# Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five competitors who didn't finish the competition.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christian Schenk East Germany |
| Silver | Torsten Voss East Germany |
| Bronze | Dave Steen Canada |

## Schedule

    September 28, 1988
    100 mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400 m
    September 29, 1988
    110 m hurdlesDiscus ThrowPole VaultJavelin Throw1,500 m

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 8798(*) | 8832(**) | Jürgen Hingsen | Mannheim (FRG) | June 9, 1984 |
| World Record | 8797(*) | 8847(**) | Daley Thompson | Los Angeles (USA) | August 9, 1984 |
| Olympic Record | 8797(*) | 8847(**) | Daley Thompson | Los Angeles (USA) | August 9, 1984 |
(*) Original score according to the 1962/1977 tables.
(**) Score according to the 1985 tables.
Thompson's mark was not a world record in 1984, but when the 1985 tables came into use, his mark became the record. They were both given credit for the world record.

## Results

Neither the silver nor bronze medallists claimed any of these marks yet the competitor who placed 17th claimed three of them.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| | Christian Schenk | East Germany | 11.25 | 7.43 | 15.48 | 2.27 | 48.90 | 15.13 | 49.28 | 4.70 | 61.32 | 4:28.95 | 8488 | |
| | Torsten Voss | East Germany | 10.87 | 7.45 | 14.97 | 1.97 | 47.71 | 14.46 | 44.36 | 5.10 | 61.76 | 4:33.02 | 8399 | |
| | Dave Steen | Canada | 11.18 | 7.44 | 14.20 | 1.97 | 48.29 | 14.81 | 43.66 | 5.20 | 64.16 | 4:23.20 | 8328 | |
| 4 | Daley Thompson | Great Britain | 10.62 | 7.38 | 15.02 | 2.03 | 49.06 | 14.72 | 44.80 | 4.90 | 64.04 | 4:45.11 | 8306 | |
| 5 | Christian Plaziat | France | 10.83 | 7.62 | 13.58 | 2.12 | 48.34 | 14.18 | 43.06 | 4.90 | 52.18 | 4:34.07 | 8272 | |
| 6 | Alain Blondel | France | 11.02 | 7.43 | 12.92 | 1.97 | 47.44 | 14.40 | 41.20 | 5.20 | 57.46 | 4:16.64 | 8268 | |
| 7 | Tim Bright | United States | 11.18 | 7.05 | 14.12 | 2.06 | 49.34 | 14.39 | 41.68 | 5.70 | 61.60 | 4:51.20 | 8216 | |
| 8 | Robert de Wit | Netherlands | 11.05 | 6.95 | 15.34 | 2.00 | 48.21 | 14.36 | 41.32 | 4.80 | 63.00 | 4:25.86 | 8189 | |
| 9 | Dave Johnson | United States | 11.15 | 7.12 | 14.52 | 2.03 | 49.15 | 14.66 | 42.36 | 4.90 | 66.46 | 4:29.62 | 8180 | |
| 10 | Pavel Tarnavetskiy | Soviet Union | 11.23 | 7.28 | 15.25 | 1.97 | 48.60 | 14.76 | 48.02 | 5.20 | 59.48 | 4:52.24 | 8167 | |
| 11 | Petri Keskitalo | Finland | 10.94 | 7.56 | 15.34 | 1.97 | 49.94 | 14.25 | 41.86 | 4.80 | 66.64 | 4:55.89 | 8143 | |
| 12 | Beat Gähwiler | Switzerland | 11.18 | 7.34 | 14.48 | 1.94 | 49.02 | 15.11 | 42.46 | 4.70 | 65.84 | 4:16.74 | 8114 | |
| 13 | Dezső Szabó | Hungary | 11.02 | 7.29 | 12.92 | 2.06 | 48.23 | 14.96 | 39.54 | 5.00 | 56.80 | 4:17.85 | 8093 | |
| 14 | Mike Smith | Canada | 10.99 | 7.37 | 13.61 | 1.97 | 47.83 | 14.70 | 43.88 | 4.30 | 66.54 | 4:28.97 | 8083 | |
