2016 Olympic Games

Ashton Eaton Defends Olympic Decathlon Gold

Ashton Eaton Defends Olympic Decathlon Gold

Ashton Eaton clinched his second straight Olympic gold medal in the decathlon tonight, tying the Olympic record and the seventh best decathlon performance o

Aug 19, 2016 by Dennis Young
Ashton Eaton Defends Olympic Decathlon Gold
Ashton Eaton clinched his second straight Olympic gold medal in the decathlon tonight, tying the Olympic record and the seventh best decathlon performance of all time with 8,893 points. It is his third best decathlon ever, behind only his world records at the 2012 Olympic Trials and 2015 World Championships. Eaton is the third man ever to win two Olympic decathlons and the first since Daley Thompson won in 1980 and 1984.



Eaton also won gold at the 2012 Olympics and 2013-15 World Championships.

France's Kevin Mayer broke a national record to take silver, and Canada's Damian Warner took bronze.

Americans Zach Ziemek and Jeremy Taiwo were seventh and eleventh, respectively. 2016 NCAA champion Lindon Victor was 17th.

​Results​:
1. 8,893 Ashton Eaton (USA)
2. 8,834 Kevin Mayer (FRA)
3. 8,666 Damian Warner (CAN)
7. 8,392 Zach Ziemek (USA) 
11. 8,300 Jeremy Taiwo (USA)

​Eaton's scores​:
​Day 1
985 pts 10.46 100m
1,045 pts 7.94m long jump
773 pts 14.73m shot put
813 pts 2.01m high jump
1,005 pts 46.07 400m

​Day 2
1,000 pts 13.80 110m hurdles
777 pts 45.49m discus
972 pts 5.20m pole vault
734 pts 59.77m javelin
789 pts 4:23.33 1500m