1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

None These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991. Medalists GoldUSA Dan O'BrienUnited States (USA)SilverCAN Mike SmithCanada (CAN)BronzeGER Christian SchenkGermany (GER) Schedule Thursday, August 29 1 100 m Long Jump Shot Put High Jump 400 m Friday, August 30 6 110 m hurdles Discus Throw Pole Vault Javelin Throw 1,500 m Records Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships World Record Daley Thompson GBR 8847 August 9, 1984 USA Los Angeles, United States Event Record Daley Thompson GBR 8714 August 13, 1983 FIN Helsinki, Finland Season Best Christian Plaziat FRA 8518 July 7, 1991 NED Helmond, Netherlands Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships Event Record Dan O'Brien USA 8812 August 30, 1991 JPN Tokyo, Japan Season Best Dan O'Brien USA 8812 August 30, 1991 JPN Tokyo, Japan Final standings #F2F5A9 The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming five of them. As of 2024, this is the only time a decathlete has claimed the best score for more than four events at these championships. solid 1px #AAAAAA RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Dan O'Brien 10.41 7.90 16.24 1.91 46.53 13.94 47.20 5.20 60.66 4:37.50 8812 CR Mike Smith 10.81 7.67 15.69 2.09 47.53 14.78 48.42 4.40 65.46 4:29.14 8549 Christian Schenk 11.37 7.55 15.77 2.18 50.10 15.26 45.98 4.90 61.98 4:22.58 8394 04 4 Robert Změlík 10.85 7.84 13.42 2.00 49.48 14.07 44.04 5.00 57.80 4:21.24 8379 05 5 Petri Keskitalo 10.93 7.58 15.06 2.03 50.26 14.27 44.22 4.80 69.22 4:46.03 8318 06 6 Simon Poelman 10.82 7.32 15.88 2.06 50.10 14.63 45.06 5.00 56.56 4:36.36 8267 07 7 Eduard Hämäläinen 10.99 7.34 15.16 2.09 49.28 14.51 45.48 4.90 55.64 4:36.85 8233 08 8 Antonio Peñalver 11.17 7.32 16.52 2.03 50.00 15.38 50.66 4.50 63.08 4:32.95 8200 09 9 Christian Plaziat 10.88 7.28 13.87 2.09 48.72 14.38 44.30 4.90 48.62 4:29.98 8122 10 Thorsten Dauth 10.74 6.99 15.36 2.03 48.13 14.88 42.96 4.30 60.46 4:28.09 8069 11 Beat Gähwiler 11.27 7.13 13.86 1.88 49.18 14.73 44.36 4.80 60.36 4:11.82 8011 12 Michael Kohnle 10.90 7.52 14.47 2.03 49.63 14.57 42.28 4.70 58.68 4:51.98 8000 13 Alain Blondel 11.03 7.20 13.15 1.94 48.43 14.49 39.16 4.80 55.40 4:30.56 7848 14 Munehiro Kaneko 11.33 7.18 13.49 1.94 50.19 15.17 43.76 4.50 60.84 4:37.86 7672 15 Paul Scott 11.01 6.82 12.31 1.97 48.15 15.46 39.14 4.50 61.78 4:27.13 7663 16 Jan Trefny 11.41 6.59 13.93 1.91 49.31 15.00 41.36 4.30 60.84 4:16.95 7610 17 Lars Warming 11.28 6.90 13.28 1.85 48.84 15.02 42.06 4.40 53.02 4:21.79 7529 18 Saša Karan 11.32 6.79 13.06 1.94 49.53 15.37 47.16 4.20 52.38 4:30.03 7468 19 Alper Kasapoğlu 11.14 6.85 12.62 1.94 50.90 15.50 40.90 4.40 48.22 4:41.62 7211 20 Rob Muzzio 11.41 6.80 16.62 1.97 51.42 15.33 50.06 4.70 56.00 9:99.98 DNF 7133 21 Dave Johnson 11.16 6.65 14.61 1.97 50.78 15.07 46.56 0.02 NM 68.08 9:99.98 DNF 6378 22 Marco Baffi 11.27 6.98 12.35 1.94 50.00 15.93 38.70 0.02 NM 39.44 4:54.15 6209 23 Mikhail Medved 11.25 7.26 16.17 2.00 50.33 14.96 49.94 0.02 NM 00.01 DNS 9:99.99 – 5 DNF 24 Henrik Dagård 10.88 7.29 13.19 1.97 48.29 14.96 41.16 0.01 DNS 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 4 DNF 25 Pedro da Silva Brazil 1968 11.16 7.12 14.39 1.94 51.18 99.98 DNF 00.01 DNS 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 3 DNF 26 Homelo Vi 11.34 6.15 00.02 NM 1.82 99.98 DQ 99.98 DNS 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 2 DNF 27 Dezső Szabó 11.06 0.01 NM 00.01 DNS 0.00 – 99.99 – 99.99 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 1 DNF 28 Lee Fu-an 99.99 DNS 0.00 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 99.99 – 99.99 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 0 DNS 28 Anthony Brannen 99.99 DNS 0.00 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 99.99 – 99.99 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 0 DNS 28 Viktor Radchenko 99.99 DNS 0.00 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 99.99 – 99.99 – 00.00 – 0.00 – 00.00 – 9:99.99 – 0 DNS See also 1988 Men's Olympic Decathlon 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon 1991 Hypo-Meeting 1991 Decathlon Year Ranking 1992 Men's Olympic Decathlon References Results D Category:Decathlon at the World Athletics Championships