Since official ratification began in 1922, 38 men’s decathlon world records have been recognised, including eight achieved at the Olympic Games — the last by Daley Thompson in Los Angeles in 1984. Changes to the scoring tables make direct
This project presents comprehensive all ‐time rankings of track and field athletes, evaluating their careers using criteria inspired by Track & Field News world rankings ‐ honors, records, consistency, and head ‐to ‐head
Between 1980 and 1981, Bulgarian female athletes like Daniela Nenova, Emilia Kunova, and Valentina Dimitrova made rapid progress in pentathlon and heptathlon, setting national records and achieving personal bests in multiple competitions,
Jiri Sykora captured the world U20 decathlon title with 8135 points in Eugene 2014 and European U23 gold in Bydgoszcz 2017. The Czech decathlete set his senior personal best of 8122 points in Arona 2021 and achieved 6020 in the indoor heptathlon in
The men's decathlon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam delivered a remarkable comeback story. Belgium's Thomas van der Plaetsen, returning to elite competition after overcoming cancer, claimed his first major outdoor title
Estonia has a deserved image of an e-country, but only a few know that one of the first to conquer the world in this field was Decathlon 2000! Being the best in your field is a very inspiring goal. Even small things can be big if you have knowledge and enthusiasm - Raul Rebane, communication consultant