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How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

You also feel a sense of injustice when world records from professionals are compared with the world records from participants of the multi events?

Ashton Eaton defended his world decathlon title at the Beijing 2015 World Athletics Championships with a world record of 9045 points, improving his own mark by six points. His performance on 28–29 August included a remarkable 45. 00 …

Niklas Kaul won the men’s decathlon at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz with a championship-record 8162 points, becoming U20 world champion ahead of Maksim Andraloits and Estonia’s Johannes Erm.

The 2018 U20 World Championships in Tampere saw Australia’s Ashley Moloney win the men’s decathlon with a championship record of 8190 points, ahead of Gary Haasbroek and Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer.

Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8704 points at the 1982 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Jürgen Hingsen and Grigori Degtyaryov. His record performance is worth 8730 points under the 1985 scoring tables.

Hubert Trościanka made history at the European U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, becoming the first athlete ever to surpass 8500 points in the U20 decathlon - rewarded with a new world record.

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer won his first world decathlon title at the 2025 Tokyo Championships with 8804 points.