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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 …

The men's decathlon at the 1974 European Athletics Championships in Rome delivered a closely contested battle for the medals. Poland's Ryszard Skowronek captured the European title with 8207 points, ahead of France's Yves Le Roy and West Germany's …

Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8704 points at the 1982 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Jürgen Hingsen and Grigori Degtyaryov. His record performance is worth 8730 points under the 1985 scoring tables.

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

The men’s decathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn was won by Germany’s Andreas Bechmann with 8142 points. Sven Roosen of the Netherlands claimed silver with 8056 points, while Norway’s Markus Rooth took bronze …

Grenada’s Lindon Victor retained his Commonwealth Games decathlon title in Birmingham in 2022, scoring 8233 points to hold off Australia’s Dan Golubovic by just 36 points. Cedric Dubler secured bronze with 8030, giving Australia two places on …

Simon Ehammer won world indoor heptathlon titles in Glasgow 2024 and Toruń 2026, setting a world record of 6670 points in the latter. The Swiss decathlete achieved a national record of 8778 points in Götzis 2026, including a decathlon world …

Damian Warner wins Götzis 2022 with 8797 points, ahead of Lindon Victor and Simon Ehammer. Ehammer makes history with an 8.45m leap, the longest jump ever recorded in a decathlon, and finishes with a Swiss record of 8377 points.

Karel Tilga finished fourth at the Budapest 2023 World Championships with a personal best of 8681 points and won that year’s World Athletics Combined Events Tour. The Estonian claimed NCAA titles in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon in …

eo Neugebauer broke Jürgen Hingsen's 39 ‐year ‐old German decathlon record with 8836 points in 2023, then raised the national record to 8961 at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene. He went on to win Olympic silver in Paris in 2024, …

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 …

Harrison Williams won the US decathlon title in 2023 with a personal best of 8630 points. The American also claimed the 2019 NCAA indoor heptathlon title and finished seventh at the Budapest 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympics.

Markus Rooth won Olympic decathlon gold in Paris 2024 with a Norwegian record of 8796 points. His rise through the age groups included European U20 bronze in 2019, European U23 bronze in 2021 and the European U23 title in Espoo 2023 with 8608 points.

Chile’s Santiago Ford claimed decathlon gold on home soil at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, scoring 7834 points. Brazil’s José Fernando Ferreira secured silver with 7748, just six points ahead of American Ryan Talbot on 7742.

Daley Thompson retained his Commonwealth Games decathlon title in Brisbane in 1982, winning for England with a Games record of 8410 points, equivalent to 8424 under the 1985 scoring tables. Canada’s Dave Steen claimed silver with 8004, while …

The men's decathlon at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki saw East Germany's Joachim Kirst successfully defend his European title with a championship record of 8196 points. Sweden's Lennart Hedmark claimed silver with a national …

The men's decathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships in Athens was won by East Germany's Joachim Kirst, who scored 8041 points to claim his first European title. His compatriot Herbert Wessel took silver with 7828 points, while the …

The men's decathlon at the 1966 European Athletics Championships in Budapest ended in a remarkable West German medal sweep. Werner von Moltke won gold with 7740 points, four years after narrowly missing the title in Belgrade. Jörg Mattheis took …

West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz wins the decathlon at the 1987 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8645 points, ahead of East Germany’s Torsten Voss with 8331 and France’s Alain Blondel with 8228.

Guido Kratschmer leads a strong international field at the 1986 Götzis Hypomeeting in Austria, winning the decathlon with 8519 points ahead of East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth and Thomas Fahner.