Decathlon+World+Records

= DECATHLON WORLD RECORDS = = = Split evenly between the events, the following table shows the benchmark levels needed to earn 1000 being the highest, 900, 800, and 700 points in each sport. A score of 0 would mean faulting an event or not recording a time at all. These are basic benchmarks and for every increase in performance there is an increase in points associated. At the end of the two days the athlete with the most points wins.
 * ~ Event ||~ 1000 pts ||~ 900 pts ||~ 800 pts ||~ 700 pts ||~ Units ||
 * 100m || 10.395 || 10.827 || 11.278 || 11.756 || Seconds ||
 * Long Jump || 7.76 || 7.36 || 6.94.1 || 6.51 || Meters ||
 * Shot Put || 18.4 || 16.79 || 15.16 || 13.53 || Meters ||
 * High Jump || 2.20 || 2.10 || 1.99 || 1.88 || Meters ||
 * 400m || 46.17 || 48.19 || 50.32 || 52.58 || Seconds ||
 * 110m Hurdles || 13.8 || 14.59 || 15.419 || 16.29 || Seconds ||
 * Discus Throw || 56.17 || 51.4 || 46.59 || 41.72 || Meters ||
 * Pole Vault || 5.28 || 4.96 || 4.63 || 4.29 || Meters ||
 * Javelin Throw || 77.19 || 70.67 || 64.09 || 57.45 || Meters ||
 * 1500m || 233.79 || 247.42 || 261.77 || 276.96 || Seconds ||

The total decathlon score for all world records in the respective events would be 12,545. The total decathlon score for all the best performances achieved during decathlons is 10,485. World records (WR) compared to Decathlon bests (DB)||~ Event ||~ WR–World record/ DB–Decathlon best ||~ Athlete ||~ Record ||~ Score ||~ Difference || Christian Schenk || 2.27 m || 1061 || −183 || The world record for the best decathlon ever is from Roman Šebrle at 9026 points done in 2001 htYgpQvRk98media type="youtube" key="htYgpQvRk98" width="425" height="350"
 * ~ 100m ||
 * ^  || WR || **Usain Bolt** || 9.58 [|s] || 1203 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Chris Huffins || 10.22 s || 1042 || −161 ||
 * ~ Long Jump ||
 * ^  || WR || **Mike Powell** || 8.95 [|m] || 1312 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Erki Nool || 8.22 m || 1117 || −195 ||
 * ~ Shot Put ||
 * ^  || WR || **Randy Barnes** || 23.12 m || 1295 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Edy Hubacher || 19.17 m || 1048 || −247 ||
 * ~ High Jump ||
 * ^  || WR || **Javier Sotomayor** || 2.45 m || 1244 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Rolf Beilschmidt &
 * ~ 400m ||
 * ^  || WR || **Michael Johnson** || 43.18 s || 1156 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Bill Toomey || 45.68 s || 1025 || −131 ||
 * ~ 110m Hurdles ||
 * ^  || WR || **Dayron Robles** || 12.87 s || 1126 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Frank Busemann || 13.47 s || 1044 || −82 ||
 * ~ Discus Throw ||
 * ^  || WR || **Jürgen Schult** || 74.08 m || 1383 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Bryan Clay || 55.87 m || 993 || −390 ||
 * ~ Pole Vault ||
 * ^  || WR || **Sergey Bubka** || 6.14 m || 1277 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Tim Lobinger || 5.76 m || 1152 || −125 ||
 * ~ Javelin Throw ||
 * ^  || WR || **Jan Železný** || 98.48 m || 1331 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Peter Blank || 79.80 m || 1040 || −291 ||
 * ~ 1500m ||
 * ^  || WR || **Hicham El Guerrouj** || 3 m 26.00 s || 1218 ||   ||
 * ^  || DB || Robert Baker || 3 m 58.70 s || 963 || −255 ||
 * ~ Total |||||| **World record** || **12545** ||  ||
 * ^  |||||| **Decathlon** || **10485** ||   ||