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This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field
World Record  Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992 France Talence, France

1997 World Year Ranking

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Rank Points Athlete Venue Date Note
1 8837  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
2 8730  Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR
3 8652  Frank Busemann (GER) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
4 8604  Steve Fritz (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
5 8555  Michael Smith (CAN) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
6 8534  Erki Nool (EST) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
7 8470  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
8 8458  Chris Huffins (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
9 8445  Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06 NR
10 8380  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Catania, Italy 1997-08-20
11 8360  Stefan Schmid (GER) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
12 8322  Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
13 8310  Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB
14 8290  Sebastian Chmara (POL) Maribor, Slovenia 1997-06-29
15 8268  Shawn Wilbourn (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13 PB
16 8259  Jagan Hames (AUS) Adelaide, Australia 1997-03-30
17 8239  Robert Změlík (CZE) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
18 8228  Kip Janvrin (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13
19 8211  Michael Kohnle (GER) Ratingen, Germany 1997-06-01
20 8184  Lev Lobodin (RUS) Götzis, Austria 1997-06-01
21 8182  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01
22 8173  Kamil Damašek (CZE) Talence, France 1997-09-14
23 8140  Indrek Kaseorg (EST) Athens, Greece 1997-08-06
24 8128  Jaime Peñas (ESP) Alhama de Murcia, Spain 1997-06-01 PB
25 8123  Darwin Vandehoef (USA) Indianapolis, United States 1997-06-13

See also

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References

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