title: 2000 in the decathlon
text: # 2000 in the decathlon
  
  This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2000 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where the competition started on Wednesday September 27, 2000 and ended on Thursday September 28, 2000.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field :
  
  | World Record | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8994 | July 4, 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic |
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  ## 2000 World Year Ranking
  
  | Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8900 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 2 | 8757 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 3 | 8742 | Erki Nool (EST) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 4 | 8595 | Chris Huffins (USA) | Sydney, Australia | 28/09/2000 | |
  | 5 | 8574 | Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | PB |
  | 6 | 8567 | Dean Macey (GBR) | Sydney, Australia | 28/09/2000 | |
  | 7 | 8554 | Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 8 | 8531 | Frank Busemann (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 9 | 8485 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 23/07/2000 | |
  | 10 | 8467 | Tom Pappas (USA) | Sacramento, United States | 21/07/2000 | |
  | 11 | 8461 | Mike Maczey (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | PB |
  | 12 | 8339 | Jiří Ryba (CZE) | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 14/05/2000 | PB |
  | 13 | 8314 | Jan Podìbradský (CZE) | Arles, France | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 14 | 8253 | Wilfrid Boulineau (FRA) | Arles, France | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 15 | 8252 | Raúl Duany (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 24/07/2000 | |
  | 16 | 8224 | Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | Lahti, Finland | 20/08/2000 | |
  | 17 | 8209 | Roman Razbeyko (RUS) | Novosibirsk, Russia | 20/08/2000 | |
  | 18 | 8206 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | |
  | 19 | 8188 | Aki Heikkinen (FIN) | Lahti, Finland | 20/08/2000 | PB |
  | 20 | 8178 | Laurent Hernu (FRA) | Talence, France | 30/07/2000 | |
  | 21 | 8178 | Henrik Dagård (SWE) | Sydney, Australia | 28/09/2000 | |
  | 22 | 8153 | Philipp Huber (SUI) | Götzis, Austria | 04/06/2000 | PB |
  | 23 | 8149 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | Sydney, Australia | 28/09/2000 | PB |
  | 24 | 8136 | Mário Aníbal (POR) | Sydney, Australia | 28/09/2000 | NR |
  | 25 | 8127 | Florian Schönbeck (GER) | Wesel, Germany | 03/09/2000 | PB |
  