|
sport |
athletics
|
discipline |
Decathlon
|
gender |
Men
|
Attendees |
40 athletes from 25 countries
|
Competition location |
Centennial Olympic Stadium
|
Competition phase |
July 31/1. August 1996
|
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The men's decathlon at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta was played on July 31 and August 1, 1996 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium . Forty athletes participated, 31 of whom finished the competition.
The American Dan O'Brien became Olympic champion . He won ahead of the German Frank Busemann and the Czech Tomáš Dvořák .
In addition to the medalist Busemann, the Germans Frank Müller and Dirk-Achim Pajonk also took part. Müller finished the competition in fourteen, Pajonk in twenty.
The Swiss Philipp Huber was 28th.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Existing records
Conducting the competition
The decathlon was carried out according to the same rules as today. The ten disciplines took place over two days. The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today.
Remarks:
Attendees
Olympic champion Dan O'Brien from the USA
Silver medalist Frank Busemann, Germany
Bronze medalist Tomáš Dvořák from the Czech Republic
The Olympic sixth Erki Nool from Estonia
40 athletes from 25 countries took part in the Olympic competition:
Disciplines
100 meter run
The discipline was carried out in five runs.
- Run 1
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Houston |
10.76 |
915
|
2 |
Dost |
10.87 |
890
|
3 |
Poserina |
11.05 |
850
|
4th |
Huber |
11.06 |
847
|
5 |
Kasapoğlu |
11.07 |
845
|
6th |
Kürtösi |
11.09 |
841
|
7th |
Ferrier |
11.26 |
804
|
8th |
Afanasiev |
11.44 |
765
|
- Run 2
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Gʻaniyev |
10.84 |
897
|
2 |
winter |
10.85 |
894
|
3 |
Szabó |
10.94 |
874
|
4th |
Peñalver |
10.95 |
872
|
5 |
Nazarov |
11.04 |
852
|
6th |
Rosendaal |
11.24 |
808
|
7th |
Chmara |
11.28 |
799
|
8th |
Piziks |
11.40 |
774
|
- Run 3
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Změlík |
10.83 |
899
|
2 |
Pirini |
10.89 |
885
|
3 |
Fritz |
10.90 |
883
|
4th |
Müller |
10.95 |
872
|
5 |
Kolpakov |
11.15 |
827
|
6th |
Levicq |
11.17 |
823
|
7th |
Kruger |
11.38 |
778
|
8th |
Kaseorg |
11.40 |
774
|
- Run 4
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Huffins |
10.47 |
982
|
2 |
Pajonk |
10.67 |
935
|
3 |
Magnússon |
10.67 |
935
|
4th |
Balanqué |
10.71 |
926
|
5 |
Placiat |
10.85 |
894
|
6th |
Damašek |
10.86 |
892
|
7th |
Weretelnikov |
11.06 |
847
|
8th |
Duany |
11.20 |
817
|
- Run 5
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
O'Brien |
10.50 |
975
|
2 |
Busemann |
10.60 |
952
|
3 |
Dvořák |
10.64 |
942
|
4th |
Nool |
10.65 |
940
|
5 |
Hämäläinen |
10.85 |
894
|
6th |
Lobodin |
10.85 |
894
|
7th |
Benet |
10.95 |
872
|
8th |
Smith |
11.08 |
843
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
Huffins |
982
|
02 |
O'Brien |
975
|
03 |
Busemann |
952
|
04th |
Dvořák |
942
|
05 |
Nool |
940
|
06th |
Magnússon |
935
|
Pajonk
|
08th |
Balanqué |
926
|
09 |
Houston |
915
|
10 |
Změlík |
899
|
11 |
Gʻaniyev |
897
|
12 |
Hämäläinen |
894
|
Lobodin
|
Placiat
|
winter
|
16 |
Damašek |
892
|
17th |
Dost |
890
|
18th |
Pirini |
885
|
19th |
Fritz |
883
|
20th |
Szabó |
874
|
21st |
Benet |
872
|
Müller
|
Peñalver
|
24 |
Nazarov |
852
|
25th |
Poserina |
850
|
26th |
Huber |
847
|
Weretelnikov
|
28 |
Kasapoğlu |
845
|
29 |
Smith |
843
|
30th |
Kürtösi |
841
|
31 |
Kolpakov |
827
|
32 |
Levicq |
823
|
33 |
Duany |
817
|
34 |
Rosendaal |
808
|
35 |
Ferrier |
804
|
36 |
Chmara |
799
|
37 |
Kruger |
778
|
38 |
Kaseorg |
774
|
Piziks
|
40 |
Afanasiev |
765
|
|
Long jump
The competition was conducted in two groups.
