Athletics at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
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High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
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Hammer throwmen
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Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's decathlon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 and 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Daley Thompson won the gold medal by a whopping 844 points. This included winning six events including all five events on day one of the competition. His lowest placing for any event in this decathlon was fifth in the javelin throw.

Results

Wind for 100m: Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s

Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daley Thompson  England 10.50w 8.11w 14.43 2.07 47.85 14.92 41.68 4.80 56.60 4:25.78 8467
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Hadfield  Australia 10.98w 7.28 13.48 1.92 49.24 15.59 46.52 4.00 60.80 4:54.54 7623
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Drayton  England 11.03w 7.15 11.85 1.95 50.17 14.86 40.60 4.40 57.22 4:54.11 7484
4 Graeme Watson  England 10.77w 7.31w 13.29 1.89 49.73 16.97 38.04 3.80 54.90 4:44.73 7261
5 Panayiotis Zeniou  Cyprus 11.38 6.93 13.31 1.75 50.80 16.26 37.38 4.20 56.54 4:20.48 7201
6 Rob Town  Canada 11.59 6.47 13.33 1.92 52.40 16.40 46.62 3.60 62.20 4:32.30 7138
7 Robert Sadler  New Zealand 11.42 6.87 12.28 1.95 51.87 15.93 36.66 4.40 42.10 4:20.10 7117
8 Charles Kokoyo  Kenya 11.32 7.27 9.58 1.89 50.32 16.40 33.90 3.00 65.00 4:32.80 6775
9 Mike Bull  Northern Ireland 11.60 6610
10 Tony Verhoeven  Canada 11.64 6453
11 Dunstan Campbell  Grenada 5515
Zenon Smiechowski  Canada 11.64w DNF
Craig Considine  Australia 11.68w 6.75 13.31 DNS – – – – – – DNF

References

  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1978_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon
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