Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8704 points at the 1982 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Jürgen Hingsen and Grigori Degtyaryov. His record performance is worth 8730 points under the 1985 scoring tables.
East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.
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.
Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2021 US Championships in Eugene with 8647 points, leading Steven Bastien (8485) and Zach Ziemek (8471).
The Ratingen 2021 decathlon was won by Germany’s Kai Kazmirek, who scored 8184 points to secure victory ahead of compatriot Mathias Brugger (8080 points). Andreas Bechmann completed an all ‐German podium with 7955 points, while Jannis
The men’s decathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn was won by Germany’s Andreas Bechmann with 8142 points. Sven Roosen of the Netherlands claimed silver with 8056 points, while Norway’s Markus Rooth took bronze
Grenada’s Lindon Victor retained his Commonwealth Games decathlon title in Birmingham in 2022, scoring 8233 points to hold off Australia’s Dan Golubovic by just 36 points. Cedric Dubler secured bronze with 8030, giving Australia two places on
Simon Ehammer won world indoor heptathlon titles in Glasgow 2024 and Toruń 2026, setting a world record of 6670 points in the latter. The Swiss decathlete achieved a national record of 8778 points in Götzis 2026, including a decathlon world
Damian Warner wins Götzis 2022 with 8797 points, ahead of Lindon Victor and Simon Ehammer. Ehammer makes history with an 8.45m leap, the longest jump ever recorded in a decathlon, and finishes with a Swiss record of 8377 points.
Karel Tilga finished fourth at the Budapest 2023 World Championships with a personal best of 8681 points and won that year’s World Athletics Combined Events Tour. The Estonian claimed NCAA titles in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon in
Pierce LePage wins Götzis 2023 with 8700 points, leading a Canadian one-two ahead of seven-time champion Damian Warner, while Sander Aae Skotheim finishes third with 8590 points.
I wish that in the nearest future everybody will know about decathlon and the meaning of the event of decathlon... decathletes are like our greek gods - Petros Kyprianou