Note: All widths in meters (m)
- Group A
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Busemann |
8.07 |
- |
- |
1079
|
02 |
Placiat |
7.82 |
7.44 |
x |
1015
|
03 |
Fritz |
7.77 |
7.60 |
7.49 |
1002
|
04th |
Chmara |
7.75 |
7.44 |
x |
997
|
05 |
Gʻaniyev |
x |
7.32 |
7.61 |
962
|
06th |
Dvořák |
7.60 |
x |
x |
960
|
07th |
O'Brien |
7.55 |
x |
7.57 |
952
|
08th |
Kolpakov |
7.53 |
x |
x |
942
|
09 |
Hämäläinen |
x |
6.11 |
7.48 |
930
|
10 |
Smith |
7.38 |
7.47 |
x |
927
|
11 |
Rosendaal |
6.83 |
6.97 |
7.33 |
893
|
12 |
Magnússon |
7.28 |
x |
5.88 |
881
|
13 |
Peñalver |
7.27 |
7.25 |
7.11 |
878
|
14th |
Kaseorg |
7.26 |
x |
7.21 |
876
|
15th |
Damašek |
7.21 |
7.10 |
7.22 |
866
|
16 |
Ferrier |
x |
6.44 |
6.61 |
723
|
17th |
Kruger |
6.55 |
x |
4.50 |
709
|
18th |
Balanqué |
6.30 |
6.36 |
6.34 |
666
|
ogV |
Nazarov |
x |
x |
- |
0
|
Szabó |
x |
x |
x
|
- Group B
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Nool |
7.88 |
7.55 |
7.55 |
1030
|
02 |
Změlík |
x |
7.45 |
7.64 |
970
|
03 |
Houston |
x |
7.18 |
7.53 |
942
|
04th |
Pajonk |
7.50 |
7.35 |
7.24 |
935
|
05 |
Huffins |
x |
7.49 |
x |
932
|
06th |
Lobodin |
x |
x |
7.35 |
898
|
07th |
Pirini |
7.01 |
7.29 |
7.33 |
893
|
08th |
Duany |
7.30 |
7.25 |
6.94 |
886
|
09 |
Benet |
6.87 |
7.30 |
7.22 |
886
|
10 |
Müller |
7.25 |
x |
x |
874
|
11 |
Weretelnikov |
6.94 |
7.24 |
7.06 |
871
|
12 |
Kasapoğlu |
7.22 |
x |
7.09 |
866
|
13 |
Dost |
7.19 |
x |
7.21 |
864
|
14th |
Levicq |
7.06 |
x |
7.16 |
852
|
15th |
Huber |
7.15 |
6.57 |
x |
850
|
16 |
Kürtösi |
6.73 |
6.99 |
7.05 |
826
|
17th |
Poserina |
6.98 |
6.95 |
x |
809
|
18th |
Piziks |
6.79 |
4.68 |
6.86 |
781
|
19th |
Afanasiev |
6.35 |
6.74 |
6.59 |
753
|
ogV |
winter |
x |
x |
x |
0
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
Busemann |
2031
|
02 |
Nool |
1970
|
03 |
O'Brien |
1927
|
04th |
Huffins |
1914
|
05 |
Placiat |
1909
|
06th |
Dvořák |
1902
|
07th |
Fritz |
1885
|
08th |
Pajonk |
1870
|
09 |
Změlík |
1869
|
10 |
Gʻaniyev |
1859
|
11 |
Houston |
1857
|
12 |
Hämäläinen |
1824
|
13 |
Magnússon |
1816
|
14th |
Chmara |
1796
|
15th |
Lobodin |
1792
|
16 |
Pirini |
1778
|
17th |
Smith |
1770
|
18th |
Kolpakov |
1769
|
19th |
Benet |
1758
|
Damašek
|
21st |
Dost |
1754
|
22nd |
Peñalver |
1750
|
23 |
Müller |
1746
|
24 |
Weretelnikov |
1718
|
25th |
Kasapoğlu |
1711
|
26th |
Duany |
1703
|
27 |
Rosendaal |
1701
|
28 |
Huber |
1697
|
29 |
Levicq |
1675
|
30th |
Kürtösi |
1667
|
31 |
Poserina |
1659
|
32 |
Kaseorg |
1650
|
33 |
Balanqué |
1592
|
34 |
Piziks |
1555
|
35 |
Ferrier |
1527
|
36 |
Afanasiev |
1518
|
37 |
Kruger |
1487
|
38 |
winter |
894
|
39 |
Szabó |
874
|
40 |
Nazaraov |
852
|
|
Shot put
The competition was conducted in two groups.
Three participants did not take part in this third discipline: the Briton Alexander Kruger, the Estonian Andrei Nazarov and the Hungarian Dezső Szabó.
