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Finnish men’s heptathlon all-time list up to 5500 points

Finnish men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7600 points. The current leader of the Finnish men's decathlon all-time list is Eduard Hämäläinen, who holds both the Finnish and Belarusian decathlon records.

Cheered on by 7000 spectators, Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8622 points at the 1980 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Guido Kratschmer and Jürgen Hingsen. His record performance is worth 8648 points …

Athens 1982 brought European decathlon gold and a new world record for Daley Thompson. The British Olympic champion scored 8743 points. Jürgen Hingsen took silver with 8517 points, while Siegfried Stark earned bronze with 8433.

Daley Thompson won his first Olympic decathlon title at the Moscow 1980 Games with 8495 points, equivalent to 8522 under the 1985 scoring tables. The British athlete led a field of 21 competitors from 12 countries, finishing ahead of Soviet …

At the Montreal 1976 Olympics, Bruce Jenner surged from third after the first day to win decathlon gold with a world record of 8618 points, equivalent to 8634 under the 1985 scoring tables. West Germany’s Guido Kratschmer took silver ahead of …

Nicklas Wiberg claimed the decathlon title at the 2003 European Junior Championships in Tampere with 7604 points. Aleksei Sysoyev took silver with 7531, while Steffen Willwacher secured bronze with 7497, just seven points ahead of Robert …

The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships in Prague saw Aleksandr Grebenyuk of the Soviet Union win the European title with 8340 points. Britain's Daley Thompson, still at the beginning of his international career, claimed …

A historic milestone in the global development of the men’s decathlon

Siegfried Stark powered East Germany to victory at the 1979 European Cup Combined Events Final in Dresden on 1–2 September. He won the men’s decathlon with 8287 points, ahead of Guido Kratschmer (8053) and Aleksandr Nevski (7949). The hosts …

Dmitri Karpov claimed victory at the 2003 Multistars decathlon with a total of 8253 points. The Kazakh decathlete built a commanding 324 ‐point advantage over France’s Romain Barras, who finished second with 7929 points. Paul Terek of the …

Yves Leroy gave France its first men’s victory at the Talence international combined events meeting in 1977, scoring 8056 points to beat Finland’s Johannes Lahti by 153. Serge Morth finished third with 7658. Held on 21–22 May, this second …

Talence’s international combined events meeting began on 4–5 September 1976 with a European decathlon record by Aleksandr Grebenyuk, who won with 8468 points (8386 under the 1985 scoring tables). Fellow Soviet Anatoli Grachov finished second …