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Decathlon Dream Team 2004 Trivia Quiz

Imagine if the decathlon was a team event. Which athletes would have made the decathlon all-star team at the Athens 2004 Olympics?

A multiple-choice quiz by sundaylive. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sundaylive

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
191,011

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. Event one in a decathlon is the 100m. Who won the title as the fastest man on earth at the 2004 Athens Olympics? Hint

Justin Gatlin (USA)

Usain Bolt (Jamaica)

Darren Campbell (Great Britain)

Maurice Greene (USA)

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Question 2 of 10

2. The second event in a decathlon is the long jump. Which athlete won the long jump Gold medal at Athens in 2004? Hint

John Moffitt (USA)

Joan Lino Martinez (ESP)

Mike Powell (USA)

Dwight Phillips (USA)

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Question 3 of 10

3. The shot put is the third event in a decathlon. Which athlete won the shot put Gold medal at the Athens Olympics? Hint

Adam Nelson (USA)

Yuriy Bilonong (UKR)

Joachim Olsen (DEN)

Randy Barnes (USA)

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Question 4 of 10

4. The fourth event in a decathlon is the high jump. Who won the high jump Gold medal at Athens 2004? Hint

Javier Sotomayor (CUB)

Jaroslav Baba (CZE)

Matt Hemmingway (USA)

Stefan Holm (SWE)

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Question 5 of 10

5. The last event in day one of a decathalon is the 400m. Who won the 400m gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics? Hint

Otis Harris (USA)

Jeremy Wariner (USA)

Derrick Brew (USA)

Michael Johnson (USA)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The first decathlon event on day two is the 110m hurdles. Who won gold in Athens in the 110m hurdles? Hint

Xiang Liu (CHN)

Colin Jackson (GBR)

Terrance Trammell (USA)

Ainer Garcia (CUB)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who won the Gold medal for the discus throw at Athens 2004? Hint

Jurgen Schult (GDR)

Aleksander Tammert (EST)

Zotlan Kovago (HUN)

Virgilijus Alekna (LTH)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who won the pole vault competition in Athens in 2004? Hint

Timothy Mack (USA)

Guiseppe Gibilisco (ITA)

Toby Stevenson (USA)

Sergey Bubka (UKR)

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Question 9 of 10

9. The final field event in a decathlon is the javelin. Who won the javelin Gold medal at Athens? Hint

Jan Zelezny (CZH)

Sergey Makarov (RUS)

Vadmis Vasilevskis (LAT)

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The 10th and final event in a decathlon is the 1500m. Who won the 1500m gold medal in this event at the 2004 Athens Olympics? Hint

Bernard Lagat (KEN)

Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)

Rui Silva (POR)

Noah Ngeny (KEN)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Event one in a decathlon is the 100m. Who won the title as the fastest man on earth at the 2004 Athens Olympics?

Answer: Justin Gatlin (USA)

Justin Gatlin had the slowest reaction time of the finalists, but set a personal best to win in a time of 9.85.

2. The second event in a decathlon is the long jump. Which athlete won the long jump Gold medal at Athens in 2004?

Answer: Dwight Phillips (USA)

Dwight Phillips recorded the winning jump of 8.59m on his first attempt.

3. The shot put is the third event in a decathlon. Which athlete won the shot put Gold medal at the Athens Olympics?

Answer: Yuriy Bilonong (UKR)

Yuriy Bilonong won on countback over Adam Nelson. Both threw 21.16m.

4. The fourth event in a decathlon is the high jump. Who won the high jump Gold medal at Athens 2004?

Answer: Stefan Holm (SWE)

Stefan Holm won by 2cm with a 2.36m jump.

5. The last event in day one of a decathalon is the 400m. Who won the 400m gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics?

Answer: Jeremy Wariner (USA)

Jeremy Wariner set a personal best winning in a time of 44.00. Harris and Brew finished second and third, giving USA the trifecta.

6. The first decathlon event on day two is the 110m hurdles. Who won gold in Athens in the 110m hurdles?

Answer: Xiang Liu (CHN)

Xiang Lui set a new Olympic record winning in a time of 12.91.

7. Who won the Gold medal for the discus throw at Athens 2004?

Answer: Virgilijus Alekna (LTH)

Virgilijus Alekna set a new Olympic record with a throw of 69.89m.

8. Who won the pole vault competition in Athens in 2004?

Answer: Timothy Mack (USA)

Timothy Mack set a new Olympic record with a winning jump of 5.95m.

9. The final field event in a decathlon is the javelin. Who won the javelin Gold medal at Athens?

Answer: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

Andreas Thorkildsen won with a personal best throw of 86.50m. The world record holder and Olympic champion at the time, Jan Zelezny finished 9th.

10. The 10th and final event in a decathlon is the 1500m. Who won the 1500m gold medal in this event at the 2004 Athens Olympics?

Answer: Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)

El Guurrouj was the oldest athlete in the final. That didn't stop him from winning gold in a time of 3:34.18.

Source: Author sundaylive

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