Decathlon is a combined track and field event consisting of ten events that test athletes' speed, strength, and endurance over two days. For men, day one includes the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400m, while day two comprises the 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500m. Women's events are similarly split over two days but in a different order. World champions in individual decathlon events include Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in the 1500m and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia in pole vault. Several world records in decathlon events are held by athletes such as Usain Bolt

1. DECATHLON
Antonio Romero de Ávila Ruiz-Poveda 2ºB Physical Education

2. What is decathlon?
It is a
combined
event in
athletics
consisting of
ten track
and
field events.

3. There are ten modalities in
decathlon:
-
Long jump
100 m
Discus throw
Pole vault
Shot put
-
High jump
400 m
110 m hurdles
Javelin throw
1500 m

4. Men’s decathlon
The majority of men’s and
women’s decathlons
are divided into a
two-day competition.
Day 1
- 100 m
- Long jump
- Shot put
- High jump
- 400 m
Day 2
- 110 m hurdles
- Discus throw
- Pole vault
- Javelin throw
- 1500 m

5. Women’s decathlon
Day 1
- 100 m
- Discus throw
- Pole vault
- Javelin throw
- 400 m
Day 2
- 100 m hurdles
- Long jump
- Shot put
- High jump
- 1500 m

6. HICHAM
EL
GUERROUJ
1500 m.
World Champion

7. YELENA
ISINBAYEVA
Pole vault
World Champion

8. Some Records
100 m: WR 9’58 s (Usain Bolt JAM)
Shot put: WR 23’12 m (Randy Barnes USA)
Long jump: WR 8’95 m (Mike Powell USA)
High jump: WR 2’45 m (Javier Sotomayor CUB)
400 m: WR 43’18 s (Michael Johnson USA)
Discus throw: WR 74’08 m (Jürgen Schult GER)
Pole vault: WR 6’14 m (Sergey Bubka UKR)

9. Some videos
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRk2DgLQXk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVdOB4nA7el
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7o57ZKNkI

10. Sources of information
- Wikipedia
- Excelencia deportiva pitlane

11. THANKS YOU
FOR YOUR
ATENTION