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Wilfrid Boulineau represented France in the decathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla with 8154 points. His career best of 8312 points came in Arles in 1999, while his indoor …

Stephan Niklaus helped raise Swiss decathlon to a new level in the early 1980s, setting a national record of 8337 points in Lausanne in 1983 — equivalent to 8334 under the 1985 scoring tables. He finished fifth at the inaugural World …

The 1980 Soviet Union Decathlon Championships in Moscow produced a close battle for the title, with Yuri II Kutsenko winning on 8329 points ahead of Valeri Kachanov (8306) and Sergei Zhelanov (8282). Held on 20–21 June as a selection competition …

Just 25 points separated gold and silver at the 1988 West German Decathlon Championships in Rhede on 9–10 July. Rainer Sonnenburg won with 8025 points, narrowly ahead of Karl ‐Heinz Fichtner on 8000, while Gerald Borchert took bronze with …

This victory marked Dan O’Brien’s first world championship title - his international breakthrough and a pivotal launchpad for his historic multi-year dominance in decathlon

For the first time, 15 decathletes surpass the 8000-point mark and in an extremely exciting competition, the winner was once again Tomaš Dvorak.

25th European Athletics Championships were held in München 2022