Athletics — Decathlon, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 627
Total countries 96

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1912 Decathlon, Men Olympic 29 12
1920 Decathlon, Men Olympic 23 11
1924 Decathlon, Men Olympic 36 22
1928 Decathlon, Men Olympic 38 19
1932 Decathlon, Men Olympic 15 10
1936 Decathlon, Men Olympic 28 17
1948 Decathlon, Men Olympic 35 20
1952 Decathlon, Men Olympic 28 16
1956 Decathlon, Men Olympic 15 8
1960 Decathlon, Men Olympic 30 20
1964 Decathlon, Men Olympic 22 14
1968 Decathlon, Men Olympic 33 20
1972 Decathlon, Men Olympic 33 19
1976 Decathlon, Men Olympic 28 15
1980 Decathlon, Men Olympic 21 12
1984 Decathlon, Men Olympic 26 18
1988 Decathlon, Men Olympic 39 26
1992 Decathlon, Men Olympic 36 24
1996 Decathlon, Men Olympic 40 24
2000 Decathlon, Men Olympic 38 23
2004 Decathlon, Men Olympic 39 26
2008 Decathlon, Men Olympic 40 28
2012 Decathlon, Men Olympic 31 25
2016 Decathlon, Men Olympic 32 21
2020 Decathlon, Men Olympic 23 15
2024 Decathlon, Men Olympic 22 13

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Jim ThorpeUSA Hugo Wieslander
Charles Lomberg
SWE
SWE
Gösta HolmérSWE
1920 Helge LøvlandNOR Brutus HamiltonUSA Bertil OhlsonSWE
1924 Harold OsbornUSA Emerson NortonUSA Aleksander KlumbergEST
1928 Paavo YrjöläFIN Akilles JärvinenFIN Ken DohertyUSA
1932 Jim BauschUSA Akilles JärvinenFIN Wolrad EberleGER
1936 Glenn MorrisUSA Bob ClarkUSA Jack ParkerUSA
1948 Bob MathiasUSA Ignace HeinrichFRA Floyd SimmonsUSA
1952 Bob MathiasUSA Milt CampbellUSA Floyd SimmonsUSA
1956 Milt CampbellUSA Rafer JohnsonUSA Vasily KuznetsovURS
1960 Rafer JohnsonUSA Yang C. K.TPE Vasily KuznetsovURS
1964 Willi HoldorfGER Rein AunURS Hans-Joachim WaldeGER
1968 Bill ToomeyUSA Hans-Joachim WaldeFRG Kurt BendlinFRG
1972 Nikolay AvilovURS Leonid LitvinenkoURS Ryszard KatusPOL
1976 Bruce JennerUSA Guido KratschmerFRG Nikolay AvilovURS
1980 Daley ThompsonGBR Yury KutsenkoURS Sergey ZhelanovURS
1984 Daley ThompsonGBR Jürgen HingsenFRG Siggi WentzFRG
1988 Christian SchenkGDR Torsten VossGDR Dave SteenCAN
1992 Robert ZmělíkTCH Antonio PeñalverESP Dave JohnsonUSA
1996 Dan O'BrienUSA Frank BusemannGER Tomáš DvořákCZE
2000 Erki NoolEST Roman ŠebrleCZE Chris HuffinsUSA
2004 Roman ŠebrleCZE Bryan ClayUSA Dmitry KarpovKAZ
2008 Bryan ClayUSA Andrei KrauchankaBLR Leonel SuárezCUB
2012 Ashton EatonUSA Trey HardeeUSA Leonel SuárezCUB
2016 Ashton EatonUSA Kévin MayerFRA Damian WarnerCAN
2020 Damian WarnerCAN Kévin MayerFRA Ashley MoloneyAUS
2024 Markus RoothNOR Leo NeugebauerGER Lindon VictorGRN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 14 7 6 27
Great Britain GBR 2 0 0 2
Norway NOR 2 0 0 2
Soviet Union URS 1 3 4 8
Germany GER 1 2 2 5
Finland FIN 1 2 0 3
Czechia CZE 1 1 1 3
East Germany GDR 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 1 0 2 3
Estonia EST 1 0 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 3 2 5
France FRA 0 3 0 3
Sweden SWE 0 2 2 4
Belarus BLR 0 1 0 1
Chinese Taipei TPE 0 1 0 1
Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 2 2
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Grenada GRN 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Daley Thompson GBR 2 0 0 2
Bob Mathias USA 2 0 0 2
Ashton Eaton USA 2 0 0 2
Milt Campbell USA 1 1 0 2
Rafer Johnson USA 1 1 0 2
Roman Šebrle CZE 1 1 0 2
Bryan Clay USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2016 Summer Olympics Larbi Bourrada 5 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Enrique Kistenmacher 4 See all
Australia AUS 2020 Summer Olympics Ashley Moloney 3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1980 Summer Olympics Georg Werthner 4 See all
Barbados BAR 1972 Summer Olympics Clifford Brooks DNF See all
1996 Summer Olympics Victor Houston DNF
Belarus BLR 2008 Summer Olympics Andrei Krauchanka 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 2012 Summer Olympics Hans Van Alphen 4 See all
