World Athletics Championships 2019 / Men's Decathlon

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	October 2nd to 3rd
Medalist Niklas Kaul Maicel Uibo Damian Warner

The men's decathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships will take place on October 2-3, 2019 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha , Qatar .

Records

World record ( WR )	Kevin Mayer	9126 points	Décastar 2018 , Talence , France	15./16. September 2018
Championship record ( CR )	Ashton Eaton	9045 points	2015 , Beijing , People's Republic of China	28/29 August 2015
World annual best ( WL )	Damian Warner	8711 points	Hypomeeting Götzis , Austria	25./26. May 2019

Qualification mode

The qualification standard to be achieved between March 7, 2018 and September 6, 2019 is 8200 points. In addition, the reigning world champion and the winner of the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge on September 6th are automatically qualified by wildcard . Furthermore, the reigning continental champions are in principle entitled to start. At the same time, a maximum of three decathletes may start per national association. If the announced 24 participants cannot be reached through this mode, there is the possibility of nominating according to the world ranking list (as of September 6, 2019).

The starting field is composed as follows according to the starting list:

Surname	nation	Qualification performance	date and location	World ranking
Kevin Mayer	France	9126	September 16, 2018, Talence	-
Damian Warner	Canada	8795	May 27, 2018, Götzis	1
Niklas Kaul	Germany	8572	July 14, 2019, Gävle	8th
Maicel Uibo	Estonia	8514	May 27, 2018, Götzis	3
Lindon Victor	Grenada	8473	May 26, 2019 Götzis	5
Pierce Lepage	Canada	8453	June 23, 2019, Talence	6th
Kai Kazmirek	Germany	8444	June 30, 2019, Ratingen	4th
Pieter Brown	Netherlands	8342	May 27, 2018, Götzis	11
Timothy Duckworth	Great Britain	8336	June 7, 2018, Eugene	14th
Ilya Shkurenev	Authorized Neutral Athletes	8321	August 8, 2018, Berlin	10
Devon Williams	United States	8295	July 26, 2019, Des Moines	35
Wital Schuk	Belarus	8290	August 8, 2018, Berlin	12
Janek Õiglane	Estonia	8251	July 27, 2019, Rakvere	23
Tim Nowak	Germany	8229	September 16, 2018, Talence	17th
Martin Roe	Norway	8228	April 28, 2018, Florence	7th
Solomon Simmons	United States	8227	July 26, 2019, Des Moines	29
Thomas Van der Plaetsen	Belgium	8214	June 23, 2019, Talence	18th
Basile Rolnin	France	8205	June 30, 2019, Ratingen	19th
Paweł Wiesiołek	Poland	8204	June 9, 2019, Krakow	28
Harrison Williams	United States	8188	July 26, 2019, Des Moines	32
Cedric Dubler	Australia	8185	May 26, 2019 Götzis	21st
Fredrik Samuelsson	Sweden	8165	May 27, 2018, Götzis	25th
Georni Jaramillo	Venezuela	8048	May 5, 2018, Barquisimeto	27
Keisuke Ushiro	Japan	7948	May 27, 2018, Götzis	25th

As of September 22, 2019

Time schedule

All times refer to the local time in Doha.

October 2nd
	100 m	4:35 pm
	Long jump	17:30
	Shot put	6:50 pm
	high jump	8:40 pm
	400 m	11:15 p.m.
October 3
	110 m hurdles	4:35 pm
	Discus throw	5:30 p.m.  Group A 6:35 p.m.  Group B
	Pole vault	7:05 p.m.  Group A 8:05 p.m.  Group B
	Javelin throw	10:05 p.m.  Group A 11:10 p.m.  Group B
	1500 m	12:25 am  October 4th

Starting position

One of the two main favorites for the world championship title is Canadian Damian Warner, who presented himself in good shape early on in Götzis at the end of May, won the Pan American Games in August and leads the world rankings of the year. The second, Kevin Mayer, world champion from 2017 and world record holder from 2018, had not yet completed a full decathlon this year. However, he had significantly reduced participation in competitions since the 2018/2019 indoor season in favor of his preparation for the world championships and attracted attention with very good individual performances. Behind these two are several athletes who have almost the same preliminary results. Interesting from a German point of view is the development of the only twenty-one year old Niklas Kaul, who, as the U20 world record holder from 2017, was able to increase his best performance to 8572 points in his second season among the active players.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timetable. Retrieved August 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Final entry lists published for IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org, September 22, 2019, accessed on September 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ What a weekend! meeting-goetzis.at, May 27, 2019, accessed on August 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Scott Harrigan: Decathlon duo Warner, LePage win 2019 Pan American Games gold and bronze. independentsportsnews.com, August 9, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Jan-Henner Reitze: Kristin Pudenz sets top performance, Kevin Mayer in top form. Leichtathletik.de, August 24, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Silke Bernhart: U23 EM: Decathlon victory and Olympic standard for Kaul, bronze for Eitel. Leichtathletik.de, July 14, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019 .