Mikhail Medved carried Ukrainian decathlon onto the international podium, winning Universiade silver in Duisburg in 1989 and Goodwill Games bronze in Seattle in 1990 while representing the Soviet Union. He twice scored his career best of 8330
The 1991 Talence combined events meeting marked the introduction of the name “Décastar, les Dieux du Stade”. France’s Christian Plaziat won the decathlon with 8456 points, ahead of Mikhail Medved with 8216 and Simon Poelman with 8168.
Oleksandr Yurkov represented Ukraine in the decathlon, achieving a personal best of 8574 points in Götzis 2000. A European U23 silver medallist in Turku 1997, he went on to claim consecutive individual European Cup victories in Oulu 2000 and
Goodwill Games brought together top athletes from East and West during the Cold War era. At the 1990 edition in Seattle, Dave Johnson won men’s decathlon gold with 8403 points, ahead of Dan O'Brien with 8358 and Mikhail Medved with 8330.
Tomaš Dvorak’s 8347 ‐point victory helped the Czech Republic secure the men’s team title at the 1995 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Valladolid on 1–2 July. Alex Kruger (8131) and Henrik Dagard (8114) completed the
East Germany’s Christian Schenk claims a commanding victory at the Götzis 1990 Hypomeeting with 8481 points, ahead of Hungary’s Dezső Szabó with 8306 and West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz with 8138.
The 1991 Götzis Decathlon saw Canada’s Michael Smith claim victory with 8427 points, finishing ahead of Czechoslovakia’s Robert Změlík and Ukraine’s Mikhail Medved. For the first time, athletes from West Germany and East Germany competed
Dan O'Brien set a men’s decathlon world record of 8891 points at the 1992 Talence Décastar, with performances including an 8. 08 m long jump and a 16. 69 m shot put. He finished ahead of Olympic champion Robert Zmelik (8344) and France’s
Total points based on personal bests are calculated by adding the points from a decathlete’s personal records in each event. This section lists all totals exceeding 8900 points and contains particularly notable performance data.
One hour decathlon is a special type of decathlon, in which the athletes have to start the last of ten events (1500m) within sixty minutes after the start of the first event
West Germany’s Siegfried Wentz wins the decathlon at the 1987 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8645 points, ahead of East Germany’s Torsten Voss with 8331 and France’s Alain Blondel with 8228.
France edged Germany by 138 points to win the men’s team title at the 1993 European Cup Combined Events Super League in Oulu, Finland, on 10–11 July. Germany’s Paul Meier won the individual decathlon with 8366 points, ahead of Christian
Germany topped the men’s team standings at the 1991 European Cup Combined Events in Helmond, scoring 24350 points to beat France by 302. Christian Plaziat led the individual competition with 8518 points, ahead of Germany’s Christian Schenk
East Germany claimed the men’s team title at the 1989 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Tønsberg, Norway, finishing 388 points ahead of West Germany with 24081. France’s Christian Plaziat won the individual decathlon with 8290 points,