2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon explained

Event:	Men's decathlon
Competition:	2023 World Championships
Venue:	National Athletics Centre
Dates:	25–26 August
Competitors:	24
Nations:	14
Win Label:	Winning points
Win Value:	8909
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronzenoc:	GRN
Prev:	2022
Next:	2025

The men's decathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 25 and 26 August 2023.^[1]

Records

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

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center	width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		9126 pts	Talence, France	16 September 2018
Championship record		9045 pts	Beijing, China	29 August 2015
World Leading		8836 pts	Austin, United States	8 June 2023
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		8649 pts	Tokyo, Japan	5 August 2021

For the current records in each discipline see Decathlon bests.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8350 points.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
25 August	10:05	100 metres
	10:55	Long jump
	12:20	Shot put
	18:30	High jump
	21:08	400 metres
26 August	10:05	110 metres hurdles
	11:00	Discus throw
	13:00	Pole vault
	19:05	Javelin throw
	21:25	1500 metres

Results

100 metres

The 100 metres event was started on 25 August at 10:05.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Time	Points
1	3	10.32	1018
2	3	10.43	992
3	3	10.44	989
4	3	10.45	987
5	3	10.58	956
6	3	10.59	954
7	3	10.60	952
8	3	10.60	952
9	2	10.64	942
10	1	10.69	931
11	2	10.69	931
12	2	10.74	919
13	2	10.77	912
14	1	10.79	908
15	2	10.82	901
16	2	10.84	897
17	2	10.84	897
18	1	10.89	885
19	2	10.90	883
20	1	10.94	874
21	1	11.01	858
22	1	11.10	838
23	1	11.20	817
24	1	11.43	677

Long jump

The long jump event was started on 25 August at 11:00.^[5]

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			7.83	x	8.00	8.00	1061		1992	2
2	A			7.80	x	x	7.80	1010		1895	9
3	A			7.62	x	7.77	7.77	1002		2020	1
4	A			7.61	7.72	7.60	7.72	990		1921	6
5	A			7.45	7.44	7.72	7.72	990		1982	3
6	B			7.53	7.62	7.55	7.62	965		1862	10
7	A			7.50	7.48	7.62	7.62	965		1921	5
8	A			7.53	7.43	7.59	7.59	957		1944	4
9	A			x	7.58	7.41	7.58	955		1852	11
10	B			7.12	7.55	7.40	7.55	947		1899	8
11	A			7.48	x	7.54	7.54	945		1899	7
12	A			6.98	7.49	7.17	7.49	932		1851	12
13	B			7.26	7.47	x	7.47	927		1801	15
14	A			7.40	-	-	7.40	910		1811	14
15	B			7.14	x	7.25	7.25	874		1782	17
16	B			7.16	7.01	5.34	7.16	852		1669	23
17	B			7.03	7.14	7.10	7.14	847		1836	13
18	B			x	7.11	x	7.11	840		1782	16
19	B			6.85	7.09	6.99	7.09	835		1693	21
20	B			x	7.09	x	7.09	835		1673	22
21	B			6.91	x	7.00	7.00	814		1697	20
22	B			x	x	7.00	7.00	814		1581	24
23	A			6.91	x	6.98	6.98	809		1761	18
24	B			6.92	6.80	6.92	6.92	695		1707	19

Shot put

The shot put event was started on 25 August at 12:20.^[6]

