Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Lenin Central Stadium
Date	25 July 1980 26 July 1980
Competitors	21 from 12 nations
Winning result	8495
Medalists
Daley Thompson   Great Britain Yuriy Kutsenko   Soviet Union Sergei Zhelanov   Soviet Union
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These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the competition starting on 25 July 1980, and ending on 26 July 1980. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Daley Thompson  Great Britain
Silver	Yuriy Kutsenko  Soviet Union
Bronze	Sergey Zhelanov  Soviet Union

Schedule

July 25, 1980

1. 100 m
2. Long Jump
3. Shot Put
4. High Jump
5. 400 m

July 26, 1980

6. 110 m hurdles
7. Discus Throw
8. Pole Vault
9. Javelin Throw
10. 1,500 m

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming three of them.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	10.62	8.00	15.18	2.08	48.01	14.47	42.24	4.70	64.16	4:39.9	8495
	Yuriy Kutsenko	Soviet Union	11.19	7.74	14.50	2.08	48.67	15.04	39.86	4.90	68.08	4:22.6	8331
	Sergey Zhelanov	Soviet Union	11.40	7.60	14.17	2.18	49.27	14.83	42.80	4.60	57.30	4:27.5	8135
4	Georg Werthner	Austria	11.44	7.27	13.45	2.03	49.26	15.08	38.14	4.85	73.66	4:23.4	8050
5	Sepp Zeilbauer	Austria	11.29	7.14	15.31	2.03	50.91	14.80w	44.00	4.50	64.86	4:30.6	8007
6	Dariusz Ludwig	Poland	11.35	7.51	13.32	2.08	50.55	15.38w	45.82	4.80	58.38	4:29.7	7978
7	Atanas Andonov	Bulgaria	11.38	6.86	15.59	2.00	50.36	14.83	47.62	4.70	53.54	4:29.2	7927
8	Steffen Grummt	East Germany	11.35	6.86	16.15	1.94	49.39	14.82	48.56	4.30	55.24	4:30.2	7892
9	Esa Jokinen	Finland	11.40	7.27	14.12	2.06	49.06	15.62	40.48	4.20	67.38	4:34.4	7826
10	Janusz Szczerkowski	Poland	11.22	7.38	14.06	2.00	49.64	14.57	44.74	4.90	45.22	4:44.9	7822
11	Johannes Lahti	Finland	11.32	7.20	14.28	2.03	50.06	15.14	42.44	4.60	56.94	4:44.0	7765
12	Stephan Niklaus	Switzerland	11.17	6.93	14.29	1.97	49.74	14.96	42.18	4.30	66.54	4:44.9	7762
13	Peter Hadfield	Australia	11.04	7.36	13.34	1.85	48.40	15.18w	45.08	4.40	56.12	4:44.7	7709
14	Razvigor Yankov	Bulgaria	11.26	6.61	16.28	1.85	50.37	15.69w	48.02	4.60	58.12	4:51.2	7624
15	Bradley McStravick	Great Britain	10.97	6.74	13.53	1.91	48.80	15.23w	39.46	4.30	57.98	4:31.0	7616
16	Columba Blango	Sierra Leone	11.40	6.40	10.00	1.85	53.48	15.45	23.08	NM	36.20	5:22.9	5080
	Miro Ronac	Peru	11.88	6.72	12.60	1.91	52.45	17.19	46.42	4.40	56.34	DNS	DNF
	Valeriu Caceanov	Soviet Union	11.22	7.65	14.70	2.08	48.67	14.40w	46.02	NM	DNS	–	DNF
	Sandro Brogini	Italy	11.41	7.33	13.02	2.06	50.97	15.21	39.54	NM	DNS	–	DNF
	Rainer Pottel	East Germany	11.16	NM	14.32	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Siegfried Stark	East Germany	11.27	7.00	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Decathlon (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championship Decathlon (Helsinki)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon (Stuttgart)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

External links

• Results