2023-05 Götzis AUT - Men's Decathlon
Pierce LePage (CAN) won the men's decathlon at Götzis on 27 May 2023 with 8700 points, one point under the personal best he set in Eugene in July 2022. Ten of the twenty-two finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 8700 | -1 | |
| 2 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 8619 | -81 | -399 |
| 3 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 8590 | -110 | +292 |
| 4 | Karel Tilga (EST) | 8403 | -297 | -81 |
| 5 | Manuel Eitel (GER) | 8351 | -349 | +158 |
| 6 | Dan Golubovic (AUS) | 8301 | -399 | -35 |
| 7 | Lindon Victor (CUB) | 8293 | -407 | -257 |
| 8 | Makenson Gletty (FRA) | 8211 | -489 | +70 |
| 9 | Kendrick Thompson (BAH) | 8182 | -518 | +167 |
| 10 | Fredrik Samuelsson (SWE) | 8178 | -522 | +6 |
| 11 | Sven Roosen (NED) | 8157 | -543 | +101 |
| 12 | Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) | 8075 | -625 | +261 |
| 13 | Finley Gaio (SUI) | 8022 | -678 | +73 |
| 14 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 8009 | -691 | -384 |
| 15 | Ken Mullings (BAH) | 7983 | -717 | +50 |
| 16 | Marcel Meyer (GER) | 7983 | -717 | +121 |
| 17 | Ondřej Kopecký (CZE) | 7928 | -772 | -382 |
| 18 | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | 7872 | -828 | -461 |
| 19 | Tim Nowak (GER) | 7826 | -874 | -403 |
| 20 | Edgaras Benkunskas (LTU) | 7797 | -903 | -95 |
| 21 | Yan C. Hernández (CUB) | 7492 | -1208 | -328 |
| 22 | Áris-Nikólaos Peristéris (GRE) | 7305 | -1395 | |
| DNF | Niels Pittomvils (BEL) | |||
| DNF | Nathaniel Mechler (CAN) | |||
| DNF | Marcus Nilsson (SWE) | |||
| DNF | Devon Williams (USA) | |||
| DNF | Ashley Moloney (AUS) | |||
| DNF | Simon Ehammer (SUI) | |||
| DNF | Alexandros Spiridonidis (GRE) |
The discus decided it. Damian Warner (CAN) had led from the long jump onwards, by never more than 54 and by as little as 6 after the high jump, and stood 5558 with 54 in hand. LePage threw 49.34 for 857 points, Warner 46.32 for 794, and the lead changed by 9. The pole vault turned that into 159 and the javelin into 206.
LePage opened with 10.28 in the 100m for 1028 points and closed day 1 second on 4513, 28 above his PB series, having lost 57 in the 400m and gained 37 in the high jump. Day 2 dipped 82 below the series in the discus, the event that gave him the lead, and 5.00 in the pole vault matched his series mark exactly. The javelin restored it: 63.09 for 784 points, 83 above the series and 5.57 further than the throw in his PB series. He went into the 1500m 17 above the series and finished one point under it.
Warner led day 1 on 4531 but was 191 under his own PB series at the break, the long jump 126 of that at 7.75 against the 8.24 he jumped in Tokyo. Day 2 never turned: 49 down in the discus, 120 down in the pole vault at 4.50 against a 4.90 series mark, 53 down in the javelin. He was 431 under before the 1500m, ran 4.26.16 for 770 points and 32 above the series, and finished second, 399 under.
Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) was thirteenth after the 100m and fourth at the day break on 4458, 88 above his PB series, with 10.76 in the 100m worth 92 above it and 47.64 over 400m another 54. Day 2 added 204. The hurdles gave 81 at 14.16 for 954 points, the pole vault 76 at 4.90 against a 4.65 series mark, and 4.19.38 in the 1500m for 816 points another 66. He finished 8590, 292 above the series and a personal best on the 8298 he scored in Grosseto in May 2022.
Karel Tilga (EST) took fourth, 187 behind Skotheim. He had closed to 65 after the discus. The pole vault took it back out to 126 and the javelin to 167: 58.45 for 715 points, 122 under his own series mark and the largest single loss on his sheet. The 1500m added 20 more to the gap.
Ashley Moloney (AUS) came in with the third-best PB in the field, 8649 from Tokyo in August 2021. He stood sixteenth on 7289 after the javelin, 675 under his own PB series, and did not start the 1500m.
Ten men finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Skotheim's 292 was the largest, then Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) 261 in twelfth, Kendrick Thompson (BAH) 167 in ninth, Manuel Eitel (GER) 158 in fifth and Marcel Meyer (GER) 121 in sixteenth. Eitel's came in small amounts across nine events, the 400m worth 60 of it at 48.21 for 899 points. Paweł Wiesiołek (POL), eighteenth, finished 461 under his series, Warner 399 under and Tim Nowak (GER) 403 under in nineteenth.
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