Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
| Men's decathlon at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 29–30 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning points | 8618 WR | ||||||||||||
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Bruce Jenner |
 United States
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Guido Kratschmer |
 West Germany
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Mykola Avilov |
 Soviet Union
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The Men's decathlon competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 29–30 July.
The decathlon consists of ten track and field 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. At the end of competition, if two athletes are tied, the athlete who has received more points in the greater number of events is the winner.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
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