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Pan American Games all-time decathlon records and champions (0)

Oct 28, 2026
The Pan American Games decathlon archive brings together every champion since 1951, all-time individual-event bests and the highest day and event-group scores. From the early American champions to Damian Warner’s record-breaking 8659 points and Santiago Ford’s home victory in 2023, the tables trace more than seven decades of decathlon history across the Americas.
Pan American Games all-time decathlon records
Event Result Decathlete Nation Points Venue
100 m 10,28 (+1.4) Damian Warner CAN 8659v Toronto 2015
Long jump 7.76 (+0.5) Carlos Eduardo Chinin BRA 7977 Rio de Janeiro 2007
Shot put 17.35 Maurice Smith JAM 8214 Guadalajara 2011 ↗
High jump 2.15 Sheldon Blockburger USA 7262 Havana 1991
400 m 47,05 Alejandro Cárdenas MEX 7387 Mar del Plata 1995
110 m hurdles 13,44 (+2.0) WB Damian Warner CAN 8659v Toronto 2015
Discus throw 53.24 Maurice Smith JAM 8278 Rio de Janeiro 2007
Pole vault 5.30 Gonzalo Barroilhet CHI 7986 Guadalajara 2011 ↗
Javelin throw 72.19 Leonel Suarez CUB 8373 Guadalajara 2011 ↗
Javelin throw (old) 78.86 ^ Doug Fernández VEN 7734 Caracas 1983
1500 m 4.22,84 Kip Janvrin USA 8049v. Mar del Plata 1995
1st day 4499 Damian Warner CAN 8513 Lima 2019
10,32 - 7.74 - 15.01 - 1.97 - 47,77
2nd day 4199 Damian Warner CAN 8659v Toronto 2015
13,44 - 47.56 - 4.60 - 61.53 - 4.24,73
Running events 3782 Damian Warner CAN 8659v Toronto 2015
10,28 - 47,66 - 13,44 - 4.24,73
Jumping events 2714 Pierce LePage CAN 8161 Lima 2019
7.64 - 2.00 - 5.10
Throwing events 2511 Maurice Smith JAM 8214 Guadalajara 2011 ↗
17.35 - 48.79 - 59.57
Decathlon 8659 Damian Warner CAN 8659v Toronto 2015
10,28 - 7.68 - 14.36 - 1.97 - 47,66 - 13,44 - 47.56 - 4.60 - 61.53 - 4.24,73

The Points column in the records table shows the athlete’s complete decathlon total. All totals and event-group scores are expressed using the 1985 scoring tables.

Wind readings beside individual-event results apply to those performances. Wind markers in the Points column describe the complete decathlon, which may have a different wind classification.

WB – world best. Warner’s 13,44 in the 110 m hurdles was a world decathlon best when achieved in 2015; the marker does not mean that it remains the world best today.

^ – old javelin implements (until March 31, 1986)

Pan American Games all-time decathlon champions
Year Venue Decathlete Nation Points
1951 Buenos Aires 1951 Hernan Figueroa CHI 6261
1955 Mexico City 1955 ↗ Rafer Johnson USA 6946
1959 Chicago 1959 David Edstrom USA 7213
1963 São Paulo 1963 John Dean Martin USA 7180
1967 Winnipeg 1967 Bill Toomey USA 7997
1971 Cali 1971 Richard Wanamaker USA 7557
1975 Mexico City 1975 ↗ Bruce Jenner USA 8024
1979 San Juan 1979 Robert Coffman USA 8015W
1983 Caracas 1983 Dave Steen CAN 7962
1987 Indianapolis 1987 Michael Gonzalez USA 7649
1991 Havana 1991 Pedro Ferreira da Silva BRA 7762
1995 Mar del Plata 1995 Kip Janvrin USA 8049v.
1999 Winnipeg 1999 Chris Huffins USA 8170 GR
2003 Santo Domingo 2003 Stephen Moore USA 7809v
2007 Rio de Janeiro 2007 Maurice Smith JAM 8278 GR
2011 Guadalajara 2011 ↗ Leonel Suarez CUB 8373 GR
2015 Toronto 2015 Damian Warner CAN 8659v GR NR
2019 Lima 2019 Damian Warner CAN 8513
2023 Santiago 2023 Santiago Ford CHI 7834

Winning scores achieved before 1985 are shown as recalculated totals using the 1985 scoring tables, rather than the original competition totals.

GR – Games record
NR – national record

Record markers describe the status of a performance when it was achieved. A historical record marker does not mean that the record still stands today.

↗ High altitude event (Mexico City 2240m)
↗ High altitude event (Guadalajara 1566m)

v – event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s
v. – all events with wind <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events >2.0 m/s (IAAF rule since 01/01/2010)
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)

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