Records
| Standing records prior to the 1996 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 1996 in the men's decathlon . One of the main events during this season were the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where the competition started on July 31, 1996, and ended on August 1, 1996.
| Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8824 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 2 | 8706 |  Frank Busemann (GER) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | PB |
| 3 | 8664 |  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 4 | 8644 | Steve Fritz (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | PB |
| 5 | 8626 |  Michael Smith (CAN) | Götzis, Austria | 1996-05-26 | NR |
| 6 | 8613 |  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 7 | 8546 | Chris Huffins (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-06-22 | |
| 8 | 8543 |  Erki Nool (EST) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 9 | 8425 | Robert Změlík (CZE) | Talence, France | 1996-09-15 | |
| 10 | 8404 | Ricky Barker (USA) | College Station, United States | 1996-03-15 | PB |
| 11 | 8393 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | Talence, France | 1996-09-15 | |
| 12 | 8345 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-06-22 | |
| 13 | 8318 |  Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 14 | 8315 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 1996-05-26 | |
| 15 | 8307 |  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 16 | 8282 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 17 | 8274 |  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 18 | 8256 | Kamil Damašek (CZE) | Lage, Germany | 1996-06-16 | PB |
| 19 | 8253 | Frank Müller (GER) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 20 | 8249 |  Sebastian Chmara (POL) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-08-01 | |
| 21 | 8230 | Michael Kohnle (GER) | Bernhausen, Germany | 1996-06-16 | |
| 22 | 8227 | Andrew Fucci (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 1996-06-22 | PB |
| 23 | 8216 | Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1996-06-06 | |
| 24 | 8210 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Prague, Czech Republic | 1996-07-10 | |
| 25 | 8189 |  Raúl Duany (CUB) | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | 1996-02-10 |
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