Larbi Bourrada won the men's decathlon at the 2011 Ratingen Mehrkampf ‐Meeting with 8302 points, setting an African record and defeating Germany's Rico Freimuth by just 15 points. Freimuth finished second with 8287 points, while Pascal
Arkadi Vasilyev won the decathlon at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing with a championship record of 8059 points. Cuba’s Yordani Garcia took silver with 7850, while New Zealand’s Jordan Vandermade earned bronze with 7807. Beijing
One hour decathlon is a special type of decathlon, in which the athletes have to start the last of ten events (1500m) within sixty minutes after the start of the first event
German men’s decathlon all-time list up to 8000 points. Leading the German men’s decathlon all-time list is Leo Neugebauer, who set the national record with a stunning 8961 points performance at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene.
Matthias Prey won the decathlon at the 2007 European Junior Championships in Hengelo with 7908 points. Rok Deržanic secured silver with a Slovenian U20 record of 7560, while Rico Freimuth took bronze for Germany with 7524, just eight points
The 2009 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba’s Yordani Garcia with 8348 points, narrowly ahead of Germany’s Norman Müller (8295), while Stefan Drews completed the podium in third with 7858 points.
The 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas saw Eelco Sintnicolaas of the Netherlands rise to the top of the men’s decathlon with 8112 points, the only athlete in the competition to break the 8000 ‐point barrier. France’s
The 2010 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba's Yordani Garcia with 8288 points, narrowly beating compatriot Leonel Suárez (8243), while Austria’s Dominik Distelberger finished third with 7713 points.
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas