Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon explained

The men's decathlon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Daley Thompson won the gold medal by a whopping 844 points. This included winning six events including all five events on day one of the competition. His lowest placing for any event in this decathlon was fifth in the javelin throw.

Results

Wind for 100m: Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
			10.50w	8.11w	14.43	2.07	47.85	14.92	41.68	4.80	56.60	4:25.78	8467
			10.98w	7.28	13.48	1.92	49.24	15.59	46.52	4.00	60.80	4:54.54	7623
			11.03w	7.15	11.85	1.95	50.17	14.86	40.60	4.40	57.22	4:54.11	7484
			10.77w	7.31w	13.29	1.89	49.73	16.97	38.04	3.80	54.90	4:44.73	7261
			11.38	6.93	13.31	1.75	50.80	16.26	37.38	4.20	56.54	4:20.48	7201
			11.59	6.47	13.33	1.92	52.40	16.40	46.62	3.60	62.20	4:32.30	7138
			11.42	6.87	12.28	1.95	51.87	15.93	36.66	4.40	42.10	4:20.10	7117
			11.32	7.27	9.58	1.89	50.32	16.40	33.90	3.00	65.00	4:32.80	6775
			11.60										6610
10			11.64										6453
11													5515
			11.64w
			11.68w	6.75	13.31

References

• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-27 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .