# 1996 Hypo-Meeting

The 22nd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 25 and May 26, 1996 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon. It was the last big test before the start of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Men's decathlon
### Schedule

    May 25
    100 mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400 m
    May 26
    110 m hurdlesDiscus ThrowPole VaultJavelin Throw1,500 m

### Records

| World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |
| Event Record | Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | 8735 | May 29, 1994 | Götzis, Austria |

### Results

| Rank | Athlete | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Decathlon | Points |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points |
| 1 | Michael Smith (CAN) | 11,23 | 7.72 | 16.94 | 1.97 | 48,69 | 14,77 | 52.90 | 4.90 | 71.22 | 4.41,95 | 8626 |
| 2 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 10,75 | 7.74 | 16.05 | 1.97 | 48,40 | 13,91 | 40.16 | 4.80 | 66.02 | 4.32,47 | 8492 |
| 3 | Erki Nool (EST) | 10,77 | 7.88 | 14.18 | 1.97 | 47,37 | 15,03 | 40.72 | 5.50 | 63.64 | 4.42,39 | 8447 |
| 4 | Lev Lobodin (UKR) | 10,85 | 7.14 | 15.59 | 1.97 | 48,39 | 14,34 | 46.24 | 5.10 | 58.02 | 4.35,34 | 8315 |
| 5 | Frank Busemann (GER) | 10,90 | 7.73 | 13.84 | 2.00 | 49,81 | 13,55 | 40.64 | 4.80 | 60.78 | 4.35,67 | 8238 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) | 10,98 | 7.46 | 15.05 | 2.00 | 49,19 | 14,57 | 50.84 | 4.70 | 54.86 | 4.45,27 | 8155 |
| 7 | Frank Müller (GER) | 10,92 | 7.11 | 14.49 | 1.97 | 49,55 | 14,91 | 47.26 | 5.00 | 62.26 | 4.39,55 | 8125 |
| 8 | Dirk-Achim Pajonk (GER) | 10,78 | 7.47 | 14.78 | 1.94 | 48,01 | 14,76 | 43.80 | 4.50 | 55.84 | 4.26,30 | 8096 |
| 9 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | 11,13 | 7.62 | 15.44 | 1.91 | 49,25 | 14,79 | 44.94 | 4.50 | 64.46 | 4.36,91 | 8092 |
| 10 | Thorsten Dauth (GER) | 10,75 | 7.21 | 16.00 | 1.97 | 49,23 | 14,57 | 50.92 | 4.40 | 56.34 | 4.55,87 | 8048 |
| 11 | Kamil Damašek (CZE) | 11,19 | 6.99 | 14.18 | 1.97 | 47,46 | 15,01 | 43.34 | 4.70 | 54.46 | 4.16,44 | 7971 |
| 12 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | 11,08 | 7.21 | 14.53 | 2.06 | 50,55 | 14,52 | 43.80 | 4.70 | 57.88 | 4.40,84 | 7966 |
| 13 | Eugenio Balanqué (CUB) | 11,01 | 6.71 | 14.38 | 2.00 | 48,44 | 14,60 | 43.16 | 4.60 | 61.94 | 4.37,10 | 7931 |
| 14 | Sebastian Chmara (POL) | 11,39 | 7.41 | 13.79 | 1.94 | 49,33 | 14,95 | 43.62 | 5.10 | 52.56 | 4.26,32 | 7930 |
| 15 | Jiří Ryba (CZE) | 11,07 | 7.21 | 14.05 | 2.03 | 49,25 | 14,67 | 37.08 | 4.60 | 51.38 | 4.15,91 | 7854 |
| 16 | Mike Maczey (GER) | 11,25 | 7.42 | 14.63 | 1.97 | 51,06 | 14,73 | 41,18 | 4.60 | 59.64 | 4.38,60 | 7812 |
| 17 | Raúl Duany (CUB) | 11,46 | 718 | 12.31 | 2.06 | 49,78 | 14,80 | 41.06 | 4.30 | 61.86 | 4.26,78 | 7721 |
| 18 | Robert Wärff (SWE) | 11,19 | 7.31 | 15.56 | 1.91 | 50,22 | 14,71 | 45.94 | 4.40 | 53.80 | 5.06,28 | 7629 |
| 19 | Simon Shirley (AUS) | 11,25 | 7.19 | 14.34 | 1.91 | 49,89 | 15,41 | 40.86 | 4.70 | 62.92 | 4.57,68 | 7614 |
| 20 | Pierre Faber (RSA) | 11,27 | 6.92 | 15.94 | 2.06 | 50,69 | 15,88 | 46.54 | 4.30 | 55.46 | 4.56,90 | 7581 |
| 21 | Dmitri Sukhomazov (BLR) | 11,50 | 6.91 | 13.78 | 2.06 | 51,35 | 15,18 | 38.36 | 4.70 | 60.04 | 4.53,74 | 7484 |
| 22 | Gerhard Röser (AUT) | 11,11 | 7.00 | 14.50 | 1.91 | 50,53 | 15,04 | 45.34 | 4.60 | 51.36 | 5.18,91 | 7396 |
| 23 | Dezső Szabó (HUN) | 10,94 | 7.40 | 14.17 | 2.00 | 49,17 | 14,67 | 40.40 | 5.20 | 54.92 | NM | 7376 |
| 24 | Klaus Ambrosch (AUT) | 11,13 | 7.31 | 12.70 | 1.91 | 50,13 | 15,67 | 40.36 | 4.00 | 60.42 | 4.41,93 | 7372 |
| 25 | Thomas Tebbich (AUT) | 11,41 | 6.60 | 13.30 | 1.97 | 50,03 | 15,50 | 40.92 | 4.50 | 57.54 | 4.49,77 | 7320 |
| 26 | Patrik Andersson (SWE) | 11,26 | 7.07 | 14.64 | 1.91 | 50,26 | 15,21 | 38.56 | 4.40 | 51.84 | 4.58,03 | 7305 |
| 27 | Jürgen Thaler (AUT) | 11,30 | 6.97 | 12.72 | 1.85 | 49,57 | 15,85 | 37.46 | 4.20 | 49.78 | 4.33,11 | 7102 |
| 28 | Simon Poelman (NZL) | 11,04 | 7.06 | 15.45 | 1.97 | 51,01 | 14,57 | 44.22 | 4.20 | 55.66 | NM | 7041 |

## Women's heptathlon
### Schedule

    May 25
    100 m hurdlesHigh JumpShot Put200 m
    May 26
    Long JumpJavelin Throw800 m

### Records

| World Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | September 24, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Event Record | Sabine Braun (GER) | 6985 | May 31, 1992 | Götzis, Austria |

### Results

| Rank | Athlete | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Heptathlon | Points |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Points |
| 1 | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 13.78 | 1.87 | 15.64 | 23.78 | 6.77 | 54.74 | 2:13.61 | 6942 |
| 2 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | 13.18 | 1.84 | 14.36 | 24.06 | 6.60 | 47.86 | 2:16.84 | 6645 |
| 3 | Sabine Braun (GER) | | | | | | | | 6626 |
| 4 | Mona Steigauf (GER) | | | | | | | | 6450 |
| 5 | Peggy Beer (GER) | | | | | | | | 6431 |
| 6 | Anzhela Atroshchenko (BLR) | | | | | | | | 6135 |
| 7 | Irina Tyukhay (RUS) | | | | | | | | 6128 |
| 8 | Ines Krause (GER) | | | | | | | | 6101 |