The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Decathlon

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 29 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 8 Medals

GERMANY - 5 Medals

Medal Table
Decathlon 100 Meters
200 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
1500 Meters
5000 Meters
10000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase
4X100 Relay 4X400 Relay Marathon
20 KM Walk 50 KM Walk High Jump
Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw
Javelin Heptathlon Mixed Marathon Walk Relay

Medal Winners  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
Tom Kiely - Great Britain
Adam Gunn - United States
Thomas Hare - United States
1912
Jim Thorpe - United States
Charles Lomberg - Sweden
Hugo Wieslander - Sweden
Gosta Holmer - Sweden
1920
Helge Lovland - Norway
Brutus Hamilton - United States
Bertil Ohlson - Sweden
1924
Harold Osborn - United States
Emerson Norton - United States
Aleksander Klumberg - Estonia
1928
Paavo Yrjola - Finland
Akilles Jarvinen - Finland
Ken Doherty - United States
1932
James Bausch - United States
Akilles Jarvinen - Finland
Wolrad Eberle - Germany
1936
Glenn Morris - United States
Bob Clark - United States
Jack Parker - United States
1948
Bob Mathias - United States
Ignace Heinrich - France
Floyd Simmons - United States
1952
Bob Mathias - United States
Milt Campbell - United States
Floyd Simmons - United States
1956
Milt Campbell - United States
Rafer Johnson - United States
Vasili Kuznetsov - Soviet Union
1960
Rafer Johnson - United States
Yang Chuan-Kwang - Taiwan
Vasili Kuznetsov - Soviet Union
1964
Willi Holdorf - United Team of Germany Rein Aun - Soviet Union
Hans-Joachim Walde - United Team of Germany
1968
Billl Toomey - United States
Hans-Joachim Walde - Germany
Kurt Bendlin - Germany
1972
Mykola Avilov - Soviet Union
Leonid Lytvynenko - Soviet Union
Ryszard Katus - Poland
1976
Bruce Jenner - United States
Guido Kratschmer - West Germany
Mykola Avilov - Soviet Union
1980
Daley Thompson - Great Britain
Yuriy Kutsenko - Soviet Union
Sergey Zhelanov - Soviet Union
1984
Daley Thompson - Great Britain
Jurgen Hingsen - West Germany
Siegfried Wentz - West Germany
1988
Christian Schenk - East Germany
Torsten Voss - East Germany
Dave Steen - Canada
1992
Robert Zmelik - Czechoslovakia
Antonio Penalver - Spain
Dave Johnson - United States
1996
Dan O'Brien - United States
Frank Busemann - Germany
Tomas Dvorak - Czech Republic
2000
Erki Nool - Estonia
Roman Sebrle - Czech Republic
Chris Huffins - United States
2004
Roman Sebrle - Czech Republic
Bryan Clay - United States
Dmitriy Karpov - Kazakhstan
2008
Bryan Clay - United States
Andrei Krauchanka - Belarus
Leonel Suarez - Cuba
2012
Ashton Eaton - United States
Trey Hardee - United States
Leonel Suarez - Cuba
2016
Ashton Eaton - United States
Kevin Mayer - France
Damian Warner - Canada
2020
Damian Warner - Canada Kevin Mayer - France Ashley Maloney - Australia
2024
Markus Rooth - Norway
Leo Neugebauer - Germany
Lindon Victor - Grenada

Medal Total  Medal Winners
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
14
8
7
29
2
Soviet Union
1
3
4
8
3
Germany 0
3
2
5
4
Sweden
0
2
2
4
5
Great Britain
3
0
0
3
6
Finland
1
2
0
3
7
Czech Republic
1
1
1
3
8
Canada 1
0
2
3
9
France 0
3
0
3
10
West Germany
0
2
1
3
11
Norway 2
0
0
2
12
East Germany
1
1
0
2
13
Estonia
1
0
1
2
14
United Team of Germany 1
0
1
2
15
Cuba
0
0
2
2
16
Czechoslovakia
1
0
0
1
17
Spain
0
1
0
1
18
Belarus
0
1
0
1
19
Taiwan
0
1
0
1
20
Poland
0
0
1
1
21
Kazakhstan
0
0
1
1
22
Australia
0
0
1
1
23
Grenada
0
0
1
1