2001 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the competition started on August 6, 2001, and ended on Tuesday August 7, 2001. Roman Šebrle broke the world record, collecting 9026 points at the 2001 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field
World Record  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 8994 July 4, 1999 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Broken records during the 2001 season in track and field
World Record  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 9026 May 27, 2001 Austria Götzis, Austria

2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Points Athlete Venue Date Note
1 9026  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Götzis, Austria 27/05/2001 WR
2 8902  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
3 8815  Erki Nool (EST) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
4 8603  Dean Macey (GBR) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
5 8465  Lev Lobodin (RUS) Götzis, Austria 27/05/2001
6 8408  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) Arles, France 10/06/2001
7 8371  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
8 8332  Jiří Ryba (CZE) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
9 8323  Tom Pappas (USA) Brisbane, Australia 07/09/2001
10 8307  Stefan Schmid (GER) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
11 8280  Laurent Hernu (FRA) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
12 8241  Kip Janvrin (USA) Eugene, United States 22/06/2001
13 8220  Phil McMullen (USA) Eugene, United States 22/06/2001
14 8213  Mário Aníbal (POR) Kaunas, Lithuania 01/07/2001
15 8206  Chiel Warners (NED) Ried, Germany 01/07/2001
16 8192  Frank Busemann (GER) Ratingen, Germany 17/06/2001
17 8169  Bryan Clay (USA) Eugene, United States 22/06/2001
 Michael Nolan (CAN) Edmonton, Canada 07/08/2001
19 8153  Benjamin Jensen (NOR) Talence, France 16/09/2001
20 8151  Sebastian Knabe (GER) Ratingen, Germany 17/06/2001 PB
21 8139  Mike Maczey (GER) Bernhausen, Germany 22/07/2001
22 8122  Klaus Ambrosch (AUT) Götzis, Austria 27/05/2001 PB
23 8099  Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) Götzis, Austria 27/05/2001
24 8075  Chad Smith (USA) Eugene, United States 22/06/2001
25 8069  Raúl Duany (CUB) Beijing, PR China 31/08/2001

See also

References