Olympic Games Tokyo 1964 (1)
1964 Tokyo Olympic Games men’s decathlon official results
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Willi Holdorf | EUA | 7887 | 10,7 - 7.00 - 14.95 - 1.84 - 48,2 15,0 - 46.05 - 4.20 - 57.37 - 4.34,3 |
7726 |
| 2 | Rein Aun | URS | 7842 | 10,9 - 7.22 - 13.82 - 1.93 - 48,8 15,9 - 44.19 - 4.20 - 59.06 - 4.22,3 |
7677 |
| 3 | Hans-Joachim Walde | EUA | 7809 | 11,0 - 7.21 - 14.45 - 1.96 - 49,5 15,3 - 43.15 - 4.10 - 62.90 - 4.37,0 |
7666 |
| 4 | Paul Herman | USA | 7787 | 11,2 - 6.97 - 13.89 - 1.87 - 49,2 15,2 - 44.15 - 4.35 - 63.35 - 4.25,4 |
7651 |
| 5 | Yang Chuan-kwang | TPE | 7650 | 11,0 - 6.80 - 13.23 - 1.81 - 49,0 14,7 - 39.59 - 4.60 - 68.15 - 4.48,4 |
7539 |
| 6 | Horst Beyer | EUA | 7647 | 11,2 - 7.02 - 14.32 - 1.90 - 49,8 15,2 - 45.17 - 3.80 - 58.17 - 4.23,6 |
7488 |
| 7 | Vasili Kuznetsov | URS | 7569 | 10,9 - 6.98 - 14.06 - 1.70 - 49,5 14,9 - 43.81 - 4.40 - 67.87 - 5.02,5 |
7454 |
| 8 | Mikhail Storozhenko | URS | 7464 | 11,0 - 7.22 - 16.37 - 1.84 - 53,6 15,0 - 43.20 - 4.00 - 59.10 - 5.00,7 |
7307 |
| 9 | Russell Hodge | USA | 7325 | 11,0 - 6.75 - 14.93 - 1.75 - 49,6 16,0 - 44.64 - 3.70 - 50.21 - 4.24,9 |
7130 |
| 10 | Richard Emberger | USA | 7292 | 11,2 - 6.72 - 11.80 - 1.90 - 49,1 14,9 - 35.32 - 3.70 - 57.54 - 4.19,3 |
7126 |
| 11 | William Gairdner | CAN | 7147 | 11,2 - 6.40 - 13.38 - 1.70 - 49,2 15,4 - 42.91 - 3.40 - 59.72 - 4.24,5 |
6989 |
| 12 | Valbjörn Thorlaksson | ISL | 7135 | 11,1 - 6.43 - 13.10 - 1.81 - 50,1 15,6 - 39.70 - 4.40 - 56.19 - 5.00,6 |
6958 |
| 13 | Franco Sar | ITA | 7054 | 11,3 - 6.31 - 13.60 - 1.75 - 52,2 14,8 - 47.46 - 4.20 - 53.59 - 5.08,4 |
6888 |
| 14 | Alois Büchel | LIE | 6849 | 11,3 - 6.81 - 12.16 - 1.81 - 49,7 17,5 - 37.19 - 4.00 - 44.90 - 4.28,6 |
6629 |
| 15 | Shosuke Suzuki | JPN | 6838 | 11,1 - 6.53 - 11.35 - 1.70 - 50,8 16,5 - 35.24 - 4.25 - 51.88 - 4.28,1 |
6654 |
| 16 | Guerrino Moro | CAN | 6716 | 11,6 - 6.20 - 12.62 - 1.70 - 52,0 16,8 - 40.90 - 4.60 - 46.63 - 4.38,8 |
6540 |
| 17 | Kiprop Koech | KEN | 6707 | 11,7 - 6.50 - 10.55 - 1.87 - 52,5 15,1 - 33.07 - 4.05 - 54.54 - 4.41,6 |
6554 |
| 18 | Dramane Sereme | MLI | 5917 | 11,1 - 6.51 - 11.03 - 1.60 - 51,2 16,4 - 29.24 - 2.60 - 48.46 - 4.51,5 |
5804 |
By 1985 – total recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables, with standard adjustments for hand-timed races. The original championship placings are preserved.
EUA – United Team of Germany, which included athletes from East and West Germany at the 1964 Olympic Games.
Didn’t finish:
Werner Duttweiler (SUI), Hector Thomas (VEN), Eef Kamerbeek (NED), Wu Ah-min (TPE)
Didn’t start:
Samir Vincent (IRQ)
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