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics Jindřich Jirsák DNS See all
1912 Summer Olympics Boris Honzátko DNS
Brazil BRA 2016 Summer Olympics Luiz Alberto Araújo 10 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Atanas Andonov 7 See all
Canada CAN 2020 Summer Olympics Damian Warner 1 Gold See all
Chile CHI 2012 Summer Olympics Gonzalo Barroilhet 13 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1960 Summer Olympics Yang C. K. 2 Silver See all
Colombia COL 1936 Summer Olympics Pedro del Vecchio DNS See all
Cuba CUB 2008 Summer Olympics Leonel Suárez 3 Bronze See all
2012 Summer Olympics Leonel Suárez 3 Bronze
Cyprus CYP 2000 Summer Olympics Georgios Andreou DNF See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Roman Šebrle 1 Gold See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Robert Změlík 1 Gold See all
Denmark DEN 1972 Summer Olympics Steen Smidt-Jensen 7 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Christian Schenk 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1984 Summer Olympics Fidel Solórzano 23 See all
Egypt EGY 1948 Summer Olympics Ezz El-Din Moukhtar 28 See all
El Salvador ESA 1988 Summer Olympics Santiago Mellado 26 See all
Estonia EST 2000 Summer Olympics Erki Nool 1 Gold See all
Fiji FIJ 1992 Summer Olympics Albert Miller 24 See all
Finland FIN 1928 Summer Olympics Paavo Yrjölä 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1948 Summer Olympics Ignace Heinrich 2 Silver See all
2016 Summer Olympics Kévin Mayer 2 Silver
2020 Summer Olympics Kévin Mayer 2 Silver
Germany GER 1964 Summer Olympics Willi Holdorf 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1980 Summer Olympics Daley Thompson 1 Gold See all
1984 Summer Olympics Daley Thompson 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1928 Summer Olympics Stelios Benardis 20 See all
Grenada GRN 2024 Summer Olympics Lindon Victor 3 Bronze See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Ángel Díaz 24 See all
Haiti HAI 1924 Summer Olympics Édouard Armand 23 See all
Honduras HON 1992 Summer Olympics Jorge Flores 28 See all
Hungary HUN 1992 Summer Olympics Dezső Szabó 4 See all
Iceland ISL 1948 Summer Olympics Örn Clausen 12 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Valbjörn Þorláksson 12
1996 Summer Olympics Jón Arnar Magnússon 12
India IND 1972 Summer Olympics Vijay Singh Chauhan 17 See all
Iraq IRQ 1964 Summer Olympics Samir Vincent DNS See all
Ireland IRL 1932 Summer Olympics Bob Tisdall 8 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1956 Summer Olympics Nadjmeddin Farabi 12 See all
Italy ITA 1960 Summer Olympics Franco Sar 6 See all
Jamaica JAM 2008 Summer Olympics Maurice Smith 8 See all
Japan JPN 1920 Summer Olympics Gensabulo Noguchi 12 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Tatsuo Toki 12
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Dmitry Karpov 3 Bronze See all
Kenya KEN 1964 Summer Olympics Koech Kiprop 17 See all
Latvia LAT 1924 Summer Olympics Gvido Jekals 14 See all
Liberia LBR 2008 Summer Olympics Jangy Addy 19 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1964 Summer Olympics Alois Büchel 14 See all
Lithuania LTU 2012 Summer Olympics Darius Draudvila 25 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics René Kremer DNF See all
Madagascar MAD 1968 Summer Olympics Dominique Rakotorahalahy DNF See all
Malawi MAW 1972 Summer Olympics Wilfred Mwalawanda 22 See all
Mali MLI 1964 Summer Olympics Dramane Sereme 18 See all
Mauritius MRI 1984 Summer Olympics Vivian Coralie 25 See all
Mexico MEX 1960 Summer Olympics Rodolfo Mijares 21 See all
Monaco MON 1924 Summer Olympics Gaston Médecin 20 See all
Nepal NEP 1988 Summer Olympics Dambar Kunwar 34 See all
Netherlands NED 2024 Summer Olympics Sven Roosen 4 See all
New Zealand NZL 2012 Summer Olympics Brent Newdick 12 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1968 Summer Olympics Don Vélez 20 See all
