1992 in the decathlon
# 1992 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1992 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, where the competition started on August 5, 1992, and ended on August 6, 1992.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 season in track and field :

| World Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8847 | August 9, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Broken records during the 1992 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |

* ↑ According to the 1985 tables

## 1992 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8891 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Talence, France | 1992-09-05 | WR |
| 2 | 8649 | Dave Johnson (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 1992-06-27 | |
| 3 | 8627 | Robert Změlík (TCH) | Götzis, Austria | 1992-05-31 | PB |
| 4 | 8412 | Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Barcelona, Spain | 1992-08-06 | |
| 5 | 8409 | Michael Smith (CAN) | Götzis, Austria | 1992-05-31 | |
| 6 | 8285 | Alain Blondel (FRA) | Talence, France | 1992-09-05 | |
| 7 | 8276 | Brian Brophy (USA) | Austin, United States | 1992-06-06 | PB |
| 8 | 8246 | Sten Ekberg (SWE) | Värnamo, Sweden | 1992-07-05 | PB |
| 9 | 8237 | Aric Long (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 1992-06-27 | PB |
| 10 | 8225 | Sheldon Blockburger (USA) | Baton Rouge, United States | 1992-03-28 | |
| 11 | 8220 | Frank Müller (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 1992-05-31 | |
| 12 | 8199 | Dezső Szabó (HUN) | Barcelona, Spain | 1992-08-06 | |
| 13 | 8195 | Rob Muzzio (USA) | Barcelona, Spain | 1992-08-06 | |
| 14 | 8192 | Paul Meier (GER) | Barcelona, Spain | 1992-08-06 | |
| 15 | 8176 | Pedro da Silva (BRA) | Austin, United States | 1992-06-06 | |
| 16 | 8164 | William Motti (FRA) | Barcelona, Spain | 1992-08-06 | |
| 17 | 8160 | Ramil Ganiyev (EUN) | Barcelona, Spain | 1992-08-06 | |
| 18 | 8153 | Robert de Wit (NED) | Götzis, Austria | 1992-05-31 | |
| 19 | 8148 | Viktor Radchenko (EUN) | Götzis, Austria | 1992-05-31 | PB |
| 20 | 8131 | Gernot Kellermayr (AUT) | Götzis, Austria | 1992-05-31 | NR |
| 21 | 8126 | Derek Huff (USA) | Tucson, United States | 1992-03-19 | |
| 22 | 8091 | Valter Külvet (EST) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | 1992-05-24 | |
| 23 | 8087 | Muhammad Oliver (USA) | Austin, United States | 1992-06-06 | PB |
| 24 | 8073 | Steve Fritz (USA) | Stockholm, Sweden | 1992-07-26 | |
| 25 | 8070 | Thorsten Dauth (GER) | Bernhausen, Germany | 1992-06-20 | |
