel Warners	Netherlands Netherlands	7916	10.90 s 883 P.	7.48 m 930 p	14.47 m 757 p	1.94 m 749 p	48.28 s 896 P.	4215	14.36 s 929 P.	44.93 m 765 p	4.30 m 702 P	55.89 m 676 p	4: 48.33 min 629 P.
17th	Kip Janvrin	United States United States	7905	11.17 s 823 P.	6.72 m 748 p	13.45 m 695 p	1.88 m 696 p	48.26 s 897P	3859	14.77 s 878 P.	43.39 m 734 p	5.00 m 910 p	57.96 m 707 p	4: 19.26 min 817 P.
DNF	Sebastian boy	Germany Germany	6394	10.90 s 883 P.	7.47 m 927 p	14.45 m 756 p	1.97 m 776 p	48.19 s 900 p	4242	DNF 0 P	44.36 m 754 P.	4.70 m 819 p	49.37 m 579 p	DNS
	Bryan Clay	United States United States	5725	10.73 s 922 P.	7.20 m 862 p	12.79 m 654 p	1.94 m 749 p	49.64 s 831 P.	4018	14.53 s 907 P.	46.63 m 800 p	NM 0 P	DNS
	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland Iceland	2933	11.01 s 858 P.	5.83 m 550 p	14.78 m 776 p	1.94 m 749 p	DNS	2933
	Klaus Ambrosch	Austria Austria	2253	11.07 s 845 p	NM 0 P	14.16 m 738 p	1.85 m 670 p	DNS	2253
	Eduard Hämäläinen	Finland Finland	1692	11.06 s 847 p	7.13 m 845 p	NM 0 P	DNS		1692

Tomáš Dvořák - world champion for the third time in a row, in 1996 he was Olympic knight
Erki Nool - after winning the Olympic Games in 2000 and the European Championship title in 1998, now Vice World Champion
Jiří Ryba finished sixth
Roman Šebrle was unable to match the world record he set two months ago and had to be content with tenth place
Benjamin Jensen came in fourteenth
Chiel Warners reached number sixteen
Bryan Clay, here at the beginning of his career and later, among other things, Olympic champion, could not finish his competition

Video

2001 World Championships in Athletics - Men's decathlon Day 2 , video posted February 18, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed August 16, 2020

Web links

8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 16, 2020
Men Decathlon Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 16, 2020
Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men Decathlon, Edmonton 2001 (PDF; 10.3 MB, p. 210), English, accessed on August 16, 2020

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed August 16, 2020

[1] IAAF world records. Decathlon , accessed August 16, 2020