Men's Decathlon Updates - 2012 London Olympic Games

Jul 26, 2012 by Carl Stones

EATON WINS GOLD AND HARDEE GETS SILVER!

After the final event event of the 1500 in the men's decathlon, world record-holder Ashton Eaton continued his decathlon domination today as he won his first Olympic gold medal with 8,869 points! US teammate and 2011 World Champion Trey Hardee followed Eaton with the silver in 8,671 points and Leonel Suarez of Cuba, bronze medalist in Beijing came away with the bronze in 8,523 points, a season's best.

Final Results:

Standings

Intermediate

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Points		+
1	3214	EATON Ashton	8869		+
2	3220	HARDEE Trey	8671	SB	+
3	1482	SUAREZ Leonel	8523	SB	+
4	1140	VAN ALPHEN Hans	8447		+
5	1301	WARNER Damian	8442	PB	+
6	1898	FREIMUTH Rico	8320		+
7	3132	KASYANOV Oleksiy	8283		+
8	2834	SVIRIDOV Sergey	8219		+
9	2778	COERTZEN Willem	8173		+
10	1893	BEHRENBRUCH Pascal	8126		+
11	2549	SINTNICOLAAS Eelco	8034		+
12	2610	NEWDICK Brent	7988		+
13	1335	BARROILHET Gonzalo	7972		+
14	1469	GARCIA Yordani	7956		+
15	1760	MAYER Kevin	7952		+
16	2828	SHKURENEV Ilya	7948		+
17	1164	MIKHAN Eduard	7928		+
18	2268	KARPOV Dmitriy	7926		+
19	1223	DE ARAUJO Luiz Alberto	7849		+
20	2240	USHIRO Keisuke	7842		+
21	2552	VOS Ingmar	7805		+
22	2387	ERINS Edgars	7649		+
23	2411	ADDY Jangy	7586		+
24	2050	SZABO Attila	7581		+
25	2425	DRAUDVILA Darius	7557		+
26	3328	ARTIKOV Rifat	7203		+
	1910	KNOBEL Jan Felix	DNF		+
	2004	FELIX Kurt	DNF		+
	2948	DUDAS Mihail	DNF		+
	1799	AWDE Daniel	DNF		+
	1523	SEBRLE Roman	DNF		+

Eaton extends lead in pole vault

All talk of Ashton Eaton being denied his first Olympic title were effectively silenced at the conclusion of the polt vault, the eighth event of the decathlon. Eaton cleared 5.20 meters on his first attempt and decided to stop competing at that point in order to save energy for the javelin and 1500 meters still to come.

Eaton's nearest rival Trey Hardee cleared 4.80 meters but then decided to skip 4.90 in favor of 5.00 meters but was unable to clear that height.

Eaton now sits are 7381 points after eight events, 222 points ahead of Hardee.

