The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin (from δέκα deka [ten] and αθλος athlos [contest]). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not by the position achieved. The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the heptathlon.
Traditionally, the title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the man who wins the decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The current holder of the title is American Bryan Clay, the gold medal winner of the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who took the title from Athens Olympics Czech champion Roman Šebrle.
The event developed from the ancient pentathlon. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek Olympics. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, sprint and a wrestling match. Introduced in Olympia during 708 BC, the competition was extremely popular for many centuries. By the 6th century BC, pentathlons had become part of religious games. The Amateur Athletic Union held "all around events" from the 1880s and a decathlon first appeared on the Olympic athletics program at the 1904 Games.
| | A | B | C |
100 m | 25.4347| | 18 | 1.81 |
Long jump | 0.14354| | 220 | 1.4 |
Shot put | 51.39| | 1.5 | 1.05 |
High jump | 0.8465| | 75 | 1.42 |
400 m | 1.53775| | 82 | 1.81 |
110 m hurdles | 5.74352| | 28.5 | 1.92 |
Discus throw | 12.91| | 4 | 1.1 |
Pole vault | 0.2797| | 100 | 1.35 |
Javelin throw | 10.14| | 7 | 1.08 |
1500 m | 0.03768| | 480 | 1.85 |
A, B and C are parameters that vary by discipline, as shown in the table below, while P is the performance by the athlete, measured in seconds (running), metres (throwing), or centimetres (jumping).
The decathlon tables should not be confused with the scoring tables compiled by Bojidar Spiriev, to allow comparison of the relative quality of performances by athletes in different events. On those tables, for example, a decathlon score of 9006 points equates to 1265 "comparison points", the same number as a triple jump of 18.00 m.
align="left" | Event | 1000 pts| | 900 pts | 800 pts | 700 pts | Units |
align="left" | 100m | 10.395| | 10.827 | 11.278 | 11.756 | Seconds |
align="left" | Long jump | 7.76| | 7.36 | 6.941 | 6.51 | Metres |
align="left" | Shot put | 18.4| | 16.79 | 15.16 | 13.53 | Metres |
align="left" | High jump | 2.20| | 2.10 | 1.99 | 1.88 | Metres |
align="left" | 400m | 46.17| | 48.19 | 50.32 | 52.58 | Seconds |
align="left" | 110m hurdles | 13.8| | 14.59 | 15.419 | 16.29 | Seconds |
align="left" | Discus throw | 56.17| | 51.4 | 46.59 | 41.72 | Metres |
align="left" | Pole vault | 5.28| | 4.96 | 4.63 | 4.29 | Metres |
align="left" | Javelin throw | 77.19| | 70.67 | 64.09 | 57.45 | Metres |
align="left" | 1500m | 233.79| | 247.42 | 261.77 | 276.96 | Seconds |
Record | ! Score | ! Athlete | ! Year | |
List of world records in athletics | World | 9026 | ||
List of world junior records in athletics | World junior | 8397| | 1982 | |
Continental records | ||||
Confederation of African Athletics | Africa | 8302| | 2011 | |
Asian Athletics Association | Asia | 8725| | 2004 | |
European Athletic Association | Europe | 9026| | 2001 | |
North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association | North, Central America and Caribbean | 8891| | 1992 | |
Oceania Athletics Association | Oceania | 8490| | 1998 | |
CONSUDATLE | South America | 8291| | 1983 | |
+World records (WR) compared to decathlon bests (DB) | ||||||
width="100px" | Event | WR–World record/ | Athlete | Record | Score | Difference |
100m | ||||||
Second>s | 1202 | |||||
align="center" | DB | 10.22 s | | | 1042 | −161 | |
rowspan=3 | Long jump | |||||
align="center" | WR | align="left" | Metre>m | 1312 | ||
align="center" | DB | 8.22 m | | | 1117 | −195 | |
rowspan=3 | Shot put | |||||
align="center" | WR | 23.12 m | 1295 | |||
align="center" | DB | 19.17 m | | | 1048 | −247 | |
rowspan=3 | High jump | |||||
align="center" | WR | 2.45 m | 1244 | |||
align="center" | DB | 2.27 m | | | 1061 | −183 | |
rowspan=3 | 400m | |||||
align="center" | WR | align="left" | 43.18 s | 1156 | ||
align="center" | DB | 45.68 s | | | 1025 | −131 | |
rowspan=3 | 110m hurdles | |||||
align="center" | WR | 12.87 s | 1126 | |||
align="center" | DB | 13.47 s | | | 1044 | −82 | |
rowspan=3 | Discus throw | |||||
align="center" | WR | 74.08 m | 1383 | |||
align="center" | DB | 55.87 m | | | 993 | −390 | |
rowspan=3 | Pole vault | |||||
align="center" | WR | 6.14 m | 1277 | |||
align="center" | DB | 5.76 m | | | 1152 | −125 | |
rowspan=3 | Javelin throw | |||||
align="center" | WR | 98.48 m | 1331 | |||
align="center" | DB | 79.80 m | | | 1040 | −291 | |
rowspan=3 | 1500m | |||||
align="center" | WR | 3 m 26.00 s | 1218 | |||
align="center" | DB | 3 m 58.70 s | | | 963 | −255 | |
rowspan=2>Total | colspan=3 align="left" | World record | 12544 | |||
colspan=3 align="left" | Decathlon | 10485 | ||||
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