See also: Decathlon (homonymy)

A decathlon (of the Greek : δέκα déka “ten” and ἆθλος âthlos “contest”) is a male competition including/understanding ten tests. The word decathlon usually refers to an event of Athlétisme on (and out) track. Programmed over one two days period, the decathlon pushes the athletes who take part in it to exceed their limits of force, endurance, speed and agility.

Unfolding

First day:

Second day:

For each contest, the athlete is entitled safe to three tests for the high jump and the jump with the pole where it is entitled to 3 tests by rise of bar. With regard to the wind, the decathlon will be validated like " régulier" if the average of the wind measured at the time of the 100m, 110mh and the length is lower or equal to 2,0m/s. It is necessary also that in any of these three tests the wind is higher than 4,0m/s. Each athlete gains points according to the performance carried out for each test (http://aixathle.free.fr/pages%20web/calcul/Calculpoint.htm). Thus, the candidates carry out the totality of the tests until the winner nomination: the athlete who accumulates the greatest number of points gains the competition.

See also: Scale of the decathlon

History

The decathlon was allowed with the Olympic Games at the time of the session of CIO held with Paris in 1901. The first Olympic tests took place at the time of the Olympic Games of summer of 1904 with Saint-Louis with the the United States. The contest of the decathlon was officially built-in the program of Olympic Games of summer of 1912. The type of tests and the order of the tests evolved/moved until fixing in the Twenties of the current decathlon.

Since, obtaining a gold medal in a competition with the decathlon remains one of the honorary titles most prestigious of the Olympic Games. For the international scales, this contest is reserved to the men. The equivalent of this competition for the women is the Heptathlon, including/understanding seven tests.

The combined tests, Decathlon and Heptathlon, encourage a competitive spirit more convivial than the single contests, because the diversity of the tests prevents specialization, emphasizing the weaknesses as much as the forces of each athlete. Also, according to the tradition, all the candidates encourage themselves before the last dreaded test of the majority (the 1500m). They take share then with a lap of honor to close the competition. .

10 better performances

At January 1st 2006.

from January 1st to August 15th, 2007 :

World records

  • World records decathlon Men
  • World records decathlon Women

  • male Record of France held by Christian Plaziat with 8574 pts (Split, 1990)

  • female Record of France held by Marie Collonvillé with 8150 pts (Talence 2004). This record was at the same time the first of the world recorded in this speciality at January 1st, 2005

Bonds

Interns

External

  • Tables of quotation

See too

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