1997 in the decathlon

none This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997. Records Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field World Record Dan O'Brien USA 8891 September 5, 1992 FRA Talence, France 1997 World Year Ranking RankPointsAthleteVenueDateNote 1 8837 Tomáš Dvořák CZE Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 2 8730 Eduard Hämäläinen FIN Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR 3 8652 Frank Busemann GER Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 4 8604 Steve Fritz USA Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 5 8555 Michael Smith CAN Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01 6 8534 Erki Nool EST Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01 7 8470 Jón Arnar Magnússon ISL Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01 8 8458 Chris Huffins USA Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 9 8445 Ramil Ganiyev UZB Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR 10 8380 Roman Šebrle CZE Catania, Italy 1997-08-20 11 8360 Stefan Schmid GER Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 12 8322 Francisco Javier Benet ESP Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 13 8310 Klaus Isekenmeier GER Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB 14 8290 Sebastian Chmara POL Maribor, Slovenia 1997-06-29 15 8268 Shawn Wilbourn USA Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 PB 16 8259 Jagan Hames AUS Adelaide, Australia 1997-03-30 17 8239 Robert Změlík CZE Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 18 8228 Kip Janvrin USA Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 19 8211 Michael Kohnle GER Ratingen, Germany 1997-06-01 20 8184 Lev Lobodin RUS Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01 21 8182 Antonio Peñalver ESP Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 22 8173 Kamil Damašek CZE Talence, France 1997-09-14 23 8140 Indrek Kaseorg EST Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 24 8128 Jaime Peñas ESP Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB 25 8123 Darwin Vandehoef USA Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 See also 1997 Hypo-Meeting References decathlon2000February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes apulanta digilander 1997 Decathlon Year Ranking, 1997