Search results: IAAF scoring tables

This archive presents historical men’s decathlon marks recorded before the establishment of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). In the early years, the decathlon was sometimes completed in a single day and sometimes …

The current combined events scoring tables have been used without modification since the 1985

All decathlon performances are converted into points using official World Athletics scoring formulas and tables to determine the final score

How a larger and stricter sample changed the formulas without changing the conclusions

A leave-one-event-out test of 17,277 complete decathlon performances

This article asks whether the decathlon’s own performance data can provide enough information to calibrate a fair scoring system without relying primarily on elite athletes. Using 27, 741 complete decathlons—and a separate dataset excluding all …

A decathlon is not ten separate events. It is one competition, unfolding over two days, with one clock running from the first start to the final finish. Part 10 of the Fair Decathlon Model asks what happens when we look at the decathlon this way …

The World’s best jumper Sander Aae Skotheim broke the European heptathlon record

Explore the progression of the men’s decathlon world best performances under different scoring tables, from the early 20th century to the modern era. This historical archive shows how the best decathlon performances developed as scoring systems …