Standings after Event 8

W = Wind m/s

M = Mark

P = Points

Legend

Pos	Bib	Athlete Country	Points		100 Metres	Long Jump	Shot Put	High Jump	400 Metres	110 Metres Hurdles	Discus Throw	Pole Vault
1	3214	Ashton Eaton USA	7381	P M W	1011 10.35 +0.4	1068 8.03 +0.8	769 14.66	850 2.05	963 46.90	1032 13.56 +0.1	716 42.53	972 5.20
2	3220	Trey Hardee USA	7159	P M W	994 10.42 +0.4	942 7.53 +1.1	807 15.28	794 1.99	904 48.11	1035 13.54 +0.1	834 48.26	849 4.80
3	1898	Rico Freimuth GER	6927	P M W	940 10.65 +0.4	864 7.21 -0.1	782 14.87	714 1.90	906 48.06	989 13.89 +0.1	852 49.11	880 4.90
4	1301	Damian Warner CAN	6916	P M W	980 10.48 +0.4	945 7.54 +0.9	712 13.73	850 2.05	899 48.20	926 14.38 +0.1	785 45.90	819 4.70
5	3132	Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR	6901	P M W	961 10.56 +0.4	947 7.55 -0.4	756 14.45	794 1.99	888 48.44	963 14.09 -0.4	802 46.72	790 4.60
6	1140	Hans van Alphen BEL	6889	P M W	850 11.05 -0.7	970 7.64 +1.5	819 15.48	850 2.05	853 49.18	863 14.89 +1.0	835 48.28	849 4.80
7	2268	Dmitriy Karpov KAZ	6871	P M W	881 10.91 -0.2	864 7.21 -0.2	880 16.47	794 1.99	822 49.83	924 14.40 -0.4	765 44.93	941 5.10
8	1482	Leonel Suárez CUB	6783	P M W	801 11.27 +0.7	940 7.52 +0.5	759 14.50	906 2.11	859 49.04	917 14.45 +1.0	782 45.75	819 4.70
9	2834	Sergey Sviridov RUS	6652	P M W	910 10.78 -0.7	922 7.45 -2.1	754 14.42	794 1.99	866 48.91	799 15.42 -0.9	817 47.43	790 4.60
10	1335	Gonzalo Barroilhet CHI	6646	P M W	821 11.18 -0.2	767 6.80 +0.3	758 14.49	850 2.05	766 51.07	959 14.12 +0.1	690 41.27	1035 5.40
11	2828	Ilya Shkurenev RUS	6640	P M W	858 11.01 -0.2	874 7.25 +1.1	661 12.89	822 2.02	823 49.81	925 14.39 -0.4	736 43.51	941 5.10
12	1893	Pascal Behrenbruch GER	6620	P M W	847 11.06 -0.7	850 7.15 +0.4	831 15.67	767 1.96	813 50.04	932 14.33 -0.4	761 44.71	819 4.70
13	2778	Willem Coertzen RSA	6595	P M W	841 11.09 +0.7	854 7.17 +0.7	715 13.79	850 2.05	882 48.56	955 14.15 +1.0	738 43.58	760 4.50
14	2549	Eelco Sintnicolaas NED	6577	P M W	894 10.85 +0.4	903 7.37 +1.3	739 14.18	740 1.93	868 48.85	920 14.43 +0.1	509 32.26	1004 5.30
15	1164	Eduard Mikhan BLR	6562	P M W	919 10.74 +0.4	799 6.94 -0.1	774 14.75	740 1.93	889 48.42	955 14.15 -0.4	755 44.42	731 4.40
16	2610	Brent Newdick NZL	6561	P M W	838 11.10 -0.2	900 7.36 +1.1	795 15.09	767 1.96	804 50.22	847 15.02 +1.0	791 46.15	819 4.70
17	1223	Luiz Alberto de Araújo BRA	6544	P M W	929 10.70 +0.4	852 7.16 +1.2	699 13.52	740 1.93	897 48.25	875 14.79 -0.4	762 44.76	790 4.60
18	1469	Yordani García CUB	6531	P M W	906 10.80 -0.7	755 6.75 -0.2	758 14.48	794 1.99	873 48.76	944 14.24 +1.0	711 42.27	790 4.60
19	2411	Jangy Addy LBR	6478	P M W	885 10.89 +0.7	790 6.90 +0.7	788 14.97	740 1.93	878 48.64	945 14.23 +0.1	779 45.61	673 4.20
20	2552	Ingmar Vos NED	6424	P M W	865 10.98 -0.7	878 7.27 +0.5	714 13.77	767 1.96	832 49.62	897 14.61 +1.0	711 42.26	760 4.50
21	2425	Darius Draudvila LTU	6424	P M W	872 10.95 -0.7	842 7.12 +1.3	800 15.17	767 1.96	809 50.13	865 14.87 +0.1	796 46.43	673 4.20
22	1760	Kevin Mayer FRA	6387	P M W	791 11.32 -0.2	854 7.17 +1.5	731 14.05	850 2.05	873 48.76	780 15.59 -0.4	689 41.20	819 4.70
23	2240	Keisuke Ushiro JPN	6323	P M W	791 11.32 +0.7	781 6.86 +1.1	703 13.59	794 1.99	779 50.78	794 15.47 -0.9	801 46.66	880 4.90
24	1910	Jan Felix Knobel GER	6305	P M W	769 11.42 -0.2	826 7.05 -0.5	808 15.29	714 1.90	821 49.87	846 15.03 -0.9	790 46.10	731 4.40
25	2050	Attila Szabó HUN	6265	P M W	827 11.15 -0.2	804 6.96 +0.9	724 13.93	714 1.90	777 50.83	859 14.92 +1.0	770 45.14	790 4.60
26	2387	Edgars Erinš LAT	6245	P M W	863 10.99 +0.7	809 6.98 +0.6	695 13.45	740 1.93	786 50.62	823 15.22 -0.9	769 45.10	760 4.50
27	3328	Rifat Artikov UZB	6010	P M W	780 11.37 +0.7	677 6.41 +1.6	735 14.11	740 1.93	729 51.91	881 14.74 -0.9	737 43.53	731 4.40
	1523	Roman Šebrle CZE	DNF	P M W	744 11.54 +0.7	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
	1799	Daniel Awde GBR	DNF	P M W	926 10.71 -0.7	774 6.83 +1.1	DNS	DNS	DNS
	2948	Mihail Dudaš SRB	DNF	P M W	883 10.90 -0.7	942 7.53 +1.0	714 13.76	767 1.96	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
	2004	Kurt Felix GRN	DNF	P M W	834 11.12 -0.2	967 7.63 +0.5	684 13.28	850 2.05	807 50.17	DNS	DNS	DNS

After seven events, Hardee closes down on Eaton

The runaway coronation of Ashton Eaton as the world's greatest athlete may not come as easily as many thought. Two-time world champion Trey Hardee gained 121 points on Eaton in Thursday's two morning events, the 110 meter hurdles and discus. Eaton now holds on to a 99 point lead over Hardee with the always unpredictable pole vault coming up this afternoon, followed by the javelin and 1500 meters.

See this site for up to date projections on decathlon finishing scores: http://ergorej.net/london2012/men.php?l=eng

Standings after Event 7

W = Wind m/s

M = Mark

P = Points

Legend

Pos	Bib	Athlete Country	Points		100 Metres	Long Jump	Shot Put	High Jump	400 Metres	110 Metres Hurdles	Discus Throw
1	3214	Ashton Eaton USA	6409	P M W	1011 10.35 +0.4	1068 8.03 +0.8	769 14.66	850 2.05	963 46.90	1032 13.56 +0.1	716 42.53
2	3220	Trey Hardee USA	6310	P M W	994 10.42 +0.4	942 7.53 +1.1	807 15.28	794 1.99	904 48.11	1035 13.54 +0.1	834 48.26
3	3132	Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR	6111	P M W	961 10.56 +0.4	947 7.55 -0.4	756 14.45	794 1.99	888 48.44	963 14.09 -0.4	802 46.72
4	1301	Damian Warner CAN	6097	P M W	980 10.48 +0.4	945 7.54 +0.9	712 13.73	850 2.05	899 48.20	926 14.38 +0.1	785 45.90
5	1898	Rico Freimuth GER	6047	P M W	940 10.65 +0.4	864 7.21 -0.1	782 14.87	714 1.90	906 48.06	989 13.89 +0.1	852 49.11
6	1140	Hans van Alphen BEL	6040	P M W	850 11.05 -0.7	970 7.64 +1.5	819 15.48	850 2.05	853 49.18	863 14.89 +1.0	835 48.28
7	1482	Leonel Suárez CUB	5964	P M W	801 11.27 +0.7	940 7.52 +0.5	759 14.50	906 2.11	859 49.04	917 14.45 +1.0	782 45.75
8	2268	Dmitriy Karpov KAZ	5930	P M W	881 10.91 -0.2	864 7.21 -0.2	880 16.47	794 1.99	822 49.83	924 14.40 -0.4	765 44.93
9	2834	Sergey Sviridov RUS	5862	P M W	910 10.78 -0.7	922 7.45 -2.1	754 14.42	794 1.99	866 48.91	799 15.42 -0.9	817 47.43
10	2778	Willem Coertzen RSA	5835	P M W	841 11.09 +0.7	854 7.17 +0.7	715 13.79	850 2.05	882 48.56	955 14.15 +1.0	738 43.58
11	1164	Eduard Mikhan BLR	5831	P M W	919 10.74 +0.4	799 6.94 -0.1	774 14.75	740 1.93	889 48.42	955 14.15 -0.4	755 44.42
12	2411	Jangy Addy LBR	5805	P M W	885 10.89 +0.7	790 6.90 +0.7	788 14.97	740 1.93	878 48.64	945 14.23 +0.1	779 45.61
