2023-08 WC Budapest - Men's Decathlon
Pierce LePage (CAN) won the men's decathlon at the World Championships in Budapest on 6 August 2023 with 8909 points, 208 above the personal best he set in Eugene in July 2022. Six of the fifteen finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 8909 | +208 | |
| 2 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 8804 | -105 | -214 |
| 3 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 8756 | -153 | +206 |
| 4 | Karel Tilga (EST) | 8681 | -228 | +197 |
| 5 | Leo Neugebauer (GER) | 8645 | -264 | -191 |
| 6 | Janek Õiglane (EST) | 8524 | -385 | +119 |
| 7 | Harrison Williams (USA) | 8500 | -409 | -130 |
| 8 | Markus Rooth (NOR) | 8491 | -418 | -117 |
| 9 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 8484 | -425 | +39 |
| 10 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 8263 | -646 | -327 |
| 11 | Manuel Eitel (GER) | 8191 | -718 | -160 |
| 12 | Dan Golubovic (AUS) | 8143 | -766 | -193 |
| 13 | Rik Taam (NED) | 8098 | -811 | -228 |
| 14 | José Fernando Santana (BRA) | 7935 | -974 | -123 |
| 15 | Yuma Maruyama (JPN) | 7844 | -1065 | +28 |
| DNF | Niklas Kaul (GER) | |||
| DNF | Marcus Nilsson (SWE) | |||
| DNF | Larbi Bouraada (ALG) | |||
| DNF | Kyle Garland (USA) | |||
| DNF | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | |||
| DNF | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | |||
| DNF | Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) | |||
| DNF | Zach Ziemek (USA) | |||
| DNF | Ashley Moloney (AUS) |
The hurdles decided the lead. Leo Neugebauer (GER) had held it from the shot put and closed day 1 on 4640 with 30 on LePage. LePage opened day 2 with 13.77 for 1004 points, Neugebauer ran 14.75 for 880, and the lead changed by 18. The discus took it to 125 and the pole vault to 195, and it never fell below 105 again.
LePage was second at the day break on 4610 and 125 above his own PB series, the high jump worth 84 of it at 2.08 for 878 points and the shot 61 at 15.81. Day 2 added 83 more. The discus was the only real loss, 48 under the series mark, and 5.20 in the pole vault returned 62 and 60.90 in the javelin 50. He went into the 1500m 190 above the series and finished 208 above it.
Damian Warner (CAN) led the first two events and was third at the day break on 4578, 144 under his PB series, with the long jump 121 of that at 7.77 against the 8.24 in his own series. Day 2 never recovered it: 27 down in the hurdles, 59 in the discus, level in the pole vault. He was 236 under before the 1500m, ran 4.27.73 for 760 points and 22 above the series, and took second by 48.
Lindon Victor (GRN) was fourth at the day break on 4476 and 38 above his PB series, gained in small amounts with nothing lost. Day 2 turned on the discus: 54.97 for 974 points, 83 above his series mark, moving him from fifth to third. The javelin added 31 at 68.05 for 860 points and second place, and the 1500m 25 more. He finished 8756, 206 above the series and a personal best on the 8550 he scored in Talence in September 2022.
Karel Tilga (EST) took fourth, 75 behind Victor. The gap was 83 after the hurdles and the discus doubled it, Victor's 974 points against Tilga's 882, then the pole vault and the javelin took it to 200. Tilga ran 4.20.73 in the 1500m for 807 points against 682 and closed 125 of it. His 8681 was 197 above his own PB series and a personal best on the 8484 he scored in Athens in April 2021.
Kevin Mayer (FRA) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 9126 from Talence in September 2018. He was sixteenth on 1782 after the long jump, 191 under his own PB series, and did not start the shot.
Six men finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. LePage's 208 was the largest, then Victor's 206 and Tilga's 197, both made on day 2. Janek Õiglane (EST) gained 119 for sixth, Johannes Erm (EST) 39 for ninth and Yuma Maruyama (JPN) 28 for fifteenth. Neugebauer finished 191 under his series, with 155 of it lost in one throw, 47.63 in the discus against the 55.06 in his PB series, and Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR), tenth, 327 under.
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