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Oct 22, 2026
Kevin Mayer rewrote decathlon history at the 2018 Décastar meeting in Talence, setting a world record of 9126 points on 15–16 September. The Frenchman surpassed Ashton Eaton’s previous record by 81 points, scoring exactly 4563 on each day. His performance included a 5.45 m pole vault and a 71.90 m javelin throw. Germany’s Arthur Abele finished second with 8310 points, ahead of compatriot Tim Nowak with 8229.
P Athlete Nation Points Results
1 Kevin Mayer FRA 9126
WR		 10,55 - 7.80 - 16.00 - 2.05 - 48,42 -
13,75 - 50.54 - 5.45 - 71.90 - 4.36,11
2 Arthur Abele GER 8310 10,84 - 7.19 - 15.20 - 1.93 - 48,48 -
13,86 - 44.67 - 4.75 - 65.35 - 4.33,78
3 Tim Nowak GER 8229
v		 11,19 - 7.56 - 14.50 - 1.96 - 49,29 -
14,72 - 45.31 - 4.85 - 64.00 - 4.26,80
4 Pieter Braun NED 7965 11,17 - 7.29 - 14.37 - 2.02 - 49,09 -
14,61 - 46.51 - 4.45 - 56.51 - 4.36,39
5 Ruben Gado FRA 7957 10,75 - 7.43 - 12.90 - 1.90 - 48,03 -
15,24 - 37.46 - 5.15 - 56.28 - 4.26,69
6 Bastien Auzeil FRA 7818 11,39 - 6.85 - 14.93 - 1.96 - 50,03 -
14,78 - 45.05 - 4.85 - 59.70 - 4.43,73
7 Pawel Wiesiolek POL 7684 11,18 - 7.07 - 13.15 - 1.96 - 50,68 -
15,15 - 44.75 - 4.85 - 57.60 - 4.45,45
8 Marcus Nilsson SWE 7627 11,40 - 6.62 - 13.73 - 1.96 - 52,67 -
15,21 - 43.06 - 4.95 - 63.43 - 4.34,20
9 Jeremy Lelievre FRA 7329 11,25 - 7.16 - 13.64 - 1.87 - 50,09 -
15,63 - 40.11 - 4.35 - 51.87 - 4.37,84
10 Patryk Baran POL 7276 11,04 - 7.10 - 13.19 - 1.90 - 51,12 -
15,35 - 38.87 - 4.85 - 49.45 - 5.04,50
11 Florian Geffrouais FRA 7187 11,52 - 6.58 - 14.59 - 1.75 - 50,52 -
15,92 - 42.72 - 4.25 - 59.95 - 4.37,67
12 Vitaliy Zhuk BLR 7018 11,24 - 7.01 - 15.56 - 1.96 - 49,61 -
14,97 - 43.59 - 0 - 58.63 - 4.42,94
13 Steven Bastien USA 6750 10,86 - 7.41 - 13.26 - 1.90 - 48,74 -
15,15 - 37.48 - 0 - 53.59 - 4.55,34

WR – world record
v – event with wind >2.0 m/s and <=4.0 m/s and wind average for 3 events <=2.0 m/s

Didn’t finish:
Ilya Shkurenyov (ANA), Keisuke Ushiro (JPN), Pierce LePage (CAN)

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