13	1893	Pascal Behrenbruch GER	5801	P M W	847 11.06 -0.7	850 7.15 +0.4	831 15.67	767 1.96	813 50.04	932 14.33 -0.4	761 44.71
14	1223	Luiz Alberto de Araújo BRA	5754	P M W	929 10.70 +0.4	852 7.16 +1.2	699 13.52	740 1.93	897 48.25	875 14.79 -0.4	762 44.76
15	2425	Darius Draudvila LTU	5751	P M W	872 10.95 -0.7	842 7.12 +1.3	800 15.17	767 1.96	809 50.13	865 14.87 +0.1	796 46.43
16	2610	Brent Newdick NZL	5742	P M W	838 11.10 -0.2	900 7.36 +1.1	795 15.09	767 1.96	804 50.22	847 15.02 +1.0	791 46.15
17	1469	Yordani García CUB	5741	P M W	906 10.80 -0.7	755 6.75 -0.2	758 14.48	794 1.99	873 48.76	944 14.24 +1.0	711 42.27
18	2828	Ilya Shkurenev RUS	5699	P M W	858 11.01 -0.2	874 7.25 +1.1	661 12.89	822 2.02	823 49.81	925 14.39 -0.4	736 43.51
19	2552	Ingmar Vos NED	5664	P M W	865 10.98 -0.7	878 7.27 +0.5	714 13.77	767 1.96	832 49.62	897 14.61 +1.0	711 42.26
20	1335	Gonzalo Barroilhet CHI	5611	P M W	821 11.18 -0.2	767 6.80 +0.3	758 14.49	850 2.05	766 51.07	959 14.12 +0.1	690 41.27
21	1910	Jan Felix Knobel GER	5574	P M W	769 11.42 -0.2	826 7.05 -0.5	808 15.29	714 1.90	821 49.87	846 15.03 -0.9	790 46.10
22	2549	Eelco Sintnicolaas NED	5573	P M W	894 10.85 +0.4	903 7.37 +1.3	739 14.18	740 1.93	868 48.85	920 14.43 +0.1	509 32.26
23	1760	Kevin Mayer FRA	5568	P M W	791 11.32 -0.2	854 7.17 +1.5	731 14.05	850 2.05	873 48.76	780 15.59 -0.4	689 41.20
24	2387	Edgars Erinš LAT	5485	P M W	863 10.99 +0.7	809 6.98 +0.6	695 13.45	740 1.93	786 50.62	823 15.22 -0.9	769 45.10
25	2050	Attila Szabó HUN	5475	P M W	827 11.15 -0.2	804 6.96 +0.9	724 13.93	714 1.90	777 50.83	859 14.92 +1.0	770 45.14
26	2240	Keisuke Ushiro JPN	5443	P M W	791 11.32 +0.7	781 6.86 +1.1	703 13.59	794 1.99	779 50.78	794 15.47 -0.9	801 46.66
27	3328	Rifat Artikov UZB	5279	P M W	780 11.37 +0.7	677 6.41 +1.6	735 14.11	740 1.93	729 51.91	881 14.74 -0.9	737 43.53
	1523	Roman Šebrle CZE	DNF	P M W	744 11.54 +0.7	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
	1799	Daniel Awde GBR	DNF	P M W	926 10.71 -0.7	774 6.83 +1.1	DNS	DNS	DNS
	2948	Mihail Dudaš SRB	DNF	P M W	883 10.90 -0.7	942 7.53 +1.0	714 13.76	767 1.96	DNS	DNS	DNS
	2004	Kurt Felix GRN	DNF	P M W	834 11.12 -0.2	967 7.63 +0.5	684 13.28	850 2.05	807 50.17	DNS	DNS

Standings after 5 Events:

