1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon explained

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Dan O'Brien United States (USA)
Silver	Mike Smith Canada (CAN)
Bronze	Christian Schenk Germany (GER)

Schedule

Thursday, August 29

Friday, August 30

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
	8847	August 9, 1984
	8714	August 13, 1983
	8518	July 7, 1991
Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships
	8812	August 30, 1991
	8812	August 30, 1991

Final standings

Rank	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	10.41	7.90	16.24	1.91	46.53	13.94	47.20	5.20	60.66	4:37.50	8812	CR
	10.81	7.67	15.69	2.09	47.53	14.78	48.42	4.40	65.46	4:29.14	8549
	11.37	7.55	15.77	2.18	50.10	15.26	45.98	4.90	61.98	4:22.58	8394
	10.85	7.84	13.42	2.00	49.48	14.07	44.04	5.00	57.80	4:21.24	8379
	10.93	7.58	15.06	2.03	50.26	14.27	44.22	4.80	69.22	4:46.03	8318
	10.82	7.32	15.88	2.06	50.10	14.63	45.06	5.00	56.56	4:36.36	8267
	10.99	7.34	15.16	2.09	49.28	14.51	45.48	4.90	55.64	4:36.85	8233
	11.17	7.32	16.52	2.03	50.00	15.38	50.66	4.50	63.08	4:32.95	8200
	10.88	7.28	13.87	2.09	48.72	14.38	44.30	4.90	48.62	4:29.98	8122
10	10.74	6.99	15.36	2.03	48.13	14.88	42.96	4.30	60.46	4:28.09	8069
11	11.27	7.13	13.86	1.88	49.18	14.73	44.36	4.80	60.36	4:11.82	8011
12	10.90	7.52	14.47	2.03	49.63	14.57	42.28	4.70	58.68	4:51.98	8000
13	11.03	7.20	13.15	1.94	48.43	14.49	39.16	4.80	55.40	4:30.56	7848
14	11.33	7.18	13.49	1.94	50.19	15.17	43.76	4.50	60.84	4:37.86	7672
15	11.01	6.82	12.31	1.97	48.15	15.46	39.14	4.50	61.78	4:27.13	7663
16	11.41	6.59	13.93	1.91	49.31	15.00	41.36	4.30	60.84	4:16.95	7610
17	11.28	6.90	13.28	1.85	48.84	15.02	42.06	4.40	53.02	4:21.79	7529
18	11.32	6.79	13.06	1.94	49.53	15.37	47.16	4.20	52.38	4:30.03	7468
19	11.14	6.85	12.62	1.94	50.90	15.50	40.90	4.40	48.22	4:41.62	7211
20	11.41	6.80	16.62	1.97	51.42	15.33	50.06	4.70	56.00		7133
21	11.16	6.65	14.61	1.97	50.78	15.07	46.56		68.08		6378
22	11.27	6.98	12.35	1.94	50.00	15.93	38.70		39.44	4:54.15	6209
	11.25	7.26	16.17	2.00	50.33	14.96	49.94
	10.88	7.29	13.19	1.97	48.29	14.96	41.16
	11.16	7.12	14.39	1.94	51.18
	11.34	6.15		1.82
	11.06

References

Results