Mikko Malmivuo

My comment: I have always thought that athletics is for anyone, not just for elite athletes. I think decathlon score tables should also be for anyone. That means, the scores should be comparable also in the lower end of the score table. But they are not. You need to run 400m in 1min21seconds to get 1 point. In shot put, the corresponding result is 1.54 meters. That's not a shot put, that's a shot drop. 200 points in shot put equals 5,15 meters, a result any healthy grown up can achieve without training. 200 points in 400m equals 67,3 seconds, which already needs training or talent. Why to have a scoring table reaching from 1 point to 1200 points, when you can't fairly use the table below 400 points. I have had several decathlons with my friends, when there have been participants trying certain events for the first time. Every time we realize, that decathlon scoring tables are quite useless for these kind of meetings.