Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon to beat Walde's 4:37.5, giving Aun 100 more points than Walde and the silver medal. Yang and Kuznetsov, who had been threatening to join the medalists, each dropped in the rankings after the 1500. Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon The decathlon was a men event and part of the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 19 October and 20 October 1964. 23 athletes from 15 nations entered and 22 started the first event. Storozhenko moved from fourth place to first with his performance in the shot put, as Thomas
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held from Saturday, July 13, 1912, to Monday, July 15, 1912. It was the first time the decathlon, which had been introduced in 1911, was held at the Olympics; a different ten-event competition, the all-around, had been contested in St. Louis in 1904. Twenty-nine decathletes from twelve nations competed. Thorpe's gold medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee in 1913, after the IOC learned that