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The World Championships historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records, champions and medal table, highlighting the greatest performances and leading nations throughout the event’s history.

The final standings of the 2022 World Athletics Combined Events Tour, won by Lindon Victor with 3608 points. The table shows each athlete’s three scoring performances and competition venues

The Estonian Athlete of the Year 2023 Karel Tilga won the World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Andres Raja claimed the decathlon title with 8114 points at the 2011 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Toruń, ahead of Vasili Kharlamov (7935) and Gael Querin (7799). Russia’s depth secured the men’s team trophy, 210 points clear …

West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz wins the decathlon at the 1987 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8645 points, ahead of East Germany’s Torsten Voss with 8331 and France’s Alain Blondel with 8228.

France’s Thierry Dubois won the decathlon at the 1979 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8161 points, ahead of Tõnu Kaukis with 7868 and Viktor Gruzenkin with 7813.

The decathlon was historically dominated by athletes from the United States, the Nordic countries (especially Finland), and later the Soviet bloc. France had very little tradition of success in combined events. Ignace Heinrich became one of the …

Kevin Mayer won the decathlon with 8390 points at the 2013 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Tallinn, ahead of Eduard Mikhan (8125) and Mikk Pahapill (8099). France triumphed in the new combined men’s and women’s team standings, …

Christian Plaziat led France to the men’s team title at the 1994 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Vénissieux on 2–3 July. He won the decathlon with 8505 points ahead of Henrik Dagard (8347) and Tomaš Dvorak (8313). France scored …

France edged Germany by 138 points to win the men’s team title at the 1993 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Oulu, Finland, on 10–11 July. Germany’s Paul Meier won the individual decathlon with 8366 points, ahead of Christian …

Germany topped the men’s team standings at the 1991 European Cup Combined Events in Helmond, scoring 24350 points to beat France by 302. Christian Plaziat led the individual competition with 8518 points, ahead of Germany’s Christian Schenk …

East Germany claimed the men’s team title at the 1989 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Tønsberg, Norway, finishing 388 points ahead of West Germany with 24081. France’s Christian Plaziat won the individual decathlon with 8290 points, …

Eelco Sintnicolaas won the decathlon with 8156 points at the 2014 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Toruń, ahead of Eduard Mikhan and Ingmar Vos. Russia claimed the overall team title by just 111 points over the Netherlands, with …

Estonia claimed the overall title at the 2019 European Combined Events Team Championships Super League in Lutsk, scoring 39959 points to finish 399 ahead of Belarus, with Great Britain taking bronze. Maicel Uibo led the Estonian decathletes with …

Siegfried Stark powered East Germany to victory at the 1979 European Cup Combined Events Final in Dresden on 1–2 September. He won the men’s decathlon with 8287 points, ahead of Guido Kratschmer (8053) and Aleksandr Nevski (7949). The hosts …

Aleksandr Grebenyuk led the Soviet Union to team victory at the 1977 European Cup Combined Events Final in Villeneuve d’Ascq on 17–18 September. He won the individual decathlon with 8252 points, ahead of East Germany’s Rainer Pottel (8096) …

The Soviet Union secured a one ‐two finish and the men’s team title at the 1975 European Cup Combined Events Final in Bydgoszcz on 6–7 September. Leonid Litvinenko won the decathlon with 8030 points, finishing 57 points ahead of teammate …

Lennart Hedmark won the men’s decathlon at the inaugural European Cup Combined Events Final in Bonn on 22–23 September 1973, scoring 8120 points ahead of Yves Leroy and Ryszard Skowronek. Poland claimed the team title, beating the Soviet …

Tallinn 2017 marked the first edition under the name European Combined Events Team Championships, formerly the European Cup Combined Events. Janek Õiglane won the Super League decathlon with a personal best of 8170 points, ahead of Olexiy …