1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

None These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, including fourteen non-finishers. The competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997. At over 41%, this edition of the men's decathlon is notable for having the highest fraction of athletes not finishing the competition in the World Championships history. This was equalled 20 years later during the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Medalists GoldCZE Tomáš DvořákCzech Republic (CZE)SilverFIN Eduard HämäläinenFinland (FIN)BronzeGER Frank BusemannGermany (GER) Schedule Tuesday, August 5 1 100 m Long Jump Shot Put High Jump 400 m Wednesday, August 6 6 110 m hurdles Discus Throw Pole Vault Javelin Throw 1,500 m Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record Dan O'Brien USA 8891 September 5, 1992 FRA Talence, France Event Record Dan O'Brien USA 8817 August 20, 1993 GER Stuttgart, Germany Season Best Steve Fritz USA 8604 June 13, 1997 USA Indianapolis, United States Results #F2F5A9 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between nine competitors with the gold medallist claiming the mark for the javelin throw. solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteDecathlonPoints12345678910 Tomáš Dvořák CZE 10,60 7.64 16.32 2.00 47,56 13,61 45.16 5.00 70.34 4.35,40 8837 Eduard Hämäläinen FIN 10,81 7.56 15.71 1.97 46,71 13,74 50.50 5.20 59.82 4.37,10 8730 Frank Busemann GER 10,76 7.96 13.53 2.09 48,32 13,55 42.56 5.00 63.92 4.29,27 8652 4 Steve Fritz USA 10,96 7.30 14.41 2.00 48,70 14,08 48.88 5.00 65.24 4.31,14 8463 5 Ramil Ganiyev UZB 10,94 7.58 14.76 2.06 48,34 14,35 46.04 5.30 55.14 4.36,78 8445 6 Erki Nool EST 10,67 7.37 14.33 1.91 46,99 14,66 43.20 5.40 65.84 4.42,98 8413 7 Stefan Schmid GER 10,93 7.58 14.58 1.97 48,14 14,49 44.38 5.00 67.46 4.43,20 8360 8 Michael Smith CAN 11,04 7.25 17.54 2.03 49,67 14,68 47.80 4.80 65.58 4.54,99 8307 9 Roman Šebrle CZE 10,91 7.71 14.33 2.09 48,16 14,32 43.32 4.20 64.76 4.40,31 8232 10 Klaus Isekenmeier GER 11,05 7.56 14.28 1.91 48,56 14,40 47.88 4.60 65.84 4.42,54 8180 11 Indrek Kaseorg EST 11,39 7.16 13.87 2.03 48,66 14,49 41.64 4.90 63.34 4.20,82 8140 12 Philipp Huber SUI 11,08 7.18 14.29 1.85 48,00 14,65 44.88 5.00 58.22 4.20,90 8107 13 Cédric Lopez FRA 11,21 7.13 13.48 2.09 48,88 14,75 40.96 4.60 64.88 4.25,96 8047 14 Marcel Dost NED 10,97 7.45 13.61 1.91 47,99 14,49 42.42 5.20 51.80 4.36,68 8040 15 Francisco Javier Benet ESP 11,04 7.19 13.66 2.03 48,49 14,56 43.30 4.50 55.92 4.33,65 7929 16 Prodromos Korkizoglou GRE 10,77 7.29 13.28 2.00 49,59 14,47 44.46 4.80 54.94 4.58,44 7867 17 Victor Houston BAR 10,72 7.57 12.82 2.03 47,91 13,92 33.56 3.50 62.10 4.32,30 7777 18 Mário Aníbal POR 11,09 7.03 14.57 2.03 49,73 15,28 44.28 4.60 53.70 4.39,65 7768 19 Pierre-Alexandre Vial FRA 11.02 7.11 13.35 1.88 48,87 14,83 43.26 4.80 53.70 4.42,29 7708 20 Oleg Veretelnikov UZB 11,10 7.32 13.93 1.85 48,85 15,39 39.70 4.40 60.28 4.25,68 7698 — Chris Huffins USA 10.39 7.85 15.28 2.06 49,05 14,04 49.22 4.60 NM DNS DNF — Jagan Hames AUS 11.11 7.27 14.08 2.24 49,9214,3646.68 DNF — — DNF — Lev Lobodin RUS 11.07 7.07 15.00 49,0214,38 44.78 DNF — — DNF — Beniamino Poserina ITA 11.10 6.93 14.04 1.91 49,99 14,56 38.42 DNS — — DNF — Robert Změlík CZE 10.84 7.28 14.38 49,39DNF 45.72 DNS — — DNF — Sebastian Chmara POL 11.17 7.56 15.21 48,24 — — — — — DNF — Sébastien Levicq FRA 11.25 7.01 13.58 1.9453,43 — — — — — DNF — Jón Arnar Magnússon ISL 10.61 7.42 15.05 2.00DNS — — — — — DNF — Jaime Peñas ESP 11.08 7.16 15.33 DNS — — — — — DNF — Shawn Wilbourn USA 10.88 6.94 14.85 1.91DNS — — — — — DNF — Rojs Piziks LAT 11.77 6.79 14.05 DNS — — — — — DNF — Alper Kasapoğlu TUR 11.28 6.91 13.991.85DNS — — — — — DNF — Doug Pirini NZL 10.93 7.17 14.38 NM — — — — — — DNF — Jack Rosendaal NED 11.27 6.94 12.73 — — — — — — — DNF See also 1996 Men's Olympic Decathlon 1997 Hypo-Meeting 1997 Decathlon Year Ranking 1998 Men's European Championships Decathlon References Results decathlon2000 D Category:Decathlon at the World Athletics Championships