Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon explained

Event:	Men's decathlon
Games:	2022
Venue:	Alexander Stadium
Dates:	4 – 5 August
Competitors:	8
Nations:	5
Win Label:	Winning points
Win Value:	8233
Gold:	Lindon Victor
Goldcga:	GRN
Silver:	Daniel Golubovic
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Cedric Dubler
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's decathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 4 and 5 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record		9126 points	Talence, France	16 September 2018
Commonwealth record		9018 pts	Tokyo, Japan	5 August 2021
Games record		8663 points	Edinburgh, Scotland	28 July 1986

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 4 August 2022	10:15	100 metres
	11:00	Long jump
	12:20	Shot put
	19:02	High jump
	21:00	400 metres
Friday 5 2022	10:15	110 metres hurdles
	10:45	Discus throw
	12:26	Pole vault
	19:52	Javelin throw
	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:27	style=background:lemonchiffon	1500 metres

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Competitors contested a series of 10 events over two days, with their results being converted into points. The final standings were decided by their cumulative points tallies.

100 metres

Results:^[2]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes
1	3		10.76	915
2	4		10.92	878
3	2		10.94	874
4	1		11.01	858
5	8		11.14	830
6	7		11.17	823
7	5		11.18	821
8	6		11.25	806

Long jump

Results:^[3]

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	Mark	Points	Notes	Overall
1		7.43	7.66		7.66	975		1805
2		7.46	7.61	7.53	7.61	962		1840
3		7.36		7.46	7.46	925		1840
4		7.03	6.97	7.43	7.43	918		1739
5			5.54	7.33	7.33	893		1751
6			7.10		7.10	838		1644
7		6.98	6.87	6.95	6.98	809		1632
8			6.95	6.49	6.95	802		1676

Shot put

Results:^[4]

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	Mark	Points	Notes	Overall
1		15.60	14.94	14.60	15.60	827		2459
2		15.24	15.48		15.48	819		2659
3		14.53	14.43	14.41	14.53	761		2512
4			13.90	14.23	14.23	742		2547
5		12.70	13.04	13.62	13.62	705		2349
6		12.45	12.83	12.28	12.83	657		2497
7				11.63	11.63	584		2323
8		10.55	10.91	11.05	11.05	549		2225

High jump

Results:^[5]

Rank	Athlete	1.82	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.03	2.06	2.09	Mark	Points	Notes	Overall
1		–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	o	o	xxx	2.06	859		3356
2		–	–	o	o	xo	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.03	831		3490
3		–	o	–	o	–	xxo	xxo	xxx			2.00	803		3315
4		–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.97	776		3323
5		–	o	o	xo	o	xxx					1.94	749		3208
6		o	–	–	xo	xxo						1.94	749		3072
7		o	xo	xo	xo	xxx						1.91	723		2948
8		o	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.91	723		3072

400 metres

Results:^[6]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes	Overall
1	8		48.47	886		4242
2	6		48.61	880		3828
3	4		49.08	858		4066
4	2		49.20	852		3924
5	7		49.51	837		4327
6	9		49.67	830			4145
7	3		50.07	811		4134
8	5		50.07	811		3883

110 metres hurdles

Results:^[7]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes	Overall
1	3		14.20	949		5191
2	5		14.32	934		5000
3	4		14.72	884		4767
4	7		14.86	867		5001
5	1		14.89	863		5190
6	6		15.06	842		4987
7	8		15.72	765		4689
8	2		16.73	653		4481

Discus throw

Results ^[8]

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	Mark	Points	Notes	Overall
1		47.26	49.85	44.63	49.85	867		5867
2		44.63	46.54		46.54	799		5989
3		45.59			45.59	779		5766
4		44.05	43.01		44.05	747		5748
5		39.72	42.51	44.01	44.01	746		5937
6		40.65		42.09	42.09	707		5396
7		35.64		38.35	38.35	631		5398
8		28.35	31.88		31.88	502		4983

Pole vault

Results ^[9]

Rank	Athlete	3.50	3.60	3.70	3.80	3.90	4.00	4.10	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	4.90	5.00	5.10	Mark	Points	Notes	Overall
1		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xxo	o	xxx	5.00	910		6847
2		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx		4.90	880		6747
3		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx			4.80	849	=	6597
4		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	o	o	o	xxx				4.70	819		6808
5		–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx							4.40	731		6127
6		–	–	–	–	–	xxo	–	–	xxo	xxx								4.30	702		6468
7		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	xx–	x								4.20	673		6071
8		xo	–	o	–	xo	xxx												3.90	590		5573

Javelin throw

Results^[10]

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	Mark	Points	Notes	Overall
1		64.04	65.16	64.60	65.16	816		7624
2		58.08		60.78	60.78	750		7218
3		56.41	59.90	57.07	59.90	736		6863
4		54.36	56.44	58.26	58.26	712		7459
5		51.84	45.74	51.24	51.84	616		7463
6		51.30	49.23	46.06	51.30	608		6181
7		50.66			50.66	598		6669
8		38.90	42.29	42.22	42.29	475		7072

1500 metres

Results^[11]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Points	Notes	Overall
1		4:30.95	738		8197
2		4:50.22	617		7480
3		4:50.22	617		7689
4		4:51.60	609		8233
5		4:56.54	580		6761
6		4:58.41	569		7787
7		4:58.81	567		8030
		Did not start

Standings

Rank	Athlete	Points	Notes
		8233
		8197
		8030
4		7787
5		7689
6		7480
7		6761

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Decathlon . Birmingham 2022. 5 August 2022. 5 August 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHMDECATH------------100-000100--__C73C_1.0.pdf 100 metres Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHMDECATH------------LJ----------__C73Q_1.0.pdf Long jump results
4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHMDECATH------------SP----------__C73T_1.0.pdf Shot put results
5. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHMDECATH------------HJ----------__C73N_1.0.pdf High jump Results
6. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHMDECATH------------400-000100--__C73C_1.0.pdf 400 metres results
7. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHMDECATH------------110H000100--__C73C_1.0.pdf 110 metres hurdles Results
8. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHMDECATH------------DT----------__C73T_1.0.pdf Discus throw results
9. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHMDECATH------------PV----------__C73N_1.0.pdf Pole vault results
10. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHMDECATH------------JT----------__C73T_1.0.pdf Javelin throw results
11. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHMDECATH------------1500--------__C73I_1.0.pdf 1500 metres results