Torsten Voss of East Germany won the men's decathlon at the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome with 8680 points, securing his first world title. West Germany's Siegfried Wentz claimed silver with 8461 points, while the Soviet Union's
The men's decathlon at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart featured one of the strongest competitions in combined events history. Great Britain's Daley Thompson successfully defended his European title with 8811 points, defeating long
Daley Thompson won the men's decathlon at the inaugural 1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, scoring 8666 points to become the first world decathlon champion. West Germany's Jürgen Hingsen, the reigning world record holder, took
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Guido Kratschmer leads a strong international field at the 1986 Götzis Hypomeeting in Austria, winning the decathlon with 8519 points ahead of East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth and Thomas Fahner.
Grigori Degtyaryov led a Soviet one ‐two in the decathlon at the 1983 combined events meeting in Götzis, winning with 8454 points ahead of Konstantin Akhapkin with 8181. Canada’s Dave Steen finished third with 8162. Degtyaryov’s
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
Just six points separated gold and silver in the men’s decathlon at the 1981 European Athletics U20 Championships in Utrecht. Mikhail Romanyuk of the Soviet Union secured the European junior title with 7918 points, narrowly defeating East
At the 2000 Multistars decathlon Jirí Ryba delivered the performance of his career, scoring 8339 points to establish a new meeting record. The Czech decathlete dominated the competition in Desenzano del Garda and finished 486 points clear of