Markus Rooth became the first Norwegian athlete to win the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games since Antwerpen 1920

Only 12 of the 29 starters finished the entire decathlon event

Canada’s Damian Warner has joined an elite group of men with 9000+ points in the decathlon. His mark of 9018 points becomes an Olympic record.

One hour decathlon is a special type of decathlon, in which the athletes have to start the last of ten events (1500m) within sixty minutes after the start of the first event

↗ High altitude event (1566m)

Pascal Behrenbruch won gold medal at the European Championships in Helsinki 2012.