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Athens hosted the inaugural World Junior Championships in 1986, with the decathlon held on 16–17 July. Finland’s Petri Keskitalo claimed the first title with a championship record of 7623 points, ahead of Canada’s Michael Smith with 7523 …

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).

Mikhail Romanyuk edged Torsten Voss by just six points to win the decathlon at the 1981 European Junior Championships in Utrecht. His championship record of 7918 points secured gold, while Estonia’s Sven Reintak took bronze representing the …

Siegfried Wentz won the decathlon at the 1979 European Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with a championship record of 7822 points. Dietmar Jentsch and Peter Hummel completed the podium for East Germany, while Norway’s Gudmund Olsen finished …

Eckart Müller claimed the decathlon title at the 1975 European Junior Championships in Athens with a championship record of 7706 points. Georg Werthner took silver for Austria, while Anatoli Novikov won bronze ahead of Estonia’s Tõnu Kaukis, …

Vladimir Buryakov won the decathlon at the 1973 European Junior Championships in Duisburg with 7554 points. West Germany’s Dieter Leyckes and Claus Marek completed the podium, separated by just one point in the official standings.

Siegfried Wentz of West Germany won the men's decathlon at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, with an impressive 8348 points. American James Connolly secured the silver medal with 8026 points, while France's Patrick Gellens …

Tallinn 2017 marked the first edition under the name European Combined Events Team Championships, formerly the European Cup Combined Events. Janek Õiglane won the Super League decathlon with a personal best of 8170 points, ahead of Olexiy …

Equal Pentathlon scores, but not equal spot on the podium

Austria's Josef Zeilbauer set a new Universiade decathlon record of 8198 points at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico. West Germany's Jürgen Hingsen claimed silver with 8034 points, while compatriot Hans ‐Dieter Antretter …

Johannes Erm claimed gold in the men's decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a world ‐leading 8764 points, securing Estonia's first European decathlon title since Erki Nool in 1998. Norway's Sander Aae Skotheim …

Johannes Erm won Estonia’s first European decathlon title in 26 years with 8764 points

Rafał Snoch examines the five Day Two events through 100-point FDM-40N cohorts, revealing how technical failures, specialist strengths, exceptional performances and contrasting athlete populations shape the residuals behind the scoring model.

Two records, one incredible athlete. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ken Mullings set a new Bahamian decathlon record with 8226 points, finishing 13th. Bahamian national record in the men’s indoor heptathlon also belongs to Ken Mullings with 6340 …

Markus Rooth of Norway won the men's decathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a personal best of 8796 points, securing Norway's first Olympic decathlon gold medal since 1920. Germany's Leo Neugebauer claimed silver with 8748 points, while …

Tomas Järvinen dominated the decathlon at the 2024 World U20 Championships in Lima, scoring a championship and Czech U20 record of 8425 points, just ten short of the world U20 record. Hubert Trościanka took silver with a Polish U20 record of …

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

The first man over 9000 points in history - with an anniversary