World record holder Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic won the men's decathlon with 8,893 points in the Athens Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

Czech Republic's Roman Sebrle competes in the javelin throw in the men's decathlon at Olympic Stadium at the 2004 Olympic Games August 24, 2004. Sebrle wins the gold medal of the men's decathlon scored by 8893.

Bryan Clay of the United States claimed the silver 73 points behind, summing up 8,820 points after placed 14th in the last event the 1,500 meters with 4:41.65.

Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan, who finished third in last year's world championships in Saint-Denis, France, was third again in Olympics with 8,725.

Sebrle, failing to match his own record of 9,026 points here, finished only 13th in the tenth and last event of men's decathlon, the 1,500 meters race at 4:40.01, adding 680 points to his overall leading run.

"In the 1,500m, I wasn't thinking of points," said the Olympic and world silver medallist "I just followed Clay to be sure of the gold medal."

"Three weeks ago, I realized that I was in such good form that I could win here today. That made me nervous and it was a bit difficult to start competing," he added.

On his future plans, Sebrle made up his mind for some crazy thing, saying that "I'm going to eat everything that is bad for an athlete".

Sebrle had been the runner-up in Sydney Olympics four years ago, as well as in last year's championships in Saint-Denis, France.

Clay's toughest moment went after the 400m as he felt mentally hard since it was unclear which heat he had to run. But the final results was just what he expected.

"I felt ready for today, and I knew I could finish it off well, "said Clay. "I'm happy to come through fully healthy. I felt like I was floating."

Final standings of decathlon at Athens Olympics

Following are the final standings of the decathlon event at the Athens Olympic Games on Tuesday evening:

1. Roman Sebrle, Czech Republic, 8,893 points

2. Bryan Clay, United States, 8,820

3. Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstan, 8,725

4. Dean Macey, Britain, 8,414

5. Chiel Warners, Netherlands, 8,343

6. Attila Zsivoczky, Hungary, 8,287

7. Laurent Hernu, France, 8,237

8. Erki Nool, Estonia, 8,235

9. Claston Bernard, Jamaica, 8,225

10. Roland Schwarzl, Austria, 8,102

11. Alexander Pogorelov, Russia, 8,084

12. Florian Schoenbeck, Germany, 8,077

13. Romain Barras, France, 8,067

14. Maurice Smith, Jamaica, 8,023

15. Nikolay Averyanov, Russia, 8,021

16. Jaakko Ojaniemi, Finland, 8,006

17. Vitaliy Smirnov, Uzbekistan, 7,993

18. Qi Haifeng, China, 7,934

19. Stefan Drews, Germany, 7,926

20. Aliaksandr Parkhomenka, Belarus, 7,918

21. Paul Terek, United States, 7,893

22. David Gomez, Spain, 7,865

23. Indrek Turi, Estonia, 7,708

24. Santiago Lorenzo, Argentina, 7,592

25. Janis Karlivans, Latvia, 7,583

26. Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greece, 7,573

27. Hans Olav Uldal, Norway, 7,495

28. Paolo Casarsa, Italy, 7,404

29. Eugene Martineau, Netherlands, 7,185

30. Victor Covalenco, Moldova, 6,543

Tom Pappas, United States, did not finish

Luiggy Llanos, Puerto Rico, did not finish

Pavel Andreev, Uzbekistan, did not finish

Ahmad Hassan Musa, Qatar, did not finish

Dennis Leyckes, Germany, did not finish

Jon Arnar Magnusson, Iceland, did not finish

Kristjan Rahnu, Estonia, did not finish

Lev Lobodin, Russia, did not finish

Tomas Dvorak, Czech Republic, did not finish