2002 in the decathlon
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This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, where the competition started on August 7, 2002 and ended on August 8, 2002. Roman Šebrle had broken the world record in the previous year, collecting 9026 points at the 2001 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria.
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | Austria Götzis, Austria |
2002 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8800 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 | |
| 2 | 8583 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pappas (USA) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 | |
| 3 | 8509 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 | |
| 4 | 8438 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Erki Nool (EST) | Munich, Germany | 08/08/2002 | |
| 5 | 8433 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 | |
| 6 | 8390 | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 | |
| 7 | 8230 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Clay (USA) | Berkeley, United States | 20 06 2002 | |
| 8 | 8226 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 | |
| 9 | 8192 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Jaakko Ojaniemi (FIN) | Munich, Germany | 08/08/2002 | |
| 10 | 8175 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 | |
| 11 | 8163 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 24/05/2002 | |
| 12 | 8158 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Mike Maczey (GER) | Munich, Germany | 08/08/2002 | |
| 13 | 8133 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Chad Smith (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 17/05/2002 | |
| 14 | 8122 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Leyckes (GER) | Berlin, Germany | 01/09/2002 | |
| 15 | 8108 | File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Hernu (FRA) | Arles, France | 02/06/2002 | |
| 16 | 8099 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Knabe (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 | |
| 17 | 8094 | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Claston Bernard (JAM) | Baton Rouge, United States | 01/06/2002 | |
| 18 | 8081 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Kristjan Rahnu (EST) | Arlington, United States | 11/05/2002 | |
| 19 | 8041 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Paul Terek (USA) | Baton Rouge, United States | 01/06/2002 | |
| 20 | 8041 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qi Haifeng (CHN) | Busan, South Korea | 10/10/2002 | |
| 21 | 8023 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Florian Schönbeck (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 | |
| 22 | 8008 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Moore (USA) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 | |
| 23 | 8007 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Shtepa (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 24/05/2002 | |
| 24 | 7995 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | Busan, South Korea | 10/10/2002 | |
| 25 | 7989 | File:Flag of France.svg Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) | Arles, France | 02/06/2002 |