| 15 | Simon Shirley | Australia | 11.03 | 7.45 | 14.20 | 1.97 | 48.84 | 15.44 | 41.68 | 4.70 | 64.00 | 4:27.48 | 8036 | |
| 16 | Simon Poelman | New Zealand | 11.09 | 7.08 | 14.51 | 2.03 | 49.89 | 14.78 | 43.20 | 4.90 | 57.18 | 4:28.54 | 8021 | |
| 17 | Mikael Olander | Sweden | 11.46 | 6.75 | 16.07 | 2.00 | 51.28 | 16.06 | 50.66 | 4.80 | 72.80 | 5:02.42 | 7869 | |
| 18 | Uwe Freimuth | East Germany | 11.57 | 7.00 | 15.60 | 1.94 | 49.84 | 15.04 | 46.66 | 4.90 | 60.20 | 4:46.04 | 7860 | |
| 19 | Lars Warming | Denmark | 11.07 | 7.04 | 13.41 | 1.94 | 47.97 | 14.49 | 40.38 | 4.80 | 51.50 | 4:22.41 | 7859 | |
| 20 | Roman Hrabaň | Czechoslovakia | 10.89 | 7.07 | 15.84 | 1.79 | 49.68 | 14.94 | 45.32 | 4.90 | 60.48 | 5:06.68 | 7781 | |
| 21 | Georg Werthner | Austria | 11.52 | 7.36 | 13.93 | 1.94 | 49.99 | 15.64 | 38.82 | 4.60 | 67.04 | 4:26.42 | 7753 | |
| 22 | Christian Gugler | Switzerland | 11.49 | 7.02 | 13.80 | 2.03 | 50.60 | 15.22 | 39.08 | 4.70 | 60.92 | 4:21.93 | 7745 | |
| 23 | Antonio Peñalver | Spain | 11.38 | 7.08 | 14.31 | 2.00 | 50.24 | 14.97 | 46.34 | 4.40 | 55.68 | 4:32.68 | 7743 | |
| 24 | Alex Kruger | Great Britain | 11.30 | 6.97 | 13.23 | 2.15 | 49.98 | 15.38 | 38.72 | 4.60 | 54.34 | 4:37.84 | 7623 | |
| 25 | Lee Fu-an | Chinese Taipei | 11.00 | 7.23 | 13.15 | 2.03 | 49.73 | 14.96 | 38.06 | 4.50 | 52.82 | 4:45.57 | 7579 | |
| 26 | Santiago Mellado | El Salvador | 11.33 | 6.83 | 11.63 | 2.06 | 48.37 | 15.39 | 37.52 | 4.60 | 55.42 | 4:30.07 | 7517 | NR |
| 27 | Severin Moser | Switzerland | 11.10 | 6.98 | 12.69 | 1.85 | 48.63 | 15.13 | 38.04 | 4.70 | 49.52 | 4:21.90 | 7502 | |
| 28 | Věroslav Valenta | Czechoslovakia | 11.51 | 7.01 | 14.17 | 1.94 | 51.16 | 15.18 | 45.84 | 4.60 | 56.28 | 5:03.17 | 7442 | |
| 29 | Carlos O'Connell | Ireland | 11.26 | 6.90 | 12.41 | 1.88 | 48.24 | 15.61 | 38.02 | 4.40 | 52.68 | 4:32.06 | 7310 | |
| 30 | Greg Richards | Great Britain | 11.50 | 7.09 | 12.94 | 1.82 | 49.27 | 15.56 | 42.32 | 4.50 | 53.50 | 4:53.85 | 7237 | |
| 31 | Gong Guohua | China | 11.43 | 6.22 | 13.98 | 1.91 | 51.25 | 15.88 | 46.18 | 4.60 | 57.84 | 4:54.99 | 7231 | |
| 32 | Albert Miller | Fiji | 11.47 | 6.43 | 12.33 | 1.94 | 50.30 | 15.00 | 38.72 | 4.00 | 57.26 | 4:53.72 | 7231 | |
| 33 | Lee Gwang-ik | South Korea | 11.57 | 7.19 | 10.27 | 1.91 | 50.71 | 16.20 | 34.36 | 4.10 | 54.94 | 4:29.98 | 7231 | |
| 34 | Dambar Kunwar | Nepal | 12.12 | 5.83 | 9.71 | 1.71 | 52.32 | 17.05 | 27.10 | 2.80 | 39.10 | 4:41.24 | 5339 | |
| | Valter Külvet | Soviet Union | 11.31 | 7.14 | 15.29 | 2.00 | 50.62 | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| | Gary Kinder | United States | 11.31 | 7.00 | 14.89 | 1.97 | 51.79 | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| | Fidel Solórzano | Ecuador | 11.01 | 6.79 | 11.76 | 1.88 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| | Aleksandr Apaychev | Soviet Union | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| | Jürgen Hingsen | West Germany | DQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |