Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

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.

After the first day of the contest, Chris Huffins found himself in en 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 off 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  Estonia
Silver	Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic
Bronze	Chris Huffins  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 Record	8994	Tomáš Dvořák	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic	4 July 1999
Olympic Record	8847	Daley Thompson	United Kingdom	Los Angeles, United States	9 August 1984

Results

Overall results

Flying points table after 10th event:

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
				100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 mh	DT	PV	JT	1500 m
1	Erki Nool	Estonia	8641	933 pts 10.68 s	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
2	Roman Šebrle	Czech Republic	8606	878 pts 10.92 s	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
3	Chris Huffins	United States	8595 (SB)	980 pts 10.48 s	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	Great Britain	8567 (PB)	903 pts 10.81 s	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	United States	8425	901 pts 10.82 s	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	Czech Republic	8385	881 pts 10.91 s	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	Germany	8351	881 pts 10.91 s	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	Hungary	8277	838 pts 11.10 s	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	Germany	8206	874 pts 10.94 s	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	Sweden	8178 (SB)	897 pts 10.84 s	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	Hungary	8149 (PB)	861 pts 11.00 s	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	Portugal	8136 (NR)	867 pts 10.97 s	790 6.90	814 15.39	831 2.03	875 48.71	885 14.71	767 45.01	880 4.90	?? 57.51	727 4:32.68
13	Lev Lobodin	Russia	8071	917 pts 10.75 s	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	Czech Republic	8056	830 pts 11.14 s	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	Cuba	8054	841 pts 11.09 s	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	Ukraine	7993	885 pts 10.89 s	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	Estonia	7932	793 pts 11.31 s	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	Austria	7917	858 pts 11.01 s	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	France	7909	819 pts 11.19 s	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	France	7821	845 pts 11.07 s	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	United States	7726	804 pts 11.26 s	727 6.63	702 13.57	723 1.85	856 49.12	831 15.15	709 42.20	910 5.00	690 56.84	827 4:17.81
22	Volodymyr Mykhailenko	Ukraine	7676	838 pts 11.10 s	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	Ukraine	7652	814 pts 11.21 s	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	Finland	7520	858 pts 11.01 s	859 7.19	732 14.06	723 1.85	902 48.14	927 14.37	583 35.98	849 4.80	546 47.11	692 4:38.18
25	Mike Maczey	Germany	7228	823 pts 11.17 s	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	Cuba	DNF	890 pts 10.87 s	628 6.19	784 14.90	749 1.94	898 48.23	929 14.36	799 46.56	0 NM
	Claston Bernard	Jamaica	DNF	908 pts 10.79 s	0 NM	709 13.68	887 2.09	825 49.77	848 15.01	688 41.15	0 NM
	Prodromos Korkizoglou	Greece	DNF	919 pts 10.74 s	852 7.16	710 13.70	776 1.97	657 53.57
	Scott Ferrier	Australia	DNF	836 pts 11.11 s	859 7.19	698 13.50	776 1.97
	Roman Razbeyko	Russia	DNF	763 pts 11.45 s	771 6.82	727 13.98	776 1.97
	Yeorgios Andreou	Cyprus	DNF	867 pts 10.97 s	750 6.73	743 14.24
	Sébastien Levicq	France	DNF	757 pts 11.48 s	713 6.57	700 13.53
	Trond Høiby	Norway	DNF	740 pts 11.56 s	635 6.22	730 14.03
	Jón Arnar Magnússon	Iceland	DNF	894 pts 10.85 s	0 NM	819 15.48
	Aki Heikkinen	Finland	DNF	827 pts 11.15 s	0 NM	690 13.37
	Francisco Javier Benet	Spain	DNF	769 pts 11.42 s	657 6.32
	Philipp Huber	Switzerland	DNF	784 pts 11.35 s
	Oleg Veretelnikov	Uzbekistan	DNF	618 pts 12.17 s
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

See also

• 1998 Men's European Championships Decathlon
• 1999 Men's World Championships Decathlon
• 2000 Decathlon Year Ranking
• 2001 Men's World Championships Decathlon

References

• IAAF results day one: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 m. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
• IAAF results day two: 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500 m. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
• IAAF results: Final standings. Retrieved 27 January 2007.

External links

• Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics