[1] While Dixon had hopes of a medal, he was injured during his flight of the 110 metres hurdles.

Dixon struggled to continue but after a no height in the pole vault, he finished in 23rd place.

His 1977 score of 8,397, set in the dual meet against the Soviet Union in Bloomington, Indiana[3] gave him, at the time, the sixth best decathlon score in history behind Olympic champions Jenner, Mykola Avilov and Bill Toomey, plus Guido Kratschmer and Aleksandr Grebenyuk.

He was ranked in the world top 10 four years in a row, 1974-7, achieving #2 in 1975 behind Jenner and in 1977 behind Grebenyuk.

After Jenner's transition he was asked to comment: "Bruce was one of the best athletes who ever existed.