2021-05 Götzis Men's Decathlon
Damian Warner (CAN) won the men's decathlon at Götzis on 8 May 2021 with 8995 points, 200 above the personal best he had set on the same track in May 2018. Five of the top eight scored personal bests.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 8995 | ||
| 2 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 8534 | -461 | |
| 3 | Thomas Van Der Plaetsen (BEL) | 8430 | -565 | |
| 4 | Vitali Zhuk (BLR) | 8331 | -664 | |
| 5 | Niklas Kaul (GER) | 8263 | -732 | |
| 6 | Niels Pittomvils (BEL) | 8222 | -773 | |
| 7 | Kai Kazmirek (GER) | 8190 | -805 | |
| 8 | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | 8161 | -834 | |
| 9 | Maicel Uibo (EST) | 8157 | -838 | |
| 10 | Risto Lillemets (EST) | 8156 | -839 | |
| 11 | Rik Taam (NED) | 8095 | -900 | |
| 12 | Mathias Brugger (GER) | 8073 | -922 | |
| 13 | Kristjan Rosenberg (EST) | 8032 | -963 | |
| 14 | Fredrik Samuelsson (SWE) | 7925 | -1070 | |
| 15 | Finley Gaio (SUI) | 7899 | -1096 | |
| 16 | Baptiste Thiery (FRA) | 7766 | -1229 | |
| 17 | Markus Rooth (NOR) | 7738 | -1257 | |
| 18 | Dennis Hutterer (GER) | 7709 | -1286 | |
| DNF | Axel Hubert (FRA) | |||
| DNF | Rody de Wolff (NED) | |||
| DNF | Basile Rolnin (FRA) | |||
| DNF | Jan Doležal (CZE) | |||
| DNF | Simon Ehammer (SUI) | |||
| DNF | Rafael Raap (NED) | |||
| DNF | Andreas Bechmann (GER) |
Warner led from the opening 100m and was never headed. The one moment the lead was close was the start, where 10.14 for 1062 points put him 39 up on Pierce LePage (CAN); the long jump ended that. Warner went 8.28 for 1133 points, 121 more than the same jump had been worth in his PB series, LePage managed 7.45, and the margin went to 250. It never fell below 250 again.
Warner closed day 1 on 4743, 178 above his PB series, with 2.09 in the high jump worth 56 more than the series and 47.90 over 400m. Day 2 opened at 13.36 in the hurdles for 1059 points, then 48.43 in the discus for 838, and by the discus he stood 228 up on the series with the lead at 417. The javelin took 37 back, and 4.25.19 in the 1500m for 776 points closed the meet at 8995.
LePage was second at the day break on 4421 and 137 under his own PB series, a deficit almost entirely from the long jump, where 7.45 was 105 short of the series mark, and the high jump, where 2.00 cost another 65. Day 2 recovered most of it. The hurdles returned 44 and the discus 78, 48.25 against a 44.46 series mark, which brought him back to 15 under; the pole vault gave 47 away again. He finished 8534, 81 above the personal best he took from Talence in June 2019.
Thomas Van Der Plaetsen (BEL) started 21st after the 100m and was fifth at the break on 4254, 29 up on his PB series. The long jump and the shot had done the work, 60 apiece above the series, and the high jump gave 66 of it back. Day 2 moved him up: 14.36 in the hurdles for 929 points and 81 above the series, 46.64 in the discus for 801 and third place, then 5.40 in the pole vault for 1035. He finished 8430, 98 above his Rio de Janeiro personal best from August 2016.
Vitali Zhuk (BLR) took fourth, 99 behind Van Der Plaetsen. The pole vault opened the gap: 4.90 for 880 points against Van Der Plaetsen's 5.40 for 1035 stretched a 61-point deficit after the discus to 216. Zhuk closed 77 of it in the javelin with 65.16 for 816 points and another 40 in the 1500m, which was not enough. His 8331 was a personal best by 41 on the 8290 he scored in Berlin in August 2018.
Five men in the top eight beat the personal best they came in with. Warner's 200 was the largest, built on the long jump and a day 2 that ran 191 above his PB series through nine events. Niels Pittomvils (BEL) gained 171 for sixth, Van Der Plaetsen 98, LePage 81 and Zhuk 41. Niklas Kaul (GER), the second-ranked entrant on his 8691 from Doha in October 2019, finished fifth on 8263: he was 38 under his PB series at the day break and lost 97 in the discus, 91 in the pole vault and 116 in the javelin, the three events that had carried that score.
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