1999 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the competition started on Tuesday August 24, 1999, and ended on Wednesday August 25, 1999. Tomáš Dvořák broke the world record, collecting 8994 points at a meet in Prague, Czech Republic.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992 France Talence, France
Broken records during the 1999 season in track and field
World Record  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 8994 July 4, 1999 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank Points Athlete Venue Date Note
1 8790  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Prague, Czech Republic 04/07/1999 WR
2 8664  Erki Nool (EST) Talence, France 19/09/1999
3 8556  Dean Macey (GBR) Seville, Spain 25/08/1999
4 8547  Chris Huffins (USA) Seville, Spain 25/08/1999
5 8527  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Prague, Czech Republic 04/07/1999
6 8524  Sébastien Levicq (FRA) Seville, Spain 25/08/1999
7 8494  Lev Lobodin (RUS) Seville, Spain 25/08/1999
8 8463  Tom Pappas (USA) Tucson, United States 18/03/1999
9 8414  Frank Busemann (GER) Ratingen, Germany 18/07/1999
10 8379  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) Göteborg, Sweden 30/07/1999
11 8363  Chiel Warners (NED) Götzis, Austria 30/05/1999
12 8357  Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) Castellón, Spain 06/06/1999
13 8312  Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) Arles, France 30/05/1999 PB
14 8274  Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) Götzis, Austria 30/05/1999
15 8264  Mike Maczey (GER) Aachen, Germany 08/08/1999
16 8215  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) Desenzano del Garda, Italia 09/05/1999
17 8160  Benjamin Jensen (NOR) Greve, Denmark 01/08/1999
18 8150  Henrik Dagård (SWE) Seville, Spain 25/08/1999
19 8130  Dan Steele (USA) Seville, Spain 25/08/1999
20 8108  Raúl Duany (CUB) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 27/02/1999
21 8107  David Mewes (GER) Ratingen, Germany 18/07/1999
22 8085  Trond Høiby (NOR) Herentals, Belgium 04/07/1999
23 8059  Indrek Kaseorg (EST) Talence, France 19/09/1999
24 8056  Scott Ferrier (AUS) Hobart, Australia 28/02/1999
25 8045  Chad Smith (USA) Azusa, United States 16/04/1999
26 8039  Thomas Tebbich (AUT) Götzis, Austria 30/05/1999
27 8037  Stephen Moore (USA) Aachen, Germany 08/08/1999
28 8025  Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) Thessaloniki, Greece 30/05/1999
29 8017  Kip Janvrin (USA) Aachen, Germany 08/08/1999
30 8015  Jirí Ryba (CZE) Desenzano del Garda, Italia 09/05/1999
31 8000  Philip Ibe (GER) Aachen, Germany 08/08/1999
32 7999  Florian Schönbeck (GER) Prague, Czech Republic 04/07/1999
33 7992  Volodymyr Mykhailenko (UKR) Odesa, Ukraine 21/05/1999
34 7981  Stefan Schmid (GER) Lage, Germany 05/09/1999
35 7971  Cédric Lopez (FRA) Niort, France 31/07/1999
36 7966  Volodymyr Shatkovskiyy (UKR) Odesa, Ukraine 21/05/1999
37 7960  Eugenio Balanqué (CUB) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 27/02/1999
38 7942  Lionel Marceny (FRA) Arles, France 30/05/1999
39 7937  Laurent Hernu (FRA) Talence, France 19/09/1999
40 7937  Mário Aníbal (POR) Arles, France 30/05/1999
41 7908  Boris Kawohl (GER) Bernhausen, Germany 20/06/1999
42 7905  David Pope (USA) Azusa, United States 16/04/1999
43 7901  Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) Palma de Mallorca, Spain 12/07/1999
44 7899  Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) Arles, France 30/05/1999
45 7882  Jörg Goedicke (GER) Prague, Czech Republic 04/07/1999
46 7881  Aki Heikkinen (FIN) Riga, Latvia 06/08/1999
47 7873  Matthew Zuber (USA) Azusa, United States 16/04/1999
48 7872  Michael Hoffer (SWE) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 23/05/1999
49 7872  Rick Wassenaar (NED) Ratingen, Germany 18/07/1999
50 7863  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) Castellón, Spain 06/06/1999

See also

References