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Hans van Alphen wins a thrilling Götzis 2012 decathlon duel with 8519 points, edging Eelco Sintnicolaas by just 13 points, with Pascal Behrenbruch third.

Hans van Alphen won and has now a personal best total of 8818 points, showing the best shape of his life

Let me start out by saying that Götzis is the best track meet in the world and that the people of Götzis and the organizing committee are to be congratulated. Everything you hear about Götzis is true!

A complete history of the Götzis Hypomeeting highlights all ‐time decathlon records and champions, honoring the event’s most remarkable performances and winners over the years. The combined events meeting in Götzis was first held in …

Trey Hardee won world decathlon titles in Berlin 2009 and Daegu 2011, followed by Olympic silver in London 2012. The American set his personal best of 8790 points in Berlin, won the 2009 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge and claimed world …

Damian Warner, the decathlete who surprised the World by coming from nowhere to finish 5th at the London Olympics (2012).

Hans van Alphen won the 2012 IAAF Combined Events Challenge with 25259 points, ahead of Pascal Behrenbruch and Olexiy Kasyanov.

Larbi Bourrada set an African decathlon record of 8521 points when finishing fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Algerian also placed fifth at the Beijing 2015 World Championships and won five African decathlon titles between 2008 and 2022.

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Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Dmitri Karpov won Olympic decathlon bronze in Athens 2004 with an Asian record of 8725 points, alongside world bronze medals in Paris 2003 and Osaka 2007. The Kazakh also won two Asian Games titles, the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge …

Estonian decathlete Mikk Pahapill won heptathlon gold at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with 6362 points. Remarkably, he established personal bests in all seven disciplines, including a 7. 97 m long jump, achieving a unique place in …

Explore the men’s decathlon all-time list featuring the greatest performances and athletes in the history of the event.

Men’s decathlon all-time best performances — a list of all results scoring 8500 points or more