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Cedric Dubler is Australia’s most prolific decathlete with the most scores over 8000. Coach Eric Brown noticed his aptitude for pole vault, and saw that he had the potential for the decathlon. He set a new personal best of 8393 points in the …

The World Championships historical archive showcases all-time decathlon records, champions and medal table, highlighting the greatest performances and leading nations throughout the event’s history.

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 …

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

Decathlon total top 20 rankings by running, jumping, and throwing categories.

Men’s heptathlon all-time best performances: a list of all performances scoring 6200 points or more.

A lesson in just one aspect of how sport science can and needs to be applied to all athletic skill teaching

The 1987 Götzis Decathlon in Austria saw Siegfried Wentz take first place with 8645 points, followed by Torsten Voss and Alain Blondel in a competitive international field of world-class decathletes.

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

The 1954 European Championships in Bern featured a memorable decathlon showdown, with Soviet athlete Vasili Kuznetsov winning the European title ahead of Finland’s Torbjörn Lassenius and West Germany’s Heinz Oberbeck.