2021-08 Tokyo Olympics - Men's Decathlon
Damian Warner (CAN) won the men's decathlon at the Tokyo Olympics with 9018 points, 23 above the personal best he had set at Götzis three months earlier. He led after every one of the ten events.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 9018 | +23 | |
| 2 | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | 8726 | -292 | -400 |
| 3 | Ashley Moloney (AUS) | 8649 | -369 | +157 |
| 4 | Garrett Scantling (USA) | 8611 | -407 | -36 |
| 5 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 8604 | -414 | +70 |
| 6 | Zach Ziemek (USA) | 8435 | -583 | -36 |
| 7 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 8414 | -604 | -125 |
| 8 | Ilya Shkurenyov (ROC) | 8413 | -605 | -188 |
| 9 | Jorge Ureña (ESP) | 8322 | -696 | +113 |
| 10 | Steven Bastien (USA) | 8236 | -782 | -249 |
| 11 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 8213 | -805 | -232 |
| 12 | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | 8176 | -842 | -157 |
| 13 | Vitali Zhuk (BLR) | 8131 | -887 | -200 |
| 14 | Kai Kazmirek (GER) | 8126 | -892 | -454 |
| 15 | Maicel Uibo (EST) | 8037 | -981 | -567 |
| 16 | Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE) | 8004 | -1014 | -331 |
| 17 | Jiří Sýkora (CZE) | 7943 | -1075 | -179 |
| 18 | Felipe dos Santos (BRA) | 7880 | -1138 | -484 |
| 19 | Martin Roe (NOR) | 7863 | -1155 | -365 |
| 20 | Karel Tilga (EST) | 7018 | -2000 | -1466 |
| 21 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 7008 | -2010 | -1359 |
| DNF | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen (BEL) | |||
| DNF | Niklas Kaul (GER) |
Warner led from the opening 100m and was never headed. The lead came closest in the 400m, where Ashley Moloney (AUS) ran 46.29 for 994 points against Warner's 47.48 for 934 and cut the margin from 141 to 81. The hurdles ended that: Warner ran 13.46 for 1045 points, Moloney 14.08 for 964, and the lead went back to 162 and then to 251 after the discus. It never came below 214 again.
Warner finished day 1 on 4722, 21 under his own PB series, having given up 65 in the high jump and 10 in the long jump against a 100m worth 4 more and a shot worth 30. Day 2 recovered it and more. The pole vault returned 31 at 4.90 against a 4.80 series mark, and the javelin 60 at 63.44 for 790 points, which put him 61 above the series with one event left. The 1500m took 38 back, and 9018 stood 23 above the 8995 he had scored at Götzis in May.
Kevin Mayer (FRA) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 9126 from Talence in September 2018, and never got near the series behind it. He was fifth at the day break on 4340 and 223 under, the long jump 75 down at 7.50 against a 7.80 series mark, the shot 57 and the 400m 89. Day 2 kept the deficit widening through the hurdles, discus and vault, to 374 under after 5.20 in the pole vault. Then the javelin: 73.09 for 937 points, 19 above his series mark and the throw that moved him from fourth to second. He finished 8726, 400 under the series.
Moloney was second at the break on 4641 and 28 above his PB series, with 10.34 in the 100m for 1013 points and 2.11 in the high jump for 906. He held second after every event from the 100m to the pole vault, where 5.00 for 910 points was 61 above his series mark and took him to 109 up. The javelin dropped him to third and the 1500m returned 57, for 8649 and 157 above the series, a personal best on the 8492 he scored in Brisbane in December 2020.
Garrett Scantling (USA) finished fourth, 38 behind Moloney. The deficit was 303 at the day break and the 400m was the largest single piece of it, Moloney's 994 points against 897. Day 2 nearly erased it: 69.10 in the javelin for 876 points, 75 above his own series mark, took 181 back, and 4.35.54 in the 1500m for 709 points, 136 above the series, another 24. It left him 38 short of third and 36 under his PB series.
Niklas Kaul (GER), the third-ranked entrant on his 8691 from Doha in October 2019, was thirteenth on 3380 after the high jump and 102 above his own PB series at that point. He recorded no valid mark in the 400m, which dropped him to twenty-second and 784 under the series, and did not start the hurdles.
Three of the top nine finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Moloney's 157 was the largest, from the pole vault and the closing 1500m. Jorge Ureña (ESP) gained 113 for ninth and Pierce LePage (CAN) 70 for fifth, LePage having been 108 above his series at the day break on the strength of 62 in the shot and 50 in the long jump. Maicel Uibo (EST), the fifth-ranked entrant, finished fifteenth and 567 under his series, and Kai Kazmirek (GER) fourteenth and 454 under.
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