There are some unusual world records for the Decathlon like a 30, 60 or 100 minutes decathlon. Of course we know about a 2 days world record, but what if decathletes their bests are counted over a whole year performing at their best? What if you can show your skills as a decathlete in let’s say 8 months. The start would be the indoor season till the end of the summer. Many things can go wrong in a decathlon like to much head wind in the sprinting, cold and rainy weather, a cloud-burst during the high jump or the pole vault. This is only for statistical purpose of course and to have some insight in what year this athletes probably were in the best shape ever of their live. This article appeared before on Decathlon 2000 a few years ago and is now enlarged and updated. Here are some statistics, feel free to correct.
World records for decathlon:
1) 30 min
7029 Jens Schulze (GER) 1981
2) 60 min
7897 Robert Zmelik (CZE) 1992
3) 100 min
7989 Roman Sebrle (CZE) 2003
4) 1 day
7989 Roman Sebrle (CZE) 2003
Note: Roman Sebrle did his one day record in a remarkable 100 minutes (meaning that you start - at the end - inside your 100 minutes with the 1500). For a world record spread over the hole day: 6417 John Kenneth Doherty (USA) 1929. Better and also in one day but during an Icosathlon: 6631 Frederic Xhonneux (BEL) 2015.
Roman-Sebrle
5) 2 days
9045 Ashton Eaton (USA) 2015
6) Best 1st day plus best 2nd day in one year
9045 Ashton Eaton (USA) 2015
7) Best 1st day plus best 2nd day in a life time
9070 Ashton Eaton (USA) 2012/2015
8) Personal bests in one year
9343 Ashton Eaton (USA) 2012
9) Personal bests in a life time
9572 Dan O’Brien (USA)
Dan-O’Brien
Decathlon best 1st Day + best 2nd day in one season
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
9045 9043 9026 8957 8903 8895 8877 8865 8849 8834 8832 8795 8792 8790 |
Decathlon best 1st day + best 2nd day ever
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
9070 9055 9027 8979 8949 8924 8913 8909 8903 8880 8877 8871 8836 8829 8814 8799 8795 8794 8792 8781 |
Ashton-Eaton
Personal bests in one year:
1 2 |
Eaton Dvorak |
2012 2000 |
9343 9154 |
10,21 10,54 |
823 803 |
14,78 16,88 |
211 209 |
45,68 48,07 |
13,34 13,74 |
46,14 50,28 |
530 500 |
61,96 69,94 |
4 4 |
14,48 30,83 |
3 |
Pappas |
2003 |
9118 |
10,65 |
796 |
16,48 |
218 |
47,58 |
13,99 |
52,18 |
520 |
65,90 |
4 |
44,31 |
4 |
Sebrle |
2001 |
9114 |
10,64 |
811 |
15,76 |
212 |
47,79 |
13,68 |
47,92 |
490 |
70,16 |
4 |
21,98 |
5 |
Clay |
2008 |
9110 |
10,38 |
778 |
16,27 |
209 |
48,41 |
13,75 |
55,06 |
515 |
70,97 |
4 |
50,97 |
6 |
O'Brien |
1991 |
9099 |
10,23 |
811 |
16,24 |
208 |
46,53 |
13,94 |
48,08 |
525 |
60,66 |
4 |
37,50 |
7 8 |
Warner Thompson |
2016 1986 |
9089 9080 |
10,09 10,26 |
804 781 |
14,74 15,73 |
204 208 |
46,54 47,02 |
13,58 14,04 |
50,26 49,10 |
490 525 |
63,19 63,28 |
4 4 |
24,90 26,16 |
9 |
Hingsen |
1984 |
9035 |
10,70 |
780 |
16,42 |
212 |
47,69 |
13,84 |
50,82 |
510 |
60,44 |
4 |
19,75 |
10 11 |
Mayer Freimuth |
2017 1984 |
9015 8951 |
10,70 10,98 |
754 779 |
15,72 16,42 |
210 203 |
48,26 48,43 |
13,75 14,54 |
50,13 51,54 |
540 515 |
70,54 73,02 |
4 4 |
36,73 24,46 |
12 |
Magnusson |
1998 |
8947 |
10,60 |
763 |
16,61 |
207 |
46,49 |
14,12 |
47,82 |
520 |
64,16 |
4 |
32,23 |
13 |
Hardee |
2011 |
8933 |
10,44 |
788 |
15,94 |
202 |
48,12 |
13,61 |
49,89 |
506 |
68,99 |
4 |
45,68 |
14 |
Nool |
2000 |
8924 |
10,68 |
790 |
15,11 |
200 |
46,71 |
14,37 |
44,16 |
555 |
69,10 |
4 |
29,48 |
15 |
Hämäläinen |
1993 |
8917 |
10,72 |
767 |
15,99 |
209 |
47,41 |
13,57 |
49,26 |
530 |
61,88 |
4 |
39,34 |
16 |
D. Johnson |
1992 |
8898 |
10,96 |
752 |
15,28 |
204 |
48,19 |
14,17 |
49,88 |
528 |
74,58 |
4 |
27,17 |
17 |
Suarez |
2009 |
8898 |
10,93 |
742 |
15,20 |
216 |
47,65 |
14,15 |
46,07 |
500 |
77,47 |
4 |
26,51 |
Chris Vlamynck for Decathlon 2000