Stefan Schmid set his decathlon personal best of 8485 points in Ratingen in 2000 and finished ninth at the Sydney Olympics later that year. His career also included seventh ‐place finishes at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships, but his …

Steve Fritz missed an Olympic medal by 20 points in Atlanta 1996. He had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points. That got him 4th place.

Steve Fritz had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points, more than Bruce Jenner produced to win the Montreal gold. That got him only fourth place.

Steven Bastien is an American decathlete with a personal best of 8485 points, achieved at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene.

Sven Roosen finished 4th in the decathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, setting a new Dutch national record of 8607 points. Pure heart, grit, and greatness. This is only the beginning ‐ the world better watch out, because Sven is …

Swedish men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7700 points

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

Swiss men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7600 points

Swiss men’s heptathlon all-time list up to 5500 points

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.

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.

Christian Plaziat won the decathlon on home soil at the 1989 combined events meeting in Talence.

Christian Plaziat won the decathlon on home soil at the 1989 combined events meeting in Talence.

Christian Plaziat won the decathlon at the 1990 combined events meeting in Talence with 8525 points, ahead of Christian Schenk with 8330 and Alain Blondel with 8155. Five athletes exceeded 8000 points in this edition, held a year before the …

The 1991 Talence combined events meeting marked the introduction of the name “Décastar, les Dieux du Stade”. France’s Christian Plaziat won the decathlon with 8456 points, ahead of Mikhail Medved with 8216 and Simon Poelman with 8168. …

Dan O'Brien setting a world record of 8891 points - beating Olympic champion Robert Zmelik by over 500 points

Steve Fritz secured an American victory at Décastar 1993 in Talence, scoring 8317 points to finish 83 points ahead of France’s Christian Plaziat. Vitali Kolpakov took third with 8162, just 19 points clear of Alain Blondel, as the top four all …

Talence 1996 was an extremely tight elite decathlon where Eduard Hämäläinen edged Tomáš Dvořák and Robert Změlík in a deep, high-scoring 8400+ point battle with multiple athletes packed within a razor-thin margin.