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			17.04	x	-	17.04	916		2908	1
2	A			15.61	x	15.94	15.94	848		2747	4
3	A			15.75	15.81	x	15.81	840		2784	3
4	A			15.75	x	x	15.75	836		2688	8
5	A			13.96	14.90	15.39	15.39	814		2735	5
6	B			15.04	15.38	15.31	15.38	813		2734	6
7	A			14.61	15.28	15.03	15.28	807		2658	9
8	B			15.14	14.79	14.51	15.14	798		2471	17
9	B			15.08	x	x	15.08	795		2596	12
10	B			15.03	x	x	15.03	792		2812	2
11	B			14.89	14.75	x	14.89	783		2565	14
12	B			14.67	14.77	14.85	14.85	780		2449	19
13	A			14.85	14.45	x	14.85	780		2616	11
14	A			14.49	x	14.26	14.49	758		2339	22
15	A			x	13.96	14.44	14.44	755		2654	10
16	A			14.21	14.20	14.30	14.30	747		2729	7
17	B			13.63	14.08	14.02	14.08	733		2494	16
18	B			13.40	x	x	13.40	692		2389	20
19	B			13.35	x	x	13.35	689		2584	13
20	A			12.84	x	13.22	13.22	681		2543	15
21	B			12.39	12.84	12.90	12.90	661		2368	21
22	B			12.64	12.68	12.20	12.68	648		2459	18
23	B			12.27	x	12.44	12.44	633		2326	23
	A

High jump

The high jump event was started on 25 August at 18:35.^[7]

		Athlete	Nationality																	Overall
		Athlete	Nationality
1	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.11	906	3490	8
2	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx		2.08	878	3532	6
3	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	o	xo	xxr		2.08	878	3662	2
4	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			2.05	850	3538	5
5	B			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx			2.05	850	3662	3
6	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o xxx				2.05	822	3365	14
8	B			–	–	–	–	o	–	xo	o	o	o	xxx				2.05	822	3418	11
9	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xo	o	xo	xxx				2.05	822	3569	4
10	A			–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	xo	xo	xxx			2.05	822	3730	1
13	A			–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.99	794	3410	12
14	B			–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx						1.96	767	3156	19
15	A			–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xxx							1.93	740	3474	9
16	B			–	–	–	xo	o	o	o	xxx							1.93	740	3211	18
16	B			–	–	o	xo	o	o	o	xxx							1.93	740	3108	20
18	B			–	–	–	–	xo	xo	o	xxx							1.93	740	3398	13
19	B			–	–	–	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx							1.93	740	3079	21
20	A			–	–	–	o	xo	xo	xxx								1.90	714	3443	10
21	B			–	–	xo	o	xxx										1.84	661	3226	17
	B
	B
	B

400 metres

The 400 metres event was started on 25 August at 21:08.^[8]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	3			46.44	986		4429	6
2	3			46.52	982		4380	9
3	3			47.05	956		4430	5
4	3			47.12	952		4178	14
5	2			47.21	952		4620	2
6	3			47.86	916		4578	3
7	3			47.99	910		4640	1
8	2			48.05	907		4476	4
9	1			48.27	896		4261	13
10	1			48.41	889		4307	11
11	2			48.47	886		4296	12
12	3			48.48	886		4376	10
13	2	Karel Tilga		48.58	881		4419	7
14	2	Kyle Garland		49.24	850		4382	8
15	1	José Fernando Santana		49.31	847		3955	16
16	2	Daniel Golubovic		49.87	821		4032	15
17	1	Yuma Maruyama		50.75	780		3936	17
18	1	Marcus Nilsson		51.36	780		3832	18
	1				0
	1				0
	1				0
	2				0
	2				0
	3				0

110 metres hurdles

The 110 metres hurdles event was started on 26 August at 10:05.^[9]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	3			13.67	1018		5596	2
2	3			13.77	1004		5614	1
3	3	Kyle Garland		13.93	984		5366	6
4	2	José Fernando Santana		13.94	982		4937	16
5	3			14.04	969		5398	4
6	2	Daniel Golubovic		14.18	951		4983	15
6	2	Yuma Maruyama		14.18	951		4887	17
8	3			14.33	932		5312	7
9	2			14.39	925		5221	11
10	2			14.47	915		5176	13
11	1			14.47	915		5391	5
12	1			14.51	910		5217	12
13	1	Karel Tilga		14.68	889		5308	8
14	2			14.75	880		5520	3
15	1			14.80	874		5052	14
16	1			14.90	862		5292	9
17	3			14.96	854		5230	10
18	1	Marcus Nilsson		15.06	842		4674	18

Discus throw

The discus throw hurdles event was started on 26 August at 11:02.^[10]

