Götzis 2001 (0)

Oct 23, 2026

Roman Šebrle made athletics history at the 2001 Götzis Hypomeeting, becoming the first decathlete to break the 9000-point barrier with a world record of 9026 points. The Czech star finished ahead of Estonia’s Erki Nool (8604) and compatriot Tomaš Dvorak (8527), making the meeting a landmark in men’s decathlon history.

P	Athlete	Nation	Points	Results
1	Roman Šebrle	CZE	9026 WR	10,64 - 8.11 - 15.33 - 2.12 - 47,79 - 13,92 - 47.92 - 4.80 - 70.16 - 4.21,98
2	Erki Nool	EST	8604	10,73 - 7.80 - 14.37 - 1.97 - 46,89 - 14,46 - 43.32 - 5.30 - 66.94 - 4.39,11
3	Tomaš Dvorak	CZE	8527	10,84 - 7.69 - 15.83 - 1.97 - 48,76 - 13,99 - 46.74 - 4.70 - 66.66 - 4.33,58
4	Lev Lobodin	RUS	8465	10,66 - 7.32 - 15.93 - 2.00 - 48,91 - 14,22 - 48.53 - 5.20 - 54.56 - 4.35,97
5	Attila Zsivoczky	HUN	8173	11,01 - 7.19 - 14.60 - 2.12 - 48,81 - 15,43 - 46.73 - 4.50 - 60.57 - 4.21,85
6	Klaus Ambrosch	AUT	8122	10,93 - 7.39 - 14.71 - 1.94 - 49,33 - 14,56 - 39.52 - 4.80 - 68.15 - 4.36,36
7	Zsolt Kürtösi	HUN	8099 v	11,08 - 7.16 - 14.77 - 2.06 - 49,07 - 14,30 - 46.61 - 4.70 - 59.83 - 4.49,58
8	Chiel Warners	NED	8085	10,90 - 7.49 - 15.16 - 1.94 - 47,70 - 14,48 - 41.64 - 4.80 - 55.62 - 4.42,47
9	Eduard Hämäläinen	FIN	8028	10,99 - 7.11 - 15.67 - 1.91 - 48,01 - 14,36 - 46.41 - 4.90 - 50.33 - 4.42,66
10	Benjamin Jensen	NOR	8004	10,87 - 6.94 - 14.85 - 1.85 - 48,77 - 14,30 - 40.38 - 5.00 - 58.51 - 4.27,65
11	Florian Schönbeck	GER	7891	11,31 - 7.35 - 14.17 - 1.88 - 50,51 - 15,06 - 44.07 - 5.10 - 58.11 - 4.31,69
12	Andre Niklaus	GER	7891	11,09 - 7.17 - 12.99 - 2.03 - 50,14 - 14,61 - 41.56 - 5.00 - 51.95 - 4.26,13
13	Thomas Tebbich	AUT	7632	10,99 - 7.11 - 13.78 - 2.00 - 49,26 - 15,07 - 40.18 - 4.50 - 54.32 - 4.46,57
14	Luiggy Llanos	PUR	7613	10,89 - 6.89 - 13.67 - 1.97 - 48,67 - 14,70 - 41.14 - 4.10 - 63.93 - 4.59,38
15	Michael Schnallinger	AUT	7576	11,35 - 6.93 - 12.98 - 1.97 - 50,25 - 14,83 - 41.30 - 4.60 - 61.65 - 4.47,22
16	Thomas Walser	AUT	7546	11,03 - 6.81 - 15.10 - 1.94 - 49,90 - 15,27 - 39.45 - 4.20 - 59.97 - 4.40,22
17	Markus Walser	AUT	7506	10,76 - 6.83 - 14.67 - 1.82 - 48,76 - 14,97 - 37.20 - 4.40 - 58.23 - 4.48,52

WR – world record
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:
Aki Heikkinen (FIN), Jon Arnar Magnusson (ISL), Raul Duany Bueno (CUB), Adrian Krebs (SUI)

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