Uwe Freimuth secured his third consecutive national decathlon title at the East German Championships Potsdam 1986, scoring 8248 points. Jens Petersson took silver with 7663 and Thomas Halamoda bronze with 7624. The competition at the
Oleksandr Apaichev achieved a personal best of 8709 points during a decathlon match between the Soviet Union and East Germany in Neubrandenburg in 1984. This score remains the Ukrainian national record. After retiring from competitive athletics,
Torsten Voss has won gold medal at the World Championships in Roma 1987. In 1981, he claimed silver at the European U20 Championships, and in 1982 set a junior world record in decathlon with 8397 points.