This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1996 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where the competition started on July 31, 1996, and ended on August 1, 1996.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field
World Record   Dan O'Brien (USA) 8891 September 5, 1992   Talence, France

1996 World Year Ranking

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Rank Points Athlete Venue Date Note
1 8824   Dan O'Brien (USA) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
2 8706   Frank Busemann (GER) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 PB
3 8664   Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
4 8644   Steve Fritz (USA) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01 PB
5 8626   Michael Smith (CAN) Götzis, Austria 1996-05-26 NR
6 8613   Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
7 8546   Chris Huffins (USA) Atlanta, United States 1996-06-22
8 8543   Erki Nool (EST) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
9 8425   Robert Změlík (CZE) Talence, France 1996-09-15
10 8404   Ricky Barker (USA) College Station, United States 1996-03-15 PB
11 8393   Sébastien Levicq (FRA) Talence, France 1996-09-15
12 8345   Kip Janvrin (USA) Atlanta, United States 1996-06-22
13 8318   Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
14 8315   Lev Lobodin (RUS) Götzis, Austria 1996-05-26
15 8307   Antonio Peñalver (ESP) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
16 8282   Christian Plaziat (FRA) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
17 8274   Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
18 8256   Kamil Damašek (CZE) Lage, Germany 1996-06-16 PB
19 8253   Frank Müller (GER) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
20 8249   Sebastian Chmara (POL) Atlanta, United States 1996-08-01
21 8230   Michael Kohnle (GER) Bernhausen, Germany 1996-06-16
22 8227   Andrew Fucci (USA) Atlanta, United States 1996-06-22 PB
23 8216   Oleg Veretelnikov (UZB) Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1996-06-06
24 8210   Roman Šebrle (CZE) Prague, Czech Republic 1996-07-10
25 8189   Raúl Duany (CUB) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 1996-02-10

See also

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References

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