Decathlete of nations....

[Jon]

Looking for others' input here!

Just out of pure curiosity/boredom/weirdness, I was wondering which nation has the best decathlon score, but as a 'joint effort' kinda thing. Basically, I'm looking for the best decathlon marks (set by decathletes scoring 7,500+) by athletes from various nations. As with normal decathlons, wind-aided mark are allowable. Also, only marks set in decathlon competitions are allowed.

So, to start it all off, Britain's scoring would be:

100m - Daley Thompson - 10.26 (1032)
LJ - Daley Thompson - 8.11mw (1089)
SP - Daley Thompson - 15.73m (835)
HJ - Alex Kruger - 2.17m (963)
400m - Duane Ladejo - 46.12 (1002)
110mH - Daley Thompson - 14.04 (969)
DT - Barry King - 51.64m (905)
PV - Daley Thompson - 5.10m (941)
JT - Ken Hayford - 65.58m (822)
1500m - Eugene Gilkes - 4:16.36 (837)

TOTAL - 9395



Was quite surprised to see that Dean Macey doesn't make any impression on the list!

[Jon]

Re: Decathlete of nations....

I think the one for Germany would be:

100m - Andreas Rizzi - 10.52 (970)
LJ - Frank Busemann - 8.07m (1079)
SP - Joachim Kirst - 16.59m (888)
HJ - Christian Schenk - 2.27m (1061)
400m - Andreas Rizzi - 46.82 (967)
110mH - Frank Busemann - 13.47 (1044)
DT - Norbert Demmel - 55.14m (978)
PV - Michael Kohnle/Florian Schönbeck - 5.20m (972)
JT - Kurt Bendlin - 74.85m (964)
1500m - Herbert Peter - 4:05.05 (917)

TOTAL - 9840

[Jon]

Re: Decathlete of nations....

And the one for USA would be....

100m - Chris Huffins - 10.22 (1042)
LJ - Dan O'Brien - 8.08m (1081)
SP - Rob Muzzio - 16.99m (912)
HJ - Tom Pappas - 2.21m (1002)
400m - Bill Toomey - 45.68 (1025)
110mH - Dan O'Brien - 13.67 (1018)
DT - Chris Huffins - 53.22m (938)
PV - Tim Bright - 5.50m (1067)
JT - Mark Anderson - 76.42m (988)
1500m - Bruce Jenner - 4:12.61 (863)

TOTAL - 9936

[Jon]

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And for the Czech Republic...

100m - Tomas Dvorak - 10.54 (966)
LJ - Roman Sebrle - 8.11m (1089)
SP - Roman Hraban - 16.88m (906)
HJ - Roman Sebrle - 2.15m (944)
400m - Jan Podebradsky - 46.78 (969)
110mH - Tomas Dvorak - 13.61 (1025)
DT - Martin Machura - 49.58m (862)
PV - Jiri Ryba - 5.20m (972)
JT - Tomas Dvorak - 72.32m (925)
1500m - Jiri Ryba - 4:12.14 (866)

TOTAL - 9524



If anyone spots any mistakes or any marks I may have left out, feel free to amend them!

[marknhj]

Re: Decathlete of nations....

Jon, I'm getting concerned. Most teenagers would be looking at porn sites at almost 3am, not compiling decathalon scores.

[Jon]

Re: Decathlete of nations....

>Jon, I'm getting concerned. Most teenagers would be looking at porn sites at
>almost 3am, not compiling decathalon scores.




LMAO!

[Guest]

Re: Decathlete of nations....

Jon,
In a cursory look at your US list, the SP is Russ Hodge at 18m+, he had 17.25 in his 8119 (convert to 85 tables) PR. I couldn't find Zeke's book (buried under something) so I will try the US list when I find it. I don't remember what his cutoff for a "serious" deca is, but I think it is at least 7500.