Dean Macey overcame injury to win his first major international decathlon title at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Representing England, he scored 8143 points to defeat Jamaica’s Maurice Smith (8074), while Australia’s Jason Dudley
Explore the complete final standings of the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge, including the leading decathletes, their scoring performances and competition venues.
Dean Macey won Commonwealth Games decathlon gold in Melbourne 2006, following world silver in Sevilla 1999 and bronze in Edmonton 2001, where he set his personal best of 8603 points. The British decathlete also finished fourth at both the Sydney
Maurice Smith won world decathlon silver in Osaka 2007 with a Jamaican record of 8644 points, following Pan American Games gold earlier that season. He also earned Commonwealth silver in Melbourne 2006 and set a national indoor heptathlon record
Australian men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7700 points. Ashley Moloney becoming the first Australian decathlete ever to medal at the Olympics, while breaking the Oceanian and Australian records.
This project presents comprehensive all ‐time rankings of track and field athletes, evaluating their careers using criteria inspired by Track & Field News world rankings ‐ honors, records, consistency, and head ‐to ‐head
The Commonwealth Games decathlon archive brings together every champion since 1966, all ‐time event bests and record performances. Explore the competition’s history through winning scores, historic scoring conversions and the achievements
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas