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The Olympic Games historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records, champions and medal table, highlighting the greatest performances and leading nations throughout Olympic history.

Ashton Eaton won consecutive Olympic decathlon titles in London 2012 and Rio 2016, alongside two world decathlon titles and three world indoor heptathlon titles. The second decathlete to break the 9000 ‐point barrier, the American set world …

Ashton Eaton successfully defended his Olympic Champion title from London 2012, scoring 8893 points, which tied the existing Olympic record.

Explore the men’s decathlon world record progression from Aleksander Kolmpere’s pioneering performance in 1922 to Kevin Mayer’s 9126 points in 2018. Grouped by historical scoring table, this archive presents all ten event marks alongside …

A few months after his decathlon record, Leo Neugebauer also broke the 22-year-old German indoor record in the heptathlon

Jente Hauttekeete won European U20 decathlon gold in Tallinn 2021 and world U20 silver in Nairobi that same year. The Belgian set a world U20 heptathlon record of 6062 points in Frankfurt 2021, achieved his senior decathlon best of 8268 in Talence …

Bruce Jenner won an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976

Daley Thompson is a legend! He dominated the decathlon for nearly a decade, winning two Olympic gold medals, two European Championships gold medals and also became decathlon World champion. Between 1980 and 1986, he went undefeated in all …

Dan O’Brien won Olympic decathlon gold in Atlanta 1996 and three consecutive world titles in 1991, 1993 and 1995. The American set a world record of 8891 points in Talence 1992 and added the world indoor heptathlon title with a record 6476 …

Tomaš Dvorak is triple Decathlon World Champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former World Record holder - 8994 points scored in Prague 1999

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Ramil Ganiyev won Asian Games decathlon gold in Hiroshima 1994 and finished eighth at both the Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 Olympics. He achieved his best World Championships finish in Athens 1997, placing fifth with an Uzbek national record of …