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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 …

Interview with Colombian decathlon record holder José Gregorio Lemos (7913p, Barranquilla 2018)

eo Neugebauer broke Jürgen Hingsen's 39 ‐year ‐old German decathlon record with 8836 points in 2023, then raised the national record to 8961 at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene. He went on to win Olympic silver in Paris in 2024, …

Markus Rooth won Olympic decathlon gold in Paris 2024 with a Norwegian record of 8796 points. His rise through the age groups included European U20 bronze in 2019, European U23 bronze in 2021 and the European U23 title in Espoo 2023 with 8608 points.

This handy combined events points calculator allows you to calculate women's heptathlon scores.

Two records, one incredible athlete. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ken Mullings set a new Bahamian decathlon record with 8226 points, finishing 13th. Bahamian national record in the men’s indoor heptathlon also belongs to Ken Mullings with 6340 …

During this season, Estonian decathlon record holder Erki Nool lost two decathlon-related records to his countrymen

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

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

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.

The 2026 Jõgeva International Athletics Pentathlon produced two outstanding national records.

Vitaliy Zhuk claimed European decathlon bronze with 8290 points in Berlin 2018 and won the individual European Cup competition in Lutsk 2019. The Belarusian achieved his personal best of 8331 points in Götzis 2021 and finished 13th at the Tokyo …

Eduard Mikhan earned World U20 decathlon silver in Bydgoszcz 2008 and European U23 silver in Ostrava 2011, where he set his personal best of 8152 points. The Belarusian also achieved a heptathlon best of 6145 points in Gomel 2013 and represented …

East German Olympic decathlon trials Potsdam 1984 saw Uwe Freimuth win with a national record of 8542 points, equivalent to 8597 under the 1985 scoring tables. Torsten Voss finished just seven points behind with 8535, followed by Hans …