Note: All widths in meters (m)
- Group A
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Smith |
16.95 |
16.97 |
16.69 |
911
|
02 |
Peñalver |
16.66 |
16.91 |
x |
907
|
03 |
Hämäläinen |
15.93 |
x |
16.32 |
871
|
04th |
Dvořák |
15.08 |
15.82 |
15.50 |
840
|
05 |
O'Brien |
14.86 |
15.66 |
15.36 |
830
|
06th |
Magnússon |
15.28 |
15.52 |
x |
822
|
07th |
Damašek |
15.24 |
15.51 |
x |
821
|
08th |
Fritz |
14.93 |
15.12 |
15.31 |
809
|
09 |
Ranked |
14.85 |
x |
x |
780
|
10 |
Gʻaniyev |
14.71 |
14.44 |
x |
772
|
11 |
Chmara |
14.51 |
14.10 |
14.32 |
760
|
12 |
Kolpakov |
x |
14.33 |
x |
749
|
13 |
Balanqué |
14.11 |
13.95 |
13.96 |
735
|
14th |
Busemann |
13.49 |
13.60 |
13.08 |
704
|
15th |
Rosendaal |
13.59 |
13.11 |
x |
703
|
16 |
Kaseorg |
12.46 |
12.44 |
13.11 |
674
|
17th |
Ferrier |
12.05 |
12.57 |
12.12 |
641
|
- Group B
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Lobodin |
14.76 |
15.25 |
15.57 |
825
|
02 |
Huffins |
x |
13.75 |
15.57 |
825
|
03 |
Pirini |
14.75 |
x |
x |
774
|
04th |
Müller |
14.69 |
x |
x |
771
|
05 |
Piziks |
14.60 |
x |
x |
765
|
06th |
Pajonk |
14.30 |
14.46 |
14.36 |
757
|
07th |
Kürtösi |
14.29 |
x |
x |
746
|
08th |
Levicq |
14.05 |
13.92 |
13.99 |
731
|
09 |
Nool |
14.01 |
x |
13.87 |
729
|
10 |
Dost |
13.81 |
x |
13.91 |
723
|
11 |
Benet |
13.91 |
13.79 |
13.72 |
723
|
12 |
Duany |
13.78 |
13.11 |
13.21 |
715
|
13 |
Změlík |
13.53 |
x |
x |
700
|
14th |
winter |
13.43 |
x |
x |
693
|
15th |
Afanasiev |
13.38 |
x |
12.79 |
690
|
16 |
Huber |
12.61 |
13.34 |
12.74 |
688
|
17th |
Kasapoğlu |
12.46 |
12.89 |
12.59 |
661
|
18th |
Weretelnikov |
12.66 |
x |
x |
647
|
19th |
Houston |
11.82 |
11.97 |
11.42 |
605
|
ogV |
Poserina |
x |
x |
x |
0
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
2757
|
02 |
Dvořák |
2742
|
03 |
Huffins |
2739
|
04th |
Busemann |
2735
|
05 |
Nool |
2699
|
06th |
Hämäläinen |
2695
|
07th |
Fritz |
2694
|
08th |
Placiat |
2689
|
09 |
Smith |
2681
|
10 |
Peñalver |
2657
|
11 |
Magnússon |
2638
|
12 |
Gʻaniyev |
2631
|
13 |
Pajonk |
2627
|
14th |
Lobodin |
2617
|
15th |
Damašek |
2579
|
16 |
Změlík |
2569
|
17th |
Chmara |
2556
|
18th |
Pirini |
2552
|
19th |
Kolpakov |
2518
|
20th |
Müller |
2517
|
21st |
Benet |
2481
|
22nd |
Dost |
2477
|
23 |
Houston |
2462
|
24 |
Duany |
2418
|
25th |
Kürtösi |
2413
|
26th |
Levicq |
2406
|
27 |
Rosendaal |
2404
|
28 |
Huber |
2385
|
29 |
Kasapoğlu |
2372
|
30th |
Weretelnikov |
2365
|
31 |
Balanqué |
2327
|
32 |
Kaseorg |
2324
|
33 |
Piziks |
2320
|
34 |
Afanasiev |
2208
|
35 |
Ferrier |
2168
|
36 |
Poserina |
1659
|
37 |
winter |
1587
|
|
high jump
The discipline was conducted in two groups.
The two Australians Scott Ferrier and Peter Winter did not compete in this fourth discipline.
Note: All widths in meters (m)
- Group A
space |
Surname |
1.80 2.01 |
1.83 2.04 |
1.86 2.07 |
1.89 2.10 |
1.92 2.13 |
1.95 2.16 |
1.98 - |
Points
|
01 |
Gʻaniyev |
- o |
- xo |
- o |
- xo |
- o
|
o xxx |
- - |
925
|
02 |
Chmara |
- - |
- o |
- xo |
- o
|
o xxx |
- - |
o - |
896
|
03 |
O'Brien |
o o |
- o |
- o
|
o xxx |
- - |
o - |
- - |
868
|
04th |
Peñalver |
- o |
- xo |
o o
|
- xxx |
o - |
xo - |
o -
|
05 |
Kaseorg |
- xo |
- o |
- x o
|
o xxx |
o - |
o - |
o -
|
06th |
Kolpakov |
- o |
- xo |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
- -
|
07th |
Busemann |
- o |
- o
|
- xxx |
o - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
840
|
Placiat |
- o |
- o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- -
|
09 |
Fritz |
- xo |
- x o
|
- xxx |
o - |
- - |
o - |
xo -
|
10 |
Damašek |
- x o
|
- xxx |
o - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
813
|
11 |
Nool |
- x o
|
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
xxo - |
o - |
xo -
|
12 |
Dvořák |
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
o - |
xxo - |
o - |
o - |
785
|
13 |
Hämäläinen |
o - |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
x o -
|
14th |
Magnússon |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
o - |
xxx - |
758
|
15th |
Smith |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
xo - |
xx o - |
xxx -
|
16 |
Balanqué |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
x o - |
xxx - |
- - |
- - |
705
|
- Group B
space |
Surname |
1.71 1.98 |
1.74 2.01 |
1.77 2.04 |
1.80 2.07 |
1.83 2.10 |
1.86 2.13 |
1.89 2.16 |
1.92 2.19 |
1.95 - |
Points
|
01 |
Piziks |
- - |
- o |
- o |
- xxo |
- xo |
- xxo |
- x o
|
- xxx |
o - |
953
|
02 |
Rosendaal |
- o |
- - |
- xxo |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
868
|
03 |
Duany |
- o |
o xo |
- o |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
