Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	8–9 August
Competitors	31 from 25 nations
Winning points	8869
Medalists
Ashton Eaton  United States Trey Hardee  United States Leonel Suárez  Cuba

Official Video Javelin and 1500 Highlights, Interviews
100 metres
Day 1 Highlights
High Jump and 400m Highlights
400 metres
110m Hurdles
full 1500m

The Men's decathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–9 August.

From the outset, new world record holder Ashton Eaton dominated the events with teammate Trey Hardee his closest competitor. Notable for his early exit, 2004 champion and former world record holder Roman Šebrle withdrew after finishing last in the 100 m. Eaton's 10.35 100 metres was the top time of the day, Hardee's 10.42 the next best. His 8.03 long jump was almost half a metre further than any other competitor. Dmitriy Karpov won the shot put, but Eaton's 14.66 was just 12 cm short of his personal record. Leonel Suárez won the high jump, but Eaton tied with several members of the field for second best. And Eaton's 46.90 400 metres was over a full second faster than anybody else in the field. Damian Warner had a 40-point advantage for third position after the first day.

Hardee started day two off with a victory over Eaton in the 110 metres hurdles, but it was only .02, narrowing the gap by 3 points. Rico Freimuth was the top discus thrower, with Hardee 85 cm behind him. Eaton's discus was 5.75 m less, giving Hardee almost an extra 120 point dent into the gap. Eaton more than gained that back with the third best pole vault of the day, while Hardee was 40 cm back. In the javelin throw, Leonel Suárez put more than 10 meters on the rest of the contenders, to solidly place himself in bronze medal position. Hardee was the third best thrower, but his gap was not as large as he needed while Eaton set a new personal best in the event. With Eaton holding a 150+ point lead, Hardee a 70-point lead over Suárez, who held an 80-point lead over a crowd of his nearest challengers, the medals were fairly well set before the gun in the 1500 metres. Hans van Alphen led the way to move into fourth place, but nobody made a serious run at improving their medals, instead choosing to just finish the last event. For Suárez, it was his second Olympic bronze medal in a row.

Competition format

The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.

At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who has received more points in the greater number of events is the winner.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 8 August 2012	10:10 11:10 12:50 18:00 21:30	100 metres Long jump Shot put High jump 400 metres
Thursday, 9 August 2012	09:00 09:55 12:55 18:30 21:20	110 metres hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 metres

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Ashton Eaton (USA)	9039	Eugene, United States	23 June 2012
Olympic record	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	8893	Athens, Greece	24 August 2004
2012 World leading	Ashton Eaton (USA)	9039	Eugene, United States	23 June 2012

Overall results

Key

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between seven competitors with the gold medallist claiming three of them.

Key:

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DNS

Did not start

DNF

Did not finish

Rank	Athlete	Overall points	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 m H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m
	Ashton Eaton (USA)	8869	1011 10.35 s	1068 8.03 m	769 14.66 m	850 2.05 m	963 46.90 s	1032 13.56 s	716 42.53 m	972 5.20 m	767 61.96 m	721 4:33.59 min
	Trey Hardee (USA)	8671 (SB)	994 10.42 s	942 7.53 m	807 15.28 m	794 1.99 m	904 48.11 s	1035 13.54 s	834 48.26 m	849 4.80 m	838 66.65 m	674 4:40.94 min
	Leonel Suárez (CUB)	8523 (SB)	801 11.27 s	940 7.52 m	759 14.50 m	906 2.11 m	859 49.04 s	917 14.45 s	782 45.75 m	819 4.70 m	996 76.94 m	744 4:30.08 min
4	Hans Van Alphen (BEL)	8447	850 11.05 s	970 7.64 m	819 15.48 m	850 2.05 m	853 49.18 s	863 14.89 s	835 48.28 m	849 4.80 m	763 61.69 m	795 4:22.50 min
5	Damian Warner (CAN)	8442 (PB)	980 10.48 s	945 7.54 m	712 13.73 m	850 2.05 m	899 48.20 s	926 14.38 s	785 45.90 m	819 4.70 m	780 62.77 m	746 4:29.85 min
6	Rico Freimuth (GER)	8320	940 10.65 s	864 7.21 m	782 14.87 m	714 1.90 m	906 48.06 s	989 13.89 s	852 49.11 m	880 4.90 m	698 57.37 m	695 4:37.62 min
7	Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)	8283	961 10.56 s	947 7.55 m	756 14.45 m	794 1.99 m	888 48.44 s	963 14.09 s	802 46.72 m	790 4.60 m	661 54.87 m	721 4:33.68 min
8	Sergey Sviridov (RUS)	8219	910 10.78 s	922 7.45 m	754 14.42 m	794 1.99 m	866 48.91 s	799 15.42 s	817 47.43 m	790 4.60 m	865 68.42 m	702 4:36.63 min
9	Willem Coertzen (RSA)	8173	841 11.09 s	854 7.17 m	715 13.79 m	850 2.05 m	882 48.56 s	955 14.15 s	738 43.58 m	760 4.50 m	810 64.79 m	768 4:26.52 min
10	Pascal Behrenbruch (GER)	8126	847 11.06 s	850 7.15 m	831 15.67 m	767 1.96 m	813 50.04 s	932 14.33 s	761 44.71 m	819 4.70 m	810 64.80 m	696 4:37.46 min
11	Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)	8034	894 10.85 s	903 7.37 m	739 14.18 m	740 1.93 m	868 48.85 s	920 14.43 s	509 32.26 m	1004 5.30 m	720 58.82 m	737 4:31.17 min
12	Brent Newdick (NZL)	7988	838 11.10 s	900 7.36 m	795 15.09 m	767 1.96 m	804 50.22 s	847 15.02 s	791 46.15 m	819 4.70 m	735 59.82 m	692 4:38.20 min
13	Gonzalo Barroilhet (CHI)	7972	821 11.18 s	767 6.80 m	758 14.49 m	850 2.05 m	766 51.07 s	959 14.12 s	690 41.27 m	1035 5.40 m	697 57.25 m	629 4:48.23 min
14	Yordanis García (CUB)	7956	906 10.80 s	755 6.75 m	758 14.48 m	794 1.99 m	873 48.76 s	944 14.24 s	711 42.27 m	790 4.60 m	736 59.85 m	689 4:38.57 min
15	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	7952	791 11.32 s	854 7.17 m	731 14.05 m	850 2.05 m	873 48.76 s	780 15.59 s	689 41.20 m	819 4.70 m	774 62.41 m	791 4:23.02 min
16	Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS)	7948	858 11.01 s	874 7.25 m	661 12.89 m	822 2.02 m	823 49.81 s	925 14.39 s	736 43.51 m	941 5.10 m	645 53.81 m	663 4:42.80 min
17	Eduard Mikhan (BLR)	7928	919 10.74 s	799 6.94 m	774 14.75 m	740 1.93 m	889 48.42 s	955 14.15 s	755 44.42 m	731 4.40 m	673 55.69 m	693 4:38.06 min
18	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)	7926	881 10.91 s	864 7.21 m	880 16.47 m	794 1.99 m	822 49.83 s	924 14.40 s	765 44.93 m	941 5.10 m	588 49.93 m	467 5:16.83 min
19	Luiz Alberto de Araújo (BRA)	7849	929 10.70 s	852 7.16 m	699 13.52 m	740 1.93 m	897 48.25 s	875 14.79 s	762 44.76 m	790 4.60 m	612 51.59 m	693 4:38.04 min
20	Keisuke Ushiro (JPN)	7842	791 11.32 s	781 6.86 m	703 13.59 m	794 1.99 m	779 50.78 s	794 15.47 s	801 46.66 m	880 4.90 m	834 66.38 m	685 4:39.33 min
21	Ingmar Vos (NED)	7805	865 10.98 s	878 7.27 m	714 13.77 m	767 1.96 m	832 49.62 s	897 14.61 s	711 42.26 m	760 4.50 m	762 61.60 m	619 4:50.01 min
22	Edgars Eriņš (LAT)	7649	863 10.99 s	809 6.98 m	695 13.45 m	740 1.93 m	786 50.62 s	823 15.22 s	769 45.10 m	760 4.50 m	698 57.35 m	706 4:35.88 min
23	Jangy Addy (LBR)	7586	885 10.89 s	790 6.90 m	788 14.97 m	740 1.93 m	878 48.64 s	945 14.23 s	779 45.61 m	673 4.20 m	594 50.36 m	514 5:08.14 min
24	Attila Szabó (HUN)	7581	827 11.15 s	804 6.96 m	724 13.93 m	714 1.90 m	777 50.83 s	859 14.92 s	770 45.14 m	790 4.60 m	720 58.84 m	596 4:53.81 min
25	Darius Draudvila (LTU)	7557	872 10.95 s	842 7.12 m	800 15.17 m	767 1.96 m	809 50.13 s	865 14.87 s	796 46.43 m	673 4.20 m	591 50.16 m	542 5:03.14 min
26	Rifat Artikov (UZB)	7203	780 11.37 s	677 6.41 m	735 14.11 m	740 1.93 m	729 51.91 s	881 14.74 s	737 43.53 m	731 4.40 m	687 56.62 m	506 5:09.52 min
—	Jan Felix Knobel (GER)	DNF	769 11.42 s	826 7.05 m	808 15.29 m	850 2.05 m	821 49.87 s	846 15.03 s	790 46.10 m	731 4.40 m	DNS	DNS
—	Kurt Felix (GRN)	DNF	834 11.12 s	967 7.63 m	684 13.28 m	850 2.05 m	807 50.17 s	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Mihail Dudaš (SRB)	DNF	883 10.90 s	942 7.53 m	714 13.76 m	767 1.96 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Daniel Awde (GBR)	DNF	926 10.71 s	774 6.83 m	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
—	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	DNF	744 11.54 s	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS