Explore the men’s decathlon world record progression from Aleksander Kolmpere’s pioneering performance in 1922 to Kevin Mayer’s 9126 points in 2018. Grouped by historical scoring table, this archive presents all ten event marks alongside
Jake Arnold won consecutive NCAA decathlon titles in 2006 and 2007 and US indoor heptathlon titles from 2008 to 2010. He also won Multistars in 2009 and 2010 and set his decathlon personal best of 8253 points in Götzis 2010.
Since official ratification began in 1922, 38 men’s decathlon world records have been recognised, including eight achieved at the Olympic Games — the last by Daley Thompson in Los Angeles in 1984. Changes to the scoring tables make direct
Between 1980 and 1981, Bulgarian female athletes like Daniela Nenova, Emilia Kunova, and Valentina Dimitrova made rapid progress in pentathlon and heptathlon, setting national records and achieving personal bests in multiple competitions,
Aleksandr Nevski represented the Soviet Union at two World Championships, finishing sixth in Helsinki 1983 and eighth in Rome 1987. He achieved his decathlon best of 8491 points at Götzis 1984 and set a heptathlon world best of 6144 points in
Yuri Kutsenko won Olympic decathlon silver for the Soviet Union in Moscow 1980 and claimed the Soviet decathlon title that same year. He achieved his highest score of 8519 points in Kyiv 1984, calculated using the 1985 scoring tables and competing