It has been a long time since a Swiss man exceeded 8000 points for decathlon. It was in 2003, to be exact, when Rolf Schläfli achieved 8019 in Götzis and became only the 5th man ever over 8000.
Two athletes surpassed the 8000 ‐point mark in the men’s decathlon at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, where Jiří Sýkora claimed gold with 8084 points ahead of Fredrik Samuelsson, while Elmo Savola completed
The weekend got off to a brilliant start with Damian Warner breaking the world record in the 100m decathlon in 10.12 seconds. Damian Warner won the decathlon for the fifth time in Götzis with 8711 points.
New Zealand’s Aaron Booth won decathlon gold at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples with a personal best of 7827 points. Australia’s Alec Diamond claimed silver with 7593, while Thailand’s Sutthisak Singkhon took bronze with 7511. Max
The 2017 Multistars decathlon in Firenze saw Brazil’s Jefferson Carvalho dos Santos lead the competition to victory with 7728 points. Italy’s Simone Cairoli claimed second place with 7535 points, while France’s Gaël Quérin completed the