2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon competition at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Tuesday 9 August and Wednesday 10 August.

Medalists

Gold United States Bryan Clay
United States (USA)
Silver Czech Republic Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic (CZE)
Bronze Hungary Attila Zsivoczky
Hungary (HUN)

Schedule

Tuesday, 9 August
  1. 100 m
  2. Long jump
  3. Shot put
  4. High jump
  5. 400 m
Wednesday, 10 August
  1. 110 m hurdles
  2. Discus throw
  3. Pole vault
  4. Javelin throw
  5. 1,500 m

Records

World record  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 9026 27 May 2001 Austria Götzis, Austria
Event record  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 8902 7 August 2001 Canada Edmonton, Canada

Final ranking

Points table after final event


The best performance in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming four of them.


Rank Athlete Overall points 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110 mh DT PV JT 1500 m
1 Bryan Clay
 United States
8732 (WL) 992 pts
10.43 s
945
7.54
867
16.25
803
2.00
920
47.78
920
14.43
947
53.68
880
4.90
920
72.00
538
5:03.77
2 Roman Šebrle
 Czech Republic
8521 881 pts
10.91 s
1025
7.86
869
16.29
859
2.06
879
48.62
885
14.71
805
46.85
849
4.80
786
63.21
683
4:39.54
3 Attila Zsivoczky
 Hungary
8385 883 pts
10.90 s
821
7.03
834
15.72
944
2.15
848
49.29
831
15.15
862
49.58
849
4.80
783
63.02
730
4:32.17
4 André Niklaus
 Germany
8316 (PB) 852 pts
11.04 s
862
7.20
743
14.24
831
2.03
842
49.42
876
14.78
790
46.13
1004
5.30
764
61.74
752
4:28.93
5 Aleksandr Pogorelov
 Russia
8246 892 pts
10.86 s
932
7.49
845
15.90
887
2.09
788
50.58
917
14.45
801
46.68
910
5.00
735
59.79
539
5:03.62
6 Kristjan Rahnu
 Estonia
8223 954 pts
10.59 s
900
7.36
838
15.79
831
2.03
881
48.58
865
14.87
811
47.13
819
4.70
763
61.65
561
4:59.73
7 Romain Barras
 France
8087 827 pts
11.15 s
898
7.35
766
14.62
749
1.94
879
48.63
892
14.65
751
44.24
849
4.80
744
60.39
732
4:31.94
8 Tomáš Dvořák
 Czech Republic
8068 874 pts
10.94 s
888
7.31
848
15.95
803
2.00
799
50.34
873
14.81
781
45.69
673
4.20
812
64.89
717
4:34.24
9 Jaakko Ojaniemi
 Finland
8042 (SB) 935 pts
10.67 s
952
7.57
787
14.95
723
1.91
801
50.29
845
15.04
714
42.41
760
4.50
833
66.27
692
4:38.18
10 Aleksey Drozdov
 Russia
8038 845 pts
11.07 s
871
7.24
816
15.43
859
2.06
764
51.11
770
15.67
873
50.13
760
4.50
793
63.67
687
4:38.96
11 Hamdi Dhouibi
 Tunisia
8023 (AR) 935 pts
10.67 s
918
7.43
658
12.85
749
1.94
956
47.04
903
14.56
688
41.17
849
4.80
631
52.83
736
4:31.24
12 Mikk Pahapill
 Estonia
8003 847 pts
11.06 s
878
7.27
812
15.36
859
2.06
749
51.44
805
15.37
784
45.81
849
4.80
791
63.53
629
4:48.26
13 Paul Terek
 United States
7921 899 pts
10.83 s
852
7.16
747
14.31
776
1.97
868
48.85
752
15.83
760
44.65
910
5.00
655
54.46
702
4:36.59
14 Frédéric Xhonneux
 Belgium
7616 799 pts
11.28 s
864
7.21
662
12.92
831
2.03
859
49.04
761
15.75
637
38.62
819
4.70
591
50.18
793
4:22.71
15 Roland Schwarzl
 Austria
7549 847 pts
11.06 s
838
7.10
712
13.73
644
1.82
778
50.81
862
14.90
778
45.56
880
4.90
599
50.67
611
4:51.25
16 Óscar González
 Spain
7526 845 pts
11.07 s
862
7.20
706
13.63
803
2.00
828
49.71
854
14.96
604
37.03
790
4.60
523
45.54
711
4:35.25
17 Phil McMullen
 United States
6832 759 pts
11.47 s
732
6.65
790
15.01
749
1.94
805
50.21
781
15.58
855
49.28
0
NM
638
53.35
723
4:33.38
  Aleksey Sysoyev
 Russia
DNF 924 pts
10.72 s
657
6.32
836
15.75
859
2.06
794
50.46
791
15.49
811
47.13
0
NM
 
 
 
 
  Eugène Martineau
 Netherlands
DNF 812 pts
11.22 s
850
7.15
686
13.31
803
2.00
794
50.45
750
15.85
669
40.23
0
NM
 
 
 
 
  Qi Haifeng
 China
DNF 878 pts
10.92 s
857
7.18
695
13.45
803
2.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Claston Bernard
 Jamaica
DNF 908 pts
10.79 s
767
6.80
709
13.68
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Maurice Smith
 Jamaica
DNF 903 pts
10.81 s
854
7.17
0
NM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Benjamin Jensen
 Norway
DNF 852 pts
11.04 s
0
NM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Vitaliy Smirnov
 Uzbekistan
DNF 0 pts
18.28 s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Dmitriy Karpov
 Kazakhstan
DNF 0 pts
DQ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Laurent Hernu
 France
DNS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

See also

References