2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon explained

Event:	Men's decathlon
Competition:	2019 World Championships
Venue:	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:	2–4 October
Competitors:	23
Nations:	16
Win Label:	Winning points
Win Value:	8691
Gold:	Niklas Kaul
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Maicel Uibo
Silvernoc:	EST
Bronze:	Damian Warner
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The men's decathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 2 to 4 October.^[1]

Because of the timetable, with the last competition finishing after midnight local time on 4 October, the technical rules of decathlon were modified: since this edition, the decathlon has to be completed in a period of two 24 hours rather than over two consecutive days as before. Niklas Kaul was the winner of the competition.

The best scores for each event were shared by only five competitors which is quite a low number in a competition of global calibre.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

World record	9126 pts	Talence, France	16 September 2018
Championship record	9045 pts	Beijing, China	29 August 2015
World Leading	8711 pts	Götzis, Austria	26 May 2019
African Record	8521 pts	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	18 August 2016
Asian Record	8725 pts	Athens, Greece	24 August 2004
North, Central American and Caribbean record	9045 pts	Beijing, China	29 August 2015
South American Record	8393 pts	São Paulo, Brazil	8 June 2013
European Record	9126 pts	Talence, France	16 September 2018
Oceanian record	8490 pts	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	18 September 1998

For the current records in each discipline see Decathlon bests.

The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8200 points.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[4]

Date	Time	Round
2 October	16:35	100 metres
	17:30	Long jump
	18:50	Shot put
	20:40	High jump
	23:15	400 metres
3 October	16:35	110 metres hurdles
	17:30	Discus throw
	19:05	Pole vault
	22:05	Javelin throw
4 October	00:25	1500 metres

Results

100 metres

The 100 metres event started on 2 October at 16:35.^[5]

Heat	1	2	3
Start time	16:35	16:43	16:51
Wind (m/s)	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8

Rank	Heat	Time	Points
1	3	10.35	1011
2	3	10.36	1008
3	3	10.50	975
4	3	10.66	938
5	3	10.70	929
6	3	10.75	917
7	3	10.76	915
8	2	10.76	915
9	2	10.82	901
10	2	10.84	897
11	2	10.88	888
12	2	10.94	874
13	1	10.94	874
14	2	10.95	872
15	1	11.02	856
16	1	11.10	838
17	1	11.12	834
18	2	11.13	832
19	1	11.16	825
20	1	11.27	801
21	1	11.38	778
22	2	11.42	769
23	1	11.44	765
	3

Long jump

The long jump event started on 2 October at 17:30.^[6] ^[7]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	data-sort-type="number"	1 !	data-sort-type="number"	2 !	Points	Notes	data-sort-type="number"	3 !	Pts	Rank
1	A			7.79	7.64	7.75	7.79	1007		2015	1
2	A				7.41	7.67	7.67	977		1988	2
3	A				7.61		7.61	962		1818	6
4	A			7.43	7.48	7.56	7.56	950		1925	3
5	B			7.41	7.44	7.51	7.51	937		1875	4
6	A			7.21	7.47	7.11	7.47	927		1752	15
7	B			7.15	7.47	7.14	7.47	927		1815	7
8	B			7.16		7.46	7.46	925		1763	12
9	B				7.37		7.37	903		1832	5
10	A			7.15	7.36		7.36	900		1797	8
11	B			7.32		7.25	7.32	891		1765	11
12	A			7.01	7.03	7.28	7.28	881		1755	14
13	A			7.11	7.26	6.84	7.26	876		1777	10
14	A			7.15	7.22	7.25	7.25	874		1791	9
15	A			7.20			7.20	862		1640	20
16	B			7.19	5.32	7.03	7.19	859		1660	19
17	B			7.14	7.03	7.07	7.14	847		1762	13
18	A			7.08	7.11	7.05	7.11	840		1672	17
19	B			7.07		6.97	7.07	830		1664	18
20	B			6.93	6.96	7.02	7.02	818		1733	16
21	B			6.47	6.76	6.90	6.90	790		1555	22
22	B			6.57	6.07	6.63	6.63	727		1599	21
	B							0
	A							0

