Olympic Games Roma 1960 (0)
1960 Roma Olympic Games men’s decathlon official results
| P | Athlete | Nation | Points | Results | By 1985 |
| 1 | Rafer Johnson | USA | 8392 OR |
11,07 - 7.35 - 15.82 - 1.85 - 48,3 15,46 - 48.49 - 4.10 - 69.76 - 4.49,7 |
7926 |
| 2 | Yang Chuan-kwang | TPE | 8334 OR |
10,88 - 7.46 - 13.33 - 1.90 - 48,1 14,80 - 39.83 - 4.30 - 68.22 - 4.48,5 |
7839 |
| 3 | Vasili Kuznetsov | URS | 7809 | 11,25 - 6.96 - 14.46 - 1.75 - 50,2 15,15 - 50.52 - 3.90 - 71.20 - 4.53,8 |
7557 |
| 4 | Yuri Kutenko | URS | 7567 | 11,50 - 6.93 - 13.97 - 1.80 - 51,1 15,74 - 45.63 - 4.20 - 71.44 - 4.44,2 |
7442 |
| 5 | Evert Kamerbeek | NED | 7236 | 11,49 - 7.21 - 13.76 - 1.80 - 51,1 15,03 - 44.31 - 3.80 - 57.49 - 4.43,6 |
7237 |
| 6 | Franco Sar | ITA | 7195 | 11,51 - 6.69 - 13.89 - 1.80 - 51,3 14,88 - 49.58 - 3.80 - 55.74 - 4.49,2 |
7174 |
| 7 | Markus Jaakko Kahma | FIN | 7112 | 11,69 - 6.93 - 14.55 - 1.75 - 50,5 16,05 - 44.93 - 3.60 - 60.50 - 4.22,8 |
7181 |
| 8 | Klaus Grogorenz | EUA | 7032 | 10,95 - 6.93 - 12.42 - 1.73 - 48,0 16,98 - 40.12 - 3.70 - 60.81 - 4.27,0 |
7114 |
| 9 | Joze Brodnik | YUG | 6918 | 11,74 - 6.91 - 12.30 - 1.80 - 51,0 15,79 - 37.66 - 4.10 - 65.30 - 4.37,7 |
7042 |
| 10 | Manfred Böck | EUA | 6894 | 11,53 - 6.79 - 12.03 - 1.85 - 50,5 16,27 - 37.69 - 3.90 - 63.63 - 4.27,6 |
7037 |
| 11 | Fritz Vogelsang | SUI | 6767 | 11,45 - 6.94 - 11.78 - 1.70 - 50,0 15,44 - 37.03 - 4.00 - 52.61 - 4.27,7 |
6912 |
| 12 | Seppo Suutari | FIN | 6751 | 11,24 - 6.94 - 14.96 - 1.83 - 51,8 15,70 - 37.94 - 3.50 - 59.86 - 5.04,8 |
6914 |
| 13 | Luciano Paccagnella | ITA | 6279 | 11,93 - 6.73 - 14.18 - 1.80 - 54,3 15,88 - 45.67 - 3.60 - 48.60 - 4.55,4 |
6594 |
| 14 | Björgvin Holm | ISL | 6261 | 11,89 - 6.93 - 13.58 - 1.75 - 51,0 16,37 - 39.50 - 3.30 - 57.45 - 4.40,6 |
6675 |
| 15 | Hermann Timme | NED | 6206 | 11,43 - 6.93 - 13.19 - 1.83 - 51,2 15,88 - 39.28 - 3.30 - 51.74 - 5.21,4 |
6534 |
| 16 | Walter Meier | EUA | 6000 | 11,45 - 0 - 13.68 - 1.83 - 49,5 16,11 - 39.18 - 3.70 - 47.33 - 4.30,6 |
6149 |
| 17 | Hans Muchitsch | AUT | 5950 | 11,66 - 7.14 - 11.07 - 1.80 - 51,3 15,99 - 31.79 - 3.20 - 38.44 - 4.23,3 |
6341 |
| 18 | Leopold Marien | BEL | 5919 | 11,63 - 6.62 - 11.44 - 1.75 - 50,5 15,66 - 34.28 - 3.30 - 44.71 - 4.40,0 |
6335 |
| 19 | Juris Laipenieks | CHI | 5865 | 11,73 - 6.88 - 12.65 - 1.65 - 53,2 17,22 - 40.49 - 3.30 - 61.44 - 4.57,5 |
6349 |
| 20 | Hector Thomas | VEN | 5753 | 11,22 - 6.81 - 13.42 - 1.75 - 54,1 17,01 - 40.77 - 3.20 - 51.15 - 5.25,2 |
6227 |
| 21 | Rodolfo Mijares | MEX | 5413 | 11,3 - 6.20 - 10.59 - 1.65 - 50,5 17,3 - 37.55 - 3.40 - 43.36 - 4.49,3 |
5939 |
| 22 | George Stulac | CAN | 5198 | 12,0 - 5.92 - 12.74 - 1.70 - 53,0 18,4 - 37.35 - 3.60 - 50.40 - 4.59,6 |
5786 |
| 23 | Panagiotis Epitropoulos | GRE | 4737 | 11,7 - 6.23 - 12.06 - 1.73 - 53,6 18,1 - 34.68 - 0 - 50.66 - 4.55,0 |
5365 |
OR – Olympic record. Both Rafer Johnson and Yang Chuan-kwang surpassed the previous Olympic record; Johnson established the new record with 8392 points.
By 1985 – total recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables
The Points column shows the official competition totals under the 1950/1952 scoring tables. Where available, electronic times to hundredths of a second are shown in the Results column instead of the hand times used for the original scoring. The “By 1985” totals are statistical recalculations and do not alter the official finishing order.
EUA – United Team of Germany, which included athletes from East and West Germany.
Didn’t finish:
Yuri Dyachkov (URS), Phil Mulkey (USA), Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (IND), Mirko Kolnik (YUG), Alois Büchel (LIE), Vilar Santos (POR), Dave Edstrom (USA)
Didn’t start:
Fumio Nishiuchi (JPN)
Photo: AP/SCANPIX
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