Attila Zsivoczky delivered a dominant decathlon performance at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships in Göteborg, winning the title with 8379 points. The Hungarian finished well clear of Germany’s Boris Kawohl, who took silver with
Roman Šebrle made athletics history at the 2001 Götzis Hypomeeting, becoming the first decathlete to break the 9000 ‐point barrier with a world record of 9026 points. The Czech star finished ahead of Estonia’s Erki Nool (8604) and
Roman Šebrle edged home favourite Erki Nool by 33 points to win the decathlon at the 1997 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Tallinn on 28–29 June. His 8322 ‐point victory, backed by Kamil Damašek’s third place and Robert
Tomaš Dvorak brought the decathlon world record within six points of the historic 9000 ‐point barrier at the 1999 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Prague on 3–4 July. His extraordinary 8994 ‐point performance surpassed
France retained the men’s team title on home soil at the 2001 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Arles on 30 June–1 July, finishing 154 points ahead of Ukraine, with Finland third. Oleksandr Yurkov won the decathlon with a wind
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