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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's decathlon

|games = 2000 Summer

|image = Athletics pictogram.svg

|image_size = 50px

|caption = Pictogram of athletics

|venues = Stadium Australia

|dates = 27–28 September

|competitors = 36

|nations = 23

|longnames = yes

|win_label = Winning result

|win_value = 8641

|gold = Erki Nool

|goldNOC = EST

|silver = Roman Šebrle

|silverNOC = CZE

|bronze = Chris Huffins

|bronzeNOC = USA

|prev = 1996

|next = 2004

}}

The Men's Decathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September 2000.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-decathlon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-decathlon.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Decathlon |access-date=27 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}

The winning margin was 36 points. As of 2023, this is the narrowest winning margin in the Olympic decathlon since the introduction of the 1984 scoring tables and the only time the Olympic decathlon has been won by fewer than 50 points over this same period.

After the first day of the contest, Chris Huffins found himself in an eight-point lead ahead of Dean Macey. Erki Nool and Tom Pappas occupied the next places. On the next day, Nool dropped to fifth place after the 110 metres hurdles but advanced again after the controversial discus contest. Starting with two foul attempts, Nool was originally fouled in his third and last attempt as well, which would have resulted in him getting 0 points and falling out of the leading group. However, Nool successfully appealed the ring-foul ruling and had his throw measured to 43.66 metres which saw him climb one place. The British delegation, representing Macey, protested to no avail.

Following Nool's strong result in the javelin throw event Huffins' lead had shrunk to only 14 points before the 1500 metres. As this was a weak event for Huffins he looked set to lose out in the medal chase; however, he managed to lower his personal best time by twelve seconds and grasped a bronze medal. Reigning world champion and world record holder Tomáš Dvořák struggled with a knee problem throughout the competition and finished in a disappointing sixth place.

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Erki Nool|EST|2000 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Roman Šebrle|CZE|2000 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Chris Huffins|USA|2000 Summer}}


Šebrle would go on to break the world record in 2001 and win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in a new Olympic record. Huffins retired from international athletics after the end of the season.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
align=left|World Record

|align=left| 8994

|align=left| Tomáš Dvořák

| Czech Republic

| Prague, Czech Republic

| 4 July 1999

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| Olympic Record

|align=left| 8847

| Daley Thompson

| United Kingdom

| Los Angeles, United States

| 9 August 1984

Results

=Overall results=

The best marks for each event were split between eight competitors with the gold medallist claiming none (which is unusual in an Olympic decathlon) but placing second in three of them.

Flying points table after final event:

class="wikitable sortable"

!rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Nation

!rowspan="2"|Overall
points

!colspan="10"|Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in bold green with a yellow background)

100 m

!Long jump

!Shot put

!High jump

!400 m

!110 metres hurdles

!Discus throw

!Pole vault

!Javelin throw

!1500 m

{{gold1}}Erki Nool

|align=left|{{flagIOC|EST|2000 Summer}}

!8641

|933
10.68

1000
7.76		796
15.11		803
2.00		973
46.71		913
14.48		739
43.66		910
5.00		826
65.82		748
4:29.48
{{silver2}}Roman Šebrle

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer}}

!8606

|878
10.92

965
7.62		803
15.22		915
2.12		899
48.20		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|991
13.87		754
44.39		849
4.80		799
64.04		753
4:28.79
{{bronze3}}Chris Huffins

|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}}

!8595 (SB)

|bgcolor="F2F5A9"|980
10.48

987
7.71		806
15.27		887
2.09		894
48.31		986
13.91		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|861
49.55		819
4.70		687
56.62		688
4:38.71
4Dean Macey

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}}

!8567 (PB)

|903
10.81

bgcolor="F2F5A9"|1002
7.77		766
14.62		887
2.09		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|988
46.41		907
14.53		733
43.37		849
4.80		744
60.38		788
4:23.45
5Tom Pappas

|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}}

!8425

|901
10.82

913
7.41		782
14.87		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|1002
2.21		878
48.64		955
14.15		693
41.42		880
4.90		772
62.26		649
4:45.10
6Tomáš Dvořák

