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2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon
at the 2013 World Championships
2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow Men Decathlon after finish 1500 m.JPG
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates 10 August
11 August
Competitors 34 from 22 nations
Winning points 8809
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Events at the
2013 World Championships
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August.

The first day ended with two Americans leading the competition, Olympic Champion and World Record holder Ashton Eaton and, surprisingly, World Junior Champion Gunnar Nixon who set a 15 cm personal record in the Long Jump, another in the Shot Put and led the field after the High Jump. After an average showing, particularly in the Shot Put and High Jump, Eaton regained the lead with 46.02 400 metres. Eaton's expected rival was defending champion and Eaton's Olympic runner up, American teammate Trey Hardee, who suffered from leg cramps and was only able to take slow, half-hearted attempts at the High Jump eventually no-heighting and dropping out.

The second day opened with Eaton beating the field in the 110 hurdles, opening up over 100 points on Nixon. Nixon's personal best was no match for Michael Schrader's personal best in the Discus as Schrader moved into second, with his German teammate Rico Freimuth and Damian Warner battling for third. Nixon fell out of contention. Eaton extended his lead with the third best pole vault of the day. Schrader scored big with his personal best in his lone attempt in the Javelin, but Eaton came through on his final throw to almost keep pace. Warner separated himself into a solid third with a personal best while Freimuth struggled with the poorest mark in the B group. The places were decided before the 1500, and in 80 percent humidity, there were no surprises.

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: -0.5 m/s

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)


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