Records
| Standing records prior to the 1994 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 |  Talence, France |
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 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8735 |  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | Götzis, Austria | 1994-05-29 | NR |
| 2 | 8715 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1994-07-29 | |
| 3 | 8548 | Steve Fritz (USA) | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-15 | |
| 4 | 8505 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | Lyon, France | 1994-07-03 | |
| 5 | 8453 | Alain Blondel (FRA) | Helsinki, Finland | 1994-08-13 | PB |
| 6 | 8403 |  Henrik Dagård (SWE) | Talence, France | 1994-09-11 | NR |
| 7 | 8326 |  Michael Smith (CAN) | Victoria, Canada | 1994-08-24 | |
| 8 | 8313 |  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Lyon, France | 1994-07-03 | |
| 9 | 8309 |  Stefan Schmid (GER) | Talence, France | 1994-09-11 | |
| 10 | 8287 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-14 | |
| 11 | 8281 | Sheldon Blockburger (USA) | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-15 | |
| 12 | 8257 |  Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) | Brixen, Italy | 1994-07-03 | |
| 13 | 8234 | Paul Foxson (USA) | Sacramento, United States | 1994-04-16 | PB |
| 14 | 8224 | William Motti (FRA) | Talence, France | 1994-09-11 | |
| 15 | 8219 | Dave Johnson (USA) | Azusa, United States | 1994-04-14 | |
| 16 | 8201 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Helsinki, Finland | 1994-08-13 | |
| 17 | 8160 |  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1994-06-05 | |
| 18 | 8112 | Thorsten Dauth (GER) | Aachen, Germany | 1994-07-10 | |
| 19 | 8106 |  Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | Vienna, Austria | 1994-06-26 | |
| 20 | 8105 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | Götzis, Austria | 1994-05-29 | |
| 21 | Andrew Fucci (USA) | Knoxville, United States | 1994-06-15 | ||
| 22 | Igor Matsanov (BLR) | Gomel, Belarus | 1994-08-24 | PB | |
| 23 | 8093 |  Eugenio Balanqué (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 1994-06-24 | |
| 24 | 8093 |  Erki Nool (EST) | Tallinn, Estonia | 1994-07-03 | |
| 25 | 8078 |  Alex Kruger (GBR) | Götzis, Austria | 1994-05-29 |
