2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on.

Summary

Before the competition started, there were a lot of athletes considered to be possible medal contenders. World leader Rico Freimuth, Götzis winner Damian Warner had shown solid performances throughout the season. Olympic silver medallist Kévin Mayer had the best PB of the athletes, but had not done a decathlon in 2017. Ilya Shkurenev had scored more than 8600 points, but hadn't been competing with the rest of the decathletes for nearly two years because of the ban of the Russian team. Another question mark was behind Trey Hardee, the champion of 2009 and 2011. If he was able to reproduce his form of earlier years, he could be a contender as well.
The first four times in the [|100 metres] were Warner, Freimuth, Karl Robert Saluri and Mayer. Warner's 10.50 was the best of the day but not as exceptional as his of 10.15. Sutthisak Singkhon had the best long jump, though still over 20cm short of his best from July, his jump was a centimeter longer than Kai Kazmirek, who moved into contention behind his teammate Freimuth and the other top 100 runners. In the shot put, Meyer assumed the lead with the second best throw behind Lindon Victor 15.86. Hardee moved into third. Kazmirek moved into second place with the best high jump of the day, but Mayer maintained the lead as one of several to clear 2.08 m. And Kazmirek ended the first day still in second with the best 400 of 47.17 as Mayer's 48.26 kept him close enough to maintain the lead.
Starting the second day, Warner's 13.63 hurdles put him back in third, with Freimuth and Mayer close behind to take the top two positions. Both Hardee and Shkurenev disappeared from the leader board after crashing over the fourth hurdle. With a discus throw, Freimuth gained over 4 metres on Mayer and pulled to within 24 points. A 48.79 m put Oleksiy Kasyanov into third. Pau Tonnesen have the best pole vault at 5.40 m but he was out of contention. Kazmirek and Mayer tied at the next best height to allow Mayer to separate in the lead and Kazmirek to move back to third. Janek Õiglane threw the javelin a 71.73 m in the javelin to move into fourth place, Mayer's was more than 3 and a half metres longer than the German teammates, giving him a solid lead going in to the final event. Mayer's 4:36.73 1500 beat both Germans to win going away. Kazmirek beat Freimuth by three and a half seconds in the race, but still finished 76 points behind him in the final tally.
Out of 34 starters, 20 finished the decathlon.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Record		Athlete	Date	Location
World	9045	Ashton Eaton	29 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
Championship	9045	Ashton Eaton	29 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
World leading	8663	Rico Freimuth	25 Jun 2017	Ratingen, Germany
African	8521	Larbi Bourrada	18 Aug 2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Asian	8725	Dmitriy Karpov	24 Aug 2004	Athens, Greece
NACAC	9045	Ashton Eaton	29 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
South American	8393	Carlos Chinin	8 Jun 2013	São Paulo, Brazil
European	9026	Roman Šebrle		Götzis, Austria
Oceanian	8490	Jagan Hames	18 Sep 1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The following records were set at the competition:

Record		Athlete		Date
World leading	8768	Kévin Mayer		12 Aug 2017

Qualification standards

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8100 points.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
11 August	10:00	100 metres
11 August	11:05	Long jump
11 August	12:55	Shot put
11 August	17:00	High jump
11 August	20:45	[\|400 metres]
12 August	10:00	[\|110 metres hurdles]
12 August	11:00	Discus throw
12 August	13:30	Pole vault
12 August	17:30	Javelin throw
12 August	20:45	[\|1500 metres]

Results

100 metres

The 100 metres took place on 11 August in four heats as follows:

Heat	1	2	3	4
Start time	10:00	10:09	10:18	10:29
Wind	−0.2	−0.8	−1.3	−1.7
Photo finish

The overall results were as follows:

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	4	6	Damian Warner		10.50	975
2	4	8	Rico Freimuth		10.53	968
3	4	7	Karl Robert Saluri		10.55	963
4	2	3	Kévin Mayer		10.70	929
5	1	8	Mihail Dudaš		10.75	917
6	4	9	Trey Hardee		10.75	917
7	4	1	Oleksiy Kasyanov		10.77	912
8	1	5	Larbi Bourrada		10.80	906
9	4	5	Lindon Victor		10.83	899
10	3	2	Martin Roe		10.90	883
11	2	8	Kai Kazmirek		10.91	881
12	4	2	Devon Williams		10.93	876
13	4	3	Eelco Sintnicolaas		10.96	870
14	4	4	Zach Ziemek		10.99	863
15	2	4	Jorge Ureña		11.00	861
16	3	9	Dominik Distelberger		11.03	854
17	2	6	Cedric Dubler		11.06	847
18	3	5	Akihiko Nakamura		11.06	847
19	3	7	Luiz Alberto de Araújo		11.07	845
20	1	7	Kurt Felix		11.08	843
21	1	4	Janek Õiglane		11.08	843
22	2	5	Ashley Bryant		11.14	830
23	3	8	Mathias Brugger		11.15	827
24	3	6	Sutthisak Singkhon		11.16	825
25	3	1	Ilya Shkurenyov		11.17	823
26	2	9	Pieter Braun		11.22	812
27	3	4	Fredrik Samuelsson		11.24	808
28	1	2	Pau Tonnesen		11.26	804
29	3	3	Adam Helcelet		11.28	799
30	2	2	Maicel Uibo		11.35	784
31	1	9	Thomas van der Plaetsen		11.35	784
32	1	3	Bastien Auzeil		11.35	784
33	1	6	Keisuke Ushiro		11.53	746
34	2	7	Leonel Suárez		15.93	94
	2	1	Jefferson Santos

