Karel Tilga set a meeting record of 8482 points, breaking the old Multistars record of 8390 held by Andrei Krauchanka since 2013. Tilga's performance gave him the Olympic qualifying mark ahead of time.
At the 2004 Multistars decathlon in Desenzano del Garda, Jamaica's Claston Bernard secured first place with a score of 8050 points, leading from start to finish.
Multistars 1998 was part of the newly launched IAAF Combined Events Challenge, making Oleksandr Yurkov’s victory with 8034 points especially noteworthy.
The discipline and training applied by decathletes have always been regarded by me as the ultimate in athletic dedication. Whilst it is of course always a huge honour for any decathlete to achieve the ultimate status of World Champion, I cannot help but regard all those who dedicate themselves to this most gruelling of athletic disciplines as Champions - unknown person