Records
| Standing records prior to the 1994 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  | 8891 | September 5, 1992 |  |
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1994 in the men's decathlon . One of the main events during this season were the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, where the competition started on August 12, 1994, and ended on August 13, 1994.
| Standing records prior to the 1994 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8735 |  | Götzis, Austria | 1994-05-29 | NR |
| 2 | 8715 | | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1994-07-29 | |
| 3 | 8548 | | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-15 | |
| 4 | 8505 | | Lyon, France | 1994-07-03 | |
| 5 | 8453 | | Helsinki, Finland | 1994-08-13 | PB |
| 6 | 8403 |  | Talence, France | 1994-09-11 | NR |
| 7 | 8326 |  | Victoria, Canada | 1994-08-24 | |
| 8 | 8313 |  | Lyon, France | 1994-07-03 | |
| 9 | 8309 |  | Talence, France | 1994-09-11 | |
| 10 | 8287 | | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-14 | |
| 11 | 8281 | | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-15 | |
| 12 | 8257 |  | Brixen, Italy | 1994-07-03 | |
| 13 | 8234 | | Sacramento, United States | 1994-04-16 | PB |
| 14 | 8224 | | Talence, France | 1994-09-11 | |
| 15 | 8219 | | Azusa, United States | 1994-04-14 | |
| 16 | 8201 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 1994-08-13 | |
| 17 | 8160 |  | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1994-06-05 | |
| 18 | 8112 | | Aachen, Germany | 1994-07-10 | |
| 19 | 8106 |  | Vienna, Austria | 1994-06-26 | |
| 20 | 8105 | | Götzis, Austria | 1994-05-29 | |
| 21 | | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-15 | ||
| 22 | | Gomel, Belarus | 1994-08-24 | PB | |
| 23 | 8093 |  | Havana, Cuba | 1994-06-24 | |
| 24 | 8093 |  | Tallinn, Estonia | 1994-07-03 | |
| 25 | 8078 |  | Götzis, Austria | 1994-05-29 |
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