title: 1997 in the decathlon
text: # 1997 in the decathlon
  
  This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 5, 1997, and ended on August 6, 1997.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field :
  
  | World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |
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  ## 1997 World Year Ranking
  
  | Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 8837 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Athens, Greece | 1997-08-06 | |
  | 2 | 8730 | Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN) | Athens, Greece | 1997-08-06 | NR |
  | 3 | 8652 | Frank Busemann (GER) | Athens, Greece | 1997-08-06 | |
  | 4 | 8604 | Steve Fritz (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 1997-06-13 | |
  | 5 | 8555 | Michael Smith (CAN) | Götzis, Austria | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 6 | 8534 | Erki Nool (EST) | Götzis, Austria | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 7 | 8470 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Götzis, Austria | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 8 | 8458 | Chris Huffins (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 1997-06-13 | |
  | 9 | 8445 | Ramil Ganiyev (UZB) | Athens, Greece | 1997-08-06 | NR |
  | 10 | 8380 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Catania, Italy | 1997-08-20 | |
  | 11 | 8360 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | Athens, Greece | 1997-08-06 | |
  | 12 | 8322 | Francisco Javier Benet (ESP) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 13 | 8310 | Klaus Isekenmeier (GER) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1997-06-01 | PB |
  | 14 | 8290 | Sebastian Chmara (POL) | Maribor, Slovenia | 1997-06-29 | |
  | 15 | 8268 | Shawn Wilbourn (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 1997-06-13 | PB |
  | 16 | 8259 | Jagan Hames (AUS) | Adelaide, Australia | 1997-03-30 | |
  | 17 | 8239 | Robert Změlík (CZE) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 18 | 8228 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 1997-06-13 | |
  | 19 | 8211 | Michael Kohnle (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 20 | 8184 | Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 21 | 8182 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1997-06-01 | |
  | 22 | 8173 | Kamil Damašek (CZE) | Talence, France | 1997-09-14 | |
  | 23 | 8140 | Indrek Kaseorg (EST) | Athens, Greece | 1997-08-06 | |
  | 24 | 8128 | Jaime Peñas (ESP) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1997-06-01 | PB |
  | 25 | 8123 | Darwin Vandehoef (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 1997-06-13 | |
  