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Arkadi Vasilyev won the men’s decathlon at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing with 8059 points.

Cuba’s Raul Duany Bueno retained his Universiade decathlon title in Beijing in 2001 with 8069 points, just 50 ahead of his closest challengers. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Mikhailenko and China’s Qi Haifeng both scored 8019 points, with Mikhailenko …

Photo gallery - Olympic Games Beijing 2008

Ashton Eaton defended his world decathlon title at the Beijing 2015 World Athletics Championships with a world record of 9045 points, improving his own mark by six points. His performance on 28–29 August included a remarkable 45. 00 …

Bryan Clay dominated the competition in Beijing, winning Olympic decathlon gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 8791 points in a confident and decisive triumph.

Larbi Bourrada set an African decathlon record of 8521 points when finishing fifth at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The Algerian also placed fifth at the Beijing 2015 World Championships and won five African decathlon titles between 2008 and 2022.

Preview of Tokyo Olympic Decathlon

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).

Qi Haifeng (齐海峰) won Asian Games decathlon gold in Busan 2002 and set a Chinese national record of 8290 points in Götzis 2005. He also placed seventh at the Paris 2003 World Championships and claimed East Asian Games gold in Hong Kong 2009.

Bryan Clay won Olympic decathlon gold in Beijing 2008 and the world title in Helsinki 2005, following Olympic silver in Athens 2004. The American also claimed two world indoor heptathlon titles and set his decathlon personal best of 8832 points in …