Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon


The men's decathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 21 and 22, at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 8,000 points and 7,700 points.

Schedule

All times are China standard time
DateTimeRound
Thursday, 21 August 20089:20
11:00
13:10
19:10
22:00
100 metres
Long jump
Shot put
High jump
400 metres
Friday, 22 August 200809:00
10:05
12:55
19:00
21:40
110 metres hurdles
Discus throw
Pole vault
Javelin throw
1500 metres

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

Overall results

;Key:
RankAthleteCountryOverall points100 mLJSPHJ400 m110 m HDTPVJT1500 m
Bryan Clay8791
Andrei Krauchanka8551
Leonel Suárez8527
Romain Barras8253
Roman Šebrle8241
Oleksiy Kasyanov8238
André Niklaus8220
Maurice Smith8205
Michael Schrader8194
10Mikk Pahapill8178
11Aleksey Drozdov8154
12Andres Raja8118
13 Eugène Martineau 8055
14Yordanis García7992
15Mikalai Shubianok7906
16Aliaksandr Parkhomenka7838
17Qi Haifeng7835
18Massimo Bertocchi7714
19Jangy Addy7665
20Daniel Awde7516
21Hadi Sepehrzad7483
22Damjan Sitar7336
23Slaven Dizdarevič7021
24David Gómez6876
25Mikko Halvari6486
Gonzalo Barroilhet
Trey Hardee
Jānis Karlivāns
Alexey Sysoev
Carlos Chinin
Pavel Andreev
Frédéric Xhonneux
Victor Covalenco
Arthur Abele
Hans van Alphen
Vitaliy Smirnov
Tom Pappas
Attila Zsivoczky
Dmitriy Karpov
DSQAleksandr Pogorelov8328