Decathlon points question....?

Question

Does it pay to be better at running/jumping events, or does it pay to be better at throwing events?

Answer 1

100m 400m Long jump polevault hurdles you need speed. All the others are explosive short burst except the 1500m. therefor you need to be better at running. However its probably more important to be better at the technical events, thats where people loose points. Running or throwing is too vague. and theres only 2 or 3 throwing events so still running.

Answer 2

i think running.

Answer 3

In theory it makes no difference, as points are calculated using the same formula for all the events, theoretically with the idea of awarding the same amount of points for similar levels of performance.

The scoring tables are designed to ensure that a specialist in one event cannot overcome top performances in the other events.