Dean Macey finally won the elusive gold medal at World level at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Previously, he had claimed silver at the 1999 World Championships and a bronze at the 2001 World Championships.

The decathlon is two days of gruesome effort over ten events - running, jumping and throwing

Here you'll learn the most effective methods compete in the decathlon or heptathlon.

In the United States the development and training of decathletes is heavily influenced by the university system, primarily the NCAA

This poem is a vivid, almost breathless journey through the ten events of the decathlon, describing each discipline in energetic, sensory detail - from explosive sprints and powerful throws to gravity-defying jumps and grueling runs.

The supreme athletics event tests the mind and body over ten events. Athletes will compete against one another and the scoring table.

This page shows the progression of decathlon world bests by event over time. It highlights how top performances in each discipline have improved across different eras.

Dennis Leyckes - World U20 Champion in men's decathlon in Santiago 2000

Multistars 1998 was part of the newly launched IAAF Combined Events Challenge, making Oleksandr Yurkov’s victory with 8034 points especially noteworthy.

Multistars 1999 was part of the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, and Oleksandr Yurkov’s victory with 8215 points not only placed him among the world’s top decathletes that year but also confirmed his consistency after winning the same meet …

At the 2000 Multistars decathlon Jirí Ryba delivered the performance of his career, scoring 8339 points to establish a new meeting record.

Multistars of 2002 was won by Jaakko Ojaniemi with a score of 8092 points in the decathlon

Dmitri Karpov claimed victory at the 2003 Multistars decathlon with a total of 8253 points