Bryan Clay dominated the US Championships decathlon in Eugene in 2008, winning the national title with an outstanding 8832 points ahead of Trey Hardee and Tom Pappas.
Mikk Pahapill topped the men’s decathlon standings with 8117 points at the 2008 Estonian Championships in Rakvere. His second day included a 5. 02 m pole vault and a 63. 60 m javelin throw. Mikk ‐Mihkel Arro secured silver with 7504
Andres Raja represented Estonia at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, finishing 12th in the decathlon with 8118 points. He improved by just one point to set his personal best of 8119 at the Berlin 2009 World Championships. A four ‐time Estonian
Bryan Clay of the United States won the men’s decathlon at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with 8791 points, adding Olympic gold to his 2005 world title. Belarus’s Andrei Krauchanka claimed silver with 8551 points, while Cuba’s Leonel Suarez
Andrei Krauchanka won the Talence Decastar decathlon with 8312 points in a world ‐class field featuring four athletes above 8000 points, while Aleksandr Pogorelov’s original result was later annulled due to a doping disqualification,
Jan Felix Knobel won the decathlon at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with 7896 points, just two ahead of Belarus’s Eduard Mikhan, who set a national U20 record of 7894. Serbia’s Mihail Dudaš took bronze with 7663.
Olexiy Kasyanov won World Championships decathlon bronze with a personal best of 8479 points in Berlin 2009. The Ukrainian also claimed European decathlon silver and two world indoor heptathlon silver medals.
Damian Warner made Olympic decathlon history at the Tokyo 2020 Games, scoring 9018 points to win gold and set a new Olympic record. The Canadian became the first decathlete to surpass 9000 points at the Olympic Games, dominating the competition
Yordani Garcia progressed from world U18 octathlon champion in Marrakech 2005 to Pan American Games decathlon silver in Rio de Janeiro 2007. The Cuban achieved a personal best of 8496 points in Havana 2009 and won Central American and Caribbean
Michael Schrader produced his finest decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, winning silver with a personal best of 8670 points. The German decathlete also won the 2009 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8522 points, including an 8. 05 m long
Bronze medals at the 2004 World U20 Championships in Grosseto and the 2005 European U23 Championships in Erfurt marked Norman Müller's rise in the decathlon. The German combined events athlete went on to score 8000+ points in 13 decathlons,
The 2009 Ratingen decathlon was won by Cuba’s Yordani Garcia with 8348 points, narrowly ahead of Germany’s Norman Müller (8295), while Stefan Drews completed the podium in third with 7858 points.
Trey Hardee's victory in the decathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin marked a significant milestone in his career. Competing in the Olympic Stadium, Hardee achieved a personal best of 8790 points, securing the gold medal and setting