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Joseph Detmer demolished double decathlon world record (4)

Oct 02, 2010

Joseph Detmer / Photo: Kenny Beele

During the World Championships Ultra Multievents in Lynchburg (USA) decathlete Joseph Detmer has broken the world record of double decathlon (icosathlon).

The 27 year old set the new standard to 14571 points, an improvement of 386 points over Kip Janvrin’s old world record.

It is noteworthy that Detmer, with a personal best decathlon of 8090 points this year, scored an unbelievable 7741 point in the decathlon events during the icosathlon.

Double Decathlon World Championships, Lynchburg 2010

A comparison of the three all-time best scores shows the following:

Name Joseph Detmer Kip Janvrin Indrek Kaseorg
Country USA USA EST
Born 03/09/1983 08/07/1965 16/12/1967
Date 24/25.9.2010 07/08.9.2002 12/13.9.1992
Venue Lynchburg (USA) Turku (FIN) Punkalaidun (FIN)
100m 10.93 11.42 11.75
long jump 7.30 6.79 7.00
200mh 24.25 25.31 25.01
shot put 12.27 13.63 12.13
5000m 18,25.32 18,23.97 17,36.07
800m 2,02.23 2,02.46 2,04.84
high jump 1.98 1.87 1.99
400m 50.43 50.64 50.72
hammer 31.82 34.27 32.26
3000st 11,22.47 11,22.96 10,50.14
110h 15.01 15.23 15.11
discus 40.73 40.91 37.04
200m 22.58 22.56 23.30
pole vault 4.85 4.93 4.30
3000m 10,25.99 10,13.16 10,18.50
400h 53.83 54.40 54.00
javelin 51.95 58.31 57.78
1500m 4,26.66 4,35.76 4,47.36
triple jump 13.67 13.18 14.04
10000m 40,27.26 42,37.71 45,35.95
total 14571 14185 13905
decathlon 7741 7524 7187
day 1 7208 6912 7032
day 2 7363 7273 6873

Comments (4)

B.J. Parish wrote on Oct 02, 2010
its crazy how similar the numbers are accept the first 2 events for detmer and janvrin that is!
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B.J. Parish wrote on Oct 02, 2010
oh yeah and javelin
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Decathlon 2000 wrote on Oct 03, 2010
Great effort by Joe Detmer!
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Bouele wrote on Oct 04, 2010
Detmer's victory was expected but the result is really sensational. The world record was validated and it's officially 14571 points (and not 14574 points). You can find more informations at the following address : http://www.icosathlon.com
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