Event: | Men's decathlon |
Games: | 2008 Summer |
Venue: | Beijing National Stadium |
Dates: | August 21–22 |
Competitors: | 40[1] |
Nations: | 27 |
Win Value: | 8791 |
Win Label: | Winning points |
Gold: | Bryan Clay |
Goldnoc: | USA |
Silver: | Andrei Krauchanka |
Silvernoc: | BLR |
Bronze: | Leonel Suárez |
Bronzenoc: | CUB |
Prev: | 2004 |
Next: | 2012 |
The men's decathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 21 and 22, at the Beijing National Stadium.[2]
The qualifying standards were 8,000 points (A standard) and 7,700 points (B standard).[3]
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
Date | Time | Round | |||
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 | 9:20 11:00 13:10 19:10 22:00 | 100 metres Long jump Shot put High jump 400 metres | |||
style=background:lemonchiffon | Friday, 22 August 2008 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 09:00 10:05 12:55 19:00 21:40 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 110 metres hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 metres |
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Rank | Athlete | Country | Overall points | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110 m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | |||
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8791 | ||||||||||||||||
8551 | ||||||||||||||||
8527 (NR) | ||||||||||||||||
8253 (SB) | ||||||||||||||||
8241 (SB) | ||||||||||||||||
8238 (SB) | ||||||||||||||||
8220 | ||||||||||||||||
8205 | ||||||||||||||||
8194 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | 8178 (PB) | |||||||||||||||
11 | 8154 | |||||||||||||||
12 | 8118 (PB) | |||||||||||||||
13 | 8055 | |||||||||||||||
14 | 7992 | |||||||||||||||
15 | 7906 (SB) | |||||||||||||||
16 | 7838 | |||||||||||||||
17 | 7835 (SB) | |||||||||||||||
18 | 7714 | |||||||||||||||
19 | 7665 (NR) | |||||||||||||||
20 | 7516 | |||||||||||||||
21 | 7483 | |||||||||||||||
22 | 7336 | |||||||||||||||
23 | 7021 | |||||||||||||||
24 | 6876 | |||||||||||||||
25 | 6486 | |||||||||||||||
style='text-decoration: none;' align=center | DSQ | style='text-decoration: none;' | 8328 |