| Olympic Men's Decathlon | ||||
| year | name | country | 100 meters (s) | pole vault (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | – | – | – | – |
| 1900 | – | – | – | – |
| 1904 | – | – | – | – |
| 1906 | – | – | – | – |
| 1908 | – | – | – | – |
| 1912 | Jim Thorpe | US | 11.2 | 3.25 |
| 1916 | – | – | – | – |
| 1920 | Helge Løvland | Norway | 12.0 | 3.20 |
| 1924 | Harold Osborn | US | 11.2 | 3.50 |
| 1928 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 11.8 | 3.30 |
| 1932 | James Bausch | US | 11.7 | 4.00 |
| 1936 | Glenn Morris | US | 11.1 | 3.50 |
| 1940 | – | – | – | – |
| 1944 | – | – | – | – |
| 1948 | Robert Mathias | US | 11.2 | 3.50 |
| 1952 | Robert Mathias | US | 10.9 | 4.00 |
| 1956 | Milt Campbell | US | 10.8 | 3.40 |
| 1960 | Rafer Johnson | US | 10.9 | 4.10 |
| 1964 | Willi Holdorf | Germany | 10.7 | 4.20 |
| 1968 | Bill Toomey | US | 10.4 | 4.20 |
| 1972 | Nikolai Avilov | USSR | 11.00 | 4.55 |
| 1976 | Bruce Jenner | US | 10.94 | 4.80 |
| 1980 | Daley Thompson | Britain | 10.62 | 4.70 |
| 1984 | Daley Thompson | Britain | 10.44 | 5.00 |
| 1988 | Christian Schenk | East Germany | 11.25 | 4.70 |
| 1992 | Robert Změlík | Czechoslovakia | 10.78 | 5.10 |
| 1996 | Dan O'Brien | US | 10.50 | 5.00 |
| 2000 | Erki Nool | Estonia | 10.68 | 5.00 |
| 2004 | Roman Šebrle | Czech Republic | 10.85 | 5.00 |
| 2008 | Bryan Clay | US | 10.44 | 5.00 |