The 2011 IAAF Combined Events Challenge brought together the world’s leading decathletes, with Cuba’s Leonel Suárez claiming the overall title after scoring a combined 25172 points from his three counting decathlons.
Explore the complete final standings of the 2005 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, including the leading decathletes, their scoring performances and competition venues.
Dmitri Karpov of Kazakhstan won the men's decathlon at the 2006 Ratingen Mehrkampf ‐Meeting with 8414 points, finishing 65 points ahead of Jamaica's Maurice Smith, who set a national record with 8349 points. Germany's Dennis Leyckes
The 1962 European Athletics Championships decathlon in Belgrade produced one of the closest finishes in the event’s history. Vasili Kuznetsov secured his third consecutive European title with a championship record of 8026 points, defeating West
Explore the complete final standings of the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, including the leading decathletes, their scoring performances and competition venues.
Dennis Leyckes claimed the world U20 decathlon title in Santiago in 2000 and later represented Germany at the Athens Olympics. His senior career included a decathlon personal best of 8310 points in Ratingen in 2006 and fourth place in the
Stefan Drews set his decathlon personal best of 8233 points in Ratingen 2006 and finished seventh at the European Championships in Göteborg that summer. The German decathlete also competed at the Athens 2004 Olympics and won the national indoor
Arthur Abele won European decathlon gold on home soil in Berlin in 2018 and finished the season as the overall Combined Events Challenge winner. The German decathlete set his personal best of 8605 points in Ratingen in 2016 and earned European
Pascal Behrenbruch reached the peak of his decathlon career at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki, winning gold with a personal best of 8558 points. The German decathlete also earned European U23 silver in Debrecen in 2007 and finished
Matthias Prey captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2007 European Athletics U20 Championships in Hengelo, winning with 7908 points for Germany ahead of Rok Deržanic (7560) and Rico Freimuth (7524).