These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, excluding three non-starters, and the competition starting on Thursday August 29, 1991, and ending on Friday August 30, 1991.

Medalists Gold Dan O'BrienUnited States (USA)Silver Mike SmithCanada (CAN)Bronze Christian SchenkGermany (GER)

Schedule

Thursday, August 29

Friday, August 30

Records Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships World Record 8847 August 9, 1984 Los Angeles, United States Event Record 8714 August 13, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Season Best 8518 July 7, 1991 Helmond, Netherlands Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships Event Record 8812 August 30, 1991 Tokyo, Japan Season Best 8812 August 30, 1991 Tokyo, Japan

Final standings

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Dan O'Brien 10.41 7.90 16.24 1.91 46.53 13.94 47.20 5.20 60.66 4:37.50 8812 CR Mike Smith 10.81 7.67 15.69 2.09 47.53 14.78 48.42 4.40 65.46 4:29.14 8549 Christian Schenk 11.37 7.55 15.77 2.18 50.10 15.26 45.98 4.90 61.98 4:22.58 8394 Robert Změlík 10.85 7.84 13.42 2.00 49.48 14.07 44.04 5.00 57.80 4:21.24 8379 Petri Keskitalo 10.93 7.58 15.06 2.03 50.26 14.27 44.22 4.80 69.22 4:46.03 8318 Simon Poelman 10.82 7.32 15.88 2.06 50.10 14.63 45.06 5.00 56.56 4:36.36 8267 Eduard Hämäläinen 10.99 7.34 15.16 2.09 49.28 14.51 45.48 4.90 55.64 4:36.85 8233 Antonio Peñalver 11.17 7.32 16.52 2.03 50.00 15.38 50.66 4.50 63.08 4:32.95 8200 Christian Plaziat 10.88 7.28 13.87 2.09 48.72 14.38 44.30 4.90 48.62 4:29.98 8122 10 Thorsten Dauth 10.74 6.99 15.36 2.03 48.13 14.88 42.96 4.30 60.46 4:28.09 8069 11 Beat Gähwiler 11.27 7.13 13.86 1.88 49.18 14.73 44.36 4.80 60.36 4:11.82 8011 12 Michael Kohnle 10.90 7.52 14.47 2.03 49.63 14.57 42.28 4.70 58.68 4:51.98 8000 13 Alain Blondel 11.03 7.20 13.15 1.94 48.43 14.49 39.16 4.80 55.40 4:30.56 7848 14 Munehiro Kaneko 11.33 7.18 13.49 1.94 50.19 15.17 43.76 4.50 60.84 4:37.86 7672 15 Paul Scott 11.01 6.82 12.31 1.97 48.15 15.46 39.14 4.50 61.78 4:27.13 7663 16 Jan Trefny 11.41 6.59 13.93 1.91 49.31 15.00 41.36 4.30 60.84 4:16.95 7610 17 Lars Warming 11.28 6.90 13.28 1.85 48.84 15.02 42.06 4.40 53.02 4:21.79 7529 18 Saša Karan 11.32 6.79 13.06 1.94 49.53 15.37 47.16 4.20 52.38 4:30.03 7468 19 Alper Kasapoğlu 11.14 6.85 12.62 1.94 50.90 15.50 40.90 4.40 48.22 4:41.62 7211 20 Rob Muzzio 11.41 6.80 16.62 1.97 51.42 15.33 50.06 4.70 56.00 7133 21 Dave Johnson 11.16 6.65 14.61 1.97 50.78 15.07 46.56 68.08 6378 22 Marco Baffi 11.27 6.98 12.35 1.94 50.00 15.93 38.70 39.44 4:54.15 6209 Mikhail Medved 11.25 7.26 16.17 2.00 50.33 14.96 49.94 Henrik Dagård 10.88 7.29 13.19 1.97 48.29 14.96 41.16 Pedro da Silva 11.16 7.12 14.39 1.94 51.18 Homelo Vi 11.34 6.15 1.82 Dezső Szabó 11.06 Lee Fu-an Anthony Brannen Viktor Radchenko

See also 1988 Men's Olympic Decathlon 1990 Men's European Championships Decathlon 1991 Hypo-Meeting 1991 Decathlon Year Ranking 1992 Men's Olympic Decathlon

References Results