o - |
- - |
xxo - |
o -
|
04th |
Huffins |
- - |
- o |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
840
|
05 |
Kürtösi |
- xxo |
- x o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
xo - |
813
|
06th |
Afanasiev |
- x o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
785
|
Poserina |
- x o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o -
|
08th |
Benet |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
o -
|
09 |
Dost |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
758
|
Houston |
- - |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o -
|
11 |
Pajonk |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
xo - |
o - |
o -
|
12 |
Lobodin |
- - |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
x o -
|
Müller |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
x o -
|
14th |
Weretelnikov |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
xo - |
xx o -
|
15th |
Změlík |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
xxo - |
xx o -
|
16 |
Levicq |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
xxo - |
o - |
xxx - |
731
|
17th |
Kasapoğlu |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
x o - |
xxx -
|
18th |
Pirini |
- - |
o - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
xxx - |
- - |
705
|
19th |
Huber |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
xxo - |
xx o - |
xxx - |
- - |
- - |
679
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
3625
|
02 |
Huffins |
3579
|
03 |
Busemann |
3575
|
04th |
Gʻaniyev |
3556
|
05 |
Fritz |
3534
|
06th |
Ranked |
3529
|
07th |
Dvořák |
3527
|
08th |
Peñalver |
3525
|
09 |
Nool |
3512
|
10 |
Hämäläinen |
3480
|
11 |
Chmara |
3452
|
12 |
Smith |
3439
|
13 |
Magnússon |
3396
|
14th |
Damašek |
3392
|
15th |
Kolpakov |
3386
|
16 |
Pajonk |
3385
|
17th |
Lobodin |
3375
|
18th |
Změlík |
3327
|
19th |
Duany |
3286
|
20th |
Müller |
3275
|
21st |
Piziks |
3273
|
22nd |
Rosendaal |
3272
|
23 |
Benet |
3266
|
24 |
Pirini |
3257
|
25th |
Dost |
3235
|
26th |
Kürtösi |
3226
|
27 |
Houston |
3220
|
28 |
Kaseorg |
3192
|
29 |
Levicq |
3137
|
30th |
Weretelnikov |
3123
|
31 |
Kasapoğlu |
3103
|
32 |
Huber |
3064
|
33 |
Balanqué |
3032
|
34 |
Afanasiev |
2993
|
35 |
Poserina |
2444
|
|
400 meter run
The discipline was carried out in five runs.
Victor Houston from Barbados did not participate in this fifth discipline.
- Run 1
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Dost |
48.19 |
900
|
2 |
Huber |
48.72 |
875
|
3 |
Poserina |
49.52 |
837
|
4th |
Kasapoğlu |
49.61 |
833
|
5 |
Kürtösi |
50.43 |
795
|
6th |
Afanasiev |
50.83 |
777
|
- Run 2
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Chmara |
48.75 |
873
|
2 |
Gʻaniyev |
49.14 |
855
|
3 |
Peñalver |
50.41 |
796
|
4th |
Rosendaal |
50.93 |
772
|
5 |
Piziks |
51.48 |
748
|
- Run 3
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Balanqué |
47.46 |
935
|
2 |
Kolpakov |
48.12 |
903
|
3 |
Pirini |
48.56 |
882
|
4th |
Kaseorg |
49.03 |
860
|
5 |
Müller |
49.05 |
859
|
6th |
Změlík |
49.55 |
835
|
7th |
Fritz |
50.13 |
809
|
8th |
Levicq |
50.55 |
789
|
- Run 4
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Magnússon |
47.17 |
950
|
2 |
Damašek |
47.35 |
941
|
3 |
Pajonk |
48.81 |
870
|
4th |
Huffins |
48.83 |
869
|
5 |
Placiat |
49.07 |
858
|
6th |
Weretelnikov |
49.65 |
831
|
7th |
Duany |
50.50 |
792
|
- Run 5
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
O'Brien |
46.82 |
967
|
2 |
Hämäläinen |
46.91 |
963
|
3 |
Nool |
47.26 |
945
|
4th |
Dvořák |
48.29 |
895
|
5 |
Busemann |
48.34 |
893
|
6th |
Benet |
48.67 |
877
|
7th |
Lobodin |
48.96 |
863
|
8th |
Smith |
51.97 |
726
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
4592
|
02 |
Busemann |
4468
|
03 |
Nool |
4457
|
04th |
Huffins |
4448
|
05 |
Hämäläinen |
4443
|
06th |
Dvořák |
4422
|
07th |
Gʻaniyev |
4411
|
08th |
Placiat |
4387
|
09 |
Magnússon |
4346
|
10 |
Fritz |
4343
|
11 |
Damašek |
4333
|
12 |
Chmara |
4325
|
13 |
Peñalver |
4321
|
14th |
Kolpakov |
4289
|
15th |
Pajonk |
4255
|
16 |
Lobodin |
4238
|
17th |
Smith |
4165
|
18th |
Změlík |
4162
|
19th |
Benet |
4143
|
20th |
Pirini |
4139
|
21st |
Dost |
4135
|
22nd |
Müller |
4134
|
23 |
Duany |
4078
|
24 |
Kaseorg |
4052
|
25th |
Rosendaal |
4044
|
26th |
Kürtösi |
4021
|
Piziks
|
28 |
Balanqué |
3967
|
29 |
Weretelnikov |
3954
|
30th |
Huber |
3939
|
31 |
Kasapoğlu |
3936
|
32 |
Levicq |
3926
|
33 |
Afanasiev |
3770
|
34 |
Poserina |
3281
|
|
110 meter hurdles
The discipline was carried out in four runs.
The Ukrainian Lev Lobodin and the Uzbek Oleg Veretelnikow did not take part in this sixth discipline.
