Ricky Barker is a former American decathlete who competed internationally throughout the 1990s. He scored a career ‐best 8404 points in College Station in 1996 and finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 1995 World Indoor Championships in …

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 …

Rik Taam is a Dutch decathlete with a personal best of 8326 points and multiple 8000-point performances.

Risto Lillemets is an Estonian decathlete. He won the heptathlon bronze medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul with 6079 points and has been one of Estonia's leading combined events athletes in both the decathlon and indoor …

Robert de Wit dominated nationally, winning the Dutch decathlon title multiple times in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1988. He set his personal best of 8447 points in May 1988 at a meet in Eindhoven.

Robert Jacob Arnold made history by becoming the first athlete in over 20 years to win back ‐to ‐back NCAA decathlon titles in 2006 and 2007, competing for the University of Arizona. He earned bronze medals in the decathlon at the 2006 …

Robert Zmelík’s Olympic triumph helped spark a golden era for Czech decathlon. He inspired future stars like world record holders Tomáš Dvořák and Roman Šebrle.

Romain Barras became Decathlon European Champion in Barcelona 2010. Barras was only the fourth French decathlon champion in European history, following Ignace Heinrich (1950), Christian Plaziat (1990), and Alain Blondel (1994) Post …

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Russian men’s decathlon all-time list up to 8000 points

Russian men’s heptathlon all-time list up to 5800 points

The 2005 Multistars decathlon produced a commanding victory for American Phil McMullen, who topped the competition with 8107 points. McMullen finished 282 points clear of Uzbekistan’s Vitali Smirnov, who secured second place with 7825 points. …

In February 2025, Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record, scoring 6484. In March 2025, he won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships and broke his own European …

The current combined events scoring tables have been used without modification since the 1985

Sebastian Chmara is the Polish Decathlon record holder who became World Indoor champion in 1999 and European Indoor champion in 1998. He cemented his legacy in Polish athletics with a stunning 8566 ‐point decathlon in 1998, securing his …