Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon men's decathlon competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California . There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the competition starting on August 8 , 1984 and ending on August 9 , 1984.Medalists Abbreviations Schedule Records Earlier in 1984 the IAAF had updated its decathlon scoring tables ; the tables set in 1962 would be replaced on 1 April 1985 . The world record performance at the changeover date would be recalculated using the new tables and become the new world record. In the event that another performance had a lower total on the 1962 tables but a higher one on the 1984 tables, it would not supersede the pre-existing record. Olympic records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics:Record 1962 tables 1984 tables Athlete Venue Date World Record 8798 8832 Mannheim June 9 , 1984Olympic Record 8618/8617 8634 Montreal July 30 , 1976
Daley Thompson's time in the Olympic 110mH was initially recorded as 14.34, on which basis he started the final 1500m needing 4:34.8 to beat Hingsen's world record, or 4:34.9 to equal it. After slowing at the end to enjoy his triumph, he finished in 4:35.0, giving a points total of 8797, one below the world record. The time was over 14 seconds outside his personal best . Under the 1984 tables Thompson's 8797 scored 8846, whereas Hingsen's 8798 was only 8832. Nevertheless, Hingsen retained the record under the IAAF's grandfather rule .photo finish of Thompson's Olympic 110mH, found it was one-thousandth of a second faster than initially thought, and rounded his time down from 14.34 to 14.33. This gave him one extra point , thereby retrospectively equalling Hingsen's 8798 under the 1962 tables, and scoring 8847 on the 1984 tables. The IAAF ruled on 15 July 1986 that Thompson was co-holder of the world record from 9 August 1984 until 1 April 1985, and sole holder thereafter.Results Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes Daley Thompson 10.44 8.01 15.72 2.03 46.97 14.33 46.56 5.00 65.24 4:35.00 8798 EWR Jürgen Hingsen 10.91 7.80 15.87 2.12 47.69 14.29 50.82 4.50 60.44 4:22.60 8673 Siegfried Wentz 10.99 7.11 15.87 2.09 47.78 14.35 46.60 4.50 67.68 4:33.96 8412 Guido Kratschmer 10.80 7.40 15.93 1.94 49.25 14.66 47.28 4.90 69.40 4:47.99 8326 William Motti 11.28 7.45 14.42 2.06 48.13 14.71 50.92 4.50 63.76 4:35.15 8266 John Crist 11.33 6.98w 14.05 2.06 48.45 15.01 46.18 4.80 61.88 4:23.78 8130 Jim Wooding 11.04 7.01 13.90 1.97 47.62 14.57 47.38 4.60 57.20 4:28.31 8091 Dave Steen 11.20 7.41w 12.57 2.03 48.09 15.39 44.04 4.80 56.92 4:17.70 8047 Georg Werthner 11.41 6.96 13.80 1.94 49.44 15.36 41.18 4.70 76.96 4:16.41 8012 10 Michele Rüfenacht 10.72 6.96 13.86 2.00 48.63 14.57 45.30 4.30 55.10 4:39.47 7924 11 Bradley McStravick 10.92 6.82 13.38 1.94 48.68 15.01 45.54 4.30 61.54 4:25.15 7890 12 Tim Bright 11.22 6.75 13.80 2.00 48.87 14.52 41.74 5.40 53.66 4:49.27 7862 13 Patrick Vetterli 11.44 7.13 13.88 2.03 49.83 15.14 43.82 4.50 64.66 4:55.06 7739 14 Peter Hadfield 11.15 7.13 13.68 1.76 48.50 15.05 43.36 4.50 55.22 4:25.90 7683 15 Weng Kangqiang 11.28 7.30 12.45 1.88 50.52 15.21 38.74 4.60 69.72 4:34.10 7662 16 Ku Chin-shui 11.42 6.89 12.76 2.03 50.59 14.91 39.70 4.90 62.36 4:50.75 7629 17 Trond Skramstad 11.20 7.18 14.20 1.85 49.25 15.08 40.02 4.50 54.94 4:43.02 7579 18 Douglas Fernández 11.59 6.74 13.12 1.88 49.83 16.05 43.52 4.40 67.12 4:23.96 7553 19 Lee Fu-an 10.98 7.00 13.02 2.03 49.67 15.49 37.10 4.50 54.96 4:45.87 7541 20 Colin Boreham 11.46 6.90 13.51 1.97 50.19 15.48 44.10 4.20 52.66 4:32.50 7485 21 Mohamed Mansour Salah11.51 6.62 11.54 1.88 52.04 16.20 36.26 3.50 45.02 4:35.64 6589 22 Claudio Escauriza 11.66 6.51 14.10 1.82 53.06 17.51 47.76 4.00 64.16 6546 23 Fidel Solórzano 11.15 6.99 10.09 1.94 49.24 16.22 33.54 3.10 48.66 5:07.38 6519 24 Ángel Díaz 11.54 6.48 9.62 1.91 52.08 16.02 28.68 3.30 47.96 4:26.11 6342 25 Vivian Coralie 11.37 5.84w 9.79 1.82 51.28 16.39 32.92 3.00 41.58 4:26.26 6084 Albert Miller 11.48 6.32 13.07 1.91 50.22 15.36 38.46
Aftermath Thompson's irreverence during the medal ceremony and press conference attracted some criticism. While his heel-click jump off the podium was unproblematic, his t-shirts with slogans and off-colour jokes were seen by some as beneath the dignity of the occasion.Footnotes
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