1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including three non-finishers. The competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993, and ended on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Dan O'Brien of the United States with a score of 8891 points.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of the United States.svg Dan O'Brien
United States (USA)
Silver Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Eduard Hämäläinen
Belarus (BLR)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Paul Meier
Germany (GER)

Schedule

August 19
  1. 100 m
  2. Long Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. High Jump
  5. 400 m
August 20
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus Throw
  3. Pole Vault
  4. Javelin Throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the United States.svg  Dan O'Brien  (USA)8891September 5, 1992 Flag of France.svg Talence, France
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 Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Smith  (CAN)8262May 30, 1993 Flag of Austria.svg Götzis, Austria

Final standings

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming three of them. Three men tied for the high jump clearing 2.15 metres.
RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Dan O'Brien Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 10.577.9915.412.0347.4614.0847.925.2062.564:40.088817 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Eduard Hämäläinen Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 10.727.0515.492.0947.6413.5749.265.3061.884:39.348724
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Meier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10.577.5715.452.1547.7314.6345.724.6061.224:32.058548
4 Christian Schenk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11.227.6315.722.1548.7815.2946.944.8065.324:24.448500
5 Alain Blondel Flag of France.svg  France 10.947.2014.061.9448.1214.4045.745.4062.224:19.898444
6 Christian Plaziat Flag of France.svg  France 10.807.5014.472.0947.9114.3641.745.0056.964:26.318398
7 Steve Fritz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 10.837.5213.872.0348.4013.9941.624.9057.684:23.568324
8 Rob Muzzio Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11.116.7216.991.9449.8214.5147.905.0064.504:34.438237
9 Michael Kohnle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11.167.4014.342.0050.1714.5144.705.0062.104:47.958075
10 Tomáš Dvořák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 10.937.2014.692.0049.4014.2142.664.5061.304:37.798032
11 Petri Keskitalo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11.037.3014.851.9450.7614.6643.265.0063.924:49.488032
12 Indrek Kaseorg Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 11.417.3111.972.1248.9914.9740.404.6057.464:19.207911
13 Henrik Dagård Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10.957.0514.441.7648.3614.6242.724.7064.784:44.097838
14 Sébastien Levicq Flag of France.svg  France 11.367.1513.481.9751.7515.1041.485.1064.004:41.437783
15 Ramil Ganiyev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 11.097.2614.072.0349.8014.6439.785.1043.004:45.267734
16 Ronalds Blums Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 11.327.1512.961.9750.5514.6739.125.0057.164:33.597734
17 Sándor Munkácsi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11.127.0813.361.9448.7114.6041.024.5051.044:21.977726
18 Xavier Brunet Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11.166.8812.132.1549.0914.6237.864.6049.144:46.727547
19 Alex Kruger Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 11.347.0713.902.0650.3315.1040.004.4054.044:52.537481
20 Katsuhiko Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11.307.0312.391.9749.6814.6138.324.4043.405:03.567140
21 Munehiro Kaneko Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11.24NM13.252.0049.6014.5245.084.7057.784:55.286912
22 Barry Walsh Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 11.666.7314.211.9451.2915.3645.38NM55.524:42.596632
Robert Změlík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 10.787.4113.211.97DNSDNF
Dezső Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11.027.0113.161.94DNSDNF
Mike Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10.99NMDNSDNF

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