1999 in the decathlon
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the competition started on Tuesday August 24, 1999 and ended on Wednesday August 25, 1999. Tomáš Dvořák broke the world record, collecting 8994 points at a meet in Prague, Czech Republic.
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 |  Talence, France |
| Broken records during the 1999 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record |  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8994 | July 4, 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic |
1999 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8790 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Prague, Czech Republic | 04/07/1999 | WR |
| 2 | 8664 |  Erki Nool (EST) | Talence, France | 19/09/1999 | |
| 3 | 8556 |  Dean Macey (GBR) | Seville, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |
| 4 | 8547 | Chris Huffins (USA) | Seville, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |
| 5 | 8527 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Prague, Czech Republic | 04/07/1999 | |
| 6 | 8524 | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | Seville, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |
| 7 | 8494 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Seville, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |
| 8 | 8463 | Tom Pappas (USA) | Tucson, United States | 18/03/1999 | |
| 9 | 8414 |  Frank Busemann (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 18/07/1999 | |
| 10 | 8379 |  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Göteborg, Sweden | 30/07/1999 | |
| 11 | 8363 |  Chiel Warners (NED) | Götzis, Austria | 30/05/1999 | |
| 12 | 8357 |  Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) | Castellón, Spain | 06/06/1999 | |
| 13 | 8312 | Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) | Arles, France | 30/05/1999 | PB |
| 14 | 8274 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 30/05/1999 | |
| 15 | 8264 | Mike Maczey (GER) | Aachen, Germany | 08/08/1999 | |
| 16 | 8215 |  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Desenzano del Garda, Italia | 09/05/1999 | |
| 17 | 8160 |  Benjamin Jensen (NOR) | Greve, Denmark | 01/08/1999 | |
| 18 | 8150 |  Henrik Dagård (SWE) | Seville, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |
| 19 | 8130 | Dan Steele (USA) | Seville, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |
| 20 | 8108 |  Raúl Duany (CUB) | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | 27/02/1999 | |
| 21 | 8107 | David Mewes (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 18/07/1999 | |
| 22 | 8085 | Trond Høiby (NOR) | Herentals, Belgium | 04/07/1999 | |
| 23 | 8059 | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | Talence, France | 19/09/1999 | |
| 24 | 8056 |  Scott Ferrier (AUS) | Hobart, Australia | 28/02/1999 | |
| 25 | 8045 | Chad Smith (USA) | Azusa, United States | 16/04/1999 | |
| 26 | 8039 |  Thomas Tebbich (AUT) | Götzis, Austria | 30/05/1999 | |
| 27 | 8037 | Stephen Moore (USA) | Aachen, Germany | 08/08/1999 | |
| 28 | 8025 |  Prodromos Korkizoglou (GRE) | Thessaloniki, Greece | 30/05/1999 | |
| 29 | 8017 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | Aachen, Germany | 08/08/1999 | |
| 30 | 8015 | Jirí Ryba (CZE) | Desenzano del Garda, Italia | 09/05/1999 | |
| 31 | 8000 | Philip Ibe (GER) | Aachen, Germany | 08/08/1999 | |
| 32 | 7999 | Florian Schönbeck (GER) | Prague, Czech Republic | 04/07/1999 | |
| 33 | 7992 | Volodymyr Mykhailenko (UKR) | Odessa, Ukraine | 21/05/1999 | |
| 34 | 7981 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | Lage, Germany | 05/09/1999 | |
| 35 | 7971 | Cédric Lopez (FRA) | Niort, France | 31/07/1999 | |
| 36 | 7966 | Volodymyr Shatkovskiyy (UKR) | Odessa, Ukraine | 21/05/1999 | |
| 37 | 7960 | Eugenio Balanqué (CUB) | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | 27/02/1999 | |
| 38 | 7942 | Lionel Marceny (FRA) | Arles, France | 30/05/1999 | |
| 39 | 7937 | Laurent Hernu (FRA) | Talence, France | 19/09/1999 | |
| 40 | 7937 |  Mário Aníbal (POR) | Arles, France | 30/05/1999 | |
| 41 | 7908 | Boris Kawohl (GER) | Bernhausen, Germany | 20/06/1999 | |
| 42 | 7905 | David Pope (USA) | Azusa, United States | 16/04/1999 | |
| 43 | 7901 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 12/07/1999 | |
| 44 | 7899 | Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) | Arles, France | 30/05/1999 | |
| 45 | 7882 | Jörg Goedicke (GER) | Prague, Czech Republic | 04/07/1999 | |
| 46 | 7881 |  Aki Heikkinen (FIN) | Riga, Latvia | 06/08/1999 | |
| 47 | 7873 | Matthew Zuber (USA) | Azusa, United States | 16/04/1999 | |
| 48 | 7872 | Michael Hoffer (SWE) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 23/05/1999 | |
| 49 | 7872 | Rick Wassenaar (NED) | Ratingen, Germany | 18/07/1999 | |
| 50 | 7863 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Castellón, Spain | 06/06/1999 |
See also
References
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