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The 1958 European Athletics Championships decathlon took place at Stockholm Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August. Vasili Kuznetsov successfully defended his European title with a championship record of 7865 points under the 1952 scoring tables (7564 …

France’s Thierry Dubois won the decathlon at the 1979 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8161 points, ahead of Tõnu Kaukis with 7868 and Viktor Gruzenkin with 7813.

West Germany’s Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon at the 1978 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8410 points, ahead of Daley Thompson with 8238 and Josef Zeilbauer with 8104.

Home favourite Josef Zeilbauer won the decathlon at the 1977 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8063 points, ahead of Fred Dixon. Third ‐placed Daley Thompson set a world junior record with 7922 points, equivalent to 7865 under the …

Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon at the 1976 combined events meeting in Götzis with a West German record of 8381 points, ahead of Josef Zeilbauer’s Austrian record of 8310, while Yves Leroy finished third. Under the 1985 scoring tables, the …

The inaugural combined events meeting in Götzis was held in 1975, with Czechoslovakia’s Petr Kratky winning the decathlon with 7591 points ahead of Rumen Petrov and Claus Marek. This first edition laid the foundation for Götzis to become one …

The decathlon was historically dominated by athletes from the United States, the Nordic countries (especially Finland), and later the Soviet bloc. France had very little tradition of success in combined events. Ignace Heinrich became one of the …

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. Thierry Vigneron exceeded the hight of 5.63m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. The first to do so was Philippe Collet, in 1986, who exceeded the hight of 5.61m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

Maurice Smith won the decathlon at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro with a Games record of 8278 points. Cuba’s Yordani Garcia claimed silver with 8113, while Brazil’s Carlos Eduardo Chinin delighted the home crowd by winning the …

Chris Huffins led an American one ‐two in the decathlon at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, setting a Games record of 8170 points. Dan Steele claimed silver with 8070, exactly 100 points behind his teammate, while Cuba’s Raul …

East Germany claimed the men’s team title at the 1989 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Tønsberg, Norway, finishing 388 points ahead of West Germany with 24081. France’s Christian Plaziat won the individual decathlon with 8290 points, …

Estonia claimed the overall title at the 2019 European Combined Events Team Championships Super League in Lutsk, scoring 39959 points to finish 399 ahead of Belarus, with Great Britain taking bronze. Maicel Uibo led the Estonian decathletes with …

The Soviet Union edged East Germany by just 89 points to win the men’s team title at the 1985 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Krefeld on 7–8 September. Torsten Voss won the individual decathlon with 8352 points, ahead of Aleksandr …

West Germany retained the men’s team title at the 1983 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Sofia on 10–11 September, finishing 250 points ahead of East Germany. Uwe Freimuth won the individual decathlon with an East German record of 8501 …

West Germany won a dramatic team contest at the 1981 European Cup Combined Events Final in Birmingham on 29–30 August, overturning East Germany’s lead in the closing 1500 m to win by 173 points. Rainer Pottel took the individual decathlon …

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Eric Kaiser won the decathlon at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv with a championship record of 7762 points. Jarkko Finni took silver with 7698, while David Bigham earned bronze with 7488. West and East Germany competed as separate …

Michael Kohnle won the decathlon at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury with a championship record of 7729 points. Czechoslovakia’s Robert Zmelik took silver with 7659, while the Soviet Union’s Eduard Hämäläinen earned bronze …