# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon competition at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Tuesday 9 August and Wednesday 10 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Bryan Clay United States (USA) |
| Silver | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic (CZE) |
| Bronze | Attila Zsivoczky Hungary (HUN) |

## Schedule

    Tuesday, 9 August
    100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m
    Wednesday, 10 August
    110 m hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1,500 m

## Records

| World record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | 27 May 2001 | Götzis, Austria |
| Event record | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8902 | 7 August 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |

## Final ranking

Points table after final event
The best performance in each event is highlighted in yellow. These marks were split between six competitors with the gold medallist claiming four of them.
| Rank | Athlete | Overall points | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110 mh | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m |
| 1 | Bryan Clay United States | 8732 (WL) | 992 pts 10.43 s | 945 7.54 | 867 16.25 | 803 2.00 | 920 47.78 | 920 14.43 | 947 53.68 | 880 4.90 | 920 72.00 | 538 5:03.77 |
| 2 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 8521 | 881 pts 10.91 s | 1025 7.86 | 869 16.29 | 859 2.06 | 879 48.62 | 885 14.71 | 805 46.85 | 849 4.80 | 786 63.21 | 683 4:39.54 |
| 3 | Attila Zsivoczky Hungary | 8385 | 883 pts 10.90 s | 821 7.03 | 834 15.72 | 944 2.15 | 848 49.29 | 831 15.15 | 862 49.58 | 849 4.80 | 783 63.02 | 730 4:32.17 |
| 4 | André Niklaus Germany | 8316 (PB) | 852 pts 11.04 s | 862 7.20 | 743 14.24 | 831 2.03 | 842 49.42 | 876 14.78 | 790 46.13 | 1004 5.30 | 764 61.74 | 752 4:28.93 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Pogorelov Russia | 8246 | 892 pts 10.86 s | 932 7.49 | 845 15.90 | 887 2.09 | 788 50.58 | 917 14.45 | 801 46.68 | 910 5.00 | 735 59.79 | 539 5:03.62 |
| 6 | Kristjan Rahnu Estonia | 8223 | 954 pts 10.59 s | 900 7.36 | 838 15.79 | 831 2.03 | 881 48.58 | 865 14.87 | 811 47.13 | 819 4.70 | 763 61.65 | 561 4:59.73 |
| 7 | Romain Barras France | 8087 | 827 pts 11.15 s | 898 7.35 | 766 14.62 | 749 1.94 | 879 48.63 | 892 14.65 | 751 44.24 | 849 4.80 | 744 60.39 | 732 4:31.94 |
| 8 | Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic | 8068 | 874 pts 10.94 s | 888 7.31 | 848 15.95 | 803 2.00 | 799 50.34 | 873 14.81 | 781 45.69 | 673 4.20 | 812 64.89 | 717 4:34.24 |
| 9 | Jaakko Ojaniemi Finland | 8042 (SB) | 935 pts 10.67 s | 952 7.57 | 787 14.95 | 723 1.91 | 801 50.29 | 845 15.04 | 714 42.41 | 760 4.50 | 833 66.27 | 692 4:38.18 |
| 10 | Aleksey Drozdov Russia | 8038 | 845 pts 11.07 s | 871 7.24 | 816 15.43 | 859 2.06 | 764 51.11 | 770 15.67 | 873 50.13 | 760 4.50 | 793 63.67 | 687 4:38.96 |
| 11 | Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia | 8023 (AR) | 935 pts 10.67 s | 918 7.43 | 658 12.85 | 749 1.94 | 956 47.04 | 903 14.56 | 688 41.17 | 849 4.80 | 631 52.83 | 736 4:31.24 |
| 12 | Mikk Pahapill Estonia | 8003 | 847 pts 11.06 s | 878 7.27 | 812 15.36 | 859 2.06 | 749 51.44 | 805 15.37 | 784 45.81 | 849 4.80 | 791 63.53 | 629 4:48.26 |
| 13 | Paul Terek United States | 7921 | 899 pts 10.83 s | 852 7.16 | 747 14.31 | 776 1.97 | 868 48.85 | 752 15.83 | 760 44.65 | 910 5.00 | 655 54.46 | 702 4:36.59 |
| 14 | Frédéric Xhonneux Belgium | 7616 | 799 pts 11.28 s | 864 7.21 | 662 12.92 | 831 2.03 | 859 49.04 | 761 15.75 | 637 38.62 | 819 4.70 | 591 50.18 | 793 4:22.71 |
| 15 | Roland Schwarzl Austria | 7549 | 847 pts 11.06 s | 838 7.10 | 712 13.73 | 644 1.82 | 778 50.81 | 862 14.90 | 778 45.56 | 880 4.90 | 599 50.67 | 611 4:51.25 |
| 16 | Óscar González Spain | 7526 | 845 pts 11.07 s | 862 7.20 | 706 13.63 | 803 2.00 | 828 49.71 | 854 14.96 | 604 37.03 | 790 4.60 | 523 45.54 | 711 4:35.25 |
| 17 | Phil McMullen United States | 6832 | 759 pts 11.47 s | 732 6.65 | 790 15.01 | 749 1.94 | 805 50.21 | 781 15.58 | 855 49.28 | 0 NM | 638 53.35 | 723 4:33.38 |
| | Aleksey Sysoyev Russia | DNF | 924 pts 10.72 s | 657 6.32 | 836 15.75 | 859 2.06 | 794 50.46 | 791 15.49 | 811 47.13 | 0 NM | | |
| | Eugène Martineau Netherlands | DNF | 812 pts 11.22 s | 850 7.15 | 686 13.31 | 803 2.00 | 794 50.45 | 750 15.85 | 669 40.23 | 0 NM | | |
| | Qi Haifeng China | DNF | 878 pts 10.92 s | 857 7.18 | 695 13.45 | 803 2.00 | | | | | | |
| | Claston Bernard Jamaica | DNF | 908 pts 10.79 s | 767 6.80 | 709 13.68 | | | | | | | |
| | Maurice Smith Jamaica | DNF | 903 pts 10.81 s | 854 7.17 | 0 NM | | | | | | | |
| | Benjamin Jensen Norway | DNF | 852 pts 11.04 s | 0 NM | | | | | | | | |
| | Vitaliy Smirnov Uzbekistan | DNF | 0 pts 18.28 s | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan | DNF | 0 pts DQ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Laurent Hernu France | DNS | | | | | | | | | | |
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