Is this the most ridiculous WR in track and field?

Pisco Sour

Doing a bit of reading here on the Icosathlon, also known as the Double Decathlon. 20 events in 2 days, basically every individual event on the Olympic track and field programme plus the 200m Hurdles.

Here is the WR:

World Record details by
Detmer Joseph (USA) :

25-26.09.2010 : Lynchburg VA (USA)


Icosathlon : 14'571 points


Decathlon : 7'738 points


1) 100 m : 10.93 (+ 2,5)
2) Long Jump : 7.30 (+ 1,3)
3) 200 m Hurdles : 24.25 (+ 2,8)
4) Shot Put : 12.27
5) 5000 m : 18:25.32
6) 800 m : 2:02.23
7) High Jump : 1.98
8) 400 m : 50.43
9) Hammer Throw : 31.82
10) 3000 m SC : 11:22.47
11) 110 m Hurdles : 15.01 (+ 1,5)
12) Discus Throw : 40.73
13) 200 m : 22.58 (+ 1,0)
14) Pole Vault : 4.85
15) 3000 m : 10:25.99
16) 400 m Hurdles : 53.83
17) Javelin Throw : 51.95
18) 1500 m : 4:26.66
19) Triple Jump : 13.67 (+ 1,9)
20) 10'000 m : 40:27.26

Who on earth runs a 40 for 10k at the end of all that! Outrageous!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosathlon
http://icosathlon.over-blog.com/pages/World_Records-1684221.html

Pherekydes

I was sure this was going to be about Flo-Jo...

Pherekydes

Seriously, he's a pretty good all round athlete. 8000+ pts in the Decathlon proper.

P.S. Why didn't he do a Decathlon as one of the events? :pac:

pconn062

Clearly not a distance man, some falloff between his 1500 and 3000m times!

Kurt Godel

Pherekydes wrote: »

P.S. Why didn't he do a Decathlon as one of the events? :pac:

Brilliant!