Decathlon

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

2. What is decathlon?What is decathlon?
It is a It is a 
combined combined
event inevent in
athletics athletics

consisting of consisting of
ten track ten track
andand
field  events. field  events.

3. There are ten modalities in There are ten modalities in
decathlon:decathlon:
- Long jump- Long jump
-100 m100 m
-Discus throwDiscus throw
-Pole vaultPole vault
-Shot putShot put
-High jumpHigh jump
-400 m400 m
-110 m hurdles110 m hurdles
-Javelin throwJavelin throw
-1500 m1500 m

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

5. Women’s decathlonWomen’s decathlon
Day 1Day 1
- 100 m- 100 m
- Discus throw- Discus throw
- Pole vault- Pole vault
- Javelin throw- Javelin throw
- 400 m- 400 m

Day 2Day 2
- 100 m hurdles- 100 m hurdles
- Long jump- Long jump
- Shot put- Shot put
- High jump- High jump
- 1500 m- 1500 m

6. HICHAM HICHAM
EL EL
GUERROUJGUERROUJ
1500 m. 1500 m.
World ChampionWorld Champion

7. YELENA YELENA
ISINBAYEVA ISINBAYEVA



Pole vaultPole vault
World ChampionWorld Champion

8. Some RecordsSome 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 videosSome videos
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRk2DgLQXkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRk2DgLQXk
-http://http://www.youtube.comwww.youtube.com/watch?v=GVdOB4nA7el/watch?v=GVdOB4nA7el
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7o57ZKNkIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7o57ZKNkI

10. Sources of informationSources of information
- Wikipedia- Wikipedia
- Excelencia deportiva pitlane- Excelencia deportiva pitlane

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