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One of the most exciting and unpredicted event of athletic program of XX Olympic Games in Munich 1972 was the women’s Pentathlon. The people of the host country – West Germany – were keen to see the second victory of their local hero …

Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2021 US Championships in Eugene with 8647 points, leading Steven Bastien (8485) and Zach Ziemek (8471).

Jente Hauttekeete won the men’s decathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn with 8150 points, ahead of Sander Aae Skotheim (8012) and Teo Bastien (7722).

The 2021 U20 World Championships in Nairobi saw František Doubek of the Czech Republic win the men’s decathlon with 8169 points, ahead of Belgium’s Jente Hauttekeete and Spain’s José San Pastor.

Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2022 US Championships in Fayetteville with a world-class 8867 points, finishing ahead of Kyle Garland (8720) and Zach Ziemek (8573) in a high-level American decathlon competition.

Simon Ehammer is the Swiss national record holder in the decathlon and heptathlon, and the world record holder in the indoor heptathlon, after setting a historic 6670-point mark at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń.

In the long jump Simon Ehammer hits the board and sails through the air like no decathlete before him. 8.45m, a world record in a decathlon.

25th European Athletics Championships were held in München 2022

The 2022 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Grenada’s Lindon Victor claim victory with 8550 points ahead of Germany’s Manuel Eitel and Estonia’s Risto Lillemets in a high-quality international decathlon competition.

Karel Tilga, the decathlete who finished fourth at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest with 8681 points, has been named the Estonian Athlete of the Year 2023. He claimed the overall title of the 2023 World Athletics Combined Events Tour.

With a final score of 8700 points, the Hypomeeting celebrated a new and once again Canadian winner - Pierce LePage

In February 2025, Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record, scoring 6484. In March 2025, he won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships and broke his own European …

Harrison Williams won the 2023 US Championships decathlon in Eugene, claiming the American national title ahead of Zach Ziemek and Austin West, with Kyle Garland, Devon Williams and Heath Baldwin also among the leading finishers.

2023 U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Champion: Harrison Williams clinched his first U.S. decathlon title with a personal best of 8630 points

Markus Rooth won gold medal at the U23 European Championships in Espoo 2023. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, the first gold medal for Norway in this event since 1920.