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Decathlon total points progression list (0)

Clay Parker
June 18, 2012

This summer Ashton Eaton will be chasing a gold medal and, perhaps, Roman Serble's WR of 9026 set back in 2001. Most decathlon fans are also aware of his "chase" to catch the total decathlon points record of 9572 set by Dan O'Brien. Eaton's PRs have improved drastically over the last few years and now he is up to 9285, 7th on the all-time list. Decathlon 2000 and its readers do a great job of updating this list: Total points based on PB

I thought it would be fun to go back and trace the Progression of this "record". Obviously, this will take some time and effort but I thought it would be a great project for some of the great decathlon statisticians out there. I wanted to start it off with the most recent WRs.

Based on my data, Dan O'Brien broke Jurgen Hingsen's Decathlon Total Points on July 29, 1994 when he high jumped 2.20 meters (improving his mark from 2.17 meters) and earning 29 more points bumping his total from 9303 to 9332 and eclipsing Hingsen's career best of 9323. (Hingsen's last PR was set in 1986). O'Brien subsequently broke his record 6 more times, where it currently stands at a whopping 9572. (Note: I did my best to gather the best, accurate data but feel free to double check my info for errors). Any decathlon statisticians/expert feel free to expand this record and post your results.

PROGRESSON CHART

PTS

ATHLETE

DATE

100

LJ

SP

HJ

400

110H

DT

PV

JT

1500

9323

Jurgen Hingsen

6/14/1986

10.70

8.04

16.57

2.18

47.65

13.84

50.82

5.10

67.42

4:12.29

9332

Dan O'Brien

7/29/1994

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.81

48.88

5.25

62.58

4:33.19

9377

Dan O'Brien

5/27/1995

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.47

48.88

5.25

62.58

4:33.19

9425

Dan O'Brien

6/15/1995

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.47

51.16

5.25

62.58

4:33.19

9430

Dan O'Brien

8/7/1995

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.47

51.16

5.25

62.90

4:33.19

9465

Dan O'Brien

6/22/1996

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.47

51.16

5.25

65.22

4:33.19

9490

Dan O'Brien

8/1/1996

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.47

51.16

5.25

66.90

4:33.19

9572

Dan O'Brien

5/8/1999

10.23

8.11

16.69

2.20

46.53

13.47

55.07

5.25

66.90

4:33.19

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Dan O'Brien
Dan O’Brien won an Olympic gold medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996). He is triple decathlon World champion (1991, 1993, 1995) and a former World Record holder (8891 points scored in Talence 1992).