France’s Thierry Dubois wins the decathlon at the 1979 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8161 points, ahead of Tõnu Kaukis with 7868 and Viktor Gruzenkin with 7813.
The men's decathlon at the 1978 European Championships in Prague featured many of the world's leading combined events athletes, including future Olympic champion Daley Thompson. Aleksandr Grebenyuk of the Soviet Union won the European title with
A complete history of the Götzis Hypomeeting highlights all-time decathlon records and champions, honoring the event’s most remarkable performances and winners over the years.
French men’s decathlon all-time list up to 7800 points. Kevin Mayer holds the French all-time best in the men's decathlon with a world-record score of 9126 points, set in Talence in 2018.
Austria’s Josef Zeilbauer wins the 1981 Götzis decathlon with 8191 points, ahead of Poland’s Dariusz Ludwig and the Soviet Union’s Yuri Kutsenko, leading a strong international field in a memorable contest for the Hypomeeting podium.
West Germany’s Guido Kratschmer wins the decathlon at the 1978 Götzis Hypomeeting with 8410 points, ahead of Daley Thompson with 8238 and Josef Zeilbauer with 8104.
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