Standings

Intermediate

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Points	+
1	3214	EATON Ashton	4661	+
2	3220	HARDEE Trey	4441	+
3	1301	WARNER Damian	4386	+
4	3132	KASYANOV Oleksiy	4346	+
5	1140	VAN ALPHEN Hans	4342	+
6	1482	SUAREZ Leonel	4265	+
7	2834	SVIRIDOV Sergey	4246	+
8	2268	KARPOV Dmitriy	4241	+
9	1898	FREIMUTH Rico	4206	+
10	2549	SINTNICOLAAS Eelco	4144	+
11	2778	COERTZEN Willem	4142	+
12	2004	FELIX Kurt	4142	+
13	1164	MIKHAN Eduard	4121	+
14	1223	DE ARAUJO Luiz Alberto	4117	+
15	1893	BEHRENBRUCH Pascal	4108	+
16	2610	NEWDICK Brent	4104	+
17	1760	MAYER Kevin	4099	+
18	2425	DRAUDVILA Darius	4090	+
19	1469	GARCIA Yordani	4086	+
20	2411	ADDY Jangy	4081	+
21	2552	VOS Ingmar	4056	+
22	2828	SHKURENEV Ilya	4038	+
23	1335	BARROILHET Gonzalo	3962	+
24	1910	KNOBEL Jan Felix	3938	+
25	2387	ERINS Edgars	3893	+
26	2240	USHIRO Keisuke	3848	+
27	2050	SZABO Attila	3846	+
28	3328	ARTIKOV Rifat	3661	+
	2948	DUDAS Mihail	DNF	+
	1799	AWDE Daniel	DNF	+
	1523	SEBRLE Roman	DNF	+

Ashton Eaton, who the media has tagged the Games biggest Gold Medal lock, leads Trey Hardee by 105 points after the three morning session events. The biggest point diffence came in the Long Jump where Eaton earned 126 more points then Trey after a 8.03 meter jump.

Pos	Bib	Athlete Country	Points		100 Metres	Long Jump	Shot Put
1	3214	Ashton Eaton USA	2848	P M W	1011 10.35 +0.4	1068 8.03 +0.8	769 14.66
2	3220	Trey Hardee USA	2743	P M W	994 10.42 +0.4	942 7.53 +1.1	807 15.28
3	3132	Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR	2664	P M W	961 10.56 +0.4	947 7.55 -0.4	756 14.45
4	1140	Hans van Alphen BEL	2639	P M W	850 11.05 -0.7	970 7.64 +1.5	819 15.48
5	1301	Damian Warner CAN	2637	P M W	980 10.48 +0.4	945 7.54 +0.9	712 13.73
6	2268	Dmitriy Karpov KAZ	2625	P M W	881 10.91 -0.2	864 7.21 -0.2	880 16.47
7	1898	Rico Freimuth GER	2586	P M W	940 10.65 +0.4	864 7.21 -0.1	782 14.87
8	2834	Sergey Sviridov RUS	2586	P M W	910 10.78 -0.7	922 7.45 -2.1	754 14.42
9	2948	Mihail Dudaš SRB	2539	P M W	883 10.90 -0.7	942 7.53 +1.0	714 13.76
10	2549	Eelco Sintnicolaas NED	2536	P M W	894 10.85 +0.4	903 7.37 +1.3	739 14.18

last updated: July 18th at 6:05pm CT

Men's Decathlon Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games

Decathlon Schedule:
Day 6, Aug 8th - 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400m
Day 7, Aug 9th - 110H, Discus, Pole Vault, Javelin, 1500m

Decathlon Records:
World Record - 9039 - Ashton Eaton (USA), June 22-23, 2012
Olympic Record - 8893 - Roman Sebrle (CZE), Aug 24, 2004
American Record - 9039 - Ashton Eaton (USA), June 22-23, 2012

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Ashton Eaton, USA (9039/9039) - Eaton has had an impressive season to say the least. He broke the world record and leads all other competitors by nearly 500 points, but can he do it outside of Eugene?
2. Trey Hardee, USA (8790/8383) - Hardee hasn't hit a PB since 2009, but he's the two time defending world champ and an all around beautiful specimen. I expect to see some game day results from this one.
3. Pascal Behrenbruch, Germany (8558/8558) - Can't ever count a German out. Currently 2nd on the world list, I'd expect a strong performance to wrap up this PB season.

The Americans:
1. Ashton Eaton (9039/9039) - Clear favorite and engaged to Brianne Theisen
2. Trey Hardee (8790/8383) - Let's see if this former Longhorn can find his way to that elusive Olympic podium.

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