# Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 10 April 2018.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Ashton Eaton (USA) | 9045 points | Beijing, China | 28–29 August 2015 |
| Games record | Daley Thompson (ENG) | 8663 points | Edinburgh, Scotland | 27–28 July 1986 |

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday 9 April 2018 | 10:05 | 100 metres |
| Monday 9 April 2018 | 10:50 | Long jump |
| Monday 9 April 2018 | 12:05 | Shot put |
| Monday 9 April 2018 | 19:00 | High jump |
| Monday 9 April 2018 | 21:25 | 400 metres |
| Tuesday 10 April 2018 | 10:05 | 110 metres hurdles |
| Tuesday 10 April 2018 | 10:50 | Discus throw |
| Tuesday 10 April 2018 | 12:45 | Pole vault |
| Tuesday 10 April 2018 | 19:20 | Javelin throw |
| Tuesday 10 April 2018 | 20:45 | 1500 metres |
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

## Event results

Competitors contested a series of 10 events over two days, with their results being converted into points. The final standings were decided by their cumulative points tallies.

### 100 metres

Results after event 1 of 10:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Reaction Time | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 0.132 | 10.29 | 1025 | SB |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 0.181 | 10.62 | 947 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 0.145 | 10.69 | 931 | |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 0.170 | 10.70 | 929 | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | John Lane (ENG) | 0.130 | 10.89 | 885 | |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Taylor Stewart (CAN) | 0.160 | 11.06 | 847 | |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 0.137 | 11.16 | 825 | |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 0.145 | 11.20 | 817 | |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | 0.156 | 11.27 | 801 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 0.186 | 11.38 | 778 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Curtis Mathews (WAL) | 0.165 | 11.39 | 776 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 0.141 | 11.60 | 732 | |
| | | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s (H1), 0.0 m/s (H2) | Wind: -0.1 m/s (H1), 0.0 m/s (H2) | Wind: -0.1 m/s (H1), 0.0 m/s (H2) |

### Long jump

Results after event 2 of 10:
| Rank | Athlete | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 7.32 -0.6 m/s | 7.35 +0.4 m/s | 7.59 +0.5 m/s | 7.59 | 957 | SB | 1888 | 2 |
| 2 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 7.19 -0.8 m/s | 7.54 +0.4 m/s | x +0.1 m/s | 7.54 | 945 | | 1970 | 1 |
| 3 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 6.83 0.0 m/s | 7.37 +0.3 m/s | 7.44 0.0 m/s | 7.44 | 920 | SB | 1867 | 3 |
| 4 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 7.26 -0.4 m/s | x -0.2 m/s | x +0.8 m/s | 7.26 | 876 | | 1693 | 7 |
| 4 | John Lane (ENG) | 7.26 +0.3 m/s | x -0.1 m/s | x -0.2 m/s | 7.26 | 876 | | 1761 | 5 |
| 6 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | x -1.3 m/s | 7.25 +0.5 m/s | 7.22 -0.3 m/s | 7.25 | 874 | | 1675 | 9 |
| 7 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 6.91 -0.2 m/s | 7.18 +0.1 m/s | 7.24 +0.2 m/s | 7.24 | 871 | | 1800 | 4 |
| 8 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 6.97 +1.0 m/s | x -0.5 m/s | 7.18 0.0 m/s | 7.18 | 857 | | 1682 | 8 |
| 9 | Taylor Stewart (CAN) | 7.14 -0.1 m/s | – | – | 7.14 | 847 | | 1694 | 6 |
| 10 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 6.47 +0.1 m/s | 6.94 +0.7 m/s | 5.44 +0.6 m/s | 6.94 | 799 | | 1531 | 11 |
| 11 | Curtis Mathews (WAL) | x +1.0 m/s | 6.89 +0.5 m/s | 6.70 -0.6 m/s | 6.89 | 788 | | 1564 | 10 |
| 12 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 6.38 -0.1 m/s | 6.52 +0.6 m/s | 6.59 +0.9 m/s | 6.59 | 718 | | 1496 | 12 |