Shot put

The shot put event started on 2 October at 18:50.^[8] ^[9]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	data-sort-type="number"	1 !	data-sort-type="number"	2 !	Points	Notes	data-sort-type="number"	3 !	Pts	Rank
1	A			15.69	16.82		16.82	902		2827	1
2	A			14.96	16.24	16.23	16.24	866		2741	3
3	A			15.42	15.19		15.42	816		2631	6
4	A				15.33	15.02	15.33	810		2642	5
5	A			15.26		14.72	15.26	806		2558	10
6	B				14.52	15.26	15.26	806		2539	12
7	A			15.00	14.72	15.20	15.20	802		2567	8
8	A			13.66	15.17	14.97	15.17	800		2788	2
9	A			15.13	14.85	15.04	15.13	798		2397	20
10	B			14.35	14.63	15.12	15.12	797		2560	9
11	A			15.10	14.89		15.10	796		2456	16
12	A			15.08	14.87		15.08	795		2550	11
13	B			14.48	14.47	14.71	14.71	772		2590	7
14	B			13.65	14.69	14.48	14.69	771		2435	17
15	A			13.52	14.23	14.31	14.31	747		2302	22
16	B			13.56	14.30	14.28	14.30	747		2524	13
17	B			13.77		13.97	13.97	727		2399	19
18	B			13.66	13.41	13.78	13.78	715		2477	15
19	B				13.78		13.78	715		2355	21
20	B			13.76		13.63	13.76	714		2511	14
21	B			13.21			13.21	680		2695	4
22	B			12.43	12.27	11.63	12.43	633		2424	18
	B
	A

High jump

The high jump event started on 2 October at 18:50.^[10] ^[11]

		Athlete	Nationality																		Overall
		Athlete	Nationality
1	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	xo	xo	xxx	2.17	963	3523	5
2	A			–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxo	r			2.11	906	3496	6
3	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	xo	xxx				2.08	878	3233	17
4	B			–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx					2.05	850	3591	3
5	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	r					2.05	850	3545	4
6	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xxo	xxr					2.05	850	3374	9
7	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	o	xxx						2.02	822	3246	15
8	B			–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xxo	o	xxx						2.02	822	3257	13
9	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	xxx						2.02	822	3278	12
10	A			–	–	–	–	o	–	xo	xxo	xo	xxx						2.02	822	3221	18
11	B			–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx						2.02	822	3610	2
12	B			–	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	xxo	r						2.02	822	3380	8
13	B			–	–	–	o	–	xo	xxo	xxo	xxx							1.99	794	3621	1
14	A			–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx								1.96	767	3164	20
15	B			–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx								1.96	767	3334	10
16	B			–	–	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxr								1.96	767	3409	7
17	A			–	–	xo	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx								1.96	767	3306	11
18	A			–	–	o	–	o	o	xxx									1.93	740	3217	19
19	B			–	–	xxo	xxo	xxo	xxo	xxx									1.93	740	3251	14
20	B			–	–	o	o	xxo	xxx										1.90	714	3016	21
21	B			–	–	o	o	xxx											1.87	687	3237	16
22	B			xxx																0	2631	22
	A
	A

400 metres

The 400 metres event started on 2 October at 18:50.^[12]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	3			47.35	941		4486	2
2	3			47.35	941		4315	7
3	3			47.93	913		4130	15
4	3			48.08	905		4069	17
5	3			48.12	903		4513	1
6	3			48.37	891		4142	13
7	3			48.41	889		4135	14
8	2			48.48	886		4164	11
9	2			48.55	883		4474	4
10	2			48.66	877		3508	21
11	2			48.79	871		4251	9
12	3			48.99	862		4483	3
13	1			49.14	855		4189	10
14	2			49.31	847		4256	8
15	1			49.36	844		4340	5
16	2			49.37	844		4150	12
17	1			49.60	833		4090	16
18	2			50.08	811		4032	18
19	1			50.44	794		4317	6
20	1			50.89	774		4007	19
21	1			51.42	750		3766	20
	1				0		3237	22
	1
	2

110 metres hurdles

The 110 metres hurdles event started on 3 October at 16:35.^[13]

Heat	1	2	3
Start time	16:35	16:43	16:51
Wind (m/s)	+0.2	+0.7	+0.8

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	3			13.56	1032		5545	1
2	3			13.87	991		5474	2
3	3			13.91	986		5128	9
4	3			14.10	962		5218	7
5	3			14.13	958		5093	10
6	3			14.19	950		5436	3
7	3			14.19	950		4458	20
8	1			14.28	939		5279	5
9	1			14.43	920		5237	6
10	2			14.43	920		5050	12
11	2			14.49	912		4981	16
12	3			14.59	900		5151	8
13	1			14.60	899		4989	15
14	2			14.64	894		5058	11
15	2			14.65	892		5042	13
16	2			14.78	876		4908	17
17	1			14.80	874		4881	18
18	1			14.82	871		5345	4
19	2			15.13	834		5023	14
20	1			15.26	818		4584	19
21	1			15.86	749		3986	22
	2				0		4315	21

