Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

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The Men's decathlon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 October 2010.

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Records

World Record 9026 Roman Šebrle CZE Götzis, Austria 27 May 2001
Games Record 8663 Daley Thompson ENG Edinburgh, Scotland 1986

Results

RankName100mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400m110m hurdlesDiscus ThrowPole VaultJavelin Throw1500mPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jamie Adjetey-Nelson  (CAN)10.877.3715.002.0249.6114.7645.214.7061.324:52.238070
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Brent Newdick  (NZL)11.077.4213.981.9649.8614.7943.504.8056.944:41.337899
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  Martin Brockman  (ENG)11.367.2913.502.1449.9515.4037.754.6051.964:26.287712 (PB)
4Flag of England.svg  Ben Hazell  (ENG)11.376.9814.301.9350.2614.9248.014.4053.414:30.917676 (SB)
5Flag of England.svg  Kevin Sempers  (ENG)11.086.8612.722.0549.3614.7939.084.6061.465:04.937571 (PB)
6Flag of Wales 2.svg  Benjamin Gregory  (WAL)11.407.0711.651.9049.5914.8531.935.2053.104:41.947383 (PB)
7Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Adolphus Jones  (SKN)11.227.0813.471.9049.4614.8938.234.2043.234:35.557258 (PB)
8Flag of India.svg  Bharatinder Singh  (IND)11.037.2914.301.8750.8715.5141.783.9056.085:07.047225 (PB)
9Ulster banner.svg  Tom Reynolds  (NIR)11.157.0412.791.8149.8515.0035.914.6048.674:43.777210
10Flag of India.svg  Vinod Pulimootil  (IND)11.156.8814.431.7849.9815.5935.664.4052.804:49.957130
11Flag of Grenada.svg  Kurt Felix  (GRN)11.507.0812.082.0850.7115.5536.353.6063.124:54.027121
12Flag of Mauritius.svg  Guillaume Thierry  (MRI)11.596.4713.421.8451.9015.5241.224.2055.395:02.116875
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Claston Bernard  (JAM)11.136.9114.902.0854.6314.7342.12NMNMDNSDNF
Flag of Scotland.svg  Roger Skedd  (SCO)11.485.9013.381.8751.47DNF39.24DNSDNF

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