Goodwill Games brought together top athletes from East and West during the Cold War era. At the 1990 edition in Seattle, Dave Johnson won men’s decathlon gold with 8403 points, ahead of Dan O'Brien with 8358 and Mikhail Medved with 8330.

Dan O'Brien retained his men’s decathlon title at the 1998 Goodwill Games in Uniondale, New York, scoring 8755 points. Chris Huffins took silver with 8576 and Tomaš Dvorak earned bronze with 8428. Erki Nool finished fourth with 8386, as all …

Sports history has been written in Götzis numerous times

The inaugural combined events meeting in Götzis was held in 1975, with Czechoslovakia’s Petr Kratky winning the decathlon with 7591 points ahead of Rumen Petrov and Claus Marek. This first edition laid the foundation for Götzis to become one …

Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon at the 1976 combined events meeting in Götzis with a West German record of 8381 points, ahead of Josef Zeilbauer’s Austrian record of 8310, while Yves Leroy finished third. Under the 1985 scoring tables, the …

Home favourite Josef Zeilbauer won the decathlon at the 1977 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8063 points, ahead of Fred Dixon. Third ‐placed Daley Thompson set a world junior record with 7922 points, equivalent to 7865 under the …

West Germany’s Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon at the 1978 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8410 points, ahead of Daley Thompson with 8238 and Josef Zeilbauer with 8104.

France’s Thierry Dubois won the decathlon at the 1979 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8161 points, ahead of Tõnu Kaukis with 7868 and Viktor Gruzenkin with 7813.

Cheered on by 7000 spectators, Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8622 points at the 1980 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Guido Kratschmer and Jürgen Hingsen. His record performance is worth 8648 points …

Austria’s Josef Zeilbauer won the decathlon at the 1981 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8191 points, ahead of Poland’s Dariusz Ludwig and the Soviet Union’s Yuri Kutsenko.

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.

Grigori Degtyaryov led a Soviet one ‐two in the decathlon at the 1983 combined events meeting in Götzis, winning with 8454 points ahead of Konstantin Akhapkin with 8181. Canada’s Dave Steen finished third with 8162. Degtyaryov’s …

Grigori Degtyaryov claimed his second consecutive decathlon victory at the 1984 combined events meeting in Götzis, setting a Soviet national record of 8579 points. His winning performance is worth 8617 points under the 1985 scoring tables.

The 1985 combined events meeting in Götzis marked the introduction of the Hypomeeting Götzis name, with Hypobank Vorarlberg becoming the main sponsor. East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth won the decathlon with 8473 points, edging compatriot Torsten …

Guido Kratschmer leads a strong international field at the 1986 Götzis Hypomeeting in Austria, winning the decathlon with 8519 points ahead of East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth and Thomas Fahner.

West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz wins the decathlon at the 1987 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8645 points, ahead of East Germany’s Torsten Voss with 8331 and France’s Alain Blondel with 8228.

East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth wins the decathlon at the 1988 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8381 points, just 19 ahead of Canada’s Dave Steen and fellow East German Thomas Fahner.

France’s Christian Plaziat wins the decathlon at the 1989 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8485 points, ahead of Christian Schenk and Norbert Demmel.

East Germany’s Christian Schenk claims a commanding victory at the Götzis 1990 Hypomeeting with 8481 points, ahead of Hungary’s Dezső Szabó with 8306 and West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz with 8138.

The 1991 Götzis Decathlon saw Canada’s Michael Smith claim victory with 8427 points, finishing ahead of Czechoslovakia’s Robert Změlík and Ukraine’s Mikhail Medved. For the first time, athletes from West Germany and East Germany competed …