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Calculation of decathlon points

Latest post: Sonnemann,Gunther, Oct 23, 2015
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Stein-Ljodvar
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Posted: Sep 16, 2015
World champion 1983: Francis ("Daley") Thompson, 8666 points

But according to the points calculator on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decathlon and on this site his results give

10,60+07/7,88+16/15,35/2,03/48,12/14,37+21/44,46/5,10/65,24/4:29,72
952 /1030 /811 /831/903 /927 /756 /941 /817 /746 =

8714 points

If subtracting (7+16+21=) 44 points (some sort of correction?) we
get 8670 points,

What kind of points calculator did they use back in 1983 ?

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Sonnemann,Gunther
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Posted: Oct 23, 2015
before the table of the IAAF 1985 there was the belgrader table of 1964.
This changed above all the too strong progression of the 1950-th table in the
technical disciplines.
Then the table of 1985 introduced a progression in the point calculation for all
disciplines.
Indeed, the table 1985 is also faulty.
I recommend you to the history of multi-event tables the following website:
http://www.leichtathletikimwandelmitnbl-site.de
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