Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.^[1]

Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram of athletics
Venues	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 28–29
Competitors	39 from 26 nations
Winning result	8488
Medalists
Christian Schenk  East Germany Torsten Voss  East Germany Dave Steen  Canada
← 1984 1992 →

Medalists

Gold	Christian Schenk  East Germany
Silver	Torsten Voss  East Germany
Bronze	Dave Steen  Canada

Schedule

September 28, 1988

1. 100 m
2. Long Jump
3. Shot Put
4. High Jump
5. 400 m

September 29, 1988

6. 110 m hurdles
7. Discus Throw
8. Pole Vault
9. Javelin Throw
10. 1,500 m

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	8798(*)	8832(**)	Jürgen Hingsen	Mannheim (FRG)	June 9, 1984
	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles (USA)	August 9, 1984
Olympic Record	8797(*)	8847(**)	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles (USA)	August 9, 1984

(*) Original score according to the 1962/1977 tables.

(**) Score according to the 1985 tables.

Thompson's mark was not a world record in 1984, but when the 1985 tables came into use, his mark became the record. They were both given credit for the world record.

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming the high jump mark.

Neither the silver nor bronze medallists claimed any of these marks yet the competitor who placed 17th claimed three of them.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Christian Schenk	East Germany	11.25	7.43	15.48	2.27	48.90	15.13	49.28	4.70	61.32	4:28.95	8488
	Torsten Voss	East Germany	10.87	7.45	14.97	1.97	47.71	14.46	44.36	5.10	61.76	4:33.02	8399
	Dave Steen	Canada	11.18	7.44	14.20	1.97	48.29	14.81	43.66	5.20	64.16	4:23.20	8328
4	Daley Thompson	Great Britain	10.62	7.38	15.02	2.03	49.06	14.72	44.80	4.90	64.04	4:45.11	8306
5	Christian Plaziat	France	10.83	7.62	13.58	2.12	48.34	14.18	43.06	4.90	52.18	4:34.07	8272
6	Alain Blondel	France	11.02	7.43	12.92	1.97	47.44	14.40	41.20	5.20	57.46	4:16.64	8268
7	Tim Bright	United States	11.18	7.05	14.12	2.06	49.34	14.39	41.68	5.70	61.60	4:51.20	8216
8	Robert de Wit	Netherlands	11.05	6.95	15.34	2.00	48.21	14.36	41.32	4.80	63.00	4:25.86	8189
9	Dave Johnson	United States	11.15	7.12	14.52	2.03	49.15	14.66	42.36	4.90	66.46	4:29.62	8180
10	Pavel Tarnavetskiy	Soviet Union	11.23	7.28	15.25	1.97	48.60	14.76	48.02	5.20	59.48	4:52.24	8167
11	Petri Keskitalo	Finland	10.94	7.56	15.34	1.97	49.94	14.25	41.86	4.80	66.64	4:55.89	8143
12	Beat Gähwiler	Switzerland	11.18	7.34	14.48	1.94	49.02	15.11	42.46	4.70	65.84	4:16.74	8114
13	Dezső Szabó	Hungary	11.02	7.29	12.92	2.06	48.23	14.96	39.54	5.00	56.80	4:17.85	8093
14	Mike Smith	Canada	10.99	7.37	13.61	1.97	47.83	14.70	43.88	4.30	66.54	4:28.97	8083
15	Simon Shirley	Australia	11.03	7.45	14.20	1.97	48.84	15.44	41.68	4.70	64.00	4:27.48	8036
16	Simon Poelman	New Zealand	11.09	7.08	14.51	2.03	49.89	14.78	43.20	4.90	57.18	4:28.54	8021
17	Mikael Olander	Sweden	11.46	6.75	16.07	2.00	51.28	16.06	50.66	4.80	72.80	5:02.42	7869
18	Uwe Freimuth	East Germany	11.57	7.00	15.60	1.94	49.84	15.04	46.66	4.90	60.20	4:46.04	7860
19	Lars Warming	Denmark	11.07	7.04	13.41	1.94	47.97	14.49	40.38	4.80	51.50	4:22.41	7859
20	Roman Hrabaň	Czechoslovakia	10.89	7.07	15.84	1.79	49.68	14.94	45.32	4.90	60.48	5:06.68	7781
21	Georg Werthner	Austria	11.52	7.36	13.93	1.94	49.99	15.64	38.82	4.60	67.04	4:26.42	7753
22	Christian Gugler	Switzerland	11.49	7.02	13.80	2.03	50.60	15.22	39.08	4.70	60.92	4:21.93	7745
23	Antonio Peñalver	Spain	11.38	7.08	14.31	2.00	50.24	14.97	46.34	4.40	55.68	4:32.68	7743
24	Alex Kruger	Great Britain	11.30	6.97	13.23	2.15	49.98	15.38	38.72	4.60	54.34	4:37.84	7623
25	Lee Fu-an	Chinese Taipei	11.00	7.23	13.15	2.03	49.73	14.96	38.06	4.50	52.82	4:45.57	7579
26	Santiago Mellado	El Salvador	11.33	6.83	11.63	2.06	48.37	15.39	37.52	4.60	55.42	4:30.07	7517	NR
27	Severin Moser	Switzerland	11.10	6.98	12.69	1.85	48.63	15.13	38.04	4.70	49.52	4:21.90	7502
28	Věroslav Valenta	Czechoslovakia	11.51	7.01	14.17	1.94	51.16	15.18	45.84	4.60	56.28	5:03.17	7442
29	Carlos O'Connell	Ireland	11.26	6.90	12.41	1.88	48.24	15.61	38.02	4.40	52.68	4:32.06	7310
30	Greg Richards	Great Britain	11.50	7.09	12.94	1.82	49.27	15.56	42.32	4.50	53.50	4:53.85	7237
31	Gong Guohua	China	11.43	6.22	13.98	1.91	51.25	15.88	46.18	4.60	57.84	4:54.99	7231
32	Albert Miller	Fiji	11.47	6.43	12.33	1.94	50.30	15.00	38.72	4.00	57.26	4:53.72	7231
33	Lee Gwang-ik	South Korea	11.57	7.19	10.27	1.91	50.71	16.20	34.36	4.10	54.94	4:29.98	7231
34	Dambar Kunwar	Nepal	12.12	5.83	9.71	1.71	52.32	17.05	27.10	2.80	39.10	4:41.24	5339
	Valter Külvet	Soviet Union	11.31	7.14	15.29	2.00	50.62	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Gary Kinder	United States	11.31	7.00	14.89	1.97	51.79	DNS	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Fidel Solórzano	Ecuador	11.01	6.79	11.76	1.88	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Aleksandr Apaychev	Soviet Union	DNF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF
	Jürgen Hingsen	West Germany	DQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships Decathlon
• 1987 Men's World Championship Decathlon
• 1988 Hypo-Meeting
• 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon