1990 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1990 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, where the competition started on August 28, 1990, and ended on August 29, 1990.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field
World Record	Daley Thompson (GBR)	8847	August 9, 1984	Los Angeles, United States

1990 World Year Ranking

Rank	Points	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	8574	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29	NR
2	8525	Michael Smith (CAN)	Auckland, New Zealand	1990-01-29
3	8481	Christian Schenk (GDR)	Götzis, Austria	1990-06-17
4	8436	Dezső Szabó (HUN)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29	PB
5	8403	Dave Johnson (USA)	Seattle, United States	1990-07-25
6	8358	Dan O'Brien (USA)	Seattle, United States	1990-07-25
7	8330	Mikhail Medved (URS)	Seattle, United States	1990-07-25
8	8289	Michael Kohnle (FRG)	Salzgitter, West Germany	1990-07-22
9	8275	Torsten Voss (GDR)	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	1990-05-27
10	8256	Frank Müller (GDR)	Salzgitter, West Germany	1990-07-22	PB
11	8249	Robert Změlík (CZE)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29
12	8216	Alain Blondel (FRA)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29
13	8214	Antonio Peñalver (ESP)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29
14	8169	Andrei Nazarov (EST)	Sochi, Soviet Union	1990-05-20
15	8146	Beat Gähwiler (SUI)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29
16	8138	Siegfried Wentz (FRG)	Götzis, Austria	1990-06-17
17	8121	Rišardas Malachovskis (URS)	Sochi, Soviet Union	1990-05-20
18	8098	Rob Muzzio (USA)	Emmitsburg, United States	1990-09-09
19	8088	Roman Terekhov (URS)	Sochi, Soviet Union	1990-05-20
20	8057	Saša Karan (YUG)	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia	1990-07-01	NR
21	8054	Aleksey Lyakh (URS)	Spokane, United States	1990-07-22
22	8052	Henrik Dagård (SWE)	Split, Yugoslavia	1990-08-29
23	8040	Thorsten Dauth (FRG)	Salzgitter, West Germany	1990-07-22
24	8033	Gary Kinder (USA)	Emmitsburg, United States	1990-09-09
25	8015	Sten Ekberg (SWE)	Värnamo, Sweden	1990-07-29

See also

• 1990 Hypo-Meeting
• 1990 Décastar

References

• decathlon2000
• apulanta
• digilander