Czech athlete
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Tomáš Dvořák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈdvor̝aːk] ), born 11 May 1972 in Gottwaldov (now Zlín ), Czechoslovakia , is an athlete from the Czech Republic . He competed in the decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague . He is a three-time decathlon world champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former world record holder (8,994 points scored in Prague , 1999[ 1] ), which is still the fifth best performance of all-time. This record was broken by Dvořák's compatriot Roman Šebrle in 2001. Dvořák is the only athlete to score over 8,900 points three times.
Dvořák announced his retirement in July 2008, after he failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. He now works as an athletic coach.
List of results
1990 CRCJ (Czech Republic Championship of Juniors), Czechoslovakia, heptathlon, 1st
1990 WCJ, decathlon, 17th
1991 ECJ, decathlon, 2nd
1993 WC, Stuttgart (Germany), decathlon, 10th
1994 EIC, Paris (France), heptathlon, 4th
1994 EC, Helsinki (Finland), decathlon, 7th
1995 WIC, Barcelona (Spain), heptathlon, 2nd
1995 WC, Göteborg (Sweden), decathlon, 5th
1996 EIC, Stockholm (Sweden), heptathlon, 2nd
1996 OG, Atlanta (USA), decathlon, 3rd
1997 WC Athens , decathlon, 1st
1998 Goodwill Games , USA, decathlon, 3rd
1998 EIC, Valencia (Spain), heptathlon, 4th
1998 EC Budapest (Hungary), decathlon, 5th
1999 WC Seville , decathlon, 1st
1999 WIC, Maebashi, heptathlon, 4th
2000 EIC, heptathlon, 1st
2000 OG, Sydney (Australia), decathlon, 6th
2001 WC, decathlon, 1st
2001 Goodwill Games (Australia), decathlon, 1st
2002 EIC, Vienna (Austria), heptathlon, 2nd
2003 WIC, Birmingham (UK), heptathlon, 5th
2003 CRIC, Bratislava (Slovakia), 60 m hurdles, 1st
2003 CRIC, Bratislava (Slovakia), shot put, 3rd
2003 WC, Paris (France), decathlon, 4th
2004 CRIC, Praha, 60 m hurdles, 3rd, 7,94
2004 OG, Athens (Greece), decathlon, DNF
2005 WC , Helsinki (Finland), decathlon, 8th
2006 EC , Gothenburg (Sweden), decathlon, 12th
Personal bests
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Outdoor
As of June 21, 2025
Event
Performance
Location
Date
Points
Decathlon
—
Prague
July 3–4, 1999
8,994 points
100 meters
10.54 (-0.1 m/s)
Prague
July 3, 1999
966 points
Long jump
8.07 m (26 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in) (+0.9 m/s)
Edmonton
August 6, 2001
1,079 points
Shot put
16.88 m ( 55 ft 4+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Prague
May 13, 2000
906 points
High jump
2.09 m ( 6 ft 10+ 1 ⁄4 in)
Götzis
June 3, 2000
887 points
400 meters
47.56
Athens
August 5, 1997
931 points
110 meters hurdles
13.61 (+0.8 m/s)
Athens
August 6, 1997
1,025 points
Discus throw
50.28 m ( 164 ft 11+ 1 ⁄2 in)
Turnov
May 21, 2000
876 points
Pole vault
5.00 m ( 16 ft 4+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Athens
August 6, 1997
910 points
Javelin throw
72.32 m (237 ft 3 in)
Prague
July 4, 1999
925 points
1500 meters
4:27.63
Saint-Denis
August 27, 1993
760 points
Virtual Best Performance
9,265 points
Indoor
As of June 21, 2025
Event
Performance
Location
Date
Points
Heptathlon
—
Ghent
February 25–26, 2000
6,424 points
60 meters
6.90
Prague
February 15, 1997
918 points
Long jump
7.73 m ( 25 ft 4+ 1 ⁄4 in)
Prague
February 15, 1997
992 points
Shot put
16.47 m ( 54 ft 1 ⁄4 in)
Valencia
February 28, 1998
880 points
High jump
2.04 m ( 6 ft 8+ 1 ⁄4 in)
Barcelona
July 2, 1994
840 points
60 meters hurdles
7.76
Prague
February 12, 2000
1,043 points
Pole vault
5.00 m ( 16 ft 4+ 3 ⁄4 in)
Ghent
February 26, 2000
910 points
1000 meters
2:40.80
Barcelona
March 12, 1995
865 points
Virtual Best Performance
6,448 points
External links
References
International National People