Latvia’s Edgars Erinš won the men’s decathlon at the 2010 Fred Kudu Memorial with 7836 points, finishing 247 points ahead of Estonia’s Tarmo Riitmuru. Hendrik Lepik completed the podium with 7301 points, including a 2.10 m high jump.
Two athletes surpassed the 8000 ‐point mark in the men’s decathlon at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, where Jiří Sýkora claimed gold with 8084 points ahead of Fredrik Samuelsson, while Elmo Savola completed
[...] Top Japanese men’s decathlon performances up to 7500 points. Yuma Maruyama takes down a 12 ‐year ‐old Japanese record by 13 points in the men’s decathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays in 2026, scoring 8321 points.
After an exciting competition in the best conditions and a great atmosphere, the reigning world champion Trey Hardee celebrated his first victory at the traditional Hypomeeting in Götzis with a best performance of 8689 points
Pieter Braun clinched the gold medal at the European U23 Championships in Tallinn (2015), Estonia, with a personal best score of 8195 points. His absolute personal best in the decathlon is 8342 points, achieved at the prestigious Hypo
Jan Felix Knobel won the world U20 decathlon title in Bydgoszcz 2008 with 7896 points and finished eighth at the World Championships in Daegu 2011. His best wind ‐legal decathlon score was 8288 points in Götzis 2011, while his highest total
Hans van Alphen wins a thrilling Götzis 2012 decathlon duel with 8519 points, edging Eelco Sintnicolaas by just 13 points, with Pascal Behrenbruch third.
Rico Freimuth followed his father Uwe into international decathlon, winning world bronze in Beijing in 2015 and silver in London in 2017. His personal best of 8663 points came in Ratingen in 2017, a season in which he also secured his second
Till Steinforth won heptathlon bronze at both the European and World Indoor Championships in 2025, setting a German record of 6388 points in Apeldoorn before scoring 6275 in Nanjing. Outdoors, he won the Ratingen 2024 decathlon with a personal
Eaton’s 2012 win wasn’t just about points - it re-energized global interest in the decathlon and reminded everyone that the event demands speed, strength, endurance, and mental resilience in equal measure.