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That trio - Eaton, Taiwo, and Ziemek - confirmed Team USA’s decathlon lineup for Rio 2016

Maurice Smith won the decathlon at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro with a Games record of 8278 points. Cuba’s Yordani Garcia claimed silver with 8113, while Brazil’s Carlos Eduardo Chinin delighted the home crowd by winning the …

Ashton Eaton successfully defended his Olympic Champion title from London 2012, scoring 8893 points, which tied the existing Olympic record.

Interview with Colombian decathlon record holder José Gregorio Lemos (7913p, Barranquilla 2018)

Dario Dester holds the Italian records in both combined events, scoring 8318 points in the decathlon at Ratingen 2026 and 6121 in the indoor heptathlon at Ancona 2026. He finished sixth at the European Championships in München 2022 and Roma 2024.

Larbi Bourrada set an African decathlon record of 8521 points when finishing fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Algerian also placed fifth at the Beijing 2015 World Championships and won five African decathlon titles between 2008 and 2022.