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Oct 31, 2026
The European Championships historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records, champions and medal table, highlighting the continent’s greatest performances and leading nations throughout history.
European Championships all-time decathlon records
Event Result Decathlete Nation Points Venue
100 m 10,26 WB (+2.0) Daley Thompson GBR 8811 Stuttgart 1986
Long jump 8.31 (-1.0) Simon Ehammer SUI 8468 München 2022
Shot put 17.13 Leo Neugebauer GER 8611 Birmingham 2026
High jump 2.22 Christian Schenk GDR 8433 Split 1990
2.22 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 8616 Zurich 2014
400 m 46,49 Jon Arnar Magnusson ISL 8552 Budapest 1998
110 m hurdles 13,55 (+0.5) Arthur Abele GER 8477 Zurich 2014
Discus throw 54.31 Leo Neugebauer GER 8611 Birmingham 2026
Pole vault 5.45 Eelco Sintnicolaas NED 8436 Barcelona 2010
Javelin throw 76.05 Niklas Kaul GER 8545 München 2022
1500 m 4.09,7 h Leonid Litvinenko URS 8083 Roma 1974
1st day 4661 Simon Ehammer SUI 8468 München 2022
10,56 - 8.31 - 14.24 - 2.08 - 47,40
2nd day 4408 Niklas Kaul GER 8547 Roma 2024
14,91 - 49.89 - 4.90 - 75.45 - 4.17,77
Running events 3728 Daley Thompson GBR 8811 Stuttgart 1986
10,26 - 47,02 - 14,04 - 4.26,16
Jumping events 2991 Simon Ehammer SUI 8468 München 2022
8.31 - 2.08 - 5.20
Throwing events 2637 Niklas Kaul GER 8547 Roma 2024
15.10 - 49.89 - 75.45
Decathlon 8811 CR Daley Thompson GBR 8811 Stuttgart 1986
10,26 - 7.72 - 15.73 - 2.00 - 47,02 - 14,04 - 43.38 - 5.10 - 62.78 - 4.26,16

 

European Championships all-time decathlon champions
Championships Decathlete Nation Points By 1985
Torino 1934 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER 8103,245 CR 6667
Colombes 1938 Karl Olof Bexell SWE 7214 CR 6687
Oslo 1946 Godtfred Holmvang NOR 6987 6566
Brussels 1950 Ignace Heinrich FRA 7364 CR 6827
Bern 1954 Vasili Kuznetsov URS 6752 CR 6881
Stockholm 1958 Vasili Kuznetsov URS 7865 CR 7564
Belgrade 1962 Vasili Kuznetsov URS 8026 CR 7653
Budapest 1966 Werner von Moltke FRG 7740 7607
Athens 1969 Joachim Kirst GDR 8041 CR 7910
Helsinki 1971 Joachim Kirst GDR 8196 CR 8118
Roma 1974 Ryszard Skowronek POL 8207 CR 8229
Prague 1978 Aleksandr Grebenyuk URS 8340 CR 8337
Athens 1982 Daley Thompson GBR 8743 WR 8774
Stuttgart 1986 Daley Thompson GBR 8811 CR
Split 1990 Christian Plaziat FRA 8574 NR PB
Helsinki 1994 Alain Blondel FRA 8453 PB
Budapest 1998 Erki Nool EST 8667
München 2002 Roman Šebrle CZE 8800
Göteborg 2006 Roman Šebrle CZE 8526
Barcelona 2010 Romain Barras FRA 8453 PB
Helsinki 2012 Pascal Behrenbruch GER 8558 PB
Zurich 2014 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 8616
Amsterdam 2016 Thomas van der Plaetsen BEL 8218
Berlin 2018 Arthur Abele GER 8431
München 2022 Niklas Kaul GER 8545
Roma 2024 Johannes Erm EST 8764 PB
Birmingham 2026 Leo Neugebauer GER 8611

 

European Championships all-time decathlon medal table
Country Nation Flag Gold Silver Bronze Total
Germany GER 5 1 - 6
France FRA 4 2 1 7
Soviet Union URS 4 2 1 7
East Germany GDR 2 1 4 7
Estonia EST 2 1 1 4
Great Britain GBR 2 1 - 3
Czech Republic CZE 2 1 - 3
West Germany FRG 1 4 6 11
Sweden SWE 1 3 2 6
Poland POL 1 1 1 3
Norway NOR 1 1 1 3
Belarus BLR 1 - 2 3
Belgium BEL 1 - - 1
Finland FIN - 2 - 2
Hungary HUN - 2 - 2
Ukraine UKR - 1 1 2
Switzerland SUI - 1 1 2
Iceland ISL - 1 - 1
Netherlands NED - 1 - 1
Authorised Neutral Athletes ANA - 1 - 1
Russia RUS - - 5 5
Serbia SRB - - 1 1

WR - world record
CR - championship record
NR - national record
PB - personal best
WB - world best
h - hand timed
By 1985 - points calculated according to the 1985 scoring tables for comparison across different eras.

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