- Run 1
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Balanqué |
14.07 |
965
|
2 |
Rosendaal |
14.46 |
916
|
3 |
Kaseorg |
14.53 |
907
|
4th |
Kasapoğlu |
14.55 |
905
|
5 |
Poserina |
14.68 |
889
|
6th |
Afanasiev |
14.79 |
875
|
7th |
Piziks |
15.20 |
825
|
- Run 2
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Kolpakov |
14.30 |
936
|
2 |
Levicq |
14.50 |
911
|
3 |
Dost |
14.52 |
908
|
4th |
Kürtösi |
14.64 |
894
|
5 |
Duany |
14.84 |
869
|
6th |
Müller |
14.86 |
867
|
7th |
Pirini |
14.88 |
864
|
8th |
Huber |
15.08 |
840
|
- Run 3
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Huffins |
14.10 |
962
|
2 |
Magnússon |
14.22 |
946
|
3 |
Benet |
14.36 |
929
|
4th |
Chmara |
14.59 |
900
|
5 |
Smith |
14.78 |
876
|
6th |
Pajonk |
14.79 |
875
|
7th |
Gʻaniyev |
14.88 |
864
|
8th |
Damašek |
14.94 |
857
|
9 |
Nool |
15.03 |
846
|
- Run 4
space |
Surname |
Time (s) |
Points
|
1 |
Busemann |
13.47 |
1044
|
2 |
Dvořák |
13.79 |
1002
|
3 |
O'Brien |
13.87 |
991
|
4th |
Hämäläinen |
13.95 |
981
|
5 |
Fritz |
13.97 |
978
|
6th |
Změlík |
14.17 |
953
|
7th |
Peñalver |
14.35 |
930
|
8th |
Placiat |
14.52 |
908
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
5583
|
02 |
Busemann |
5512
|
03 |
Dvořák |
5424
|
Hämäläinen
|
05 |
Huffins |
5410
|
06th |
Fritz |
5321
|
07th |
Nool |
5303
|
08th |
Placiat |
5295
|
09 |
Magnússon |
5292
|
10 |
Gʻaniyev |
5275
|
11 |
Peñalver |
5251
|
12 |
Chmara |
5225
|
Kolpakov
|
14th |
Damašek |
5190
|
15th |
Pajonk |
5130
|
16 |
Změlík |
5115
|
17th |
Benet |
5072
|
18th |
Dost |
5043
|
19th |
Smith |
5041
|
20th |
Pirini |
5003
|
21st |
Müller |
5001
|
22nd |
Rosendaal |
4960
|
23 |
Kaseorg |
4959
|
24 |
Duany |
4947
|
25th |
Balanqué |
4932
|
26th |
Kürtösi |
4915
|
27 |
Piziks |
4846
|
28 |
Kasapoğlu |
4841
|
29 |
Levicq |
4837
|
30th |
Huber |
4779
|
31 |
Afanasiev |
4645
|
32 |
Poserina |
4170
|
|
Discus throw
The competition was conducted in two groups.
Note: All widths in meters (m)
- Group A
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Fritz |
49.08 |
49.84 |
x |
867
|
02 |
Hämäläinen |
49.62 |
x |
x |
862
|
03 |
Smith |
x |
49.54 |
x |
861
|
04th |
Peñalver |
45.46 |
47.30 |
48.92 |
848
|
05 |
O'Brien |
47.82 |
43.60 |
48.78 |
845
|
06th |
Dvořák |
45.44 |
44.94 |
46.28 |
793
|
07th |
Placiat |
45.34 |
43.94 |
x |
774
|
08th |
Busemann |
45.04 |
44.34 |
x |
768
|
09 |
Levicq |
43.92 |
45.00 |
44.90 |
767
|
10 |
Gʻaniyev |
31.46 |
42.98 |
44.86 |
764
|
11 |
Magnússon |
35.38 |
43.78 |
x |
742
|
12 |
Změlík |
43.44 |
42.66 |
x |
735
|
13 |
Nool |
35.98 |
x |
42.98 |
725
|
14th |
Chmara |
42.60 |
x |
x |
718
|
15th |
Dost |
39.66 |
40.04 |
41.92 |
704
|
16 |
Balanqué |
39.76 |
41.64 |
41.22 |
698
|
- Group B
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Huffins |
48.48 |
48.72 |
x |
844
|
02 |
Piziks |
44.78 |
x |
45.90 |
785
|
03 |
Müller |
44.04 |
x |
45.90
|
04th |
Kolpakov |
45.54 |
x |
45.66 |
780
|
05 |
Pirini |
45.34 |
45.20 |
44.26 |
774
|
06th |
Benet |
x |
44.30 |
x |
752
|
07th |
Poserina |
43.42 |
x |
42.22 |
734
|
08th |
Huber |
43.32 |
39.68 |
x |
732
|
09 |
Kürtösi |
43.22 |
42.76 |
40.62 |
730
|
10 |
Afanasiev |
41.82 |
43.08 |
42.56 |
727
|
11 |
Damašek |
42.66 |
x |
x |
719
|
12 |
Pajonk |
38.90 |
40.72 |
41.94 |
704
|
13 |
Rosendaal |
40.62 |
x |
41.24 |
690
|
14th |
Kasapoğlu |
40.64 |
40.18 |
x |
678
|
15th |
Kaseorg |
39.46 |
39.44 |
x |
654
|
16 |
Duany |
36.22 |
37.10 |
38.56 |
635
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
6428
|
02 |
Hämäläinen |
6286
|
03 |
Busemann |
6280
|
04th |
Huffins |
6254
|
05 |
Dvořák |
6217
|
06th |
Fritz |
6188
|
07th |
Peñalver |
6099
|
08th |
Placiat |
6069
|
09 |
Gʻaniyev |
6039
|
10 |
Magnússon |
6034
|
11 |
Nool |
6028
|
12 |
Kolpakov |
6005
|
13 |
Chmara |
5943
|
14th |
Damašek |
5909
|
15th |
Smith |
5902
|
16 |
Změlík |
5850
|
17th |
Pajonk |
5834
|
18th |
Benet |
5824
|
19th |
Müller |
5786
|
20th |
Pirini |
5777
|
21st |
Dost |
5747
|
22nd |
Rosendaal |
5650
|
23 |
Kürtösi |
5645
|
24 |
Piziks |
5631
|
25th |
Balanqué |
5630
|
26th |
Kaseorg |
5613
|
27 |
Levicq |
5604
|
28 |
Duany |
5582
|
29 |
Kasapoğlu |
5519
|
30th |
Huber |
5511
|
31 |
Afanasiev |
5372
|
32 |
Poserina |
4904
|
|
Pole vault
The discipline was conducted in two groups.
