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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 …

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 …

The men's decathlon at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, saw world record holder Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic claim his first European title with an outstanding 8800 points. Estonia's defending champion Erki …

Tomaš Dvorak claimed his third consecutive world decathlon title at the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, on 6–7 August. The Czech athlete scored a championship record of 8902 points, finishing just 87 points ahead of …

Dan O'Brien successfully defended his world decathlon title at the 1993 World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on 19–20 August. The American scored 8817 points, setting a new championship record and finishing 93 points ahead of …

Dan O'Brien of the United States won the men's decathlon at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with a championship record of 8812 points, claiming his first world title. Canada's Michael Smith secured silver with 8549 points, while …

Christian Plaziat claimed the decathlon gold medal at the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, setting a new French national record of 8574 points. Hungary’s Dezső Szabó secured silver with a national record of 8436 …

Daley Thompson won the men's decathlon at the inaugural 1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, scoring 8666 points to become the first world decathlon champion. West Germany's Jürgen Hingsen, the reigning world record holder, took …

Athens 1982 brought European decathlon gold and a new world record for Daley Thompson. The British Olympic champion scored 8743 points. Jürgen Hingsen took silver with 8517 points, while Siegfried Stark earned bronze with 8433.

Bryan Clay won the men's decathlon at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on 9–10 August, scoring a world ‐leading 8732 points to claim his first world title. Reigning Olympic champion Roman Šebrle of the Czech …

Hans van Alphen won Götzis 2012 with a Belgian decathlon record of 8519 points and finished fourth at the London Olympics. The Bangkok 2007 Universiade silver medallist also won the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in 2012, securing …

Dutch men’s decathlon all ‐time list up to 7600 points. 4th place at the Olympic decathlon in Paris 2024… and Sven Roosen didn’t just show up, he delivered a monster performance with 8607 points, smashing the Dutch national record …

France’s Kevin Mayer claimed his second World Athletics Championships decathlon gold medal at Eugene 2022, scoring 8816 points after individual event victories in the pole vault (5. 40 m) and javelin (70. 31 m). The world record holder added …

One of the most consistent and prominent female multi-event athletes of the 20th century, East German Burglinde Pollak left a well-recognized legacy in the history of women’s athletics

The traditions of Bulgarian decathlon stars during XX century were longlive and deserved some respect and good memories...

The historic facts & figures surrounding Bulgarian female “all ‐round” athletes are more heroic, rememberable and important that those of Bulgarian men. They left significant trace into European and world track & field annals and can be …

With a brilliant, well ‐balanced performance across all ten events, Ashton Eaton claimed the decathlon gold medal at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow with 8809 points. Germany's Michael Schrader secured silver with a …