1996 in the decathlon

none This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1996 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where the competition started on July 31, 1996, and ended on August 1, 1996. Records Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field World Record Dan O'Brien USA 8891 September 5, 1992 FRA Talence, France 1996 World Year Ranking RankPointsAthleteVenueDateNote 1 8824 Dan O'Brien USA Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 2 8706 Frank Busemann GER Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 PB 3 8664 Tomáš Dvořák CZE Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 4 8644 Steve Fritz USA Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 PB 5 8626 Michael Smith CAN Götzis, Austria 1996-05-26 NR 6 8613 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 7 8546 Chris Huffins USA Atlanta, United States 1996-06-22 8 8543 Erki Nool EST Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 9 8425 Robert Změlík CZE Talence, France 1996-09-15 10 8404 Ricky Barker USA College Station, United States 1996-03-15 PB 11 8393 Sébastien Levicq FRA Talence, France 1996-09-15 12 8345 Kip Janvrin USA Atlanta, United States 1996-06-22 13 8318 Ramil Ganiyev UZB Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 14 8315 Lev Lobodin RUS Götzis, Austria 1996-05-26 15 8307 Antonio Peñalver ESP Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 16 8282 Christian Plaziat FRA Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 17 8274 Jón Arnar Magnússon ISL Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 18 8256 Kamil Damašek CZE Lage, Germany 1996-06-16 PB 19 8253 Frank Müller GER Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 20 8249 Sebastian Chmara POL Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 21 8230 Michael Kohnle GER Bernhausen, Germany 1996-06-16 22 8227 Andrew Fucci USA Atlanta, United States 1996-06-22 PB 23 8216 Oleg Veretelnikov UZB Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1996-06-06 24 8210 Roman Šebrle CZE Prague, Czech Republic 1996-07-10 25 8189 Raúl Duany CUB Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 1996-02-10 See also 1996 Hypo-Meeting Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon References apulanta digilander 1996 Decathlon Year Ranking, 1996