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Oct 16, 2026
Bruce Jenner won an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976

Decathlete Bruce Jenner - Decathlon 2000
United States

Date of birth: 28 October 1949
Place of birth: Mount Kisco, New York
Height: 187 cm / Weight: 87 kg
Decathlon: 8634 WR OR Montreal 1976
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Bruce Jenner won an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976
Personal bests
100 m (<=2.0 m/s) 10,94 (+0.0) Montreal 1976
100 m (>2.0 m/s) 10,93 (+3.8) Eugene, OR 1976
Long jump 7.35 nwi
Shot put 15.35 Montreal 1976
High jump 2.03 Montreal 1976
400 m 47,51 Montreal 1976
110 m hurdles 14,3 nwi h
Discus throw 51.68 Eugene, OR 1976
Pole vault 4.88
Javelin throw 69.48 Des Moines 1972
1500 m 4.12,61 Montreal 1976
Total points based on PB 8778 Includes wind-assisted bests
Total 10 best decathlons 82202 Sum of ten highest decathlon scores

 

Decathlons with 8000+ points (9 competitions)
Points Results 1st day 2nd day P Venue
8128
nwi h
11,0 - 7.22 - 14.12 - 1.98 - 49,0
14,7 - 46.50 - 4.57 - 63.96 - 4.15,3
4050 4078 1 Lawrence 1974
8202
nwi h
11,15 - 7.32 - 14.34 - 1.91 - 48,2
14,7 - 44.10 - 4.80 - 64.73 - 4.13,6
4083 4119 1 Richmond 1974
8211
nwi h
10,9 - 7.27 - 14.37 - 1.98 - 49,0
14,7 - 49.10 - 4.70 - 63.50 - 4.22,7
4099 4112 1 Tallinn 1974
8021
nwi h
11,0 - 6.96 - 14.55 - 1.95 - 49,3
14,7 - 45.20 - 4.50 - 66.41 - 4.18,1
3973 4048 1 Des Moines 1975
8429
nwi h
10,7 - 7.17 - 15.25 - 2.01 - 48,7
14,6 - 50.00 - 4.70 - 65.52 - 4.16,6
4215 4214 1 Eugene 1975
8420
WR nwi h
10,7 - 7.17 - 15.25 - 2.01 - 49,03
14,84 - 50.00 - 4.70 - 65.52 - 4.16,6
4206 4214 – Eugene 1975
8024
nwi ↗
11,09 - 7.00 - 15.23 - 1.97 - 49,12
14,95 - 47.93 - 4.60 - 63.99 - 4.42,86
4091 3933 1 Mexico City 1975
8162
nwi h
11,1 - 7.12 - 13.98 - 1.98 - 49,4
14,5 - 48.08 - 4.60 - 68.64 - 4.19,4
3976 4186 1 Des Moines 1976
8459
W
10,93 - 7.21 - 14.04 - 2.00 - 48,72
14,57 - 51.68 - 4.60 - 69.28 - 4.16,60
4149 4310 1 Eugene, OR 1976
8454
WR v
10,93 - 7.19 - 14.04 - 2.00 - 48,72
14,57 - 51.68 - 4.60 - 69.26 - 4.16,60
4144 4310 – Eugene, OR 1976
8634
WR OR
10,94 - 7.22 - 15.35 - 2.03 - 47,51
14,84 - 50.04 - 4.80 - 68.52 - 4.12,61
4315 4319 1 Montreal 1976

 

International medals (2)
Year Venue Championships Event Total Medal
1975 Mexico City 1975 Pan American Games Decathlon 8024 nwi ↗ Gold Gold
1976 Montreal 1976 Olympic Games Decathlon 8634 Gold Gold WR OR

WR – world record
OR – Olympic record
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)
nwi – no wind information
h – hand timed
↗ – high altitude event (2240 m)

The table includes nine competitions. The additional Eugene entries show alternative scoring versions of the same competitions and are not counted as separate decathlons in the total of ten best scores.

Eugene 1975: IAAF lists the world record as 8524 points under the scoring tables then in use, equivalent to 8420 points under the 1985 scoring tables. This version uses 49,03 for 400 m and 14,84 for 110 m hurdles. The 8429-point version uses hand times of 48,7 and 14,6.

Eugene, OR 1976: the 8459 W score includes a wind-assisted long jump of 7.21 m and was not the ratified world record. IAAF lists the world record as 8538 points under the scoring tables then in use, equivalent to 8454 points under the 1985 scoring tables. The 8454-point version shown here uses the legal 7.19 m long jump and the recorded electronic running times.

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