The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα and ἄθλος. Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not by the position achieved. The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the heptathlon.
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. The inaugural World Championships were in 1983.
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.
In track and field, wind assistance is the benefit that an athlete receives during a race or event as registered by a wind gauge. Wind is one of many forms of weather that can affect sport.
The men's decathlon competition at the 2007 Summer Universiade took place on 12 August and 13 August 2007 in the Main Stadium at the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand.
The men's decathlon competition at the 2009 Summer Universiade took place on 8 and 9 July 2009 in the Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, Serbia.
The men's decathlon event at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships took place on July 7–8, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium.
The men's decathlon event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium on November 12–13.
The men's decathlon at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.
The men's decathlon event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 1.
Kevin Mayer is a French athlete specialising in decathlon and indoor heptathlon. He is two-time world champion, two-time Olympic silver medalist and the world record holder in the decathlon since 2018. He is also a world and three-time European champion in heptathlon.
The men's decathlon competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10–11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.
The men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August in Moscow, Russia.
The men's decathlon event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 10–11 on Stade de Marrakech.
The men's decathlon event at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships was held on June 6 and 7.
The men's decathlon event at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.
The men's decathlon competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The men's decathlon at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 22 and 23 April.
The World Athletics Rankings are an individual athlete ranking system for the sport of athletics, managed by World Athletics. It is used to establish the number one athlete within an athletics event and to partially determine qualification into the World Athletics Championships and the athletics at the Summer Olympics. The rankings are published weekly by World Athletics on Wednesday. WA President Sebastian Coe said the goal of this system is so athletes and fans "have a clear understanding of the hierarchy of competitions from national through to area and up to global events, allowing them to follow a logical season-long path to the pinnacle of athletics' top two competitions".
This article details the qualifying phase for athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics. More than 1,800 athletes, with an equal split between men and women, will compete across forty-eight medal events at the Games. The qualification window for the marathon races will occur from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events, racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024; and for the remaining events on the program lineup from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
