Search results: Götzis 1981

Josef Zeilbauer celebrates his second meeting triumph

Actually it's just a small town in Vorarlberg, Austria. Once a year, in late May, it hosts the most famous of all decathlon meetings, the Hypomeeting. It's probably the oldest one (first meeting held in 1975), the Mecca of decathlon, with …

Uwe Freimuth's PB 8792 points, achieved in 1984 - making him the East German national record holder at the time

Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987

Siegfried Wentz achieved a personal best of 8762 points in Bernhausen (5 June 1983), which at the time made him third on the world all-time list

In the early 80s Jürgen Hingsen set three World records with 8741, 8825 and 8832 points

Guido Kratschmer won an Olympic silver medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976. German Sportspersonality of the Year 1980.

Grigori Degtyaryov is the Russian decathlon record holder with 8698 points

Dmitri Karpov won an Olympic bronze medal at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. He is the Kazakhstan decathlon record holder.

Andre Niklaus is double U23 European champion (2001, 2003) and he won gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Moscow 2006.

Decathlon national records by country

Decathlon season's best score by year

Belgian decathlon all-time list up to 7200 points

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