Outdoor · 10 events · World Athletics scoring tables
Ten events over two days — the decathlon is the classic all-round test of men's track and field, and its winner has a fair claim to the title of world's greatest athlete.
Inputs: seconds for sprints/hurdles, centimetres for jumps, metres for throws, m.ss.ss (minutes first, so 5 = 5:00.00) for 800 m / 1000 m / 1500 m.
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Mark needed in each event for the given total, stepping by 100 points.
| Pts | 100 m | Long jump | Shot put | High jump | 400 m | 110 m hurdles | Discus | Pole vault | Javelin | 1500 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 | 9.21 | 891 | 23.19 | 251 | 40.58 | 11.65 | 70.22 | 621 | 96.49 | 3.16.28 |
| 1200 | 9.59 | 854 | 21.60 | 241 | 42.37 | 12.34 | 65.57 | 591 | 90.10 | 3.28.29 |
| 1100 | 9.98 | 816 | 20.00 | 231 | 44.23 | 13.05 | 60.89 | 560 | 83.67 | 3.40.78 |
| 1000 | 10.39 | 776 | 18.40 | 221 | 46.17 | 13.80 | 56.17 | 529 | 77.19 | 3.53.79 |
| 900 | 10.82 | 736 | 16.79 | 211 | 48.19 | 14.59 | 51.40 | 497 | 70.67 | 4.07.42 |
| 800 | 11.27 | 695 | 15.16 | 200 | 50.32 | 15.41 | 46.59 | 464 | 64.09 | 4.21.77 |
| 700 | 11.75 | 651 | 13.53 | 189 | 52.58 | 16.29 | 41.72 | 430 | 57.45 | 4.36.96 |
| 600 | 12.26 | 606 | 11.89 | 177 | 54.98 | 17.23 | 36.79 | 394 | 50.74 | 4.53.20 |
| 500 | 12.81 | 559 | 10.24 | 165 | 57.57 | 18.25 | 31.78 | 357 | 43.95 | 5.10.73 |
| 400 | 13.41 | 509 | 8.56 | 152 | 60.40 | 19.38 | 26.68 | 318 | 37.05 | 5.29.96 |
| 300 | 14.09 | 456 | 6.87 | 138 | 63.57 | 20.65 | 21.46 | 276 | 30.03 | 5.51.57 |
| 200 | 14.87 | 397 | 5.15 | 122 | 67.27 | 22.14 | 16.08 | 231 | 22.82 | 6.16.84 |
| 100 | 15.86 | 328 | 3.39 | 104 | 71.96 | 24.07 | 10.44 | 178 | 15.33 | 6.49.08 |
| 1 | 17.83 | 225 | 1.53 | 77 | 81.21 | 28.09 | 4.10 | 103 | 7.12 | 7.54.11 |
World Athletics scores every mark with the same shape of formula. For a track event (faster is better) the points are A × (B − T)^C, with T your time in seconds; for a field event (farther or higher is better) they are A × (M − B)^C, with M your distance in metres. The result is rounded down to a whole number and never drops below zero.
Add the 10 event scores for the total. The tables are progressive, so the closer a mark gets to world-record level, the more each extra centimetre or hundredth of a second is worth.
How many events is the decathlon, and over how long?
Ten, contested over two consecutive days outdoors — five each day.
What is a good decathlon score?
8000 points is the benchmark of a complete senior decathlete; national-class athletes score in the 7000s, and the world record sits around 9000.
What order are the decathlon events?
Day one: 100 m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 m. Day two: 110 m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1500 m.
Full guide: Men's Decathlon — events, scoring & records