The Estonian Andrei Kaseorg did not take part in the eighth discipline.
Note: All widths in meters (m)
- Group A
space |
Surname |
4.20 4.90 |
4.30 5.00 |
4.40 5.10 |
4.50 5.20 |
4.60 5.30 |
4.70 5.40 |
4.80 5.50 |
Points
|
01 |
Levicq |
- o |
- - |
- xo |
- - |
xo o |
- o
|
- xxx |
1035
|
02 |
Změlík |
- - |
- o |
- - |
- xo |
o xxo |
- o
|
o xxx
|
03 |
Nool |
- - |
- o |
- - |
- o |
- - |
- xx o
|
- xxx
|
04th |
Dost |
- - |
- o |
- o |
- o
|
o xxx |
- - |
o - |
972
|
05 |
Gʻaniyev |
- o |
- o |
- - |
- x o
|
- xxx |
xxo - |
o -
|
06th |
Fritz |
- o |
xxo xxo |
- xx o
|
o - |
xo - |
o - |
xo - |
941
|
07th |
Smith |
- - |
- o
|
- xxx |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
xo - |
910
|
08th |
Hämäläinen |
- - |
- x o
|
- - |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
o -
|
O'Brien |
- - |
- x o
|
- xxx |
o - |
o - |
- - |
o -
|
10 |
Chmara |
- o
|
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
880
|
11 |
Placiat |
- x o
|
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
xo -
|
12 |
Busemann |
o xxx |
- - |
- - |
xo - |
o - |
o - |
x o - |
849
|
13 |
Magnússon |
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
xx o -
|
14th |
Dvořák |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
o - |
o - |
xxx - |
819
|
15th |
Peñalver |
o - |
- - |
o - |
xxo - |
xo - |
o - |
xxx -
|
16 |
Balanqué |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
x o - |
xxx -
|
- Group B
space |
Surname |
4.00 4.70 |
4.10 4.80 |
4.20 4.90 |
4.30 5.00 |
4.40 5.10 |
4.50 5.20 |
4.60 - |
Points
|
01 |
Müller |
- xo |
- - |
- xo |
- xo |
o o
|
- xxx |
- - |
941
|
02 |
Piziks |
- o |
- o |
- xo |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
xo - |
- - |
910
|
03 |
Damašek |
- o |
- xo |
- o
|
- xxx |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
880
|
04th |
Benet |
- o |
- o
|
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
849
|
05 |
Kolpakov |
- xo |
- x o
|
- xxx |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
o -
|
06th |
Kasapoğlu |
- - |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
- - |
xxo -
|
07th |
Poserina |
- - |
- xx o
|
o - |
- xxx |
xxo - |
- - |
xxo -
|
08th |
Huffins |
- o
|
- xxx |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
819
|
09 |
Rosendaal |
- xx o
|
- xxx |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
o -
|
10 |
Huber |
- xxx |
- - |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o - |
790
|
11 |
Kürtösi |
- xxx |
- - |
xo - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
o -
|
12 |
Pirini |
- xxx |
xo - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
o -
|
13 |
Pajonk |
- - |
- - |
o - |
- - |
xo - |
x o - |
xxx - |
760
|
14th |
Duany |
xxo - |
o - |
o - |
xxo - |
o - |
xxx - |
- - |
731
|
ogV |
Afanasiev |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
- - |
xxx - |
- - |
0
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
7338
|
02 |
Hämäläinen |
7196
|
03 |
Busemann |
7129
|
Fritz
|
05 |
Huffins |
7073
|
06th |
Nool |
7063
|
07th |
Dvořák |
7036
|
08th |
Gʻaniyev |
7011
|
09 |
Placiat |
6949
|
10 |
Peñalver |
6918
|
11 |
Změlík |
6885
|
12 |
Magnússon |
6883
|
13 |
Kolpakov |
6854
|
14th |
Chmara |
6823
|
15th |
Smith |
6812
|
16 |
Damašek |
6789
|
17th |
Müller |
6727
|
18th |
Dost |
6719
|
19th |
Benet |
6673
|
20th |
Levicq |
6639
|
21st |
Pajonk |
6594
|
22nd |
Pirini |
6567
|
23 |
Piziks |
6541
|
24 |
Rosendaal |
6469
|
25th |
Balanqué |
6449
|
26th |
Kürtösi |
6435
|
27 |
Kasapoğlu |
6368
|
28 |
Duany |
6313
|
29 |
Huber |
6301
|
30th |
Poserina |
5753
|
31 |
Afanasiev |
5372
|
|
Javelin throw
The competition was conducted in two groups.
