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The decathlon is two days of gruesome effort over ten events - running, jumping and throwing

Yang Chuan-kwang was the first and, so far, only decathlon world record holder from outside Europe and the United States

Kurt Bendlin, a gifted German decathlete, overcame multiple injuries and personal tragedy to set a world record in 1967, and despite repeated setbacks, made several comebacks throughout his career.

At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Bruce Jenner captured gold in the men’s decathlon, cementing his place in athletic history

Konstantin Akhapkin was a leading Soviet decathlete of the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for his versatility and strong performances across all ten events. He won the Soviet decathlon title in Moscow 1982 with a personal best of 8485 points …

Mykola Avilov won Olympic decathlon gold in München 1972 with a world record of 8454 points under the scoring tables then in use, equivalent to 8466 points using fully automatic times and the 1985 scoring tables. The Ukrainian athlete, …

Almost 40 years ago in Los Angeles (during XXIII Olympiade) only five points appeared to be the difference between Gold and Silver medalists at women’s Heptathlon…..

Where Legends Begin: The Story of the Decathlon

A complete history of Talence Decastar showcases all ‐time decathlon records and champions, celebrating the event’s greatest performances and winners through the years. The Talence combined events meeting adopted the name “Décastar, …

Indrek Kaseorg won the men’s decathlon at the 2001 Estonian Championships in Tartu with 7943 points, including a 65.89 m javelin throw. Madis Kallas secured silver with 7019 points, while Martin Sigus took bronze with 6900.

The combined events calculator provides accurate women's decathlon point calculations

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

Men’s decathlon best second-day performers — decathletes who have scored at least 4200 points across the five second-day events.

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.

With individual event victories in the pole vault and javelin, France’s Kevin Mayer won his second World Athletics Championships decathlon gold medal.

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.

Shot 6.0 kg; hurdles 107 cm; discus 1.75 kg; javelin 800 g

Top 10 per decathlon event: lists the best 10 performances in each event across all decathlons with a total score of at least 7000 points.