Records
| Standing records prior to the 2003 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 |  Götzis, Austria |
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2003 in the men's decathlon . One of the main events during this season were the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, where the competition started on Monday, August 26, 2003 and ended on Tuesday, August 27, 2003.
| Standing records prior to the 2003 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | Götzis, Austria |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8807 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 2003-06-01 | |
| 2 | 8784 |  Tom Pappas (USA) | Palo Alto, United States | 2003-06-22 | |
| 3 | 8482 | Bryan Clay (USA) | Palo Alto, United States | 2003-06-22 | |
| 4 | 8374 |  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | Paris, France | 2003-08-27 | |
| 5 | 8281 |  Erki Nool (EST) | Tallinn, Estonia | 2003-07-06 | |
| 6 | 8275 | Paul Terek (USA) | Palo Alto, United States | 2003-06-22 | |
| 7 | 8242 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Paris, France | 2003-08-27 | |
| 8 | 8222 |  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Götzis, Austria | 2003-06-01 | |
| 9 | 8219 |  Laurent Hernu (FRA) | Talence, France | 2003-09-21 | |
| 10 | 8203 | Kristjan Rahnu (EST) | Tartu, Estonia | 2003-07-20 | |
| 11 | 8198 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Paris, France | 2003-08-27 | |
| 12 | 8196 | Romain Barras (FRA) | Daegu, South Korea | 2003-08-29 | |
| 13 | 8126 |  Qi Haifeng (CHN) | Paris, France | 2003-08-27 | |
| 14 | 8122 | Indrek Turi (EST) | Daegu, South Korea | 2003-08-29 | |
| 15 | 8072 | Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) | Arles, France | 2003-06-08 | |
| 16 | 8061 | Stephen Harris (USA) | Sacramento, United States | 2003-06-12 | |
| 17 | 8060 |  Chiel Warners (NED) | Tallinn, Estonia | 2003-07-06 | |
| 18 | 8020 |  André Niklaus (GER) | Paris, France | 2003-08-27 | |
| 19 | 8019 |  Rolf Schläfli (SUI) | Götzis, Austria | 2003-06-01 | |
| 20 | 8010 | Stephen Moore (USA) | Palo Alto, United States | 2003-06-22 | |
| 21 | 8000 |  Claston Bernard (JAM) | Paris, France | 2003-08-27 | |
| 22 | 7980 | Klaus Ambrosch (AUT) | Götzis, Austria | 2003-06-01 | |
| 23 | 7964 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | Arles, France | 2003-06-08 | |
| 24 | 7958 | Sebastian Knabe (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 2003-06-01 | |
| 25 | 7954 |  Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2003-05-23 |
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