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Dan O'Brien set a men’s decathlon world record of 8891 points at the 1992 Talence Décastar, with performances including an 8. 08 m long jump and a 16. 69 m shot put. He finished ahead of Olympic champion Robert Zmelik (8344) and France’s …

Steve Fritz secured an American victory at Décastar 1993 in Talence, scoring 8317 points to finish 83 points ahead of France’s Christian Plaziat. Vitali Kolpakov took third with 8162, just 19 points clear of Alain Blondel, as the top four all …

Hans van Alphen won Götzis 2012 with a Belgian decathlon record of 8519 points and finished fourth at the London Olympics. The Bangkok 2007 Universiade silver medallist also won the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in 2012, securing …

Willem Coertzen set an African decathlon record of 8398 points when finishing third at the Götzis Hypomeeting in 2015. The South African also won the Talence Décastar that year and earned African Championships silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016.

The 2023 edition of Talence Décastar France’s Makenson Gletty take a convincing victory in the decathlon with 8443 points, clearly ahead of the rest of the field.

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Kevin Mayer rewrote decathlon history at the 2018 Décastar meeting in Talence, setting a world record of 9126 points on 15–16 September. The Frenchman surpassed Ashton Eaton’s previous record by 81 points, scoring exactly 4563 on each day. …

Hakim McMorris won the US indoor heptathlon title with 6255 points in Indianapolis 2026. The American finished second at the Talence Décastar later that year, setting his decathlon personal best of 8599 points.

Torsten Voss led an East German one ‐two at the 1984 Talence international combined events meeting, winning with 8428 points (8435 under the 1985 scoring tables). Hans ‐Ulrich Riecke secured second place with 8129, while West …

Austria’s Georg Werthner won the 1980 Talence international combined events meeting with 7937 points, finishing 381 ahead of France’s Eric Motti. Switzerland’s Stephan Niklaus took third with 7541 points in this early edition of the meeting …

Only 14 points separated the leading pair at the 1978 Talence international combined events meeting, where the Soviet Union’s Valeri Kachanov won with 7930 points ahead of West Germany’s Wolfgang Muders on 7916. Vladimir Anisimov took third …

Yves Leroy gave France its first men’s victory at the Talence international combined events meeting in 1977, scoring 8056 points to beat Finland’s Johannes Lahti by 153. Serge Morth finished third with 7658. Held on 21–22 May, this second …

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 …