### Shot put

Results after event 3 of 10:
| Rank | Athlete | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 15.79 | x | 15.64 | 15.79 | 838 | PB | 2638 | 2 |
| 2 | Taylor Stewart (CAN) | 15.09 | 15.39 | x | 15.39 | 814 | PB | 2508 | 5 |
| 3 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 14.75 | 15.24 | x | 15.24 | 804 | | 2497 | 6 |
| 4 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 14.53 | 15.11 | 13.85 | 15.11 | 796 | PB | 2766 | 1 |
| 5 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | 14.49 | 14.22 | 13.77 | 14.49 | 758 | | 2433 | 7 |
| 6 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 13.98 | x | x | 13.98 | 727 | | 2594 | 3 |
| 7 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 13.49 | 13.59 | 13.10 | 13.59 | 703 | | 2385 | 9 |
| 8 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 12.67 | 12.87 | 13.21 | 13.21 | 680 | PB | 2176 | 11 |
| 9 | John Lane (ENG) | 12.93 | 12.86 | x | 12.93 | 663 | | 2424 | 8 |
| 10 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 12.80 | x | 12.70 | 12.80 | 655 | | 2186 | 10 |
| 11 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 12.32 | x | 12.34 | 12.34 | 627 | | 2515 | 4 |
| – | Curtis Mathews (WAL) | x | x | x | NM | 0 | | 1564 | 12 |

### High jump

Results after event 4 of 10:
| Rank | Athlete | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.04 | 2.07 | 2.10 | Mark | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.07 | 868 | | 3462 | 2 |
| 2 | Damian Warner (CAN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.04 | 840 | SB | 3606 | 1 |
| 3 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | | 2.01 | 813 | | 3328 | 4 |
| 4 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | xo | o | o | xo | o | xxr | | | 2.01 | 813 | PB | 3246 | 6 |
| 5 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | xo | xo | xo | xo | xxx | | | 2.01 | 813 | | 3451 | 3 |
| 6 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 1.95 | 759 | | 3255 | 5 |
| 7 | John Lane (ENG) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.92 | 731 | | 3155 | 7 |
| 8 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | xo | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.92 | 731 | SB | 3116 | 8 |
| 9 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | 705 | | 2891 | 9 |
| 9 | Curtis Mathews (WAL) | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | 705 | | 2269 | 11 |
| 11 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | – | – | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 1.83 | 653 | PB | 2829 | 10 |
| – | Taylor Stewart (CAN) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | – | | DNF | – |

### 400 metres

Results after event 5 of 10:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Reaction Time | Time | Points | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 0.161 | 47.81 | 918 | 4380 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 0.157 | 48.12 | 903 | 4509 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 0.143 | 48.39 | 890 | 4218 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 0.189 | 49.28 | 848 | 3677 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 0.167 | 49.48 | 839 | 4290 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | John Lane (ENG) | 0.129 | 49.64 | 831 | 3986 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 0.163 | 49.94 | 817 | 3933 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 0.140 | 50.31 | 800 | 3691 | 9 |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | 0.195 | 50.45 | 794 | 4040 | 6 |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 0.177 | 50.49 | 792 | 4047 | 5 |
| – | 2 | 6 | Curtis Mathews (WAL) | | DNS | – | DNF | – |

### 110 metres hurdles

Results after event 6 of 10:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Time | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 0.128 | 13.89 | 989 | | 5498 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 0.145 | 14.24 | 944 | | 5162 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 0.174 | 14.71 | 885 | | 5265 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | 0.146 | 14.82 | 871 | | 4911 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 0.182 | 14.87 | 865 | | 5155 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | John Lane (ENG) | 0.135 | 14.96 | 854 | | 4840 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 0.153 | 15.12 | 835 | | 4768 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 0.133 | 15.16 | 830 | | 4521 | 9 |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 0.143 | 15.25 | 820 | | 4867 | 6 |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 0.190 | 15.63 | 775 | PB | 4452 | 10 |
| | | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s (H1), -0.8 m/s (H2) | Wind: +0.3 m/s (H1), -0.8 m/s (H2) | Wind: +0.3 m/s (H1), -0.8 m/s (H2) |

### Discus throw

Results after event 7 of 10:
| Rank | Athlete | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 52.32 | 51.62 | x | 52.32 | 919 | | 6074 | 2 |
| 2 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 45.00 | 46.58 | 48.04 | 48.04 | 830 | | 5697 | 6 |
| 3 | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | 46.61 | x | x | 46.61 | 800 | PB | 5711 | 5 |
| 4 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 45.03 | 46.55 | x | 46.55 | 799 | | 6297 | 1 |
| 5 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | x | 43.90 | 37.50 | 43.90 | 744 | | 6009 | 3 |
| 6 | John Lane (ENG) | 38.20 | 43.79 | 42.45 | 43.79 | 742 | PB | 5582 | 7 |
| 7 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 42.41 | x | 43.19 | 43.19 | 730 | | 5498 | 8 |
| 8 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 33.16 | 40.80 | x | 40.80 | 681 | PB | 5133 | 10 |
| 9 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 40.59 | 39.94 | x | 40.59 | 677 | | 5839 | 4 |
| 10 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 38.85 | x | x | 38.85 | 641 | | 5162 | 9 |

