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Oct 25, 2026
Talence’s international combined events meeting began on 4–5 September 1976 with a European decathlon record by Aleksandr Grebenyuk, who won with 8468 points (8386 under the 1985 scoring tables). Fellow Soviet Anatoli Grachov finished second ahead of Finland’s Johannes Lahti. Newly crowned Olympic 110 m hurdles champion Guy Drut also took on the ten-event challenge, bringing added attention to the inaugural meeting that would later become known as Décastar.
P Athlete Nation Points Results By 1985
1 Aleksandr Grebenyuk URS 8468
ER
10,7 - 6.89 - 15.82 - 2.04 - 48,7 -
14,3 - 52.24 - 4.40 - 71.08 - 4.34,5
8386
2 Anatoli Grachov URS 8012 10,8 - 7.70 - 13.63 - 1.92 - 48,3 -
14,7 - 45.12 - 4.40 - 55.60 - 4.37,1
7890
3 Johannes Lahti FIN 7962 10,7 - 7.32 - 13.95 - 2.04 - 48,9 -
15,2 - 38.98 - 4.10 - 65.70 - 4.32,6
7827
4 Daley Thompson GBR 7905 10,5 - 7.57 - 13.59 - 1.95 - 48,1 -
15,4 - 37.70 - 4.40 - 51.92 - 4.25,9
7742
5 Serge Morth FRA 7687 10,6 - 7.10 - 14.05 - 2.01 - 50,9 -
15,0 - 43.54 - 4.40 - 54.98 - 5.06,9
7519
6 Guy Drut FRA 7514 10,5 - 7.56 - 11.16 - 2.01 - 50,1 -
13,5 - 39.64 - 4.90 - 55.76 - 0
7261
7 Robert Coffman USA 7434 11,0 - 7.30 - 13.70 - 1.83 - 49,2 -
14,3 - 43.82 - 4.10 - 46.58 - 5.03,8
7272
8 Atanas Andonov BUL 7303 11,3 - 7.08 - 12.94 - 1.92 - 51,2 -
15,5 - 37.92 - 4.20 - 53.28 - 4.35,1
7131
9 Razvigor Yankov BUL 7289 11,0 - 6.77 - 14.21 - 1.86 - 50,9 -
16,0 - 45.82 - 4.00 - 56.62 - 5.01,2
7102
10 Steve Gough GBR 7064 11,4 - 6.70 - 14.20 - 1.89 - 52,9 -
15,6 - 47.54 - 3.70 - 54.38 - 5.05,1
6882

ER – European record
By 1985 – total points recalculated using the 1985 scoring tables.

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