Discus throw

The discus throw event started on 3 October at 17:30.^[14] ^[15]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	data-sort-type="number"	1 !	data-sort-type="number"	2 !	Points	Notes	data-sort-type="number"	3 !	Pts	Rank
1	B			48.10	49.20		49.20	854		5912	9
2	A			47.06		48.75	48.75	844		6123	4
3	B			38.88	47.44	48.41	48.41	837		5421	18
4	A				48.34		48.34	836		6310	1
5	A			45.56	44.54	47.32	47.32	815		5943	7
6	B			45.72	47.20		47.20	812		5854	10
7	B			47.06		47.18	47.18	812		4798	22
8	A			46.64	45.72	45.32	46.64	801		6038	5
9	B				46.64		46.64	801		5782	13
10	B			45.25	46.26		46.26	793		6011	6
11	A				44.08	46.17	46.17	791		5672	16
12	B			45.59	43.70	44.21	45.59	779		5930	8
13	A			44.52	45.02		45.02	767		5756	14
14	A			44.85		43.31	44.85	764		5079	21
15	A			41.45	41.73	44.30	44.30	752		5845	11
16	A			44.23	43.42		44.23	751		5801	12
17	B				43.04	44.00	44.00	746		5204	20
18	A				43.37	41.24	43.37	733		5756	14
19	B			40.40	42.71	41.84	42.71	720		5628	17
20	B			38.94	42.19		42.19	709		6254	2
21	A			41.19			41.19	689		6125	3
	B							0		5345	19

Pole vault

The pole vault event started on 3 October at 19:05.^[16] ^[17]

		Athlete	Nationality															Overall
		Athlete	Nationality
1	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx	5.40	1035	7073	3
2	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxo	o	xxx		5.30	1004	6676	9
3	A			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xo	o	xxx			5.20	972	6051	18
4	A			–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xo	xxx			5.20	972	7097	1
5	A			–	–	–	–	xo	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx			5.20	972	7095	2
6	B			–	–	o	o	o	o	o						5.00	910	6822	6
6	A			–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xxx					5.00	910	6666	10
8	A			–	–	–	o	xxo	o	xxx						4.90	880	6636	13
9	B			–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx						4.90	880	6734	8
10	B			–	–	o	o	xo	xxx							4.80	849	6477	15
10	B			o	–	o	o	xo	xxx							4.80	849	6631	14
10	A			–	–	–	o	xo	–	xxx						4.80	849	6650	12
13	B			–	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx							4.80	849	6779	7
14	B			xo	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx							4.80	849	6860	5
15	B			–	o	o	xo	xxx								4.70	819	7073	3
15	A			–	–	–	xo	–	xxx							4.70	819	6664	11
17	B			–	xo	xo	xxx									4.60	790	5588	21
18	B			–	xo	xxx										4.50	760	5935	20
19	B			o	xxx											4.40	731	6181	17
	A			–	–	xxr											0	6310	16
	A			–	xxx												0	5943	19
	B			–	–	xxx											0	5345	22

Javelin throw

The javelin throw event started on 3 October at 22:07.^[18] ^[19]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	data-sort-type="number"	1 !	data-sort-type="number"	2 !	Points	Notes	data-sort-type="number"	3 !	Pts	Rank
1	B			75.42	79.05		79.05	1028		7850	3
2	A			72.46	69.90	70.28	72.46	927		7593	6
3	A			63.83	63.41	60.79	63.83	796		7869	1
4	A			62.23	61.00	63.67	63.67	793		7469	9
5	B			62.87	56.58	59.52	62.87	781		7854	2
6	B			61.36	60.08	60.09	61.36	758		6939	16
7	B			59.22	58.33	60.61	60.61	747		6335	19
8	A			60.08	58.16	58.94	60.08	739		6790	17
9	B			56.27	59.84	59.12	59.84	735		7514	7
10	A			57.38	59.56	58.64	59.56	731		7826	4
11	A			59.04	53.55	54.29	59.04	723		7387	11
12	B			56.84	53.08	58.66	58.66	718		7349	12
13	B			57.67		58.15	58.15	710		6645	18
14	A			57.42	55.32		57.42	699		7796	5
15	B			49.34	57.39	55.35	57.39	699		7176	15
16	A			56.52		56.76	56.76	689		7325	13
17	B			53.74	55.00	54.11	55.00	663		7397	10
18	B				53.25		53.25	637		7497	8
19	A			48.59	45.86	46.26	48.59	568		7218	14
	A
	A
	B

