Guido Kratschmer wins the decathlon at the 1976 Götzis Hypomeeting with a German record of 8381 points, ahead of Josef Zeilbauer’s Austrian record of 8310, while Yves Leroy finishes third. The two national records are worth 8302 and 8219
Valter Külvet won the decathlon at the 1983 European U20 Championships in Schwechat with a championship-record 7915 points (7880 by the 1985 scoring table).
Jaakko Ojaniemi topped the 2002 Multistars decathlon in Desenzano del Garda, scoring 8092 points to secure victory for Finland. Germany’s Mike Maczey finished 158 points behind the winner on 7934, but the closest battle came immediately behind
The 1994 Multistars decathlon in Brescia produced a dramatic finish, with Hungary’s Sándor Munkácsi scoring 7895 points to defeat Germany’s Peter Neumaier by just 13 points.
Robert Zmelik claimed an impressive victory at the 1991 Multistars decathlon in Brescia, scoring 8297 points. Just one year later, the Czech decathlete reached the pinnacle of his career by winning Olympic gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
As a supplement to the Fair Decathlon Model (FDM) series, we are publishing the complete event scoring table covering the full range from 100 to 1200 points.
Geoff Smith won the men's decathlon at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with 7492 points, equivalent to 7410 points under the 1985 scoring tables.
Seventeen ‐year ‐old Valter Külvet won the men’s decathlon at the 1981 Estonian Championships in Viimsi on 22–23 August with 8221 points, equivalent to 8104 under the 1985 scoring tables. Tiit Pohl took silver with 7772 points and
East German Championships Potsdam 1984, held as part of the Olympischer Tag meeting, saw Uwe Freimuth win the decathlon with 8704 points — equivalent to 8792 points under the 1985 scoring tables and an East German record. Torsten Voss finished
East German Championships Neubrandenburg 1983 saw Torsten Voss retain the national decathlon title with 8335 points, equivalent to 8331 under the 1985 scoring tables. Jörg ‐Peter Schäperkötter finished second with 8265 and Steffen Grummt
Ukrainian Combined Events Cup Kyiv 1984 saw Oleksandr Apaichev win with a Soviet decathlon record of 8560 points, equivalent to 8592 under the 1985 scoring tables. Sergei Popov finished second with 8201, ahead of Pavel Tarnovetski with 8084.
Uwe Freimuth secured his third consecutive national decathlon title at the East German Championships Potsdam 1986, scoring 8248 points. Jens Petersson took silver with 7663 and Thomas Halamoda bronze with 7624. The competition at the
Torsten Voss captured the national decathlon title at the East German Championships Erfurt 1982 with 8387 points, equivalent to 8397 under the 1985 scoring tables. Siegfried Stark earned silver with 8181 and Ronald Wiese bronze with 8087. The
Soviet Union Championships Moscow 1983 formed part of the VIII Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR and also included the Soviet Union – East Germany combined events match. Grigori Degtyaryov won the decathlon with a Soviet record of 8538
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person