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Decathlon, Men

Date	17 – 18 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	32 from 21 countries
Format	Scoring by 1985 point tables.

Ashton Eaton came to Rio as the heavy favorite. He was the defending gold medallist and the 2013 and 2015 World Champion, and a two-time world record setter. Barring injury, the gold medal was conceded to him, with Canadian Damian Warner expected to win silver. In the end, Eaton won the gold medal he was supposed to win, and Warner won bronze, but Eaton’s victory was not that easy, as nobody was counting on France’s Kevin Mayer to have the meet of his life, with several personal bests.

Warner opened by winning the 100 metres in 10.30, with Eaton second in 10.46, but Eaton moved ahead after the long jump, with a mark of 7.94. The shot put leader was Mayer, who threw 15.76 to move into third, just behind Warner. Eaton won the 400 in 46.07 in what was probably his best event, while German Kai Kazmirek moved into second place after day one, with Warner in third place, and Mayer in fourth, despite running a PR 48.28.

Warner, the best decathlon hurdler, won the 110 hurdles to open day two, and move back into second, with Mayer third. Eaton seemed to seal the gold medal when he cleared his second height of 4.90 in the pole vault, but there was some drama, as he cleared only on his third attempt. Mayer set another PR of 5.40 in the vault to move into a solid second, well ahead of Warner, and creeping up on Eaton. When Mayer threw a near PR of 65.04 in round one of the javelin, and Eaton posted only 53.26, Mayer briefly moved into the lead, but Eaton recovered with 59.77 in the third round and led going into the 1,500, but only by 44 points. Mayer needed to outrun Eaton by 6.4 seconds in the 1,500, which was unlikely as Eaton was a superior runner, and it was not to be for the Frenchman, who held on for the silver, with Warner getting bronze.

Earlier in Rio, Eaton’s wife, Brianne Theisen-Eaton had entered the heptathlete as one of the favorites for gold, and certainly a medal. Had they both won gold, they would have been the first married couple to win individual gold medals at the same Olympics while competing for different countries, but Theisen-Eaton ended up with the bronze medal. Both Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen-Eaton announced their competitive retirements in early 2017.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Points	100 metres	Long Jump	Shot Put	High Jump	400 metres	110 metres Hurdles	Discus Throw	Pole Vault	Javelin Throw	1,500 metres
1	3065	Ashton Eaton	USA	8893	–	10.46	7.94	14.73	2.01	46.07	13.80	45.49	5.20	59.77	4:23.33	Gold	=OR
2	2429	Kévin Mayer	FRA	8834	–	10.81	7.60	15.76	2.04	48.28	14.02	46.78	5.40	65.04	4:25.49	Silver
3	2210	Damian Warner	CAN	8666	–	10.30	7.67	13.66	2.04	47.35	13.58	44.93	4.70	63.19	4:24.90	Bronze
4	2505	Kai Kazmirek	GER	8580	–	10.78	7.69	14.20	2.10	46.75	14.62	43.25	5.00	64.60	4:31.25
5	2004	Larbi Bourrada	ALG	8521	–	10.75	7.52	13.78	2.10	47.98	14.15	42.39	4.60	66.49	4:14.60
6	2289	Leonel Suárez	CUB	8460	–	11.21	7.14	14.27	2.07	48.15	14.48	47.07	4.90	72.32	4:28.32
7	3106	Zach Ziemek	USA	8392	–	10.71	7.49	13.44	2.10	49.83	14.77	49.42	5.20	60.92	4:42.97
8	2097	Thomas Van der Plaetsen	BEL	8332	–	11.24	7.66	12.84	2.16	49.63	15.01	43.58	5.40	62.09	4:34.21
9	2538	Kurt Felix	GRN	8323	–	10.93	7.42	14.77	2.07	49.14	14.79	45.10	4.50	69.92	4:30.53
10	2135	Luiz Alberto Araújo	BRA	8315	–	10.77	7.48	15.26	1.92	48.14	14.17	45.10	4.90	57.28	4:31.46
11	3099	Jeremy Taiwo	USA	8300	–	11.01	7.45	14.92	2.19	48.78	14.57	39.91	5.00	51.29	4:21.96
12	2300	Adam Helcelet	CZE	8291	–	11.06	7.35	15.11	2.04	49.51	14.37	44.13	4.70	68.20	4:34.41
13	2412	Bastien Auzeil	FRA	8064	–	11.17	7.07	15.41	1.98	49.34	14.82	42.23	5.10	61.91	4:40.50
14	2036	Cedric Dubler	AUS	8024	–	10.86	7.47	11.49	2.13	48.18	14.30	38.89	4.90	51.82	4:32.12
15	2488	Arthur Abele	GER	8013	–	10.87	6.97	15.03	1.98	49.02	14.12	44.66	4.50	64.13	4:53.07
16	2541	Lindon Victor	GRN	7998	–	10.83	7.11	14.80	1.98	49.80	15.74	53.24	4.40	63.54	4:44.73
17	2370	Pau Tonnesen	ESP	7982	–	11.32	7.33	13.69	2.01	50.81	14.99	46.31	5.20	60.15	4:46.27
18	2272	Yordanis García	CUB	7961	–	10.81	6.83	14.58	2.01	48.69	14.25	40.34	4.50	64.70	4:44.99
19	2057	Dominik Distelberger	AUT	7954	–	10.84	7.33	13.40	1.89	48.61	14.39	38.09	4.80	61.83	4:33.47
20	2662	Keisuke Ushiro	JPN	7952	–	11.30	6.83	14.14	1.98	50.43	15.09	49.90	4.90	66.63	4:46.33
21	2856	Paweł Wiesiołek	POL	7784	–	10.88	6.73	14.17	2.01	50.18	15.09	48.32	4.50	56.68	4:42.27
22	2651	Akihiko Nakamura	JPN	7612	–	11.04	7.13	12.00	1.92	48.93	14.57	34.91	4.70	51.24	4:18.37
23	2385	Karl Robert Saluri	EST	7223	–	10.82	7.02	13.88	1.77	50.32	16.51	42.96	4.50	46.42	4:39.40
24	2386	Maicel Uibo	EST	7170	–	11.16	7.14	–	2.13	51.08	14.84	37.69	5.10	60.52	4:47.49
25	2308	Jiří Sýkora	CZE	6237	–	11.15	7.00	13.45	1.98	49.88	15.02	44.49	–	56.99	–
DNF	2936	Mihail Dudaš	SRB	–	–	10.83	7.29	14.23	2.04	49.13	14.65	43.27	4.60	–	–
DNF	3028	Oleksiy Kasianov	UKR	–	–	10.78	7.54	14.50	2.01	48.56	14.34	–	–	–	–
DNF	2781	Pieter Braun	NED	–	–	11.03	7.55	13.90	1.95	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	2495	Rico Freimuth	GER	–	–	10.73	7.17	13.27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	2895	Willem Coertzen	RSA	–	–	11.12	6.98	14.00	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	3109	Leonid Andreyev	UZB	–	–	11.29	6.60	14.86	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNF	2788	Eelco Sintnicolaas	NED	–	–	10.87	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–