Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017.
Day one of the decathlon features the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m. The retirement of Ashton Eaton, two-time world and Olympic champion, means that a new face will rise to the top in 2017.
Rico Freimuth tops the world list with his win in Ratingen, ahead of Ilya Shkurenev and Gotzis winner Damian Warner. Warner was bronze medallist in Rio, silver medallist Kevin Mayer is a starter here but has not completed a decathlon this year.
Others in the hunt include Lindon Victor, Eelco Sintnicolaas and dual Olympic bronze medallist Leonel Suarez. But it is a suddenly open event and any number of contenders may emerge after the first few events.
Not forgetting… the women’s 100m hurdles has heats in the morning and semis in the evening, the men’s 1500m and women’s 800m move to the semis, the former without Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz, the latter without defending champion Marina Arzamasova, who were both eliminated; on the field, we have men’s high jump and women’s discus qualifying.
HEAT 1 11 AUG 2017 20:45
| ORDER / LANE | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SB 2017 | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 937 | Kevin MAYER |  FRA |
48.28 | |
| 3 | 890 | Maicel UIBO |  EST |
50.67 | 50.24 |
| 4 | 695 | Thomas VAN DER PLAETSEN |  BEL |
48.64 | |
| 5 | 916 | Bastien AUZEIL | FRA |
50.89 | 48.66 |
| 6 | 1293 | Mihail DUDAŠ |  SRB |
47.47 | |
| 7 | 888 | Janek ÕIGLANE | EST |
50.56 | 50.56 |
| 8 | 1123 | Keisuke USHIRO |  JPN |
51.61 | 49.66 |
| 9 | 878 | Pau TONNESEN |  ESP |
53.62 | 50.24 |
HEAT 2 11 AUG 2017 20:54 PLEASE CLICK ON A ROW BELOW TO VIEW MORE INFORMATION
| ORDER / LANE | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SB 2017 | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 828 | Adam Sebastian HELCELET |  CZE |
49.50 | 48.66 |
| 3 | 949 | Ashley BRYANT |  GBR |
49.69 | 48.10 |
| 4 | 1397 | Trey HARDEE |  USA |
49.02 | 47.51 |
| 5 | 1214 | Martin ROE |  NOR |
49.64 | 49.00 |
| 6 | 880 | Jorge UREÑA | ESP |
49.62 | 49.17 |
| 7 | 1196 | Pieter BRAUN |  NED |
49.09 | 48.02 |
| 8 | 640 | Cedric DUBLER |  AUS |
49.56 | 48.18 |
| 9 | 1451 | Zach ZIEMEK | USA |
50.20 | 49.04 |
HEAT 3 11 AUG 2017 21:03 PLEASE CLICK ON A ROW BELOW TO VIEW MORE INFORMATION
| ORDER / LANE | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SB 2017 | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1365 | Oleksiy KASYANOV |  UKR |
48.68 | 47.46 |
| 3 | 1026 | Kurt FELIX |  GRN |
48.67 | 48.63 |
| 4 | 1205 | Eelco SINTNICOLAAS | NED |
48.37 | 47.88 |
| 5 | 1115 | Akihiko NAKAMURA | JPN |
48.48 | 47.17 |
| 6 | 1309 | Fredrik SAMUELSSON |  SWE |
48.99 | 48.99 |
| 7 | 992 | Rico FREIMUTH |  GER |
48.76 | 47.51 |
| 8 | 605 | Larbi BOURRADA |  ALG |
48.47 | 46.69 |
| 9 | 616 | Ilya SHKURENEV |  ANA |
49.00 | 47.88 |
HEAT 4 11 AUG 2017 21:12 PLEASE CLICK ON A ROW BELOW TO VIEW MORE INFORMATION
| ORDER / LANE | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | SB 2017 | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 658 | Dominik DISTELBERGER |  AUT |
48.16 | 47.25 |
| 3 | 764 | Damian WARNER |  CAN |
47.49 | 46.54 |
| 4 | 889 | Karl Robert SALURI | EST |
47.59 | 47.59 |
| 5 | 988 | Mathias BRUGGER | GER |
47.29 | 47.29 |
| 6 | 1317 | Sutthisak SINGKHON |  THA |
48.05 | 48.05 |
| 7 | 1445 | Devon WILLIAMS | USA |
48.14 | 48.14 |
| 8 | 1000 | Kai KAZMIREK | GER |
47.40 | 46.75 |
| 9 | 1029 | Lindon VICTOR | GRN |
48.24 | 48.24 |
