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Roman Šebrle repeated his victory from the previous year with 8800 points, which remained the annual world best until the end of the season.

A historic milestone in the global development of the men’s decathlon

Kyle Garland recently set a new personal best of 8869 points in the decathlon at the 2025 USATF. At the 2022 USA Combined Events Championships in Fayetteville, Kyle Garland tallied 8720 points, breaking the NCAA decathlon record.

The women’s outdoor heptathlon is a combined events athletics discipline in which athletes compete across seven track and field events over two days.

National decathlon records highlight the best performances ever achieved by athletes from each country, reflecting the global depth and diversity of the discipline.

Hans van Alphen is the Belgian decathlon record holder. Winner of the 2012 IAAF Combined Events Challenge.

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, …

Daley Thompson might have dominated British decathlon, but indoors Tim Duckworth was the best Brit of all time. He set the British indoor heptathlon record of 6188 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2018.

In the men’s decathlon, Simon Ehammer set a new best first ‐day total (4762 p), establishing a clear lead after an exceptional long jump performance of 8. 51m. He maintained his advantage through the second day with solid performances …

The Olympic Games historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records, champions and medal table, highlighting the greatest performances and leading nations throughout Olympic history.

Explore the progression of the men’s decathlon world best performances under different scoring tables, from the early 20th century to the modern era. This historical archive shows how the best decathlon performances developed as scoring systems …

The Fair Decathlon Model (FDM) examines whether the current decathlon scoring tables are properly balanced. Using data from 21 seasons between 1985 and 2025, the model proposes revised scoring coefficients based on elite decathlete performances.

A little summary and interview how to find reversal after your sports career. Alex Folacci talks about his experience and gives recommendations.

French men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7800 points. Kevin Mayer holds the French all-time best in the men's decathlon with a world-record score of 9126 points, set in Talence in 2018.

More than twelve thousand came this weekend to the Mösle-stadion. As the speaker said that is a record and I was one of them.