Search results: Götzis 1985

A double victory by the GDR athletes Uwe Freimuth and Thorsten Voss

Actually it's just a small town in Vorarlberg, Austria. Once a year, in late May, it hosts the most famous of all decathlon meetings, the Hypomeeting. It's probably the oldest one (first meeting held in 1975), the Mecca of decathlon, with …

7000 spectators cheer Daley Thompson's magnificent improvement of the decathlon world record to 8622 points (8648)

Daley Thompson improves the world record for the 2nd time in the Mösle Stadium to 8704 points (8730)

Grigori Degtyaryov repeats his previous year's victory with a new national record of 8579 points (8617)

Josef Zeilbauer celebrates his second meeting triumph

French victory by Thierry Dubois

Local hero Josef Zeilbauer wins the decathlon. Daley Thompson from Great Britain sets a junior world record with 7922 points (7865)

Guido Kratschmer won the decathlon with a new German record of 8381 points (8302) ahead of Josef Zeilbauer, who set an Austrian record of 8310 points (8219)

Oleksandr Apaichev is the Ukrainian Decathlon record holder

Christian Plaziat became decathlon European champion in Split 1990

Christian Schenk was not sure he was the World`s Greatest Athlete after winning the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in Seoul 1988