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.
2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon conclusion. But Eaton went out aggressively, taking the lead on the final lap and powering close to a 65 second last lap to get a personal best 4:18.94. Eaton beat Suárez by 5.22 seconds to edge 4 points ahead and take the silver medal. Wind:<br>Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s Wind:<br>Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon ] The Men's decathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu