International athletics championship event
The 2012 Thorpe Cup was held at the Georg-Gaßmann-Stadion in Marburg on 21–22 July 2012.
Kai Kazmirek won the men's decathlon event with a personal best score of 8130 points[ 1] and Kira Biesenbach won the women's heptathlon event, also recording a personal best, with 5878 points.[ 2]
A number of Olympic athletes were in Marburg over the weekend to practise for the upcoming Summer Games in London . One month after recording his world record , Ashton Eaton competed in five of the ten disciplines, and even secured personal bests in the shot put [ 3] and javelin throw .
2012 Thorpe Cup medalists in the men's decathlon
Kai Kazmirek
8130 points
Matthias Prey
7777 points
Maximilian Gilde
7687 points
2012 Thorpe Cup medalists in the women's heptathlon
Kira Biesenbach
5878 points
Bettie Wade
5795 points
Chelsea Carrier-Eades
5783 points
Results
Men's decathlon
Rank
Name
Points
Notes
100 m
Long jump
Shot put
High jump
400 m
110 m hurdles
Discus
Pole vault
Javelin
1500 m
Kai Kazmirek
8130
PB
10.86
7.40
13.42
2.07
47.53
14.94
39.47
5.05
56.52
4:35.09
Matthias Prey
7777
11.28
7.48
15.08
1.86
50.64
14.67
47.59
4.05
59.22
4:33.48
Maximilian Gilde
7687
11.28
7.65
11.67
1.92
50.76
14.66
40.14
4.65
63.73
4:42.83
4
Ryan Harlan
7683
11.28
6.63
15.79
2.01
52.58
14.58
44.42
4.95
65.59
5:23.33
5
Moritz Cleve
7570
11.20
6.55
13.95
1.98
50.07
14.48
39.98
4.65
54.46
4:38.96
6
Joe Detmer
7473
11.16
6.91
11.65
1.98
48.87
15.35
39.20
4.45
53.39
4:24.95
7
Isaac Murphy
7373
10.82
7.11
12.69
1.86
49.09
14.61
35.61
4.65
43.71
4:40.88
8
Patrick Spinner
7357
11.16
7.25
13.48
1.92
51.00
16.55
38.60
4.65
65.50
5:05.56
9
Lars Albert
7292
11.50
7.20
14.55
1.86
54.26
15.69
44.63
4.65
58.14
4:58.92
10
Gray Horn
6990
11.02
7.46
12.92
1.98
50.78
14.36
39.37
4.65
50.61
DNF
11
Jake Arnold
6909
11.28
6.31
13.46
1.92
50.46
14.38
43.03
4.95
56.68
DNF
12
Mat Clark
6670
11.28
7.11
12.82
1.98
51.32
16.79
40.28
NM
60.31
4:25.33
13
Trey Hardee
4212
DNS
7.27
14.95
NM
49.07
DNS
47.75
4.85
DNS
DNS
14
Ashton Eaton
4163
10.46
DNS
14.78
2.04
DNS
DNS
46.54
DNS
61.68
DNS
15
Jan Felix Knobel
3301
DNS
7.14
14.99
NM
DNS
DNS
46.61
4.85
DNS
DNS
16
Rico Freimuth
3248
DNS
7.03
13.93
NM
DNS
14.14
NM
4.45
DNS
DNS
17
Bryan Clay
2523
10.82
7.09
14.96
NM
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
18
Lars Niklas Heinke
2323
11.00
7.40
11.10
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
Women's heptathlon
References
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