Long jump

The long jump took place on 11 August in two groups both starting at 11:11. The results were as follows:

Shot Put

The shot put took place on 11 August in two groups both starting at 12:55. The results were as follows:

High jump

The high jump took place on 11 August in two groups, Group A started at 17:00 and Group B at 17:01. The results were as follows:

400 metres

The 400 metres took place on 11 August in four heats as follows:

Heat	1	2	3	4
Start time	20:44	20:54	20:02	21:11
Photo finish

The overall results were as follows:

110 metres hurdles

The 110 metres hurdles took place on 12 August in four heats as follows:

Heat	1	2	3	4
Start time	9:59	10:07	10:15	10:23
Wind	−0.5	+1.2	+0.4	−0.1
Photo finish

The overall results were as follows:

Discus throw

The discus throw took place on 12 August in two groups, Group A started at 11:00 and Group B at 12:10. The results were as follows:

Pole vault

The pole vault took place on 12 August in two groups, Group A started at 12:58 and Group B at 14:08. The results were as follows:

Javelin throw

The javelin throw took place on 12 August in two groups, Group A started at 17:30 and Group B at 18:55. The results were as follows:

1500 metres

The 1500 metres took place on 12 August at 20:55. The results were as follows :

Final standings

The final standings were as follows:

Rank	Athlete	Nationality											Total	Notes
	Kévin Mayer		10.70	7.52	15.72	2.08	48.26	13.75	47.14	5.10	66.10	4:36.73	8768
	Rico Freimuth		10.53	7.48	14.85	1.99	48.41	13.68	51.17	4.80	62.34	4:41.57	8564
	Kai Kazmirek		10.91	7.64	13.78	2.11	47.19	14.66	45.06	5.10	62.45	4:38.07	8488
	Janek Õiglane		11.08	7.33	15.13	2.05	49.58	14.56	42.11	5.10	71.73	4:39.24	8371
	Damian Warner		10.50	7.44	13.45	2.02	47.47	13.63	40.67	4.70	56.63	4:28.39	8309
	Oleksiy Kasyanov		10.77	7.28	14.99	2.02	48.64	14.05	48.79	4.70	50.82	4:33.86	8234
	Kurt Felix		11.08	7.46	15.01	2.08	49.09	14.68	45.39	4.50	64.64	4:36.62	8227
	Adam Helcelet		11.28	7.03	14.57	2.02	49.51	14.38	44.71	4.90	71.56	4:36.85	8222
	Jorge Ureña		11.00	7.30	13.91	2.08	48.72	14.15	36.33	5.00	56.06	4:26.46	8125
10	Devon Williams		10.93	7.44	14.43	1.96	48.11	14.27	44.29	4.60	57.93	4:40.50	8088
11	Ashley Bryant		11.14	7.44	14.09	1.96	49.24	14.75	43.95	4.30	67.97	4:27.15	8049
12	Martin Roe		10.90	7.50	15.22	1.93	49.09	15.15	48.24	4.50	58.30	4:39.24	8040
13	Karl Robert Saluri		10.55	7.49	13.98	1.84	47.76	15.36	40.43	5.00	57.12	4:31.31	8025
14	Pau Tonnesen		11.26	7.21	13.76	2.08	50.85	14.57	43.07	5.40	55.13	4:46.31	8006
15	Bastien Auzeil		11.35	6.87	15.23	1.96	50.36	14.59	46.86	4.80	60.80	4:39.80	7922
16	Pieter Braun		11.22	7.17	14.48	1.93	48.54	14.67	42.59	4.70	59.26	4:38.40	7890
17	Dominik Distelberger		11.03	7.11	12.93	1.87	48.13	14.59	43.18	5.00	56.46	4:39.15	7857
18	Cedric Dubler		11.06	7.29	11.36	2.08	48.31	14.92	40.85	4.90	52.10	4:50.31	7728
19	Akihiko Nakamura		11.06	7.28	11.37	1.96	48.98	14.43	33.65	4.70	54.22	4:22.62	7646
20	Keisuke Ushiro		11.53	6.64	13.43	1.96	51.43	15.35	47.64	4.60	63.28	4:51.90	7498
	Zach Ziemek		10.99	7.08	14.01	1.99	50.32	15.36	47.32	5.10	58.35		'
	Eelco Sintnicolaas		10.96	7.31	14.32	1.90	48.73	14.32	40.25				'
	Maicel Uibo		11.35	6.97	14.08	2.02	50.61	14.90	47.88				'
	Lindon Victor		10.83	6.98	15.86	1.99	49.30	15.36					'
	Mihail Dudaš		10.75	7.46	13.02	2.02	48.08		43.23				'
	Trey Hardee		10.75	7.48	15.16	1.99	48.78						'
	Ilya Shkurenev		11.17	7.62	13.48	2.08	49.02						'
	Larbi Bourrada		10.80	7.22	13.41	1.90							'
	Mathias Brugger		11.15	7.18	14.80	1.90							'
	Thomas van der Plaetsen		11.35	7.09	13.03	1.96							'
	Sutthisak Singkhon		11.16	7.65	13.34								'
	Fredrik Samuelsson		11.24	7.11	13.82								'
	Luiz Alberto de Araújo		11.07										'
	Leonel Suárez		15.93										'
	Jefferson Santos

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