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Dan O’Brien won the 1991 US Championships decathlon in New York with 8844 points, finishing well clear of Dave Johnson (8467) and Robert Muzzio (8119) in a no-wind-information (NWI) competition.

Dave Johnson won the 1989 US Championships decathlon in Houston, claiming the national title ahead of Sheldon Blockburger and Gary Kinder.

Gary Kinder narrowly won the 1988 US Championships decathlon in Indianapolis, edging Timothy Bright by just six points in a thrilling battle for the national title, with Dave Johnson finishing third.

Timothy Bright won the 1987 US Championships decathlon in San Jose, leading a strong American field that included Robert Muzzio, Gary Kinder, James Connolly and Keith Robinson.

Dave Johnson won the 1986 US Championships decathlon in Eugene with 8203 points, finishing ahead of Steve Erickson (8030) and Gary Kinder (7857).

John Sayre won the 1985 US Championships decathlon in Indianapolis with 8381 points, finishing ahead of Mike Ramos (8156) and Tim Bright (8068).

The 1981 Universiade was notable because it provided a strong international university-level athletics platform at a time when the larger global athletics scene was somewhat disrupted by political tensions.

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Men’s decathlon at the 1984 USA Championships / U.S. Olympic Trials was held in Los Angeles (Memorial Coliseum) on June 21–22, 1984. Decathlon at those Trials started with an unusually large entry.

Olympic champion Damian Warner extended his historic Götzis Hypomeeting winning tally by taking his 8th decathlon victory!

26th European Athletics Championships were held in Roma 2024

At the 2024 World U20 Championships in Lima, Tomas Järvinen won the men’s decathlon with a championship-record 8425 points, ahead of Hubert Trościanka and Florian Vriezen.

Awesome solo decathlon! Risto Lillemets, who competed alone at the Estonian championships, collected 8133 points.