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Dan O'Brien captured the decathlon title at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, finishing with 8817 points.

This victory marked Dan O’Brien’s first world championship title - his international breakthrough and a pivotal launchpad for his historic multi-year dominance in decathlon

Christian Schenk produced a surprise victory in Seoul, winning decathlon gold at the 1988 Summer Olympics with a total of 8488 points.

Torsten Voss captured the decathlon gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome with a dominant and consistent performance, scoring 8680 points.

The men’s decathlon at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was a landmark competition ‐ it was the first ‐ever IAAF World Championships, so this was the first decathlon world title ever awarded. This championship continued the …

Mykola Avilov delivered a commanding performance at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning the decathlon in dominant style with a new world record.

William Toomey secured Olympic decathlon gold in Mexico City at the 1968 Summer Olympics, prevailing after a gripping battle with Hans-Joachim Walde and Kurt Bendlin.

Willi Holdorf secured Olympic decathlon gold in Tokyo at the 1964 Summer Olympics following one of the most thrilling battles of the competition against Rein Aun.

Tom Pappas delivered a standout performance to win decathlon gold at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, finishing with 8750 points.

At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Roman Šebrle captured the decathlon title with 8676 points, completing his long pursuit after two World Championships silver medals with a long-awaited gold medal.

Bryan Clay secured the world decathlon title in Helsinki at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with a total of 8732 points.

Almost 40 years ago in Los Angeles (during XXIII Olympiade) only five points appeared to be the difference between Gold and Silver medalists at women’s Heptathlon…..

The Goodwill Games were a high-profile Cold War era competition bringing together top athletes from East and West, where Dave Johnson won decathlon gold at the 1990 Goodwill Games with 8403 points, ahead of Dan O'Brien.

Where Legends Begin: The Story of the Decathlon

The World’s best jumper Sander Aae Skotheim broke the European heptathlon record