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Dean Macey won Commonwealth Games decathlon gold in Melbourne 2006, following world silver in Sevilla 1999 and bronze in Edmonton 2001, where he set his personal best of 8603 points. The British decathlete also finished fourth at both the Sydney …

Dezső Szabó won European decathlon silver in Split 1990 with a Hungarian record of 8436 points and finished fourth at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics. He also claimed Universiade gold in Fukuoka 1995 and European indoor heptathlon silver with a …

Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987. In 1981, he claimed silver at the European U20 Championships, and in 1982 set a junior world record in decathlon with 8397 points.

Tomaš Dvorak is triple Decathlon World Champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former World Record holder - 8994 points scored in Prague 1999

Tom Pappas won world decathlon gold in Paris and world indoor heptathlon gold in Birmingham in 2003, also claiming the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge title that year. The American set his decathlon best of 8784 points in Palo Alto 2003 and …

Steve Fritz missed an Olympic medal by 20 points in Atlanta 1996. He had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points. That got him 4th place.

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

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).

Robert Zmelik won Olympic decathlon gold with 8611 points in Barcelona 1992 and became world indoor heptathlon champion in Paris 1997. He achieved his decathlon personal best of 8627 points in Götzis 1992 and scored 6228 points for his world …

Ramil Ganiyev won Asian Games decathlon gold in Hiroshima 1994 and finished eighth at both the Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 Olympics. He achieved his best World Championships finish in Athens 1997, placing fifth with an Uzbek national record of …

Ashley Moloney won Olympic decathlon bronze in Tokyo 2021 with an Australian record of 8649 points. The Tampere 2018 world U20 champion also claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze with 6344 points in Belgrade 2022.

Rafer Johnson, a multi-sport high school star who rose from poverty and discrimination, became one of the greatest decathletes in history, ultimately winning Olympic gold in 1960 after a dramatic final event against C.K. Yang.

Yang Chuan-kwang was the first and, so far, only decathlon world record holder from outside Europe and the United States

This story captures Jürgen Hingsen’s incredible achievements and records while highlighting the recurring theme of being overshadowed by Daley Thompson

Daley Thompson is widely regarded as one of the greatest decathletes in history

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 …

Claston Bernard won Commonwealth Games decathlon gold in Manchester 2002 and the NCAA title that same year. Representing LSU, he became the first man to win three consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) decathlon titles, from 1999 to 2001. His …

Kip Janvrin is the ultimate decathlete. What a remarkably enduring, high ‐quality career! Janvrin won the 1989 U. S. Olympic Festival, the 1995 Pan Am Games, the 2001 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a record 15 decathlons at …

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer captured the decathlon gold at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with 8804 points, just 20 points ahead of Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens ‐Delerme, who set a national record of 8784 points. American …