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 whole day: Bastien Auzeil realized 7345 points in Arles in 2015, during the “Irondeca”.
Roman-Sebrle
5) 2 days
9126 Kevin Mayer (FRA) 2018
6) Best 1st day plus best 2nd day in one year
9126 Kevin Mayer (FRA) 2018
7) Best 1st day plus best 2nd day in a life time
9126 Kevin Mayer (FRA) 2018
Kevin-Mayer
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 15 |
9126 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 21 |
9126 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 3 |
Eaton Mayer Dvorak |
2012 2018 2000 |
9343 9254 9154 |
10,21 10,55 10,54 |
823 780 803 |
14,78 16,51 16,88 |
211 205 209 |
45,68 48,33 48,07 |
13,34 13,71 13,74 |
46,14 52,37 50,28 |
530 560 500 |
61,96 71,90 69,94 |
4 4 4 |
14,48 36.11 30,83 |
4 |
Pappas |
2003 |
9118 |
10,65 |
796 |
16,48 |
218 |
47,58 |
13,99 |
52,18 |
520 |
65,90 |
4 |
44,31 |
5 |
Sebrle |
2001 |
9114 |
10,64 |
811 |
15,76 |
212 |
47,79 |
13,68 |
47,92 |
490 |
70,16 |
4 |
21,98 |
6 |
Clay |
2008 |
9110 |
10,38 |
778 |
16,27 |
209 |
48,41 |
13,75 |
55,06 |
515 |
70,97 |
4 |
50,97 |
7 |
O'Brien |
1991 |
9099 |
10,23 |
811 |
16,24 |
208 |
46,53 |
13,94 |
48,08 |
525 |
60,66 |
4 |
37,50 |
8 9 |
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 |
10 |
Hingsen |
1984 |
9035 |
10,70 |
780 |
16,42 |
212 |
47,69 |
13,84 |
50,82 |
510 |
60,44 |
4 |
19,75 |
11 |
Freimuth |
1984 |
8951 |
10,98 |
779 |
16,42 |
203 |
48,43 |
14,54 |
51,54 |
515 |
73,02 |
4 |
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 |
Johnson D |
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