1997 in the decathlon

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This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field
World Record   Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992   Talence, France

1997 World Year Ranking

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Rank Points Athlete Venue Date Note
1 8837   Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
2 8730   Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR
3 8652   Frank Busemann (GER) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
4 8604   Steve Fritz (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
5 8555   Michael Smith (CAN) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
6 8534   Erki Nool (EST) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
7 8470   Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
8 8458   Chris Huffins (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
9 8445   Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR
10 8380   Roman Šebrle (CZE) Catania, Italy 1997-08-20
11 8360   Stefan Schmid (GER) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
12 8322   Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
13 8310   Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB
14 8290   Sebastian Chmara (POL) Maribor, Slovenia 1997-06-29
15 8268   Shawn Wilbourn (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 PB
16 8259   Jagan Hames (AUS) Adelaide, Australia 1997-03-30
17 8239   Robert Změlík (CZE) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
18 8228   Kip Janvrin (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
19 8211   Michael Kohnle (GER) Ratingen, Germany 1997-06-01
20 8184   Lev Lobodin (RUS) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
21 8182   Antonio Peñalver (ESP) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
22 8173   Kamil Damašek (CZE) Talence, France 1997-09-14
23 8140   Indrek Kaseorg (EST) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
24 8128   Jaime Peñas (ESP) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB
25 8123   Darwin Vandehoef (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13

See also

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References

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