Olympic Games Moscow 1980 (0)
Official results of the men’s decathlon at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8495 | 10,62 - 8.00 - 15.18 - 2.08 - 48,01 - 14,47 - 42.24 - 4.70 - 64.16 - 4.39,90 |
8522 |
| 2 | Yuri Kutsenko | URS | 8331 | 11,19 - 7.74 - 14.50 - 2.08 - 48,67 - 15,04 - 39.86 - 4.90 - 68.08 - 4.22,60 |
8369 |
| 3 | Sergei Zhelanov | URS | 8135 | 11,40 - 7.60 - 14.17 - 2.18 - 49,27 - 14,83 - 42.80 - 4.60 - 57.30 - 4.27,50 |
8135 |
| 4 | Georg Werthner | AUT | 8050 | 11,44 - 7.27 - 13.45 - 2.03 - 49,26 - 15,08 - 38.14 - 4.85 - 73.66 - 4.23,40 |
8084 |
| 5 | Josef Zeilbauer | AUT | 8007 | 11,29 - 7.14 - 15.31 - 2.03 - 50,91 - 14,80 - 44.00 - 4.50 - 64.86 - 4.30,60 |
7989 |
| 6 | Dariusz Ludwig | POL | 7978 | 11,35 - 7.51 - 13.32 - 2.08 - 50,55 - 15,38 - 45.82 - 4.80 - 58.38 - 4.29,70 |
7972 |
| 7 | Atanas Andonov | BUL | 7927 | 11,38 - 6.86 - 15.59 - 2.00 - 50,36 - 14,83 - 47.62 - 4.70 - 53.54 - 4.29,20 |
7887 |
| 8 | Steffen Grummt | GDR | 7892 | 11,35 - 6.86 - 16.15 - 1.94 - 49,39 - 14,82 - 48.56 - 4.30 - 55.24 - 4.30,20 |
7840 |
| 9 | Esa Jokinen | FIN | 7826 | 11,40 - 7.27 - 14.12 - 2.06 - 49,06 - 15,62 - 40.48 - 4.20 - 67.38 - 4.34,40 |
7793 |
| 10 | Janusz Szczerkowski | POL | 7822 | 11,22 - 7.38 - 14.06 - 2.00 - 49,64 - 14,57 - 44.74 - 4.90 - 45.22 - 4.44,90 |
7794 |
| 11 | Johannes Lahti | FIN | 7765 | 11,32 - 7.20 - 14.28 - 2.03 - 50,06 - 15,14 - 42.44 - 4.60 - 56.94 - 4.44,00 |
7725 |
| 12 | Stephan Niklaus | SUI | 7762 | 11,17 - 6.93 - 14.29 - 1.97 - 49,74 - 14,96 - 42.18 - 4.30 - 66.54 - 4.44,90 |
7721 |
| 13 | Peter Hadfield | AUS | 7709 | 11,04 - 7.36 - 13.34 - 1.85 - 48,40 - 15,18 - 45.08 - 4.40 - 56.12 - 4.44,70 |
7658 |
| 14 | Razvigor Yankov | BUL | 7624 | 11,26 - 6.61 - 16.28 - 1.85 - 50,37 - 15,69 - 48.02 - 4.60 - 58.12 - 4.51,20 |
7572 |
| 15 | Brad McStravick | GBR | 7616 | 10,97 - 6.74 - 13.53 - 1.91 - 48,80 - 15,23 - 39.46 - 4.30 - 57.98 - 4.31,00 |
7537 |
| 16 | Columba Blango | SLE | 5080 | 11,40 - 6.40 - 10.00 - 1.85 - 53,48 - 15,45 - 23.08 - 0 - 36.20 - 5.22,90 |
5214 |
By 1985 – total recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables
Didn’t finish:
Miro Ronac (PER), Valeri Kachanov (URS), Alessandro Brogini (ITA), Rainer Pottel (GDR), Siegfried Stark (GDR)
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