2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon 2: 0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August in Moscow, Russia. The first day ended with two Americans leading the competition, Olympic Champion and World Record holder Ashton Eaton and, surprisingly, World Junior Champion Gunnar Nixon who set a 15 cm personal record in the Long Jump, another in the Shot Put and
Decathlon (throwing), or centimetres (jumping). The decathlon tables should not be confused with the scoring tables compiled by Bojidar Spiriev, to allow comparison of the relative quality of performances by athletes in different events. On those tables, for example, a decathlon score of 9,006 points equates to 1,265 "comparison points", the same number as a triple jump of 18 m. Split evenly between the events, the following table shows the benchmark levels needed to earn 1,000, 900, 800 and 700 points in each sport. The official decathlon world record holder is American Ashton Eaton, who scored 9,045 points at the 2015