Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
Overall summary

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Section Title: Overall summary
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Rank	Athlete	Overall points	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 m H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m

Bill Toomey (USA)	8193	10.4	7.87	13.75	1.95	45.6 WDB	14.9	43.68	4.20	62.80	4:57.1

Hans-Joachim Walde (FRG)	8111	10.9	7.64	15.13	2.01	49.0	14.8	43.54	4.30	71.62	4:58.5

Kurt Bendlin (FRG)	8064	10.7	7.56	14.74	1.80	48.3	15.0	46.78	4.60	75.42	5:09.8

4	Mykola Avilov (URS)	7909	10.9	7.64	13.41	2.07	49.9	14.5	46.64	4.10	60.12	5:00.8

5	Joachim Kirst (GDR)	7861	10.5	7.61	16.43	1.98	50.2	15.6	46.89	4.15	57.02	5:20.1

6	Tom Waddell (USA)	7719	11.3	7.47	14.45	2.01	51.2	15.3w	43.73	4.50	63.70	5:04.5

7	Rick Sloan (USA)	7692	11.2	6.72	14.07	2.10	51.0	15.5	45.58	4.85	49.90	4:44.0

8	Steen Smidt-Jensen (DEN)	7648	10.9	7.17	13.03	1.95	50.2	14.9	41.07	4.85	46.80	4:41.3

9	Ed de Noorlander (NED)	7554	11.1	6.90	13.89	1.95	50.5	14.5w	41.70	4.20	50.22	4:37.8

10	Manfred Tiedtke (GDR)	7551	10.9	7.46	15.77	1.95	50.0	14.7	40.31	4.30	51.84	5:33.4

11	Lennart Hedmark (SWE)	7481	11.1	7.29	14.08	1.89	51.3	14.9	42.96	4.10	62.90	5:11.0

12	Walter Dießl (AUT)	7465	10.7	7.42	14.32	1.83	51.6	14.7w	42.23	4.25	55.38	5:19.7

13	Clive Longe (GBR)	7338	10.9	6.86	15.10	1.70	49.3	15.5	47.70	4.00	59.30	5:18.8

14	Wu Ah-Min (TPE)	7209	11.3	7.40	12.08	1.80	52.2	14.8w	40.25	4.35	60.10	5:08.9

15	Spas Dzhurov (BUL)	7173	10.9	7.40	13.99	1.89	50.2	15.1	40.90	3.60	47.04	5:15.5

16	Roger Lespagnard (BEL)	7125	11.1	6.94	12.59	1.95	50.2	15.8	37.74	4.20	47.46	4:57.0

17	Urs Trautmann (SUI)	7044	11.2	6.96	15.16	1.95	1:03.9	14.9	46.20	4.10	56.32	5:13.6

18	Franz Biedermann (LIE)	6323	11.5	6.30	10.94	1.70	51.4	15.5	30.67	3.90	44.92	4:47.9

19	Don Vélez (NCA)	5943	11.5	6.63	10.60	1.65	53.1	16.2	36.43	3.40	48.94	5:46.1

N/A	Jānis Lanka (URS)	DNF (7227)	10.9	7.15	15.31	1.80	49.9	14.8w	49.90	3.80	59.76	DNF

N/A	Gert Herunter (AUT)	DNF	10.5	6.75	13.93	1.83	49.7	15.0	40.38

N/A	Hansruedi Kunz (SUI)	DNF	11.0	6.54	13.67	1.65	49.1	15.7w	40.18

N/A	Charlemagne Anyamah (FRA)	DNF	11.2	6.03	14.00	1.80	50.9	15.3	39.88

N/A	Roberto Carmona (MEX)	DNF	10.9	6.92	14.37	1.70	50.5

N/A	Valbjörn Þorláksson (ISL)	DNF	11.1	6.76	12.59	1.70	53.2

N/A	Herbert Wessel (GDR)	DNF	10.8	7.39	13.70	1.86	53.4

N/A	Chen Chuan-Show (TPE)	DNF	10.8	6.78	12.38	1.70	50.9

N/A	Rein Aun (URS)	DNF	10.8	7.40	14.75	1.80	DNF

N/A	Ho Henh Phươc (VNM)	DNF	11.9	6.16	11.93	1.70

N/A	Horst Mandl (AUT)	DNF	11.2	7.04	13.34

N/A	Dominique Rakotorahalahy (MAD)	DNF	11.5	6.62

N/A	Werner von Moltke (FRG)	DNF	11.1	6.14

N/A	Werner Duttweiler (SUI)	DNF	11.2	5.31

Sentence(s)

American Bill Toomey won the gold medal with an Olympic record score of 8193 points.

final_sentence: American Bill Toomey won the gold medal with an Olympic record score of 8193 points.