Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between August 5 & August 6. 17-year-old Bob Mathias of the United States won with a points total of 7139.
Competition format
The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds.Schedule
All times are British Summer Time| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 5 August 1948 | 10:30 11:30 15:00 16:00 17:30 | 100 metres Long jump Shot put High jump 400 metres |
| Friday, 6 August 1948 | 10:30 11:30 14:30 16:30 18:30 | 110 metres hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 metres |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.| World record Olympic record | 7900 | Berlin, Germany | 8 August 1936 |
Overall results
;Key:| Key: | DNS | Did not start | DNF | Did not finish |
| Rank | Athlete | Overall points | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110 m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m |
| 7139 | ||||||||||||
| 6974 | ||||||||||||
| 6950 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 6929 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 6877 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6739 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 6731 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 6715 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 6712 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 6663 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 6552 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 6444 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 6421 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 6401 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 6325 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 6153 | |||||||||||
| 17 | 6142 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 6141 | |||||||||||
| 19 | 6106 | |||||||||||
| 20 | 6026 | |||||||||||
| 20 | 6026 | |||||||||||
| 22 | 5829 | |||||||||||
| 23 | 5808 | |||||||||||
| 24 | 5730 | |||||||||||
| 25 | 5590 | |||||||||||
| 26 | 5586 | |||||||||||
| 27 | 5558 | |||||||||||
| 28 | 5031 | |||||||||||