The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Decathlon

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 29 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 8 Medals
SWEDEN/GERMANY - 4 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

Medal Winners  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo 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

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
 Sweden
 0
 2
 2
 4
4
 Germany
 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
 East Germany
 1
 1
 0
 2
12
 Estonia
 1
 0
 1
 2
13
 United Team of Germany 1
 0
 1
 2
14
 Cuba
 0
 0
 2
 2
15
 Norway
 1
 0
 0
 1
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