Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

Last updated March 19, 2022

The men's decathlon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Results

Wind for 100m: Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points
	Daley Thompson	England	10.50w	8.11	14.43	2.07	47.85	14.92	41.68	4.80	56.60	4:25.78	8467
	Peter Hadfield	Australia	10.98w	7.28	13.48	1.92	49.24	15.59	46.52	4.00	60.80	4:54.54	7623
	Alan Drayton	England	11.03w	7.15	11.85	1.95	50.17	14.86	40.60	4.40	57.22	4:54.11	7484
4	Graeme Watson	England	10.77w	7.31w	13.29	1.89	49.73	16.97	38.04	3.80	54.90	4:44.73	7261
5	Panayiotis Zeniou	Cyprus	11.38	6.93	13.31	1.75	50.80	16.26	37.38	4.20	56.54	4:20.48	7201
6	Rob Town	Canada	11.59	6.47	13.33	1.92	52.40	16.40	46.62	3.60	62.20	4:32.3	7138
7	Robert Sadler	New Zealand	11.42	6.87	12.28	1.95	51.87	15.93	36.66	4.40	42.10	4:20.1	7117
8	Charles Kokoyo	Kenya	11.32	7.27	9.58	1.89	50.32	16.40	33.90	3.00	65.00	4:32.8	6775
9	Mike Bull	Northern Ireland	11.60										6610
10	Tony Verhoeven	Canada	11.64										6453
11	Dunstan Campbell	Grenada											5515
	Zenon Smiechowski	Canada	11.64w										DNF
	Craig Considine	Australia	11.68w	6.75	13.31	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

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References

↑ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-27.

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Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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