Heat 1: Start time: 20:09, Temperature 25° C, Humidity 61%                    
 
| Ranking Heat 1 | time |   | Pts | SO | bib |  | 1. Akihiko Nakamura |  JPN | 4:16.36 |   | 837 | 7 | 667 |  | 2. Niels Pittomvils |  BEL | 4:27.40 | Pb | 762 | 5 | 227 |  | 3. Pieter Braun |  NED | 4:32.46 |   | 729 | 8 | 760 |  | 4. Bastien Auzeil |  FRA | 4:37.92 | Pb | 693 | 10 | 488 |  | 5. Pawel Wiesiolek |  POL | 4:39.31 |   | 685 | 1 | 812 |  | 6. Jorge Ureña |  ESP | 4:42.21 |   | 666 | 6 | 444 |  | 7. Janek Õiglane |  EST | 4:43.06 |   | 661 | 3 | 456 |  | 8. Keisuke Ushiro |  JPN | 4:43.51 |   | 658 | 4 | 673 |  | 9. Thomas van der Plaetsen |  BEL | 4:47.38 |   | Sb | 9 | 228 |  | 10.Zach Ziemek |  USA | 4:56.66 | Pb | 579 | 11 | 1073 |  | 11.Pau Tonnesen |  ESP | 5:33.73 |   | 381 | 2 | 442 |   
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|  Intermediate times: |  | 400m Akihiko Nakamura (JPN) 1:05.75 |  | 800m Akihiko Nakamura (JPN) 2:13.96 |  | 1200m Akihiko Nakamura (JPN) 3:24.68 |   
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 Heat 2: Start time: 20:22, Temperature 26° C, Humidity 58%                    
 
| Ranking Heat 2 | time |   | Pts | SO | bib |  | 1. Larbi Bourrada |  ALG | 4:16.61 | Sb | 835 | 6 | 155 |  | 2. Ashton Eaton |  USA | 4:17.52 | Sb | 829 | 4 | 1013 |  | 3. Michael Schrader |  GER | 4:22.30 | Sb | 796 | 3 | 568 |  | 4. Ilya Shkurenev |  RUS | 4:24.98 | Pb | 778 | 1 | 882 |  | 5. Maicel Uibo |  EST | 4:25.53 | Pb | 774 | 7 | 457 |  | 6. Damian Warner |  CAN | 4:31.51 |   | 735 | 2 | 319 |  | 7. Oleksiy Kasyanov |  UKR | 4:31.80 |   | 733 | 10 | 978 |  | 8. Kurt Felix |  GRN | 4:32.57 | Pb | 728 | 8 | 579 |  | 9. Kai Kazmirek |  GER | 4:35.61 |   | 708 | 5 | 560 |  | 10.Rico Freimuth |  GER | 4:37.05 | Sb | 699 | 11 | 544 |  | 11.Adam Sebastian Helcelet |  CZE | 4:37.65 | Pb | 695 | 9 | 390 |   
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|  Intermediate times: |  | 400m Michael Schrader (GER) 1:09.34 |  | 800m Larbi Bourrada (ALG) 2:21.56 |  | 1200m Larbi Bourrada (ALG) 3:31.61 |   
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| Time | 3:22.23 | 3:25.25 | 3:28.29 | 3:31.37 | 3:34.47 | 3:37.61 | 3:40.78 | 3:43.98 | 3:47.21 | 3:50.49 | 3:53.79 | 3:57.14 | 4:00.53 |  | Points | 1250 | 1225 | 1200 | 1175 | 1150 | 1125 | 1100 | 1075 | 1050 | 1025 | 1000 | 975 | 950 |  | Time | 4:03.95 | 4:07.42 | 4:10.94 | 4:14.50 | 4:18.11 | 4:21.77 | 4:25.48 | 4:29.25 | 4:33.08 | 4:36.97 | 4:40.92 | 4:44.94 | 4:49.03 |  | Points | 925 | 900 | 875 | 850 | 825 | 800 | 775 | 750 | 725 | 700 | 675 | 650 | 625 |   
