Glenn Lindqvist claimed the men’s decathlon title at the 1995 European U20 Championships in Nyíregyháza with 7363 points, ahead of Rick Wassenaar and Jiří Ryba in the championship standings.
Christer Holger dominated the men’s decathlon at the 1993 European U20 Championships in San Sebastián, winning the gold medal with 7534 points ahead of Jan Podebradsky (7396) and Stefan-Hubert Vogt (7338).
Vitali Kolpakov won the men’s decathlon at the 1991 European Athletics Junior Championships in Thessaloniki with 7813 points, ahead of Tomaš Dvořák (7748) and Jarkko Finni (7479).
Michael Kohnle won the men’s decathlon at the 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships in Varaždin with a championship-record 8114 points, finishing ahead of Norbert Lampe (7586) and David Bigham (7446).
Patrick Eseimokumoh won the men’s decathlon at the 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships in Birmingham with 7614 points, finishing ahead of Roman Frolov and Barry Walsh.
Thomas Fahner won the men’s decathlon at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships in Cottbus with 7815 points, finishing ahead of Igor Drobyshevskiy (7633) and Andre Preysing (7476).
Valter Külvet won the decathlon at the 1983 European U20 Championships in Schwechat with a championship-record 7915 points (7880 by the 1985 scoring table).
Dan O’Brien won the 1994 US Championships decathlon in Knoxville with 8707 points, successfully defending his national title ahead of Steve Fritz and Kip Janvrin in a competitive American championship field.
Dan O’Brien won the 1993 US Championships decathlon in Eugene, securing the American national title ahead of Steve Fritz and Robert Muzzio in a competitive field featuring several of the country’s leading decathletes.
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 captured the 1990 US Championships decathlon title in Norwalk, defeating Dan O’Brien and Sheldon Blockburger as three of America’s leading decathletes battled for the national crown.
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.
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas