Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram of athletics
Venues Stadium Australia
Dates27–28 September
Competitors36 from 23 nations
Winning result8641
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Erki Nool
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Silver medal icon.svg Roman Šebrle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Huffins
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1996
2004  

The Men's Decathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September 2000. [1]

The winning margin was 36 points. As of 2023, this is the narrowest winning margin in the Olympic decathlon since the introduction of the 1984 scoring tables and the only time the Olympic decathlon has been won by fewer than 50 points over this same period.

After the first day of the contest, Chris Huffins found himself in an eight-point lead ahead of Dean Macey. Erki Nool and Tom Pappas occupied the next places. On the next day, Nool dropped to fifth place after the 110 metres hurdles but advanced again after the controversial discus contest. Starting with two foul attempts, Nool was originally fouled in his third and last attempt as well, which would have resulted in him getting 0 points and falling out of the leading group. However, Nool successfully appealed the ring-foul ruling and had his throw measured to 43.66 metres which saw him climb one place. The British delegation, representing Macey, protested to no avail.

Following Nool's strong result in the javelin throw event Huffins' lead had shrunk to only 14 points before the 1500 metres. As this was a weak event for Huffins he looked set to lose out in the medal chase; however, he managed to lower his personal best time by twelve seconds and grasped a bronze medal. Reigning world champion and world record holder Tomáš Dvořák struggled with a knee problem throughout the competition and finished in a disappointing sixth place.

Medalists

Gold Erki Nool
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Silver Roman Šebrle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
Bronze Chris Huffins
Flag of the United States.svg United States


Šebrle would go on to break the world record in 2001 and win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in a new Olympic record. Huffins retired from international athletics after the end of the season.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record8994 Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic 4 July 1999
Olympic Record8847 Daley Thompson United Kingdom Los Angeles, United States 9 August 1984

Results

Overall results

The best marks for each event were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming none (which is unusual in an Olympic decathlon) but placing second in three of them.

Flying points table after final event:

RankAthleteNationOverall
points
Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in bold green with a yellow background)
100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m110 metres hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Erki Nool Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8641933
10.68
1000
7.76
796
15.11
803
2.00
973
46.71
913
14.48
739
43.66
910
5.00
826
65.82
748
4:29.48
Silver medal icon.svg Roman Šebrle Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8606878
10.92
965
7.62
803
15.22
915
2.12
899
48.20
991
13.87
754
44.39
849
4.80
799
64.04
753
4:28.79
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Huffins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8595 (SB)980
10.48
987
7.71
806
15.27
887
2.09
894
48.31
986
13.91
861
49.55
819
4.70
687
56.62
688
4:38.71
4 Dean Macey Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8567 (PB)903
10.81
1002
7.77
766
14.62
887
2.09
988
46.41
907
14.53
733
43.37
849
4.80
744
60.38
788
4:23.45
5 Tom Pappas Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8425901
10.82
913
7.41
782
14.87
1002
2.21
878
48.64
955
14.15
693
41.42
880
4.90
772
62.26
649
4:45.10
6 Tomáš Dvořák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8385881
10.91
935
7.50
846
15.91
776
1.97
856
49.11
931
14.34
811
47.15
731
4.40
888
69.94
730
4:32.23
7 Frank Busemann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8351881
10.91
970
7.64
760
14.52
887
2.09
863
48.97
954
14.16
538
33.71
910
5.00
812
64.91
776
4:25.32
8 Attila Zsivoczky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8277838
11.10
821
7.00
787
14.96
859
2.06
880
48.61
817
15.27
817
47.43
849
4.80
827
65.87
789
4:23.37
9 Stefan Schmid Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8206874
10.94
854
7.17
731
14.04
803
2.00
880
48.61
926
14.38
681
40.81
910
5.00
844
67.03
703
4:36.49
10 Henrik Dagård Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8178 (SB)897
10.84
833
7.08
788
14.97
749
1.94
873
48.75
936
14.30
725
42.95
941
5.10
814
65.05
622
4:49.51
11 Zsolt Kürtösi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8149 (PB)861
11.00
859
7.19
798
15.13
803
2.00
870
48.81
955
14.15
800
46.62
849
4.80
695
57.16
659
4:43.39
12 Mário Aníbal Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8136 (NR)867
10.97
790
6.90
814
15.39
831
2.03
875
48.71
885
14.71
767
45.01
880
4.90
700
57.51
727
4:32.68
13 Lev Lobodin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8071917
10.75
857
7.18
836
15.75
749
1.94
867
48.87
972
14.02
758
44.55
910
5.00
591
50.16
614
4:50.73
14 Jiří Ryba Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8056830
11.14
838
7.10
741
14.21
803
2.00
863
48.97
851
14.99
722
42.83
880
4.90
704
57.76
824
4:18.21
15 Raúl Duany Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 8054841
11.09
893
7.33
688
13.34
859
2.06
827
49.73
918
14.44
688
41.17
790
4.60
803
64.31
747
4:29.68
16 Oleksandr Yurkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7993885
10.89
739
6.68
776
14.78
776
1.97
877
48.66
847
15.02
843
48.67
910
5.00
659
54.77
681
4:39.94
17 Indrek Kaseorg Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 7932793
11.31
866
7.22
683
13.26
776
1.97
813
50.03
902
14.57
705
41.98
849
4.80
837
66.54
708
4:35.64
18 Klaus Ambrosch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7917858
11.01
854
7.17
808
15.30
723
1.91
804
50.23
859
14.92
689
41.22
790
4.60
858
67.94
674
4:40.94
19 Laurent Hernu Flag of France.svg  France 7909819
11.19
847
7.14
700
13.54
859
2.06
786
50.63
910
14.51
701
41.78
910
5.00
683
56.34
694
4:37.82
20 Wilfrid Boulineau Flag of France.svg  France 7821845
11.07
833
7.08
690
13.38
831
2.03
823
49.82
847
15.02
662
39.86
849
4.80
733
59.69
708
4:35.59
21 Kip Janvrin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7726804
11.26
727
6.63
702
13.57
670
1.85
856
49.12
831
15.15
709
42.20
910
5.00
690
56.84
827
4:17.81
22 Volodymyr Mykhailenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7676838
11.10
823
7.04
700
13.53
859
2.06
871
48.80
869
14.84
674
40.45
790
4.60
548
47.27
704
4:36.23
23 Fedor Laukhin Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7652814
11.21
816
7.01
677
13.16
831
2.03
831
49.64
830
15.16
631
38.33
880
4.90
671
55.53
671
4:41.48
24 Eduard Hämäläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7520858
11.01
859
7.19
732
14.06
670
1.85
902
48.14
927
14.37
583
35.98
849
4.80
546
47.11
594
4:54.18
25 Mike Maczey Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7228823
11.17
838
7.10
719
13.84
831
2.03
819
49.91
0
DNF
739
43.64
941
5.10
760
61.49
758
4:27.99
  Eugenio Balanqué Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba DNF890
10.87
628
6.19
784
14.90
749
1.94
898
48.23
929
14.36
799
46.56
0
NM
 
 
 
 
  Claston Bernard Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNF908
10.79
0
NM
709
13.68
887
2.09
825
49.77
848
15.01
688
41.15
0
NM
 
 
 
 
  Prodromos Korkizoglou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNF919
10.74
852
7.16
710
13.70
776
1.97
657
53.57
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Scott Ferrier Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF836
11.11
859
7.19
698
13.50
776
1.97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Roman Razbeyko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF763
11.45
771
6.82
727
13.98
776
1.97
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Yeorgios Andreou Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus DNF867
10.97
750
6.73
743
14.24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Sébastien Levicq Flag of France.svg  France DNF757
11.48
713
6.57
700
13.53
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Trond Høiby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF740
11.56
635
6.22
730
14.03
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jón Arnar Magnússon Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DNF894
10.85
0
NM
819
15.48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Aki Heikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF827
11.15
0
NM
690
13.37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Francisco Javier Benet Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNF769
11.42
657
6.32
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Philipp Huber Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland DNF784
11.35
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Oleg Veretelnikov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan DNF618
12.17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

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References

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