Talk:Decathlon

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How does the scoring work?

Anyone know if women's scores are calculated into points in the same way as men's? I'm a bit suspicious of that record by Skujyte... Gdabski 22:49, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

I'd imagine that the women have differnet tables to then, just like I believe there are differnet tables between the women's heptathlon and men's decathlon. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess those events in both the womens heptathlon and women's decathlon have the same points tables. Evil Eye 19:57, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
Isnt the record by Skujyte for a decathlon? Hence, unofficial?

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[edit] New points vs. old points

Something should probably be mentioned about these here? -Yupik 10:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Toomey

Shouldn't Bill Toomey be added to the list of prominent decathletes?

He was both a world record holder and an Olympic champion. I believe his 1968 400m time remains the best ever. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.152.142.46 (talk) 18:04, 10 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Removed content

I removed the following paragraph. It is far from encyclopedic, and, lacking citation, contributes no fact. 'To ancient Greeks and modern Germans, the decathlon performer was and is the king of athletes [citation needed]. But to most of the track world, including the United States, the decathlete is a sometime hero, recognized and applauded only when he wins the Olympic Games. Hero or forgotten man, the 10-event performer is a rare and unique breed.' Feel free to post you objections... Be Bold. ~Gertlex 04:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yang Chuan-Kwang

Just a thought... since Yang Chuan-Kwang's entry was for a date in 1963, he would have been competing for the Chinese national team, and not Chinese-Taipei, since the expulsion had not yet occurred. Consider Team Canada, which changed national flags in 1965 - sports articles like Olympic medal results distinguish between the two flags based on the date. Hence, I was thinking that maybe Yang's entry should be listed with the official flag at the time. Any thoughts? Or is there already a policy in place regarding what the resolution is in such cases? Yes, this is a hot potato topic, and I perfectly understand if no one wants to touch this with a 20 foot long pole. --65.93.142.3 (talk) 05:01, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bulleting the events

Maybe I'm victim of today's "do it now", can't wait, gotta have it pace, but I was surprised that the ten events that comprise the modern pentathlon weren't in bullet form or some other format that stood out from the prose. Contrast with heptathlon, where they're in a bullet list that immediately draws the eye to them. Would anyone object if I made a change to this page to make the list of events more visible?--NapoliRoma (talk) 02:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] National Records

The national records are slightly skewed, favouring old medal tables. Daley Thompson is not actually as close to Clay's or Sebrle's performances since the 80's points table had more points relative to the modern calculations (ie, 5m in 1984 = 1000 but nowadays 5m in polevault is only worth 910). I'll be reformatting the points for every national record by using the modern point calculator, with each respective national competitor's performance. Unless someone can specifically cite the IAAF method for record continuity? --Hurricane Angel (talk) 07:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)