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.[2]
The final results of the event are in the following table.[4]
Key
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming two of them.