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How you score a decathlon?
There is a scoring table. The current table came out from the IAAF in 1985. It assesses a score for each performance in each of the 10 events. The athlete with the highest cumulative score wins.
What is the origin of decathlon?
The origin of the word decathalon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events and is greek in origin and is won by the contestant that has the highest total score.
What are the goals of a decathlon?
The overall goal in a decathlon is to accumulate the highest score after competing in the 10 popular track and field events. The events were chosen to challenge a single athlete's fundmental abilities to sprint, throw, jump, and run long distances with an empthasis on the athlete's endurance to do so in competing through the events back-to-back over a two consecutive day competition; spliting the events to 5 events each day.The decathlete, the athlete competing in the decathlon, does not necessarily have to win any of the 10 events in order to win the overall decathlon; just merely accumulate the highest total score at the end of the decathlon.The scoring of each event is based off a standard decathlon scoring table which is based off the world record performance of each event when the scoring table was instituited.You could also say that an athlete's individual goal would to be win every event; there by ensuring they would accumulate the highest total score in the end.
How many track and field events are competed in the decathlon and what are they?
A decathlon is 10 events, in orderDay 1100mLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump400 mDay 2110HDiscusPole VaultJavelin1500mRead more: What_are_the_olympic_field_events_in_the_decathlonEach (best) performance in each event is given a score based on a scoring table. The athlete with the highest point total after the 10 events wins.
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