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An interview with Alex Folacci, Decathlon 7729 points. National Champion 2011 & 2013.

Jeremy Taiwo finished eleventh in the Rio 2016 Olympic decathlon after setting his personal best of 8425 points at the US Olympic Trials. He also won US indoor heptathlon titles in 2015 and 2018 and cleared a heptathlon high jump world best of 2. …

Zach Ziemek won world decathlon bronze in Eugene 2022 with a personal best of 8676 points. The American competed at three Olympics, finishing sixth in Tokyo 2021, and won the NCAA indoor heptathlon title in Birmingham 2016.

Three decathlons, one season ‐long battle. Trey Hardee topped the 2009 IAAF Combined Events Challenge after a brilliant campaign highlighted by his 8790 ‐point World Championships victory in Berlin. Explore the final standings and all …

Devon Williams won the NCAA indoor heptathlon title in 2017 with 6177 points and finished tenth in the decathlon at the London World Championships later that year. The American improved his decathlon personal best to 8402 points in Ratingen 2026.

Article discusses alternative and hypothetical decathlon records ‐ such as performances aggregated over a year or season instead of two days ‐ to explore when athletes might have been in their peak form, despite variables like weather …

Here is an interview with retired decathlete and successful businessman Alex Folacci

The 2019 Decastar meeting in Talence saw Canada’s Pierce LePage claim victory with 8453 points ahead of American Zach Ziemek, confirming his status among the world’s elite decathletes just weeks before the World Athletics Championships.

20 years Decathlon 2000... and who’s responsible for the joy it gave us? An open letter!

Garrett Scantling won the US Olympic Trials decathlon in 2021 and finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics with 8611 points. The American raised his personal best to 8867 points in Fayetteville 2022, the same year he won the US indoor heptathlon …

Harrison Williams won the US decathlon title in 2023 with a personal best of 8630 points. The American also claimed the 2019 NCAA indoor heptathlon title and finished seventh at the Budapest 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympics.

The World University Games / Universiade decathlon archive brings together every champion since 1961, all ‐time individual ‐event bests and the highest day and event ‐group scores. From Josef Zeilbauer’s three consecutive …

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

This section ranks countries by the highest combined scores of their three best decathletes at a single World Championships, highlighting national depth and collective performance strength.

Rafer Johnson was one of the greatest decathletes in history and an extraordinary figure both on and off the track

Scoring 8000 points in the decathlon is considered a major milestone ‐ it’s like a key benchmark that separates good athletes from elite ‐level competitors. It shows an athlete has strong, consistent performances across all 10 …