Decathlon World all-time list (9)

Dave Johnson, the total is 8727, long jump 7.52 with wind 4.5,
but total wind legal 0.4+4.5+0.3= 5.2 < 6.0

Dave Johnson’s result dates back to 1992. The maximum wind permitted then was 4.0 m/s and if the tail wind exceeded this number even during just one event, the results were not registered as records. The rule which says that one should first see whether the wind during any event exceeds 4.0 m/s and if so then also calculate the average score (that in this case must not be more than 2.0 m/s), did not come into effect until 2002.

It was great just looking at the all time lists and recalling how many of the great performances that I have been lucky enough to have seen! I love the decathlon and heptathlon, and we will continue to support them at our key titles, including American Track & Field magazine.

We are looking for articles, in english, on training for the decathlon, if anyone is interested, email me at "larry.eder@gmail.com"

Larry Eder
Publisher

8.694 Huffins now illegal wind (+3,5 +2,5 +1,0). 8.595 legal 28/09/2000 Sydney

8.727 Johnson 24/04/1992 Azusa now legal wind (+0,4 +4,5 +0,3).

8.534 Stark now illegal wind (+3,0 +0,7 +4,0). 8.472 legal 08/09/1982 Athína

8.526 Rahnu now illegal wind (+2,2 +1,6 +3,1).

8.404 Barker now illegal wind (+3,2 +4,0 +3,0).

GREETINGS:
DANIEL, IS DUE TO WATCH THE WIND OF THE OTHER 2 LONG JUMP.

What do you think about a World all-time list "Championships" ?
Competing under championship conditions appears to be a lot harder (tough time schedule/ limited warm-up space/ long distances to coaches/ staff, ...) than competing under "ideal conditions", where everything gets done to support the decathletes.
Taking this into account, a list of top results completed in olympic games and/or world championships might tell us a lot about the Decathlon World all-time best performers.
Top 10 to my knowledge are:
8902 T.Dvorak (01)
8893 R.Sebrle (04)
8847 D.Thompson (84)
8824 D.O'Brian (96)
8820 B.Clay (08)
8815 E.Nool (01)
8790 T.Hardee (09)
8750 T.Pappas (03)
8730 E.Hämälainen (97)
8725 D.Karpov (04)
... to be continued
Due to a higher control level at big events we can further expect these results to be less doping influenced than results at any other time in the year.
Best greetings,
Sven

@Janek: so Johnson's 8727 became legal in 2002 and are still legal after the rule change in 2010 (only average < + 2.0 m/s decisive)?

Some of the points became wind-assisted in 2010, i.e. Huffins's 8694 (3.5/2.5/1.0)

Of course we can keep the list according to the rules that were valid at the time the results were achived.

Janek, thanks again for this site. Where do you find most of your height and weight stats for the competitors?

Sometimes I use Tilastopaja site - http://www.tilastopaja.net