### Pole vault

Results after event 8 of 10:
| Rank | Athlete | Group | (...) | 3.10 | 3.20 | 3.30 | 3.40 | (...) | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.10 | Mark | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | xo | o | xxx | 5.00 | 910 | | 6749 | 3 |
| 2 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | xo | xxx | | 4.90 | 880 | =PB | 6889 | 1 |
| 3 | John Lane (ENG) | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | o | xxx | | | 4.80 | 849 | | 6431 | 4 |
| 4 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxx | | 4.80 | 849 | | 6011 | 8 |
| 5 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 4.60 | 790 | PB | 6864 | 2 |
| 6 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | B | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 4.40 | 731 | | 6229 | 7 |
| 7 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | B | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | 4.20 | 673 | | 6370 | 5 |
| 8 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | B | o | xxo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3.30 | 431 | =PB | 5564 | 10 |
| – | Damian Warner (CAN) | A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | NM | 0 | | 6297 | 6 |
| – | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | B | r (2.90) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NM | 0 | | 5711 | 9 |

### Javelin throw

Results after event 9 of 10:
| Rank | Athlete | #1 | #2 | #3 | Mark | Points | Notes | Overall | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 59.92 | 59.39 | 71.10 | 71.10 | 906 | | 7770 | 1 |
| 2 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 67.47 | 62.79 | – | 67.47 | 851 | | 7221 | 4 |
| 3 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 59.50 | 62.36 | 61.18 | 62.36 | 773 | | 7002 | 6 |
| 4 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | x | 58.27 | 58.24 | 58.27 | 712 | | 6276 | 8 |
| 5 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 58.24 | – | – | 58.24 | 711 | PB | 7600 | 2 |
| 6 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 50.73 | 57.30 | – | 57.30 | 697 | | 6708 | 7 |
| 7 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 54.63 | – | – | 54.63 | 657 | | 7406 | 3 |
| 8 | John Lane (ENG) | 47.76 | 49.86 | x | 49.86 | 587 | SB | 7018 | 5 |
| – | Damian Warner (CAN) | | | | DNS | – | | DNF | – |
| – | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | | | | DNS | – | | DNF | – |

### 1500 metres

Results after event 10 of 10:
| Rank | Order | Name | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 4:30.57 | 741 | |
| 2 | 2 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 4:31.82 | 733 | |
| 3 | 4 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 4:31.91 | 732 | PB |
| 4 | 10 | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 4:57.03 | 577 | |
| 5 | 12 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 4:58.00 | 571 | |
| 6 | 9 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 5:04.32 | 535 | |
| 7 | 11 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 5:04.75 | 533 | |
| 8 | 3 | John Lane (ENG) | 5:08.56 | 511 | |

## Standings

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.
The final standings were as follows:
| Rank | Athlete | Total | Notes | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110 mH | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m |
| | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 8303 | | 929 | 871 | 838♦ | 813 | 839 | 865 | 919♦ | 790 | 906♦ | 533 |
| | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 8171 | PB | 947 | 920 | 727 | 868♦ | 918♦ | 885 | 744 | 880 | 711 | 571 |
| | Cedric Dubler (AUS) | 7983 | | 931 | 957♦ | 627 | 813 | 890 | 944 | 677 | 910♦ | 657 | 577 |
| 4 | Kurt Felix (GRN) | 7756 | | 817 | 876 | 804 | 758 | 792 | 820 | 830 | 673 | 851 | 535 |
| 5 | Kyle Cranston (AUS) | 7734 | | 825 | 857 | 703 | 731 | 817 | 835 | 730 | 731 | 773 | 732 |
| 6 | John Lane (ENG) | 7529 | | 885 | 876 | 663 | 731 | 831 | 854 | 742 | 849 | 587 | 511 |
| 7 | Ben Gregory (WAL) | 7449 | | 732 | 799 | 655 | 705 | 800 | 830 | 641 | 849 | 697 | 741♦ |
| 8 | Gilbert Koech (KEN) | 7009 | PB | 778 | 718 | 680 | 653 | 848 | 775 | 681 | 431 | 712 | 733 |
| – | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) | DNF | | 801 | 874 | 758 | 813 | 794 | 871 | 800 | 0 | – | – |
| – | Damian Warner (CAN) | DNF | | 1025♦ | 945 | 796 | 840 | 903 | 989♦ | 799 | 0 | – | – |
| – | Curtis Mathews (WAL) | DNF | | 776 | 788 | 0 | 705 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Taylor Stewart (CAN) | DNF | | 847 | 847 | 814 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |