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20 years Decathlon 2000... and who’s responsible for the joy it gave us? An open letter!

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 …

Excellent GDR athletes, thrilling battle for second spot

Damian Warner taken the Götzis decathlon crown a record six times, long jumped a Canadian national record and decathlon best (8.28m) and went number four on the all-time list with 8995 points.

Simon Ehammer is the Swiss national record holder in decathlon as well as in heptathlon

Leo Neugebauer has broken the 39-years old German decathlon record. He scored 8836 points at the NCAA Division Championships in Austin, Texas (2023).

Markus Rooth won gold medal at the U23 European Championships in Espoo 2023. He is the Norwegian decathlon record holder.

Thriling contest with surprise winner

Equal Pentathlon scores, but not equal spot on the podium

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 1979 and 1987, he went undefeated in all …

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).

Guido Kratschmer won an Olympic silver medal at the Montreal Olympic Games (1976).