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8th European Athletics Championships were held in Budapest 1966

A double victory by the GDR athletes Uwe Freimuth and Thorsten Voss

Grigori Degtyaryov repeats his previous year's victory with a new national record of 8579 points (8617)

Josef Zeilbauer celebrates his second meeting triumph

6th European Athletics Championships were held in Stockholm 1958

French victory by Thierry Dubois

Local hero Josef Zeilbauer wins the decathlon. Daley Thompson from Great Britain sets a junior world record with 7922 points (7865)

Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon with a new German record of 8381 points (8302) ahead of Josef Zeilbauer, who set an Austrian record of 8310 points (8219)

5th European Athletics Championships were held in Bern 1954

The decathlon was historically dominated by athletes from the United States, the Nordic countries (especially Finland), and later the Soviet bloc. France had very little tradition of success in combined events. Ignace Heinrich became one of the …

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. Thierry Vigneron exceeded the hight of 5.63m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. The first to do so was Philippe Collet, in 1986, who exceeded the hight of 5.61m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.