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| Athlete | Points |   |  | 1. Ashton Eaton |  USA | 9045 | WR |  | 2. Damian Warner |  CAN | 8695 | NR |  | 3. Rico Freimuth |  GER | 8561 | PB |  | 4. Ilya Shkurenev |  RUS | 8538 | PB |  | 5. Larbi Bourrada |  ALG | 8461 | AR |  | 6. Kai Kazmirek |  GER | 8448 |  | 7. Michael Schrader |  GER | 8418 |  | 8. Kurt Felix |  GRN | 8302 | NR |  | 9. Oleksiy Kasyanov |  UKR | 8262 | SB |  | 10.Maicel Uibo |  EST | 8245 |  | 11.Adam Sebastian Helcelet |  CZE | 8234 | SB |  | 12.Pieter Braun |  NED | 8114 |  | 13.Bastien Auzeil |  FRA | 8093 |  | 14.Thomas van der Plaetsen |  BEL | 8035 | SB |  | 15.Zach Ziemek |  USA | 8006 |  | 16.Akihiko Nakamura |  JPN | 7745 |  | 17.Pawel Wiesiolek |  POL | 7705 |  | 18.Pau Tonnesen |  ESP | 7606 |  | 19.Janek Õiglane |  EST | 7581 |  | 20.Keisuke Ushiro |  JPN | 7532 |  | 21.Jorge Ureña |  ESP | 6858 |  | 22.Niels Pittomvils |  BEL | 6678 |  | -. Trey Hardee |  USA | DNF |  | -. Luiz Alberto de Araújo |  BRA | DNF |  | -. Eelco Sintnicolaas |  NED | DNF |  | -. Yordani García |  CUB | DNF |  | -. Willem Coertzen |  RSA | DNF |  | -. Jeremy Taiwo |  USA | DNF |  | -. Felipe dos Santos |  BRA | DNF |   
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| World Decathlon Best: Robert Naker (USA), age -, 3:58.7, Austin, TX, 3 Apr 1980 |  | Championship Decathlon Best: Beat Gahwiler (SUI), age 26, 4:11.82, Tokyo (Olympic Stadium), 30 Aug 1991 |   
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| Athlete | 2015 | Person | Heat | L | Birth | bib |  | -. Larbi Bourrada |  ALG |   | 4:12.15 | Heat 2 | 6 | 10 May 88 | 155 |  | -. Ashton Eaton |  USA |   | 4:14.48 | Heat 2 | 4 | 21 Jan 88 | 1013 |  | -. Akihiko Nakamura |  JPN | 4:14.79 | 4:13.39 | Heat 1 | 7 | 23 Oct 90 | 667 |  | -. Michael Schrader |  GER | 4:22.87 | 4:19.32 | Heat 2 | 3 | 01 Jul 87 | 568 |  | -. Damian Warner |  CAN | 4:24.73 | 4:24.73 | Heat 2 | 2 | 04 Nov 89 | 319 |  | -. Jorge Ureña |  ESP | 4:26.69 | 4:25.77 | Heat 1 | 6 | 08 Oct 93 | 444 |  | -. Pieter Braun |  NED | 4:28.18 | 4:28.18 | Heat 1 | 8 | 21 Jan 93 | 760 |  | -. Maicel Uibo |  EST | 4:28.48 | 4:28.12 | Heat 2 | 7 | 27 Dec 92 | 457 |  | -. Ilya Shkurenev |  RUS | 4:28.69 | 4:28.69 | Heat 2 | 1 | 11 Jan 91 | 882 |  | -. Niels Pittomvils |  BEL | 4:29.04 | 4:29.04 | Heat 1 | 5 | 18 Jul 92 | 227 |  | -. Oleksiy Kasyanov |  UKR | 4:30.43 | 4:22.27 | Heat 2 | 10 | 26 Aug 85 | 978 |  | -. Kai Kazmirek |  GER | 4:34.61 | 4:33.78 | Heat 2 | 5 | 28 Jan 91 | 560 |  | -. Keisuke Ushiro |  JPN | 4:34.90 | 4:26.68 | Heat 1 | 4 | 24 Jul 86 | 673 |  | -. Pawel Wiesiolek |  POL | 4:35.39 | 4:35.39 | Heat 1 | 1 | 13 Aug 91 | 812 |  | -. Kurt Felix |  GRN | 4:36.84 | 4:35.61 | Heat 2 | 8 | 04 Jul 88 | 579 |  | -. Janek Õiglane |  EST | 4:37.75 | 4:35.33 | Heat 1 | 3 | 25 Apr 94 | 456 |  | -. Pau Tonnesen |  ESP | 4:41.77 | 4:41.77 | Heat 1 | 2 | 24 Oct 92 | 442 |  | -. Adam Sebastian Helcelet |  CZE | 4:42.33 | 4:37.93 | Heat 2 | 9 | 27 Oct 91 | 390 |  | -. Rico Freimuth |  GER | 4:46.16 | 4:34.69 | Heat 2 | 11 | 14 Mar 88 | 544 |  | -. Bastien Auzeil |  FRA | 4:46.19 | 4:45.15 | Heat 1 | 10 | 22 Oct 89 | 488 |  | -. Thomas Van Der Plaetsen |  BEL | 4:50.21 | 4:32.52 | Heat 1 | 9 | 24 Dec 90 | 228 |  | -. Zach Ziemek |  USA | 4:58.93 | 4:56.92 | Heat 1 | 11 | 23 Feb 93 | 1073 |   
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