1500 metres

The 1500 metres event started on 4 October at 00:32.^[20] ^[21]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1			4:15.70	841		8691	1
2			4:22.18	797		8122	10
3			4:31.51	735		8604	2
4			4:34.75	714		8101	11
5			4:35.45	709		8058	13
6			4:35.62	708		8222	7
7			4:36.24	704		8297	6
8			4:39.48	684		7860	15
9			4:40.77	675		8529	3
10			4:40.96	674		7892	14
11			4:41.95	668		8494	4
12			4:42.06	667		8064	12
13			4:43.95	656		8125	9
14			4:44.17	654		8151	8
15			4:45.09	649		8445	5
16			4:49.16	624		7414	17
17			4:52.12	606		7545	16
18			5:08.91	510		6845	18
				0		6645	19

Final standings

The final standings were as follows:^[21]

data-sort-type="number"	Rank !	Athlete	Nationality											Total	Notes
			11.27	7.19	15.10	2.02	48.48	14.64	49.20	5.00	79.05	4:15.70	8691
			11.10	7.46	15.12	2.17	50.44	14.43	46.64	5.40	63.83	4:31.51	8604
			10.35	7.67	15.17	2.02	48.12	13.56	42.19	4.70	62.87	4:40.77	8529
			11.02	7.61	14.71	2.11	49.36	14.28	48.75	5.20	59.56	4:41.95	8494
			10.36	7.79	13.21	2.05	47.35	14.19	41.19	5.20	57.42	4:45.09	8445
			10.94	7.32	15.20	1.96	49.14	15.13	43.37	5.00	72.46	4:36.24	8297
			11.16	7.47	15.26	2.02	48.79	14.59	45.59	4.80	59.84	4:35.62	8222
			10.70	7.37	15.33	1.96	49.31	14.10	46.26	4.80	53.25	4:44.17	8151
			11.38	7.20	13.78	2.08	50.89	14.80	46.17	5.30	63.67	4:43.95	8125
10			11.12	7.07	14.69	2.02	49.60	14.60	45.02	4.90	56.76	4:22.18	8122
11			10.75	7.25	12.43	2.02	48.41	14.13	44.30	4.70	59.04	4:34.75	8101
12			10.76	7.02	15.26	1.96	49.37	14.65	47.20	4.90	55.00	4:42.06	8064
13			10.95	6.63	15.13	1.96	48.08	14.49	46.64	4.80	58.66	4:35.45	8058
14			10.76	7.14	13.78	1.93	47.93	14.43	44.23	4.80	48.59	4:40.96	7892
15			11.13	7.11	13.97	2.02	50.08	14.78	42.71	4.80	57.39	4:39.48	7860
16			11.44	6.90	14.31	1.90	51.42	15.26	48.41	4.50	61.36	4:52.12	7545
17			10.82	7.26	14.30	2.05	47.35		44.85	5.20	60.08	4:49.16	7414
18			10.94	7.28	15.08	1.87		15.86	47.18	4.60	60.61	5:08.91	6845
19			10.88	7.47	15.42		48.66	14.19	44.00	4.40	58.15		6645
			10.84	7.36	13.76	1.93	48.37	13.91	47.32
			10.50	7.56	16.82	1.99	48.99	13.87	48.34
			10.66	7.51	16.24	2.05	48.55	14.82
			11.42

Notes and References

Web site: Start list.
Web site: Decathlon Men − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
News: Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
Web site: Decathlon Men − Timetable. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
Web site: 100 metres results.
Web site: Long jump results.
Web site: Long jump summary.
Web site: Shot put summary.
Web site: Shot put results.
Web site: High jump summary.
Web site: High jump results.
Web site: 400 metres results.
Web site: 110 metres hurdles results.
Web site: Discus throw results.
Web site: Discus throw summary.
Web site: Pole vault results.
Web site: Pole vault summary.
Web site: Javelin throw results.
Web site: Javelin throw summary.
Web site: 1500 metres results.
Web site: Final results.