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William Toomey won the men’s decathlon at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 8193 points, finishing 82 points ahead of West Germany’s Hans ‐Joachim Walde. Kurt Bendlin took bronze with 8064 points. Competing at …

Rafer Johnson won the men’s decathlon at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 8392 points, defeating his UCLA teammate Yang Chuan ‐kwang by just 58 points. Their contest came down to the final 1500 m, where Johnson …

Milton Campbell won the men’s decathlon at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 7937 points, upgrading his Helsinki silver to gold. Rafer Johnson finished second with 7587 points, completing an American one ‐two, …

Robert “Bob” Mathias defended his Olympic decathlon title at Helsinki 1952 with a world record of 7887 points, becoming the first man to win the event at two Olympic Games. Milton Campbell took silver with 6975 points and Floyd Simmons earned …

Leonid Andreyev won the decathlon at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston with 7693 points, just 16 ahead of France’s Nadir El Fassi. Finland’s Mikko Halvari took bronze with 7587. The competition was held on 16–17 July with a 6 …

Dennis Leyckes won the decathlon at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago with a championship record of 7897 points. Spain’s David Gomez Martinez took silver with 7772, while Andre Niklaus earned bronze with 7712, giving Germany two …

Tom Pappas won the men's decathlon at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris Saint ‐Denis, France, on 26–27 August, scoring 8750 points to claim his first outdoor world title. World record holder Roman Šebrle of the Czech …

At the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Roman Šebrle claimed his first world decathlon title with 8676 points, narrowly defeating Jamaica's Maurice Smith (8644) by just 32 points in one of the closest finishes in World Championships …

Andrei Krauchanka won the decathlon at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto with a championship record of 8126 points. Russia’s Aleksei Sysoyev took silver with 8047, while Germany’s Norman Müller earned bronze with 7942. The …

Bryan Clay won the men's decathlon at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on 9–10 August, scoring a world ‐leading 8732 points to claim his first world title. Reigning Olympic champion Roman Šebrle of the Czech …

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…..

Roman Šebrle set a Games record of 8380 points to win the decathlon at the 1997 Summer Universiade in Catania. Kamil Damašek secured silver with 8072, completing a Czech one ‐two, while Marcel Dost of the Netherlands took bronze with …

The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships in Prague saw Aleksandr Grebenyuk of the Soviet Union win the European title with 8340 points. Britain's Daley Thompson, still at the beginning of his international career, claimed …

Australia celebrated a decathlon one ‐two at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where Jagan Hames won gold with an Australian and Oceania record of 8490 points. Scott Ferrier secured silver with 8307, while Canada’s Michael …

Robert Zmelik of Czechoslovakia won the 1992 Götzis decathlon with a national record of 8627 points.

Eduard Hämäläinen of Belarus won the 1993 Götzis decathlon with a national record of 8604 points, ahead of Paul Meier and Michael Smith.

With 8735 points Eduard Hämäläinen improves the Mösle Stadium record set by the legendary Daley Thompson in 1982 by five points

Michael Smith sets a Canadian record with 8626 points at Götzis 1996.

Eduard Hämäläinen wins Götzis 1997 for the third time with a Finnish record of 8617 points.