Note: All widths in meters (m)
- Group A
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Dvořák |
70.16 |
63.70 |
- |
892
|
02 |
Busemann |
66.86 |
61.88 |
64.70 |
842
|
03 |
Duany |
62.86 |
62.40 |
x |
781
|
04th |
Magnússon |
x |
60.60 |
61.10 |
754
|
05 |
Balanqué |
57.56 |
59.92 |
58.80 |
737
|
06th |
Pirini |
58.02 |
x |
x |
708
|
07th |
Peñalver |
56.34 |
57.08 |
54.62 |
694
|
08th |
Afanasiev |
50.88 |
52.32 |
55.12 |
665
|
09 |
Chmara |
48.08 |
49.02 |
54.84 |
661
|
10 |
Kürtösi |
49.96 |
51.40 |
54.80 |
660
|
11 |
Pajonk |
50.28 |
50.68 |
54.16 |
650
|
12 |
Placiat |
50.44 |
52.12 |
52.18 |
621
|
13 |
Huber |
50.08 |
51.96 |
x |
618
|
- Group B
space |
Surname |
1st attempt |
Second attempt |
3. Attempt |
Points
|
01 |
Změlík |
62.90 |
67.20 |
64.60 |
847
|
02 |
O'Brien |
64.62 |
64.32 |
66.90 |
842
|
03 |
Müller |
62.48 |
66.10 |
64.88 |
830
|
04th |
Fritz |
64.18 |
65.70 |
x |
824
|
05 |
Nool |
65.48 |
61.30 |
x |
821
|
06th |
Levicq |
64.42 |
60.64 |
59.48 |
805
|
07th |
Smith |
62.24 |
63.94 |
64.34 |
803
|
08th |
Rosendaal |
60.98 |
57.40 |
63.80 |
795
|
09 |
Huffins |
55.58 |
60.62 |
x |
747
|
10 |
Benet |
58.56 |
59.44 |
58.84 |
729
|
11 |
Piziks |
54.26 |
55.28 |
58.40 |
714
|
12 |
Dost |
57.76 |
- |
- |
704
|
13 |
Hämäläinen |
57.66 |
53.64 |
54.14 |
703
|
14th |
Poserina |
56.78 |
- |
- |
690
|
15th |
Damašek |
x |
55.84 |
55.10 |
675
|
16 |
Gʻaniyev |
51.34 |
53.70 |
52.96 |
644
|
17th |
Kolpakov |
53.58 |
51.28 |
- |
642
|
18th |
Kasapoğlu |
45.24 |
x |
44.60 |
518
|
|
- Intermediate result
space |
Surname |
Points
|
01 |
O'Brien |
8180
|
02 |
Busemann |
7971
|
03 |
Fritz |
7953
|
04th |
Dvořák |
7928
|
05 |
Hämäläinen |
7899
|
06th |
Nool |
7884
|
07th |
Huffins |
7820
|
08th |
Změlík |
7732
|
09 |
Gʻaniyev |
7655
|
10 |
Magnússon |
7637
|
11 |
Smith |
7615
|
12 |
Peñalver |
7612
|
13 |
Placiat |
7570
|
14th |
Müller |
7557
|
15th |
Kolpakov |
7496
|
16 |
Chmara |
7484
|
17th |
Damašek |
7464
|
18th |
Levicq |
7444
|
19th |
Dost |
7423
|
20th |
Benet |
7402
|
21st |
Pirini |
7275
|
22nd |
Rosendaal |
7264
|
23 |
Piziks |
7255
|
24 |
Pajonk |
7244
|
25th |
Balanqué |
7186
|
26th |
Kürtösi |
7095
|
27 |
Duany |
7094
|
28 |
Huber |
6919
|
29 |
Kasapoğlu |
6886
|
30th |
Poserina |
6443
|
31 |
Afanasiev |
6037
|
|
1500 meter run
The discipline was carried out in three runs.
- Run 1
space |
Surname |
Time (min) |
Points
|
1 |
Huber |
4: 18.15 |
824
|
2 |
Pajonk |
4: 21.62 |
801
|
3 |
Rosendaal |
4: 25.98 |
771
|
4th |
Duany |
4: 35.59 |
708
|
5 |
Kasapoğlu |
4: 38.69 |
689
|
6th |
Balanqué |
4: 38.97 |
687
|
7th |
Pirini |
4: 39.09 |
686
|
8th |
Afanasiev |
4: 41.00 |
647
|
9 |
Kürtösi |
4: 43.21 |
660
|
|
- Run 2
space |
Surname |
Time (min) |
Points
|
1 |
Damašek |
4: 26.86 |
765
|
2 |
Chmara |
4: 26.96 |
765
|
3 |
Levicq |
4: 29.50 |
748
|
4th |
Piziks |
4: 30.88 |
739
|
5 |
Placiat |
4: 35.00 |
712
|
6th |
Benet |
4: 36.04 |
705
|
7th |
Müller |
4: 37.50 |
696
|
8th |
Peñalver |
4: 37.71 |
695
|
9 |
Dost |
4: 38.81 |
688
|
10 |
Smith |
4: 43.81 |
656
|
11 |
Poserina |
4: 58.28 |
570
|
|
- Run 3
space |
Surname |
Time (min) |
Points
|
1 |
Dvořák |
4: 31.25 |
736
|
2 |
Busemann |
4: 31.41 |
735
|
3 |
Hämäläinen |
4: 34.68 |
714
|
4th |
Fritz |
4: 38.26 |
691
|
5 |
Změlík |
4: 38.45 |
690
|
6th |
Gʻaniyev |
4: 42.74 |
663
|
7th |
Nool |
4: 43.36 |
659
|
8th |
O'Brien |
4: 45.89 |
644
|
9 |
Magnússon |
4: 46.97 |
637
|
10 |
Huffins |
5: 14.36 |
480
|
|
Summary
Date: July 31/1. August 1996
The American world champion and world record holder Dan O'Brien was the top favorite for the Olympic victory. Other medal contenders were the Belarusian vice world champion Eduard Hämäläinen, the Canadian world championship third Mike Smith, the Estonian Erki Nool as world championship fourth and the two Czechs Robert Změlík, Olympic champion in 1992 , and Tomáš Dvořák, world championship fifth.
