1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Decathlon
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These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon
competition at the 1993 World Championships
in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including three non-finishers. The competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993 and ended on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Dan O'Brien
of the United States with a score of 8891 points.
Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...
competition at the 1993 World Championships
1993 World Championships in Athletics
The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....
in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, including three non-finishers. The competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993 and ended on Friday August 20, 1993. The gold medal was won by Dan O'Brien
Dan O'Brien
Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles....
of the United States with a score of 8891 points.
Medalists
Gold | Dan O'Brien Dan O'Brien Daniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles.... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA) |
Silver | Eduard Hämäläinen Eduard Hämäläinen Eduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917... Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... (BLR) |
Bronze | Paul Meier Paul Meier Paul Meier is former German decathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart where he set a personal best of 8548 points... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... (GER) |
Schedule
- August 19
- 100 m
- Long Jump
- Shot Put
- High Jump
- 400 m
- August 20
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus Throw
- Pole Vault
- Javelin Throw
- 1,500 m
Records
Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence Talence Talence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
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Event Record | 8812 | August 30, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Season Best 1993 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1993 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where the competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993 and ended on Friday August 20, 1993.-Records:-1993... |
8262 | May 30, 1993 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... , Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
Final
RANK | FINAL RANKING | POINTS |
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8817 CR | ||
8724 | ||
8548 | ||
4. | 8500 | |
5. | 8444 | |
6. | 8398 | |
7. | 8324 | |
8. | 8237 | |
9. | 8075 | |
10. | 8032 | |
11. | 8000 | |
12. | 7911 | |
12. | 7838 | |
14. | 7783 | |
15. | 7734 | |
15. | 7734 | |
17. | 7726 | |
18. | 7547 | |
19. | 7481 | |
20. | 7140 | |
21. | 6912 | |
22. | 6632 | |
— | DNF | |
— | DNF | |
— | DNF |
See also
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- 1993 Hypo-Meeting1993 Hypo-MeetingThe 19th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 29 and May 30, 1993 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon and a heptathlon event.-Schedule:*May 29*#100 m*#Long Jump*#Shot Put*#High Jump...
- 1993 Decathlon Year Ranking1993 Decathlon Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1993 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where the competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993 and ended on Friday August 20, 1993.-Records:-1993...
- 1994 Men's European Championships Decathlon1994 European Championships in Athletics - Men's DecathlonThe men's decathlon competition at the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, was held on 12 August and 13 August 1994.-Medalists:-Schedule:*12 August*#100 m*#Long jump*#Shot put*#High jump*#400 m*13 August...