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Goodwill Games Uniondale 1998 (0)

Oct 13, 2026
Dan O'Brien retained his men’s decathlon title at the 1998 Goodwill Games in Uniondale, New York, scoring 8755 points. Chris Huffins took silver with 8576 and Tomaš Dvorak earned bronze with 8428. Erki Nool finished fourth with 8386, as all six leading athletes surpassed 8000 points.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Dan O'Brien USA 8755
v
10,71 - 7.78 - 15.67 - 2.11 - 48,04
13,67 - 48.87 - 5.20 - 66.31 - 5.08,77
2 Chris Huffins USA 8576
v
10,68 - 7.85 - 15.66 - 2.14 - 48,17
14,14 - 49.72 - 4.70 - 61.12 - 4.59,99
3 Tomaš Dvorak CZE 8428
v
11,00 - 7.48 - 16.08 - 1.87 - 48,16
13,99 - 47.31 - 4.80 - 70.96 - 4.45,05
4 Erki Nool EST 8386
v
10,89 - 7.77 - 14.77 - 1.87 - 47,10
14,67 - 41.45 - 5.10 - 71.91 - 4.46,59
5 Michael Smith CAN 8171
v
11,40 - 7.17 - 16.78 - 2.02 - 49,45
14,94 - 52.52 - 4.60 - 69.02 - 5.03,81
6 Eduard Hämäläinen FIN 8136
v
11,21 - 7.28 - 15.90 - 1.96 - 47,61
14,20 - 45.81 - 5.10 - 54.32 - 4.57,55
7 Brian Brophy USA 6874
v
11,71 - 7.36 - 15.38 - 2.02 - 51,11
15,25 - 51.79 - 0 - 50.90 - 5.04,09

v event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s

Didn’t finish:
Ricky Barker (USA)

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