A powerful finish carried Niklas Kaul to decathlon gold at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz. His championship record of 8162 points secured victory ahead of Maksim Andraloits and Johannes Erm, who set Belarusian and Estonian U20
Ashton Eaton successfully defended his Olympic champion title from London 2012, scoring 8893 points to equal the existing Olympic record set by Roman Šebrle in Athens 2004. France’s Kevin Mayer claimed the silver medal with a national record of
Kurt Felix won the 2012 NCAA Division I decathlon title with a Grenadian national record of 8062 points and later set his personal best of 8509 in Ratingen 2017. He earned Commonwealth Games bronze in Glasgow 2014 and Pan American Games silver in
Zach Ziemek won world decathlon bronze in Eugene 2022 with a personal best of 8676 points. The American competed at three Olympics, finishing sixth in Tokyo 2021, and won the NCAA indoor heptathlon title in Birmingham 2016.
Three decathlons, one season ‐long battle. Trey Hardee topped the 2009 IAAF Combined Events Challenge after a brilliant campaign highlighted by his 8790 ‐point World Championships victory in Berlin. Explore the final standings and all
The 2016 Decastar meeting in Talence produced a thrilling decathlon battle, with Ukraine’s Olexiy Kasyanov edging Estonia’s Maicel Uibo by just six points (8077 to 8071) in one of the closest finishes in the history of the prestigious combined
Lindon Victor won Olympic decathlon bronze in Paris 2024 after claiming world bronze with a Grenadian record of 8756 points in Budapest 2023. A three ‐time Commonwealth Games champion, he also won the 2022 World Athletics Combined Events
There were stadium records in the decathlon: meeting winner Damian Warner equaled his hurdles best of 13.54 seconds on the new track, while Gaël Quérin from France added his name to the list of stadium record holders in the 1500m.