2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon ] The Men's decathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 28. Ashton Eaton started off strongly, taking a 22 point advantage in the 100m over American teammate Trey Hardee, then adding three more points in the long jump. Oleksiy Kasyanov placed himself in third. Defending champion Hardee pulled back that advantage to take a 6-point lead after the shot put. Aleksey Drozdov blew past the field with a 2.14 high jump, but cumulatively it was only a short lived 2-point lead.
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon as follows. The following records were established during the competition: The final results of the event are in the following table. Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–24 August. The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds. At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who