The men’s decathlon at the 1975 European Athletics U20 Championships in Athens brought together some of Europe’s best young combined events athletes. West Germany’s Eckart Müller won the European junior title with 7706 points, ahead of
The 1981 Universiade was notable because it provided a strong international university-level athletics platform at a time when the larger global athletics scene was somewhat disrupted by political tensions.
Robert Zmelik won the 1992 Multistars decathlon in Brescia with 8086 points, an early highlight of a remarkable season that would culminate in Olympic gold in Barcelona just a few months later.
West Germany – Poland decathlon match Mannheim 1984 saw Jürgen Hingsen set a world record with 8798 points, equivalent to 8832 under the 1985 scoring tables. Siegfried Wentz and Guido Kratschmer completed the top three. Also serving as West
Decathlon 2000 always used to be a huge inspiration and now I’m glad to be a part of the team here! It gives me an opportunity to discuss and write about the decathlon and to meet people with the same interests - Jessica Bullenkamp