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Siegfried Wentz won the decathlon at the 1979 European Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a championship record of 7822 points. Dietmar Jentsch and Peter Hummel completed the podium for East Germany, while Norway’s Gudmund Olsen finished …

Daley Thompson claimed his first major international decathlon title at the 1977 European Junior Championships in Donetsk. He scored 7647 points to finish ahead of Ronald Wiese and Jürgen Hingsen, marking an early chapter in his celebrated …

Eckart Müller claimed the decathlon title at the 1975 European Junior Championships in Athens with a championship record of 7706 points. Georg Werthner took silver for Austria, while Anatoli Novikov won bronze ahead of Estonia’s Tõnu Kaukis, …

Vladimir Buryakov won the decathlon at the 1973 European Junior Championships in Duisburg with 7554 points. West Germany’s Dieter Leyckes and Claus Marek completed the podium, separated by just one point in the official standings.

Paris hosted the first official European Junior Championships in 1970 at the historic Stade Olympique de Colombes. Aleksandr Blinyayev won the decathlon with 7632 points under the scoring tables then in use, ahead of Eberhard Stroot and Frank Nusse.

The first man over 9000 points in history - with an anniversary

This section ranks countries by the highest combined scores of their three best decathletes at a single World Championships, highlighting national depth and collective performance strength.

Rafer Johnson was one of the greatest decathletes in history and an extraordinary figure both on and off the track

In 1988, Külvet surpassed his best decathlon with a score of 8506 points in Staiki, Belarus. This achievement placed him second in the world that season, just behind Christian Plaziat of France.

How a larger and stricter sample changed the formulas without changing the conclusions

The Principles Behind Decathlon Scoring Tables: What Should a Scoring System Actually Measure?

Liam Belo Da Silva won the decathlon at the 2026 World U20 Championships in Eugene with a Swedish U20 record and world-leading score of 8112 points. Mikai Snoek secured silver with 7887, just ten points ahead of bronze medallist Adam Juliš.

A decathlon is not ten separate events. It is one competition, unfolding over two days, with one clock running from the first start to the final finish. Part 10 of the Fair Decathlon Model asks what happens when we look at the decathlon this way …

Rene Günther claimed the national decathlon title with 8013 points at the East German Championships Cottbus 1989, held at the Max ‐Reimann ‐Stadion. Thomas Halamoda finished second with 7086, ahead of Thomas Neumann with 7000. View …

East German Championships Neubrandenburg 1990 welcomed international competitors to the Jahnstadion, where Torsten Voss won the decathlon with 8275 points. Christian Schenk finished second with 8065, ahead of Czechoslovakia’s Robert Zmelik with …

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 …

Siegfried Wentz won the men’s decathlon at the 1983 West German Championships in Munich with 8470 points, equivalent to 8491 under the 1985 scoring tables. Thomas Rizzi finished second with 8056 points and Holger Schmidt took bronze with 7834.

Guido Kratschmer won the men’s decathlon at the 1980 West German Championships in Lage on 6–7 September with 8185 points. Jens Schulze took silver with 7893, ahead of Rudolf Brumund with 7721. Held alongside the West Germany–Soviet Union …

Siegfried Wentz secured the decathlon title at the 1985 West German Championships in Ulm on 13–14 July with 8440 points. Guido Kratschmer finished second with 8223, while Thomas Rizzi took bronze with 8143. Martin Grundmann topped the separate …

Jens Schulze claimed the men’s decathlon title at the 1986 West German Championships in Hannover on 19–20 July, finishing with 8032 points. Michael Neugebauer took silver with 7838, while Hans ‐Joachim Häberle completed the podium with …