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer}}

!8385

|881
10.91

935
7.50		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|846
15.91		776
1.97		856
49.11		931
14.34		811
47.15		731
4.40		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|888
69.94		730
4:32.23
7Frank Busemann

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}}

!8351

|881
10.91

970
7.64		760
14.52		887
2.09		863
48.97		954
14.16		538
33.71		910
5.00		812
64.91		776
4:25.32
8Attila Zsivoczky

|align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}}

!8277

|838
11.10

821
7.00		787
14.96		859
2.06		880
48.61		817
15.27		817
47.43		849
4.80		827
65.87		789
4:23.37
9Stefan Schmid

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}}

!8206

|874
10.94

854
7.17		731
14.04		803
2.00		880
48.61		926
14.38		681
40.81		910
5.00		844
67.03		703
4:36.49
10Henrik Dagård

|align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|2000 Summer}}

!8178 (SB)

|897
10.84

833
7.08		788
14.97		749
1.94		873
48.75		936
14.30		725
42.95		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|941
5.10		814
65.05		622
4:49.51
11Zsolt Kürtösi

|align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}}

!8149 (PB)

|861
11.00

859
7.19		798
15.13		803
2.00		870
48.81		955
14.15		800
46.62		849
4.80		695
57.16		659
4:43.39
12Mário Aníbal

|align=left|{{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}}

!8136 (NR)

|867
10.97

790
6.90		814
15.39		831
2.03		875
48.71		885
14.71		767
45.01		880
4.90		700
57.51		727
4:32.68
13Lev Lobodin

|align=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}}

!8071

|917
10.75

857
7.18		836
15.75		749
1.94		867
48.87		972
14.02		758
44.55		910
5.00		591
50.16		614
4:50.73
14Jiří Ryba

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer}}

!8056

|830
11.14

838
7.10		741
14.21		803
2.00		863
48.97		851
14.99		722
42.83		880
4.90		704
57.76		824
4:18.21
15Raúl Duany

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CUB|2000 Summer}}

!8054

|841
11.09

893
7.33		688
13.34		859
2.06		827
49.73		918
14.44		688
41.17		790
4.60		803
64.31		747
4:29.68
16Oleksandr Yurkov

|align=left|{{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer}}

!7993

|885
10.89

739
6.68		776
14.78		776
1.97		877
48.66		847
15.02		843
48.67		910
5.00		659
54.77		681
4:39.94
17Indrek Kaseorg

|align=left|{{flagIOC|EST|2000 Summer}}

!7932

|793
11.31

866
7.22		683
13.26		776
1.97		813
50.03		902
14.57		705
41.98		849
4.80		837
66.54		708
4:35.64
18Klaus Ambrosch

|align=left|{{flagIOC|AUT|2000 Summer}}

!7917

|858
11.01

854
7.17		808
15.30		723
1.91		804
50.23		859
14.92		689
41.22		790
4.60		858
67.94		674
4:40.94
19Laurent Hernu

|align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}}

!7909

|819
11.19

847
7.14		700
13.54		859
2.06		786
50.63		910
14.51		701
41.78		910
5.00		683
56.34		694
4:37.82
20Wilfrid Boulineau

|align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}}

!7821

|845
11.07

833
7.08		690
13.38		831
2.03		823
49.82		847
15.02		662
39.86		849
4.80		733
59.69		708
4:35.59
21Kip Janvrin

|align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}}

!7726

|804
11.26

727
6.63		702
13.57		670
1.85		856
49.12		831
15.15		709
42.20		910
5.00		690
56.84		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|827
4:17.81
22Volodymyr Mykhailenko

