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Willi Holdorf secured Olympic decathlon gold in Tokyo at the 1964 Summer Olympics following one of the most thrilling battles of the competition against Rein Aun.

The men’s decathlon at the 2002 IAAF World Junior Championships in Kingston was won by Leonid Andreyev (Uzbekistan) with 7693 points, narrowly ahead of Nadir El Fassi (France) with 7677 and Mikko Halvari (Finland) with 7587.

Tom Pappas delivered a standout performance to win decathlon gold at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, finishing with 8750 points.

At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Roman Šebrle captured the decathlon title with 8676 points, completing his long pursuit after two World Championships silver medals with a long-awaited gold medal.

Roman Šebrle added Olympic glory to his world record status at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning gold with a new Olympic record of 8893 points.

Andrei Krauchanka won the men’s decathlon at the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships in Grosseto with a championship-leading 8126 points, ahead of Aleksei Sysoyev (8047) and Norman Müller (7942).

Bryan Clay secured the world decathlon title in Helsinki at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with a total of 8732 points.

Almost 40 years ago in Los Angeles (during XXIII Olympiade) only five points appeared to be the difference between Gold and Silver medalists at women’s Heptathlon…..

The Goodwill Games were a high-profile Cold War era competition bringing together top athletes from East and West, where Dave Johnson won decathlon gold at the 1990 Goodwill Games with 8403 points, ahead of Dan O'Brien.

Götzis 1988 decathlon saw East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth claim victory with 8381 points, narrowly ahead of Canada’s Dave Steen and fellow East German Thomas Fahner at the prestigious Götzis Hypomeeting.

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.