Championships

Olympic Games are the world’s premier multi-sport event, bringing together top athletes from all continents every four years.

World Athletics Championships is the second most important global athletics competition, held every two years.

European Athletics Championships is the top continental athletics event in Europe, held every two years.

European Athletics U23 Championships is a biannual athletics competition for European athletes aged 20–22.

World Athletics U20 Championships is one of the largest global junior athletics competitions.

European Athletics U20 Championships is a biannual junior-level athletics event for European athletes.

European Combined Events Team Championships is a continental athletics competition combining individual multi-event performances with team scoring.

Commonwealth Games is a major international multi-sport event held every four years for athletes from Commonwealth nations.

Pan American Games is a continental multi-sport event for athletes from the Americas, held every four years before the Summer Olympics.

World University Games is an international multi-sport event for university athletes organized by FISU.

Goodwill Games was an international multi-sport competition created during the Cold War era to ease Olympic-era political tensions.

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Olympic Games Tokyo 1964
Willi Holdorf secured Olympic decathlon gold in Tokyo at the 1964 Summer Olympics following one of the most thrilling battles of the competition against Rein Aun.
Apr 21, 2026
Olympic Games Athens 2004
Roman Šebrle added Olympic glory to his world record status at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning gold with a new Olympic record of 8893 points.
Apr 21, 2026
Olympic Games Seoul 1988
Christian Schenk produced a surprise victory in Seoul, winning decathlon gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics with a total of 8488 points.
Apr 21, 2026
Olympic Games München 1972
Mykola Avilov delivered a commanding performance at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning the decathlon in dominant style with a new world record.
Apr 21, 2026
Olympic Games Montreal 1976
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bruce Jenner delivered a spectacular second-day performance to win Olympic gold and set a new world record.
Apr 21, 2026
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Olympic Games decathlon records, champions and medal table of all-time
World's Greatest Athlete - this title is traditionally given to the Olympic decathlon champion
Aug 21, 2025
Olympic Games Athens 2004
Roman Šebrle added Olympic glory to his world record status at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning gold with a new Olympic record of 8893 points.
Apr 21, 2026
Olympic Games Seoul 1988
Christian Schenk produced a surprise victory in Seoul, winning decathlon gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics with a total of 8488 points.
Apr 21, 2026
Olympic Games Sydney 2000
Erki Nool became a national hero in Estonia. His Olympic victory is remembered as one of the most dramatic in modern decathlon history.
Aug 26, 2010
Olympic Games Atlanta 1996
Dan O'Brien had famously missed the 1992 Olympics due to a failed pole vault in the U.S. trials, but redeemed himself in Atlanta by taking the gold. His Olympic victory was seen as the final crowning achievement in a legendary career.
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