A complete history of the Götzis Hypomeeting highlights all-time decathlon records and champions, honoring the event’s most remarkable performances and winners over the years.
Götzis decathlon results featuring Thierry Dubois, Tõnu Kaukis and Viktor Gruzenkin, with complete event-by-event performances, final standings and historical points comparisons from this classic Hypo-Meeting competition.
The 1978 Götzis Hypo ‐Meeting decathlon brought together a strong international field, led by Guido Kratschmer, Daley Thompson and Josef Zeilbauer, with complete event ‐by ‐event results preserved in this historical archive.
The 1975 Götzis decathlon marked the beginning of the legendary Götzis combined ‐events tradition, with Czechoslovakia’s Petr Kratky taking the inaugural victory ahead of Rumen Petrov and Claus Marek. This historic first edition
Josef Zeilbauer won the decathlon ahead of Dariusz Ludwig and Yuri Kutsenko, highlighting a high-level international field and a memorable battle for the podium in this historic combined-events competition.
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 achieved a personal best of 8709 points during a dual meet between the Soviet Union and East Germany in Neubrandenburg in 1984. This score remains the Ukrainian national record. After retiring from competitive athletics,
Christian Plaziat was key in elevating French decathlon to world ‐class status and held the national record until the rise of Kevin Mayer. Despite his Olympic setbacks, his charisma, consistency, and indoor indoor dominance made him a
Valter Külvet was a highly gifted Estonian decathlete who competed for the Soviet Union during his main international career. He set Estonian senior decathlon records: 8332 points in 1987 and 8506 points in 1988.
Decathlon 2000 always used to be a huge inspiration and now I’m glad to be a part of the team here! It gives me an opportunity to discuss and write about the decathlon and to meet people with the same interests - Jessica Bullenkamp