Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon
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The men's decathlon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]
Daley Thompson won the gold medal by a whopping 844 points. This included winning six events including all five events on day one of the competition. His lowest placing for any event in this decathlon was fifth in the javelin throw.
Results
Wind for 100m: Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
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![]() | Daley Thompson | ![]() | 10.50w | 8.11w | 14.43 | 2.07 | 47.85 | 14.92 | 41.68 | 4.80 | 56.60 | 4:25.78 | 8467 | |
![]() | Peter Hadfield | ![]() | 10.98w | 7.28 | 13.48 | 1.92 | 49.24 | 15.59 | 46.52 | 4.00 | 60.80 | 4:54.54 | 7623 | |
![]() | Alan Drayton | ![]() | 11.03w | 7.15 | 11.85 | 1.95 | 50.17 | 14.86 | 40.60 | 4.40 | 57.22 | 4:54.11 | 7484 | |
4 | Graeme Watson | ![]() | 10.77w | 7.31w | 13.29 | 1.89 | 49.73 | 16.97 | 38.04 | 3.80 | 54.90 | 4:44.73 | 7261 | |
5 | Panayiotis Zeniou | ![]() | 11.38 | 6.93 | 13.31 | 1.75 | 50.80 | 16.26 | 37.38 | 4.20 | 56.54 | 4:20.48 | 7201 | |
6 | Rob Town | ![]() | 11.59 | 6.47 | 13.33 | 1.92 | 52.40 | 16.40 | 46.62 | 3.60 | 62.20 | 4:32.30 | 7138 | |
7 | Robert Sadler | ![]() | 11.42 | 6.87 | 12.28 | 1.95 | 51.87 | 15.93 | 36.66 | 4.40 | 42.10 | 4:20.10 | 7117 | |
8 | Charles Kokoyo | ![]() | 11.32 | 7.27 | 9.58 | 1.89 | 50.32 | 16.40 | 33.90 | 3.00 | 65.00 | 4:32.80 | 6775 | |
9 | Mike Bull | ![]() | 11.60 | 6610 | ||||||||||
10 | Tony Verhoeven | ![]() | 11.64 | 6453 | ||||||||||
11 | Dunstan Campbell | ![]() | 5515 | |||||||||||
Zenon Smiechowski | ![]() | 11.64w | DNF | |||||||||||
Craig Considine | ![]() | 11.68w | 6.75 | 13.31 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF |
References
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Final results (The Canberra Times)
- Australian results