The men's decathlon event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between August 5 and August 6. The 17-year-old
Bob Mathias
Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. As a Re ...
of the United States won with a points total of 7139.
Competition format
The
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
consists of ten
track and field
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events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
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Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Overall results
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References
External links
*Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948)
The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad ''
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Men's decathlon
1948
Events January
* January 1
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Men's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics