2024-08 OG Paris - Men's Decathlon
Markus Rooth (NOR) won the men's decathlon at the Paris Olympics with 8796 points, 188 above the personal best he set in Espoo in July 2023. He was seventh at the day break and took the lead in the javelin, the ninth event.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Rooth (NOR) | 8796 | +188 | |
| 2 | Leo Neugebauer (GER) | 8748 | -48 | -213 |
| 3 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 8711 | -85 | -45 |
| 4 | Sven Roosen (NED) | 8607 | -189 | +90 |
| 5 | Janek Õiglane (EST) | 8572 | -224 | +48 |
| 6 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 8569 | -227 | -195 |
| 7 | Harrison Williams (USA) | 8538 | -258 | -92 |
| 8 | Niklas Kaul (GER) | 8445 | -351 | -246 |
| 9 | Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) | 8437 | -359 | -295 |
| 10 | Heath Baldwin (USA) | 8422 | -374 | -203 |
| 11 | Karel Tilga (EST) | 8377 | -419 | -304 |
| 12 | Makenson Gletty (FRA) | 8309 | -487 | -297 |
| 13 | Ken Mullings (BAH) | 8226 | -570 | +50 |
| 14 | José Fernando Santana (BRA) | 8213 | -583 | +150 |
| 15 | Till Steinforth (GER) | 8170 | -626 | -117 |
| 16 | Rik Taam (NED) | 8046 | -750 | -280 |
| 17 | Zach Ziemek (USA) | 7983 | -813 | -693 |
| 18 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 7757 | -1039 | -878 |
| 19 | Dan Golubovic (AUS) | 7566 | -1230 | -770 |
| 20 | Jorge Ureña (ESP) | 7096 | -1700 | -1285 |
| DNF | Damian Warner (CAN) | |||
| DNF | Ashley Moloney (AUS) |
The javelin decided it. Leo Neugebauer (GER) had led six of the first nine events and stood 7410 with 139 on Rooth. Rooth threw 66.87 for 842 points, 48 above his own series mark; Neugebauer threw 56.64 for 687, matching his series exactly. The lead changed to 8113 and 16, and the 1500m took it to 48.
Rooth was fourteenth after the 100m and seventh at the day break on 4459, 95 above his PB series, with 7.80 in the long jump for 1010 points and 47.69 over 400m worth 65 above the series. Day 2 added 93 with only the closing 1500m below the series. The pole vault gave 63 at 5.30 for 1004 points and moved him from sixth to second, and the javelin gave 48 and the lead. He was 252 above the series going into the 1500m, ran 4.39.56 for 683 points and lost 64, and finished 188 above it.
Neugebauer led from the shot put to the pole vault. He closed day 1 first on 4650 and 35 under his own PB series, with 7.98 in the long jump for 1056 points and 16.55 in the shot worth 57 less than the throw in his series. Day 2 lost 178 more: 92 in the discus at 53.33 against a 57.70 series mark and 66 in the pole vault at 5.00 against 5.21. He finished 213 under the series and 48 behind.
Lindon Victor (GRN) held sixth or worse through the first six events and was 32 under his PB series after the hurdles. The discus moved him to fourth at 53.91 for 952 points, the pole vault to third at 4.90 for 880 and 31 above his series mark, and 68.22 in the javelin for 862 points held it. He finished 8711, 45 under the series and 37 behind second.
Sven Roosen (NED) took fourth, 104 behind Victor. The high jump opened the gap: 1.87 for 687 points against 2.02 for 822 turned an 8-point deficit into 143. The javelin took it to 267, and 4.18.55 in the 1500m for 821 points against 658 closed 163 of it. Roosen's own competition was 90 above his PB series, 62 of it from 46.88 in the discus for 806 points.
Damian Warner (CAN) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 9018 from Tokyo in August 2021, and led the first two events and the hurdles. He stood eighteenth on 6428 after the pole vault, 1062 under his own PB series, and did not start the javelin.
Five men finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Rooth's 188 was the largest, then José Fernando Santana (BRA) 150 in fourteenth, Roosen 90, Ken Mullings (BAH) 50 in thirteenth and Janek Õiglane (EST) 48 in fifth. Õiglane was eighteenth after the 100m and fifteenth at the day break, 82 under his series, and took it back with 5.30 in the pole vault for 1004 points and 71.89 in the javelin for 918. Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR), eighteenth, finished 878 under his series and Zach Ziemek (USA), seventeenth, 693 under.
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