1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Flag of the United States.svg Dan O'Brien
United States (USA)
Silver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Smith
Canada (CAN)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Christian Schenk
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Thursday, August 29
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
Friday, August 30
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Daley Thompson  (GBR)8847August 9, 1984 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Event Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Daley Thompson  (GBR)8714August 13, 1983 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Flag of France.svg  Christian Plaziat  (FRA)8518July 7, 1991 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Helmond, Netherlands
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
Event Record Flag of the United States.svg  Dan O'Brien  (USA)8812August 30, 1991 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan
Season Best Flag of the United States.svg  Dan O'Brien  (USA)8812August 30, 1991 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan

Final standings

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming five of them. As of 2024, this is the only time a decathlete has claimed the best score for more than four events at these championships.
RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dan O'Brien Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 10.417.9016.241.9146.5313.9447.205.2060.664:37.508812 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Mike Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.817.6715.692.0947.5314.7848.424.4065.464:29.148549
Bronze medal icon.svg Christian Schenk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11.377.5515.772.1850.1015.2645.984.9061.984:22.588394
4 Robert Změlík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 10.857.8413.422.0049.4814.0744.045.0057.804:21.248379
5 Petri Keskitalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 10.937.5815.062.0350.2614.2744.224.8069.224:46.038318
6 Simon Poelman Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10.827.3215.882.0650.1014.6345.065.0056.564:36.368267
7 Eduard Hämäläinen Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.997.3415.162.0949.2814.5145.484.9055.644:36.858233
8 Antonio Peñalver Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11.177.3216.522.0350.0015.3850.664.5063.084:32.958200
9 Christian Plaziat Flag of France.svg  France 10.887.2813.872.0948.7214.3844.304.9048.624:29.988122
10 Thorsten Dauth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10.746.9915.362.0348.1314.8842.964.3060.464:28.098069
11 Beat Gähwiler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 11.277.1313.861.8849.1814.7344.364.8060.364:11.828011
12 Michael Kohnle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10.907.5214.472.0349.6314.5742.284.7058.684:51.988000
13 Alain Blondel Flag of France.svg  France 11.037.2013.151.9448.4314.4939.164.8055.404:30.567848
14 Munehiro Kaneko Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11.337.1813.491.9450.1915.1743.764.5060.844:37.867672
15 Paul Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11.016.8212.311.9748.1515.4639.144.5061.784:27.137663
16 Jan Trefny Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 11.416.5913.931.9149.3115.0041.364.3060.844:16.957610
17 Lars Warming Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 11.286.9013.281.8548.8415.0242.064.4053.024:21.797529
18 Saša Karan Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 11.326.7913.061.9449.5315.3747.164.2052.384:30.037468
19 Alper Kasapoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11.146.8512.621.9450.9015.5040.904.4048.224:41.627211
20 Rob Muzzio Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.416.8016.621.9751.4215.3350.064.7056.00DNF7133
21 Dave Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.166.6514.611.9750.7815.0746.56NM68.08DNF6378
22 Marco Baffi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11.276.9812.351.9450.0015.9338.70NM39.444:54.156209
Mikhail Medved Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.257.2616.172.0050.3314.9649.94NMDNSDNF
Henrik Dagård Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10.887.2913.191.9748.2914.9641.16DNSDNF
Pedro da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil 11.167.1214.391.9451.18DNFDNSDNF
Homelo Vi Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 11.346.15NM1.82DQDNSDNF
Dezső Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11.06NMDNSDNF
Lee Fu-an Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei DNSDNS
Anthony Brannen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNSDNS
Viktor Radchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNSDNS

See also

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