Swiss Simon Ehammer achieved an outstanding result at the national championships in Magglingen, scoring 6416 points in the men’s heptathlon — the best performance in the world this season.
Simon Ehammer is the Swiss national record holder in the decathlon and heptathlon, and the world record holder in the indoor heptathlon, after setting a historic 6670-point mark at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń.
World men’s heptathlon all-time list. This all-time list highlights the top performances in the event’s history, featuring athletes who have surpassed 6055-point mark.
The 2018 U20 World Championships in Tampere saw Australia’s Ashley Moloney win the men’s decathlon with a championship record of 8190 points, ahead of Gary Haasbroek and Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer.
Simon Ehammer won the men’s decathlon at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås with 7851 points, ahead of Leon Mak (7700) and Markus Rooth (7692).
It has been a long time since a Swiss man exceeded 8000 points for decathlon. It was in 2003, to be exact, when Rolf Schläfli achieved 8019 in Götzis and became only the 5th man ever over 8000.
Damian Warner won the 2022 World Indoor Championships heptathlon in Belgrade with 6489 points, holding off Simon Ehammer (6363) and Ashley Moloney (6344) in a high ‐class battle for the title, while Estonia’s Hans ‐Christian