Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016 (0)

Oct 30, 2026

Ashton Eaton successfully defended his Olympic champion title from London 2012, scoring 8893 points to equal the existing Olympic record set by Roman Šebrle in Athens 2004. France’s Kevin Mayer claimed the silver medal with a national record of 8834 points, finishing just 59 points behind Eaton, while Canada’s Damian Warner secured bronze with 8666 points. The Rio 2016 decathlon was one of the strongest in Olympic history, with 11 athletes scoring at least 8300 points.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Ashton Eaton	USA	8893 =OR	10,46 - 7.94 - 14.73 - 2.01 - 46,07 13,80 - 45.49 - 5.20 - 59.77 - 4.23,33
2	Kevin Mayer	FRA	8834	10,81 - 7.60 - 15.76 - 2.04 - 48,28 14,02 - 46.78 - 5.40 - 65.04 - 4.25,49
3	Damian Warner	CAN	8666	10,30 - 7.67 - 13.66 - 2.04 - 47,35 13,58 - 44.93 - 4.70 - 63.19 - 4.24,90
4	Kai Kazmirek	GER	8580	10,78 - 7.69 - 14.20 - 2.10 - 46,75 14,62 - 43.25 - 5.00 - 64.60 - 4.31,25
5	Larbi Bourrada	ALG	8521	10,75 - 7.52 - 13.78 - 2.10 - 47,98 14,15 - 42.39 - 4.60 - 66.49 - 4.14,60
6	Leonel Suarez	CUB	8460	11,21 - 7.14 - 14.27 - 2.07 - 48,15 14,48 - 47.07 - 4.90 - 72.32 - 4.28,32
7	Zach Ziemek	USA	8392	10,71 - 7.49 - 13.44 - 2.10 - 49,83 14,77 - 49.42 - 5.20 - 60.92 - 4.42,97
8	Thomas van der Plaetsen	BEL	8332	11,24 - 7.66 - 12.84 - 2.16 - 49,63 15,01 - 43.58 - 5.40 - 62.09 - 4.34,21
9	Kurt Felix	GRN	8323	10,93 - 7.42 - 14.77 - 2.07 - 49,14 14,79 - 45.10 - 4.50 - 69.92 - 4.30,53
10	Luiz Alberto de Araujo	BRA	8315	10,77 - 7.48 - 15.26 - 1.92 - 48,14 14,17 - 45.10 - 4.90 - 57.28 - 4.31,46
11	Jeremy Taiwo	USA	8300	11,01 - 7.45 - 14.92 - 2.19 - 48,78 14,57 - 39.91 - 5.00 - 51.29 - 4.21,96
12	Adam Sebastian Helcelet	CZE	8291	11,06 - 7.35 - 15.11 - 2.04 - 49,51 14,37 - 44.13 - 4.70 - 68.20 - 4.34,41
13	Bastien Auzeil	FRA	8064	11,17 - 7.07 - 15.41 - 1.98 - 49,34 14,82 - 42.23 - 5.10 - 61.91 - 4.40,50
14	Cedric Dubler	AUS	8024	10,86 - 7.47 - 11.49 - 2.13 - 48,18 14,30 - 38.89 - 4.90 - 51.82 - 4.32,12
15	Arthur Abele	GER	8013	10,87 - 6.97 - 15.03 - 1.98 - 49,02 14,12 - 44.66 - 4.50 - 64.13 - 4.53,07
16	Lindon Victor	GRN	7998	10,83 - 7.11 - 14.80 - 1.98 - 49,80 15,74 - 53.24 - 4.40 - 63.54 - 4.44,73
17	Pau Tonnesen	ESP	7982	11,32 - 7.33 - 13.69 - 2.01 - 50,81 14,99 - 46.31 - 5.20 - 60.15 - 4.46,27
18	Yordani Garcia	CUB	7961	10,81 - 6.83 - 14.58 - 2.01 - 48,69 14,25 - 40.34 - 4.50 - 64.70 - 4.44,99
19	Dominik Distelberger	AUT	7954	10,84 - 7.33 - 13.40 - 1.89 - 48,61 14,39 - 38.09 - 4.80 - 61.83 - 4.33,47
20	Keisuke Ushiro	JPN	7952	11,30 - 6.83 - 14.14 - 1.98 - 50,43 15,09 - 49.90 - 4.90 - 66.63 - 4.46,33
21	Pawel Wiesiolek	POL	7784	10,88 - 6.73 - 14.17 - 2.01 - 50,18 15,09 - 48.32 - 4.50 - 56.68 - 4.42,27
22	Akihiko Nakamura	JPN	7612	11,04 - 7.13 - 12.00 - 1.92 - 48,93 14,57 - 34.91 - 4.70 - 51.24 - 4.18,37
23	Karl Robert Saluri	EST	7223	10,82 - 7.02 - 13.88 - 1.77 - 50,32 16,51 - 42.96 - 4.50 - 46.42 - 4.39,40
24	Maicel Uibo	EST	7170	11,16 - 7.14 - 0 - 2.13 - 51,08 14,84 - 37.69 - 5.10 - 60.52 - 4.47,49
25	Jiří Sýkora	CZE	6237	11,15 - 7.00 - 13.45 - 1.98 - 49,88 15,02 - 44.49 - 0 - 56.99 - 0

=OR – equalled olympic record

Didn’t finish:
Jiri Sykora (CZE), Leonid Andreyev (UZB), Pieter Braun (NED), Olexiy Kasyanov (UKR), Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED), Rico Freimuth (GER), Willem Coertzen (RSA), Mihail Dudaš (SRB).

Historical note: Ashton Eaton became the third man to win consecutive Olympic decathlon titles, following Bob Mathias and Daley Thompson. His 8893 points equalled the Olympic record set by Roman Šebrle in 2004. Larbi Bourrada established an African record with 8521 points. For the first time in Olympic decathlon history, 11 athletes scored at least 8300 points.

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