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics Helge Løvland 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Markus Rooth 1 Gold
Papua New Guinea PNG 1992 Summer Olympics Erich Momberger 25 See all
Paraguay PAR 1984 Summer Olympics Claudio Escauriza 22 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Weng Kangqiang 15 See all
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Eduardo Julve DNF See all
1980 Summer Olympics Miro Ronac DNF
Philippines PHI 1924 Summer Olympics Juan Taduran DNS See all
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Ryszard Katus 3 Bronze See all
Portugal POR 2000 Summer Olympics Mário Aníbal 12 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 2024 Summer Olympics Ayden Owens-Delerme 9 See all
Qatar QAT 1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Mansour Salah 21 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Ilya Shkurenyov 8 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Lee Gwang-Ik 33 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2004 Summer Olympics Victor Covalenco 30 See all
Romania ROU 1972 Summer Olympics Radu Gavrilaș 16 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Sergey Sviridov 8 See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Mihail Dudaš DNF See all
2016 Summer Olympics Mihail Dudaš DNF
Sierra Leone SLE 1980 Summer Olympics Columba Blango 16 See all
Slovakia SVK 2008 Summer Olympics Slaven Dizdarevič 23 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Damjan Sitar 22 See all
South Africa RSA 1924 Summer Olympics Ernest Sutherland 5 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1968 Summer Olympics Ho Henh Phươc DNF See all
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Nikolay Avilov 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Antonio Peñalver 2 Silver See all
Sweden SWE 1912 Summer Olympics Hugo Wieslander 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Ernst Gerspach 6 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Armin Guhl 6
The Bahamas BAH 2024 Summer Olympics Ken Mullings 13 See all
Tonga TGA 1992 Summer Olympics Homelo Vi 26 See all
Türkiye TUR 1992 Summer Olympics Alper Kasapoğlu 23 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Oleksiy Kasianov 6 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Ramil Ganiyev 8 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 1992 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Al-Matrooshi 27 See all
United States USA 1912 Summer Olympics Jim Thorpe 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Harold Osborn 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Jim Bausch 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Glenn Morris 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Bob Mathias 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Bob Mathias 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Milt Campbell 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Rafer Johnson 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Bill Toomey 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Bruce Jenner 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Dan O'Brien 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Bryan Clay 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Ashton Eaton 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Ashton Eaton 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Hércules Azcune =20 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Ramil Ganiyev 8 See all
Venezuela VEN 1952 Summer Olympics Brígido Iriarte 12 See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Hans-Joachim Walde 2 Silver See all
1976 Summer Olympics Guido Kratschmer 2 Silver
1984 Summer Olympics Jürgen Hingsen 2 Silver
Yugoslavia YUG 1960 Summer Olympics Jože Brodnik 9 See all