After the first discipline, the 100-meter run , the US athlete Chris Huffins, who had achieved 10.47 s, led with 982 points. O'Brien was seven points behind him, another eighteen points behind was the German Frank Busemann.
Busemann achieved a new best performance in the long jump with 8.07 m in an Olympic decathlon. He took the lead after the second discipline with 2031 points. Nool was second with 1970 points, O'Brien was third with 1927 points, Huffins fourth with 1914 points.
The best shot putter was Smith, who achieved the greatest distance in an Olympic decathlon with 16.97 m. Busemann and Nool fell back to fourth and fifth, while O'Brien took the lead with 2757 points. Dvořák was fifteen points behind in third place, another three points behind him was Huffins, four points behind Busemann. The decathletes were still close together.
With 2.16 m the Latvian Rojs Piziks was the best high jumper in the field. O'Brien extended his lead to 46 points here. Second was Huffins, who was four points ahead of Busemann. Dvořák meanwhile fell back to seventh place.
The last discipline of the first day of the decathlon was the 400-meter run . O'Brien was the only one who stayed under 47 seconds. He extended his lead and was now 124 points ahead of Busemann, who was able to push past Huffins. Nool was also now in third place ahead of Huffins. Behind Huffins, the Belarusian Eduard Hämäläinen followed in fifth place ahead of Dvořák. O'Brien's half-time result was excellent with 4592 points, even more amazing were the 4468 points that outsider Busemann had on his half-time account.
Busemann achieved another Olympic best in an Olympic decathlon with 13.47 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles . This enabled him to reduce the gap to O'Brien to 71 points. 88 points behind Busemann, Dvořák and Hämäläinen were tied in third place. It remained tight and high-quality.
After the discus throw , O'Brien increased his lead to 142 points. Hämäläinen, who was six points ahead of Busemann, now followed in second place. Huffins pushed past Dvořák again to fourth place. US athlete Steve Fritz, who achieved the best distance in this discipline, was sixth behind the Czech.
The strongest pole vaulters were Nool, Změlík and the French Sébastien Levicq, who crossed an excellent 5,40 m. O'Brien's lead remained unchanged. Busemann had lost another 61 points and was now together with Fritz 67 points behind Hämäläinen in third place. Huffins, Nool and Dvořák followed.
Dvořák was the only athlete who exceeded the 70-meter mark in the javelin throw . He was able to work his way up to fourth place. He was now 25 points behind Fritz and 29 points ahead of Hämäläinen. Busemann achieved the second best distance with 66.86 m, which brought him back to second place. O'Brien was now 209 points ahead of Busemann, who was eighteen points ahead of Fritz. The favorite from the USA had now clearly separated. In the fight for the other medals, however, it remained very close until the end.
For the final 1500 meter run , this meant that O'Brien was allowed to run thirty seconds slower than Busemann in order to become Olympic champion. To improve his own world record , O'Brien needed 711 points, the equivalent of 4:35 minutes. The American was not a very good middle distance athlete , it was to be seen that it would be difficult for him to reach this time. But his victory was out of the question.
The fastest runner was the Swiss Philipp Huber, who needed 4: 18.15 minutes. Dan O'Brien defended his lead and became the eleventh US Olympic champion in the decathlon. Silver went to Frank Busemann, who was able to reduce his deficit to 114 points. He was the biggest surprise of this decathlon, because nobody had expected him that far ahead. Tomáš Dvořák finished third, displacing Steve Fritz by twenty points from bronze. Eduard Hämäläinen was fifth, ahead of Erki Nool and Robert Změlík.
This decathlon was of an exceptionally high level. The world and Olympic records were narrowly missed, but Dan O'Brien's result was of high quality. The athletes behind him also impressed with their performances. The fifth even surpassed the mark of 8,600 points, and 22 athletes had more than 8,000 points in their accounts.
Bottom line
literature
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Gerd Rubenbauer (ed.), Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 1996 with reports by Britta Kruse, Johannes Ebert, Andreas Schmidt and Ernst Christian Schütt, comments: Gerd Rubenbauer and Hans Schwarz, Chronik Verlag im Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1996, p. 40– 43
Web links
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SportsReference Decathlon , accessed March 5, 2018
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Official Report, Part III, on the Olympic Games in Atlanta , pp. 96-101, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 5, 2018
Video
Individual evidence
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↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015 page 681 , accessed on March 5, 2018
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↑ Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Pp. 96–101, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 17, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / library.la84.org
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↑ SportsReference decathlon (long jump) , accessed on March 5, 2018
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↑ SportsReference Decathlon (shot put) , accessed March 5, 2018
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↑ SportsReference decathlon (110 m hurdles) , accessed on March 5, 2018
Men's decathlon at the Summer Olympics