Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games | ||
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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 | |
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]
Daley Thompson won the gold medal by a whopping 844 points.
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 | Notes |
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![]() | Daley Thompson | ![]() | 10.50w | 8.11 | 14.43 | 2.07 | 47.85 | 14.92 | 41.68 | 4.80 | 56.60 | 4:25.78 | 8467 | |
![]() | Peter Hadfield | ![]() | 10.98w | 7.28 | 13.48 | 1.92 | 49.24 | 15.59 | 46.52 | 4.00 | 60.80 | 4:54.54 | 7623 | |
![]() | Alan Drayton | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 11.60 | 6610 | ||||||||||
10 | Tony Verhoeven | ![]() | 11.64 | 6453 | ||||||||||
11 | Dunstan Campbell | ![]() | 5515 | |||||||||||
Zenon Smiechowski | ![]() | 11.64w | DNF | |||||||||||
Craig Considine | ![]() | 11.68w | 6.75 | 13.31 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF |
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