1996 in the decathlon
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year Atlanta, Georgia, where the competition started on July 31, 1996, and ended on August 1, 1996.
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8891 | September 5, 1992 |  Talence, France
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1996 World Year Ranking
| 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 |