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Robert Jacob Arnold won the 2010 US Championships decathlon in Des Moines with 8215 points, edging Tom Pappas by 114 points to claim the national title.

The men's decathlon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich produced one of the most fiercely contested battles of the season. Six athletes surpassed 8400 points, with just 41 points separating third and sixth place. The fight was …

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Ashton Eaton won the 2011 US Championships decathlon in Eugene with 8729 points, finishing 718 points ahead of runner up Jon Ryan Harlan.

The decathlon at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki marked a career ‐defining triumph for Germany's Pascal Behrenbruch. With a personal best of 8558 points, he captured European gold ahead of Ukraine's Oleksiy Kasyanov …

Ashton Eaton captured the 2013 US Championships decathlon title in Des Moines with 8291 points, holding off Gunnar Nixon by 93 points.

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Ashton Eaton dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2016 US Championships in Eugene, winning the national title with 8750 points ahead of Jeremy Taiwo (8425) and Zach Ziemek (8413) in one of the strongest American decathlon fields of the year.

The 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin brought a dramatic changing of the guard in the men's decathlon. At 32, Germany's Arthur Abele overcame years of injuries to capture his first major outdoor championship medal – and European …

Zach Ziemek captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2018 US Championships in Des Moines with 8294 points, dominating the American field ahead of Solomon Simmons (8019) and Harrison Williams (7878).

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Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2021 US Championships in Eugene with 8647 points, leading Steven Bastien (8485) and Zach Ziemek (8471).

Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2022 US Championships in Fayetteville with a world-class 8867 points, finishing ahead of Kyle Garland (8720) and Zach Ziemek (8573) in a high-level American decathlon competition.

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 decathlon was historically dominated by athletes from the United States, the Nordic countries (especially Finland), and later the Soviet bloc. France had very little tradition of success in combined events. Ignace Heinrich became one of the …

Thomas Fahner led an East German gold-and-bronze finish in the decathlon at the 1985 European Junior Championships in Cottbus. Fahner won with 7815 points, ahead of Igor Drobyshevskiy on 7633 and Andre Preysing on 7476.

Vladimir Buryakov won the decathlon at the 1973 European Junior Championships in Duisburg with 7554 points. West Germany’s Dieter Leyckes and Claus Marek completed the podium, separated by just one point in the official standings.

Johannes Erm claimed gold in the men's decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a world ‐leading 8764 points, securing Estonia's first European decathlon title since Erki Nool in 1998. Norway's Sander Aae Skotheim …