The European Cup Combined Events Super League historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records and results, highlighting the best performances across the competition’s history.
The European Cup Combined Events Final historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records and champions, highlighting the decisive Final stage performances and the competition’s most successful athletes throughout its history.
The World University Games (formerly known as the Universiade) historical archive highlights all-time decathlon records and champions, celebrating top university athletes and their performances throughout history.
The Commonwealth Games historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records and champions, highlighting the top athletes and most memorable performances throughout history.
The Pan American Games historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records and champions, highlighting standout combined-events performances throughout history.
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.
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person