1997 Decathlon Year Ranking
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This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in the men's decathlon
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...

. 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  8891 September 5, 1992   Talence
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1997 World Year Ranking

Rank Points Athlete Venue Date Note
1 8837 Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
2 8730 Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR
Finnish records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Finland maintained by Finland's national athletics federation: Suomen Urheiluliitto .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognised by federation...

3 8652 Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
4 8604 Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
5 8555 Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
6 8534 Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
7 8470 Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
8 8458 Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
9 8445 Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR
Uzbekistani records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Uzbekistan maintained by the Athletic Federation of Uzbekistan .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratifiedht = hand timing-External links:*...

10 8380 Catania, Italy 1997-08-20
11 8360 Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
12 8322 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
13 8310 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB
14 8290 Maribor, Slovenia 1997-06-29
15 8268 Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 PB
16 8259 Adelaide, Australia 1997-03-30
17 8239 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
18 8228 Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
19 8211 Ratingen, Germany 1997-06-01
20 8184 Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
21 8182 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
22 8173 Talence, France 1997-09-14
23 8140 Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
24 8128 Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB
25 8123 Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13


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