Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Roman Šebrle (CZE) |
9026 | May 27, 2001 |  Götzis, Austria
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This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 23, 2004 and ended on August 24, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium.
| Standing records prior to the 2004 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) |
9026 | May 27, 2001 | Götzis, Austria
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| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8893 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 2 | 8820 |  Bryan Clay (USA) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 3 | 8732 | Tom Pappas (USA) |
Götzis, Austria | 2004-05-30 | |
| 4 | 8725 |  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 5 | 8414 |  Dean Macey (GBR) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 6 | 8343 |  Chiel Warners (NED) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 7 | 8317 |  Erki Nool (EST) |
Götzis, Austria | 2004-05-30 | |
| 8 | 8312 | Paul Terek (USA) |
Sacramento, United States | 2004-07-17 | |
| 9 | 8287 |  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 10 | 8285 | Phillip McMullen (USA) |
Sacramento, United States | 2004-07-17 | |
| 11 | 8240 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) |
Götzis, Austria | 2004-05-30 | |
| 12 | 8237 |  Laurent Hernu (FRA) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 13 | 8225 |  Claston Bernard (JAM) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 14 | 8211 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) |
Götzis, Austria | 2004-05-30 | |
| 15 | 8172 |  Dennis Leyckes (GER) |
Ratingen, Germany | 2004-06-27 | |
| 16 | 8171 | Ryan Harlan (USA) |
Austin, United States | 2004-06-12 | |
| 17 | 8102 | Roland Schwarzl (AUT) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 18 | 8084 | Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 19 | 8082 | Eugène Martineau (NED) |
Götzis, Austria | 2004-05-30 | |
| 20 | 8077 | Florian Schönbeck (GER) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 21 | 8067 | Romain Barras (FRA) |
Athens, Greece | 2004-08-24 | |
| 22 | 8056 |  Paolo Casarsa (ITA) |
Vienna, Austria | 2004-06-06 | |
| 23 | 8048 | Nikolay Averyanov (RUS) |
Tula, Russia | 2004-06-24 | |
| 24 | 8045 | Christopher Hallmann (GER) |
Vaterstetten, Germany | 2004-09-05 | |
| 25 | 8043 | Nikolay Tishchenko (RUS) |
Krasnodar, Russia | 2004-05-29 |