| 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 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
WB – world best
h – hand timed