The total points from an athlete’s 10 best decathlons is an interesting statistic, as it highlights athletes who have accumulated 82000 points or more across their top 10 performances.
The article, originally published on Decathlon 2000 and now updated, considers a “season ‐long” decathlon record by adding an athlete’s best event results from across several months to pinpoint the year they were likely in peak form,
Total points based on personal bests: calculated by adding the points from an decathlete’s personal records in each event. This section lists all totals exceeding 8900 points. It is worth checking because it contains very interesting data.
This project presents comprehensive all ‐time rankings of track and field athletes, evaluating their careers using criteria inspired by Track & Field News world rankings ‐ honors, records, consistency, and head ‐to ‐head
Article discusses alternative and hypothetical decathlon records ‐ such as performances aggregated over a year or season instead of two days ‐ to explore when athletes might have been in their peak form, despite variables like weather
Universiade’s complete history highlights all-time decathlon records and winners, celebrating the top university athletes and their remarkable performances over the years.