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			51.48	54.64	54.97	54.97	974		6365	3
2	A			50.98	x	47.23	50.98	891		6505	1
3	B			50.57	50.44	47.98	50.57	882		6190	5
4	A			48.78	44.06	44.47	48.78	845		6021	10
5	A			47.97	48.47	47.87	48.47	839		5822	14
6	A			45.26	x	47.63	47.63	821		6341	4
7	B			45.20	45.82	45.01	45.82	784		6380	2
8	B			45.09	44.44	43.82	45.09	769		6061	8
9	A			42.87	45.03	45.04	45.04	768		5442	17
10	B			40.61	44.17	x	44.17	750		6148	6
11	A			43.07	x	43.39	43.39	734		6046	9
12	A			42.37	43.07	x	43.07	727		6093	7
13	A			42.77	41.40	43.04	43.04	727		5779	15
14	B			41.93	41.56	42.60	42.60	718		5655	16
15	B			40.05	41.56	40.67	41.56	696		5583	18
16	B			36.86	x	41.30	41.30	691		5912	11
17	A			40.85	39.27	40.48	40.85	682		5899	12
18	A			38.99	32.18	39.07	39.07	646		5876	13

Pole vault

The pole vault event was started on 26 August at 12:48.^[11]

		Athlete	Nationality																		Overall
		Athlete	Nationality
1	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xxo	xxx	5.30	1004	7050	5
2	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx		5.20	972	7477	1
3	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx			5.10	941	6840	9
4	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxo	o	xxx			5.10	941	6962	7
5	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	o	o	xo	xo	xxx			5.10	941	7282	2
6	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	xxx					4.90	880	6941	8
7	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	o	xo	xxx					4.90	880	7260	3
8	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxx					4.80	849	6725	11
9	A			–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx						4.80	849	6671	12
10	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx						4.80	849	7039	6
11	B			–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxx						4.80	849	7214	4
12	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx						4.80	849	6504	14
13	B			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxx							4.70	819	6731	10
14	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	xxx							4.70	819	6598	13
15	B			–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx								4.60	790	6373	15
	B			–	–	–	–	xxx											NM
	A			–	–	–	–	–	xxx										NM
	A			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxx							NM

Javelin throw

The javelin throw event was started on 26 August at 19:05.^[12]

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			70.45	66.71	69.86	70.45	896		7736	7
2	A			69.19	63.54	65.60	69.19	877		7381	13
3	B			61.50	66.16	68.05	68.05	860		8074	2
4	B			66.00	x	66.42	66.42	835		7874	5
5	B			64.84	60.02	60.05	64.84	811		7773	6
6	B			61.14	63.09	55.81	63.09	784		8044	3
7	B			58.12	55.58	60.90	60.90	751		8228	1
8	B			60.56	57.45	55.83	60.56	746		7687	9
9	A			55.16	60.14	55.48	60.14	740		7113	15
10	A			59.44	60.12	x	60.12	740		7471	10
11	A			54.67	55.35	59.05	59.05	724		7449	11
12	A			58.95	57.34	57.10	58.95	722		7393	12
13	A			53.77	53.86	57.96	57.96	707		7305	14
14	B			57.95	54.98	53.83	57.95	707		7989	4
15	B			48.03	54.60	50.82	54.60	657		7707	8
	A
	A

1500 metres

The 1500 metres event was started on 26 August at 21:25.^[13]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1			4:19.64	814		8263	10
2	Karel Tilga		4:20.73	807		8681	4
3			4:22.19	797		8484	9
4			4:22.69	793		8500	7
5			4:22.70	793		8098	13
6			4:23.43	788		8524	6
7			4:27.73	760		8804	2
8	Daniel Golubovic		4:29.51	748		8141	12
9	Yuma Maruyama		4:32.01	731		7844	15
10			4:33.70	720		8191	11
11			4:34.11	718		8491	8
12			4:39.67	682		8756	3
13			4:39.88	681		8909	1
14			4:43.93	656		8645	5
15	José Fernando Santana		5:00.91	554		7935	14

Final standings

The final standings were as follows:^[14]

data-sort-type="number"	Rank !	Athlete	Nationality											Total	Notes
			10.45	7.59	15.81	2.08	47.21	13.77	50.98	5.20	60.90	4:39.88	8909
			10.32	7.77	15.03	2.05	47.86	13.67	45.82	4.90	63.09	4:27.73	8804
			10.60	7.55	15.94	2.02	48.05	14.47	54.97	4.80	68.05	4:39.67	8756
4			10.84	7.58	15.75	2.05	48.58	14.68	50.57	4.80	66.42	4:20.73	8681
5			10.69	8.00	17.04	2.02	47.99	14.75	47.63	5.10	57.95	4:43.93	8645
6			10.94	7.47	15.08	2.02	48.41	14.51	40.85	5.10	70.45	4:23.43	8524
7			10.74	7.49	15.28	1.93	46.52	14.33	43.39	5.30	54.60	4:22.69	8500
8			10.84	7.62	13.22	2.02	48.27	14.47	48.78	5.10	64.84	4:34.11	8491
9			10.69	7.72	15.38	1.93	47.05	14.90	45.09	4.90	60.56	4:22.19	8484
10			10.89	7.80	13.35	2.11	48.48	14.96	39.07	4.80	59.05	4:19.64	8263
11			10.44	7.14	14.85	1.99	48.47	14.39	41.30	4.70	60.12	4:33.70	8191
12			11.10	7.09	15.14	1.93	49.87	14.18	48.47	4.80	58.95	4:29.51	8141
13			10.64	7.11	14.89	1.84	47.12	14.80	43.04	4.70	57.96	4:22.70	8098
14			10.77	6.92	12.90	1.93	49.31	13.94	42.60	4.80	69.19	5:00.91	7935
15			10.90	7.00	13.40	1.96	50.75	14.18	14.56	4.60	60.14	4:32.01	7844
			10.43	7.72	14.30	1.90	46.44	14.04	44.17
			10.59	7.54	14.44	2.08	49.24	13.93	43.07
			11.43	7.00	14.49	1.93	51.36	15.06	45.04
			10.58	7.62	15.39	1.99
			11.20	7.16	14.85	2.02
			10.82	7.40	12.68	1.99
			10.60	6.98	14.08
			11.01	7.09	12.44
			10.79	7.25

Notes and References

Web site: Men's decathlon Timetable . . 2023-08-25 . 2023-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230722213327/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/timetable/bydiscipline/men/decathlon . live .
Web site: Decathlon Men − Records . 9 July 2022 . . 12 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712070656/https://www.worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/combined-events/decathlon/outdoor/men . live .
Web site: 20 August 2022 . Qualifying System and Entry Standards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf . 19 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . World Athletics.
Web site: 25 August 2023 . Summary 100 Metres Men - Decathlon . . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825161727/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-100-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 25 August 2023 . Summary Long Jump Men - Decathlon . . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825161719/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-LJ-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 25 August 2023 . Summary Shot Put Men - Decathlon . . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825221713/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 25 August 2023 . Summary High Jump Men - Decathlon . . 27 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827134221/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-HJ-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 25 August 2023 . Summary 400 Metres Men - Decathlon . . 26 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826111910/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-400-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 26 August 2023 . Summary 110 Metres Hurdles Men - Decathlon . . 26 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826111838/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-110H-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 26 August 2023 . Summary Discus Throw Men - Decathlon . . 26 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826124626/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-DT-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 26 August 2023 . Summary Pole Vault Men - Decathlon . . 27 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827134223/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-PV-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 26 August 2023 . Summary Javelin Throw Men - Decathlon . . 26 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826233333/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-JT-M-u---DEC-M.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 26 August 2023 . Results 1500 Metres Men - Decathlon . . 26 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826234605/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-1500-M-u---DEC-M.RS6.pdf . live .
Web site: 26 August 2023 . Decathlon Final Results . . 27 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827093926/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-1500-M-u--0--.RS2.pdf . live .