Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon


The Men's decathlon competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 29–30 July.

Competition format

The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds. At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who has received more points in the greater number of events is the winner.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record8538Eugene, Oregon, United States26 June 1976
Olympic record8466Munich, West Germany8 September 1972

Overall results

;Key:
RankAthletePoints100 mLJSPHJ400 m110 m HDTPVJT1500 m
8618
8411
8369
8218
8113
8048
8025
7974
7803
107767
117711
127616
137602
147580
157504
167493
177486
187434
197322
207319
217063
227052
236754