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Aug 21, 2025
World Championships’ complete history reveals all-time records, winners, and the medal table, highlighting the most outstanding achievements and top nations throughout the event’s legacy.
World Championships decathlon records of all-time
Event Result Decathlete Nation Points Venue
100 m 10,23 (-0.4) Ashton Eaton USA 9045 Beijing 2015
Long jump 8.07 (+0.9) Tomaš Dvorak CZE 8902 Edmonton 2001
Shot put 17.54 Michael Smith CAN 8307 Athens 1997
High jump 2.25 Christian Schenk GDR 8307 Roma 1987
400 m 45,00 * Ashton Eaton USA 9045 Beijing 2015
110 m hurdles 13,55 (+0.8) Frank Busemann GER 8652 Athens 1997
Discus throw 54.97 Lindon Victor GRN 8756 Budapest 2023
Pole vault 5.50 Sebastien Levicq FRA 8524 Sevilla 1999
Javelin throw 79.05 Niklas Kaul GER 8691 Doha 2019
1500 m 4.11,82 Beat Gähwiler SUI 8011 Tokyo 1991
1st day 4703 Ashton Eaton USA 9045 Beijing 2015
10,23 - 7.88 - 14.52 - 2.01 - 45,00
2nd day 4527 Niklas Kaul GER 8691 Doha 2019
14,64 - 49.20 - 5.00 - 79.05 - 4.15,70
Running events 3944 * Ashton Eaton USA 9045 Beijing 2015
10,23 - 45,00 - 13,69 - 4.17,52
Jumping events 2923 Maicel Uibo EST 8604 Doha 2019
7.46 - 2.17 - 5.40
Throwing events 2734 Bryan Clay USA 8732 Helsinki 2005
16.25 - 53.68 - 72.00
Decathlon 9045 ®
 Ashton Eaton USA 9045 Beijing 2015
10,23 - 7.88 - 14.52 - 2.01 - 45,00 - 13,69 - 43.34 - 5.20 - 63.63 - 4.17,52

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World Championships decathlon winners of all-time
Championships
 Decathlete Nation Points
Budapest 2023 Pierce LePage CAN 8909
Eugene 2022 Kevin Mayer FRA 8816
Doha 2019 Niklas Kaul GER 8691
London 2017 Kevin Mayer FRA 8768
Beijing 2015 ® Ashton Eaton USA 9045
Moscow 2013
 Ashton Eaton
 USA 8809
Daegu 2011
 Trey Hardee
 USA 8607
Berlin 2009
 Trey Hardee
 USA 8790
Osaka 2007
 Roman Šebrle
 CZE 8676
Helsinki 2005
 Bryan Clay
 USA 8732
Paris 2003
 Tom Pappas
 USA 8750
Edmonton 2001
 Tomaš Dvorak
 CZE 8902
Sevilla 1999
 Tomaš Dvorak
 CZE 8744
Athens 1997
 Tomaš Dvorak
 CZE 8837
Göteborg 1995
 Dan O’Brien USA 8695
Stuttgart 1993
 Dan O’Brien USA 8817
Tokyo 1991
 Dan O’Brien USA 8812
Roma 1987
 Torsten Voss
 GDR
 8680
Helsinki 1983 Daley Thompson GBR 8714

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World Championships decathlon medal table of all-time
Country

Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA USA
9 1 2 12
Czech Republic CZE 4 2 - 6
France FRA 2 - - 2
Canada CAN 1 4 3 8
Germany GER 1 2 5 8
Great Britain GBR 1 1 1 3
East Germany GDR 1 - - 1
West Germany FRG - 2 1 3
Estonia EST - 2 - 2
Belarus BLR - 2 - 2
Cuba CUB - 1 1 2
Finland FIN - 1 - 1
Jamaica JAM - 1 - 1
Soviet Union URS - - 1 1
Hungary HUN - - 1 1
Ukraine UKR - - 1 1
Grenada GRN - - 1 1

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