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William Toomey won the men’s decathlon at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 8193 points, finishing 82 points ahead of West Germany’s Hans ‐Joachim Walde. Kurt Bendlin took bronze with 8064 points. Competing at …

Willi Holdorf won the men’s decathlon at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games with 7887 points, holding off Estonia’s Rein Aun, representing the Soviet Union, by just 45 points. Hans-Joachim Walde took bronze with 7809.

Rafer Johnson won the men’s decathlon at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 8392 points, defeating his UCLA teammate Yang Chuan ‐kwang by just 58 points. Their contest came down to the final 1500 m, where Johnson …

Milton Campbell won the men’s decathlon at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 7937 points, upgrading his Helsinki silver to gold. Rafer Johnson finished second with 7587 points, completing an American one ‐two, …

Robert “Bob” Mathias defended his Olympic decathlon title at Helsinki 1952 with a world record of 7887 points, becoming the first man to win the event at two Olympic Games. Milton Campbell took silver with 6975 points and Floyd Simmons earned …

Leonid Andreyev won the decathlon at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston with 7693 points, just 16 ahead of France’s Nadir El Fassi. Finland’s Mikko Halvari took bronze with 7587. The competition was held on 16–17 July with a 6 …

Ladji Doucoure brought his sprinting and hurdling talent to the decathlon at the 2001 European Junior Championships in Grosseto, winning with 7747 points. Germany’s Lars Albert took silver with 7683, while Latvia’s Atis Vaisjuns secured …

Dennis Leyckes won the decathlon at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago with a championship record of 7897 points. Spain’s David Gomez Martinez took silver with 7772, while Andre Niklaus earned bronze with 7712, giving Germany two …

Finnish decathletes claimed gold and silver at the 1999 European Junior Championships in Riga. Aki Heikkinen won with a Finnish U20 record of 7881 points, followed by Jaakko Ojaniemi with 7763, while Austria’s Roland Schwarzl took bronze with 7447.

Aki Heikkinen won the decathlon at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Annecy with 7476 points. Germany’s Thomas Pöge took silver with 7332, while Jaakko Ojaniemi earned bronze with 7246, giving Finland two places on the podium. The …

Attila Zsivoczky won the decathlon at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Sydney with 7582 points. Britain’s Dean Macey took silver with 7480, while Chiel Warners earned bronze for the Netherlands with 7368. The competition took place on …

The men’s decathlon at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz saw Germany’s André Niklaus capture the title with 7983 points. Estonia’s Indrek Turi secured the silver medal with 7864 points, while Latvia’s Atis …

Tom Pappas won the men's decathlon at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris Saint ‐Denis, France, on 26–27 August, scoring 8750 points to claim his first outdoor world title. World record holder Roman Šebrle of the Czech …

France’s Romain Barras secured the decathlon title at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu with 8196 points, edging Estonia’s Indrek Turi (8122) by 74 points. Russia’s Nikolai Tishchenko claimed bronze with 7911, ahead of compatriot Nikolai …

At the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Roman Šebrle claimed his first world decathlon title with 8676 points, narrowly defeating Jamaica's Maurice Smith (8644) by just 32 points in one of the closest finishes in World Championships …

Cuba’s Raul Duany Bueno retained his Universiade decathlon title in Beijing in 2001 with 8069 points, just 50 ahead of his closest challengers. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Mikhailenko and China’s Qi Haifeng both scored 8019 points, with Mikhailenko …

André Niklaus won the men’s decathlon at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships in Amsterdam, scoring 8042 points to take gold for Germany. Finland’s Jaakko Ojaniemi finished second with 7907 points, while Italy’s William Frullani …

Nicklas Wiberg claimed the decathlon title at the 2003 European Junior Championships in Tampere with 7604 points. Aleksei Sysoyev took silver with 7531, while Steffen Willwacher secured bronze with 7497, just seven points ahead of Robert …

Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic won the men's decathlon at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 8893 points. Bryan Clay of the United States claimed silver with 8820 points, while Kazakhstan's Dmitri Karpov secured bronze …

Andrei Krauchanka won the decathlon at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto with a championship record of 8126 points. Russia’s Aleksei Sysoyev took silver with 8047, while Germany’s Norman Müller earned bronze with 7942. The …