Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

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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.

Results

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

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Daley Thompson Flag of England.svg  England 10.50w8.1114.432.0747.8514.9241.684.8056.604:25.788467
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Hadfield Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10.98w7.2813.481.9249.2415.5946.524.0060.804:54.547623
Bronze medal icon.svg Alan Drayton Flag of England.svg  England 11.03w7.1511.851.9550.1714.8640.604.4057.224:54.117484
4 Graeme Watson Flag of England.svg  England 10.77w7.31w13.291.8949.7316.9738.043.8054.904:44.737261
5 Panayiotis Zeniou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 11.386.9313.311.7550.8016.2637.384.2056.544:20.487201
6 Rob Town Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11.596.4713.331.9252.4016.4046.623.6062.204:32.37138
7 Robert Sadler Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11.426.8712.281.9551.8715.9336.664.4042.104:20.17117
8 Charles Kokoyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 11.327.279.581.8950.3216.4033.903.0065.004:32.86775
9 Mike Bull Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 11.606610
10 Tony Verhoeven Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11.646453
11 Dunstan Campbell Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 5515
Zenon Smiechowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11.64wDNF
Craig Considine Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11.68w6.7513.31DNSDNF

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References

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