Dean Macey finally won the elusive gold medal at World level at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Previously, he had claimed silver at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze at the 2001 World Championships.
With a winning score of 8902 points, Tomáš Dvořák captured his third consecutive decathlon crown at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton.
Attila Zsivoczky won the men’s decathlon at the 1996 IAAF World Junior Championships in Sydney with 7582 points, defeating Great Britain’s Dean Macey (7480) and the Netherlands’ Chiel Warners (7368) in a closely contested U20 decathlon.
Roman Šebrle added Olympic glory to his world record status at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning gold with a new Olympic record of 8893 points.
Total points based on personal bests are calculated by adding the points from a decathlete’s personal records in each event. This section lists all totals exceeding 8900 points and contains particularly notable performance data.
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person