|align=left|{{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer}}

!7676

|838
11.10

823
7.04		700
13.53		859
2.06		871
48.80		869
14.84		674
40.45		790
4.60		548
47.27		704
4:36.23
23Fedor Laukhin

|align=left|{{flagIOC|UKR|2000 Summer}}

!7652

|814
11.21

816
7.01		677
13.16		831
2.03		831
49.64		830
15.16		631
38.33		880
4.90		671
55.53		671
4:41.48
24Eduard Hämäläinen

|align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|2000 Summer}}

!7520

|858
11.01

859
7.19		732
14.06		670
1.85		902
48.14		927
14.37		583
35.98		849
4.80		546
47.11		594
4:54.18
25Mike Maczey

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}}

!7228

|823
11.17

838
7.10		719
13.84		831
2.03		819
49.91		0
DNF		739
43.64		bgcolor="F2F5A9"|941
5.10		760
61.49		758
4:27.99
 Eugenio Balanqué

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CUB|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|890
10.87

628
6.19		784
14.90		749
1.94		898
48.23		929
14.36		799
46.56		0
NM		 
 		 
 
 Claston Bernard

|align=left|{{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|908
10.79

0
NM		709
13.68		887
2.09		825
49.77		848
15.01		688
41.15		0
NM		 
 		 
 
 Prodromos Korkizoglou

|align=left|{{flagIOC|GRE|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|919
10.74

852
7.16		710
13.70		776
1.97		657
53.57		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Scott Ferrier

|align=left|{{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|836
11.11

859
7.19		698
13.50		776
1.97		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Roman Razbeyko

|align=left|{{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|763
11.45

771
6.82		727
13.98		776
1.97		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Yeorgios Andreou

|align=left|{{flagIOC|CYP|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|867
10.97

750
6.73		743
14.24		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Sébastien Levicq

|align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|757
11.48

713
6.57		700
13.53		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Trond Høiby

|align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|740
11.56

635
6.22		730
14.03		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Jón Arnar Magnússon

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ISL|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|894
10.85

0
NM		819
15.48		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Aki Heikkinen

|align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|827
11.15

0
NM		690
13.37		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Francisco Javier Benet

|align=left|{{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|769
11.42

657
6.32		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Philipp Huber

|align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|784
11.35

 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
 Oleg Veretelnikov

|align=left|{{flagIOC|UZB|2000 Summer}}

!DNF

|618
12.17

 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 		 
 
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See also

Sources

  • IAAF results day one: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201239/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/100Ru.html 100 m], [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930212231/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/LJRu.html long jump], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816164739/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/SPRu.html shot put], [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930214629/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/HJRu.html high jump] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930193316/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/400Ru.html 400 m]. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
  • IAAF results day two: [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001002707/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/110HRu.html 110 m hurdles], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174308/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/DTRu.html discus], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816164649/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/PVRu.html pole vault], [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031421/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/JTRu.html javelin] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816164608/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/1500Ru.html 1500 m]. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
  • IAAF results: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180827/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/DEC/R10.html Final standings]. Retrieved 27 January 2007.
  • {{cite news|author=IAAF |author-link=International Association of Athletics Federations |title=Decathlon – Day 1 (event report) |url=http://www2.iaaf.org/News/EventReports/getnews.asp?Event=OLY00&Code=2651 |work=IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage |date=27 September 2000 |access-date=2007-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020527054354/http://www.iaaf.org/News/EventReports/getnews.asp?Code=2651&Event=OLY00 |archive-date=27 May 2002 }}
  • {{cite news|author=IAAF |author-link=International Association of Athletics Federations |title=Decathlon – Day 2 (event report) |url=http://www2.iaaf.org/News/EventReports/getnews.asp?Event=OLY00&Code=2674 |work=IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage |date=28 September 2000 |access-date=2007-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030708115218/http://www2.iaaf.org/News/EventReports/getnews.asp?Event=OLY00&Code=2674 |archive-date=8 July 2003 }}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htmOfficial Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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