In April 2016, Karl Robert Saluri achieved a major breakthrough by scoring 8108 points ‐ a personal best that surpassed the Olympic qualifying standard (8100), improving his previous record by more than 600 points and earning him European
The weekend got off to a brilliant start with Damian Warner breaking the world record in the 100m decathlon in 10.12 seconds. Damian Warner won the decathlon for the fifth time in Götzis with 8711 points.
Niklas Kaul set a World record with U20 implements of 8435 points when winning the decathlon at the European Championships in Grosseto 2017. He became the youngest decathlon World champion in history at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in
After injury setbacks, Jorge Ureña made a triumphant return in June 2023 at Ratingen, Germany, posting a new PB of 8381 points ‐ lifting him to the third ‐best Spanish decathlon score ever. At the 2019 European Indoor Championships
Step into a century of athletic excellence. This archive is the ultimate tool for anyone who wants to explore what has happened in the decathlon over the past 100 years ‐ from the heroes of the 1920s to today’s champions, evolving
One of the most exciting and unpredicted event of athletic program of XX Olympic Games in Munich 1972 was the women’s Pentathlon. The people of the host country – West Germany – were keen to see the second victory of their local hero
East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.
New Zealand men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7400 points. At the summit of New Zealand’s decathlon history stands Simon Poelman, whose remarkable 8366-point performance in Christchurch back in 1987 still holds as the national record.
Simon Ehammer is the Swiss national record holder in the decathlon and heptathlon, and the world record holder in the indoor heptathlon, after setting a historic 6670-point mark at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń.
In February 2025, Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record, scoring 6484. In March 2025, he won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships and broke his own European