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Eduard Hämäläinen is a former elite decathlete who competed internationally for both the Soviet Union/Belarus and later Finland, becoming one of the leading combined events athletes of the 1990s. He is best known for winning multiple major …

10th European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki 1971

The men's decathlon at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki was contested under exceptionally difficult weather conditions, with persistent rain affecting performances throughout much of the competition. Despite the challenging conditions, …

21st European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki 2012

Finnish men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7600 points. The current leader of the Finnish men's decathlon all-time list is Eduard Hämäläinen, who holds both the Finnish and Belarusian decathlon records.

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

Jaakko Ojaniemi’s top decathlon score of 8192 points was achieved at the 2002 European Championships in München. His international medal collection is almost entirely from junior and U23 competitions.

Nicklas Wiberg won the men’s decathlon at the 2003 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, taking the European junior title with 7604 points ahead of Aleksei Sysoyev and Steffen Willwacher.

The 2018 U20 World Championships in Tampere saw Australia’s Ashley Moloney win the men’s decathlon with a championship record of 8190 points, ahead of Gary Haasbroek and Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer.

The men’s decathlon at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, produced a high ‐quality competition and a memorable Norwegian one ‐two finish. Markus Rooth claimed the gold medal with 8608 points ahead of …

The 9th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Tampere, Finland (2013)

The 1st European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Turku, Finland (1997)

Markus Rooth of Norway clinched the decathlon gold at the 2023 European U23 Championships in Espoo

The men’s decathlon at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was a landmark competition ‐ it was the first ‐ever IAAF World Championships, so this was the first decathlon world title ever awarded. This championship continued the …

Bryan Clay secured the world decathlon title in Helsinki at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with a total of 8732 points.