Commonwealth Games Edmonton 1978 (0)
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Daley Thompson | ENG | 8467 W |
10,50 - 8.11 - 14.43 - 2.07 - 47,85 - 14,92 - 41.68 - 4.80 - 56.60 - 4.25,78 |
8470 W |
| 2 | Peter Hadfield | AUS | 7623 v |
10,98 - 7.28 - 13.48 - 1.92 - 49,24 - 15,59 - 46.52 - 4.00 - 60.80 - 4.54,54 |
7561 v |
| 3 | Alan Drayton | ENG | 7484 v |
11,03 - 7.15 - 11.85 - 1.95 - 50,17 - 14,86 - 40.60 - 4.40 - 57.22 - 4.54,11 |
7431 v |
| 4 | Graeme Watson | ENG | 7261 W |
10,77 - 7.31 - 13.29 - 1.89 - 49,73 - 16,97 - 38.04 - 3.80 - 54.90 - 4.44,73 |
7143 W |
| 5 | Panayotis Zeniou | CYP | 7201 v |
11,38 - 6.93 - 13.31 - 1.75 - 50,80 - 16,26 - 37.38 - 4.20 - 56.54 - 4.20,48 |
7107 v |
| 6 | Robert Town | CAN | 7138 v |
11,59 - 6.47 - 13.33 - 1.92 - 52,40 - 16,40 - 46.62 - 3.60 - 62.20 - 4.32,3 |
7048 v |
| 7 | Robert Sadler | NZL | 7117 W |
11,42 - 6.87 - 12.28 - 1.95 - 51,87 - 15,93 - 36.66 - 4.40 - 42.10 - 4.20,1 |
7016 W |
| 8 | Charles Kokoyo | KEN | 6775 W |
11,32 - 7.27 - 9.58 - 1.89 - 50,32 - 16,40 - 33.90 - 3.00 - 65.00 - 4.32,8 |
6760 W |
| 9 | Mike Bull | NIR | 6610 | 11,60 - 6.57 - 11.85 - 1.83 - 52,77 - 16,54 - 35.62 - 4.90 - 42.60 - 5.05,71 |
6522 |
| 10 | Tony Verhoeven | CAN | 6453 | 11,64 - 6.24 - 13.04 - 0 - 50,64 - 16,22 - 39.82 - 4.20 - 56.14 - 4.12,82 |
6400 |
| 11 | Dunstan Campbell | GRN | 5515 W |
12,11 - 5.65 - 12.60 - 1.75 - 61,30 - 17,41 - 34.36 - 3.20 - 55.64 - 5.26,50 |
5367 W |
v – event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s
W – one event with wind >4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events >2.0 m/s (IAAF rule until 31/12/2009)
By 1985 – total points recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables.
Didn’t finish:
Zenon Smiechowski (CAN), Craig Considine (AUS)
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