Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon


These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.

Medalists

Schedule

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record8798'8832' Jürgen HingsenMannheim June 9, 1984
World Record8797'8847' Daley ThompsonLos Angeles August 9, 1984
Olympic Record8797'8847' Daley ThompsonLos Angeles August 9, 1984

' Originally score according to the 1962/1977 tables.
'Score according to the 1985 tables.
Thompson's mark was not a world record in 1984, but when the 1985 tables came into use, his mark became the record. They were both given credit to the world record.

Results

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes
Christian Schenk11.257.4315.482.2748.9015.1349.284.7061.324:28.958488
Torsten Voss10.877.4514.971.9747.7114.4644.365.1061.764:33.028399
Dave Steen11.187.4414.201.9748.2914.8143.665.2064.164:23.208328
Daley Thompson10.627.3815.022.0349.0614.7244.804.9064.044:45.118306
Christian Plaziat10.837.6213.582.1248.3414.1843.064.9052.184:34.078272
Alain Blondel11.027.4312.921.9747.4414.4041.205.2057.464:16.648268
Tim Bright11.187.0514.122.0649.3414.3941.685.7061.604:51.208216
Robert de Wit11.056.9515.342.0048.2114.3641.324.8063.004:25.868189
Dave Johnson11.157.1214.522.0349.1514.6642.364.9066.464:29.628180
10Pavel Tarnavetskiy11.237.2815.251.9748.6014.7648.025.2059.484:52.248167
11Petri Keskitalo10.947.5615.341.9749.9414.2541.864.8066.644:55.898143
12Beat Gähwiler11.187.3414.481.9449.0215.1142.464.7065.844:16.748114
13Dezső Szabó11.027.2912.922.0648.2314.9639.545.0056.804:17.858093
14Mike Smith10.997.3713.611.9747.8314.7043.884.3066.544:28.978083
15Simon Shirley11.037.4514.201.9748.8415.4441.684.7064.004:27.488036
16Simon Poelman11.097.0814.512.0349.8914.7843.204.9057.184:28.548021
17Mikael Olander11.466.7516.072.0051.2816.0650.664.8072.805:02.427869
18Uwe Freimuth11.577.0015.601.9449.8415.0446.664.9060.204:46.047860
19Lars Warming11.077.0413.411.9447.9714.4940.384.8051.504:22.417859
20Roman Hrabaň10.897.0715.841.7949.6814.9445.324.9060.485:06.687781
21Georg Werthner11.527.3613.931.9449.9915.6438.824.6067.044:26.427753
22Christian Gugler11.497.0213.802.0350.6015.2239.084.7060.924:21.937745
23Antonio Peñalver11.387.0814.312.0050.2414.9746.344.4055.684:32.687743
24Alex Kruger11.306.9713.232.1549.9815.3838.724.6054.344:37.847623
25Lee Fu-an11.007.2313.152.0349.7314.9638.064.5052.824:45.577579
26Santiago Mellado11.336.8311.632.0648.3715.3937.524.6055.424:30.077517NR
27Severin Moser11.106.9812.691.8548.6315.1338.044.7049.524:21.907502
28Věroslav Valenta11.517.0114.171.9451.1615.1845.844.6056.285:03.177442
29Carlos O'Connell11.266.9012.411.8848.2415.6138.024.4052.684:32.067310
30Greg Richards11.507.0912.941.8249.2715.5642.324.5053.504:53.857237
31Gong Guohua11.436.2213.981.9151.2515.8846.184.6057.844:54.997231
32Albert Miller11.476.4312.331.9450.3015.0038.724.0057.264:53.727231
33Lee Gwang-ik11.577.1910.271.9150.7116.2034.364.1054.944:29.987231
34Dambar Kunwar12.125.831.7152.3217.0527.102.8039.104:41.245339
Valter Külvet11.317.1415.292.0050.62'
Gary Kinder11.317.0014.891.9751.79'
Fidel Solórzano11.016.7911.761.88'
Aleksandr Apaychev'
Jürgen Hingsen