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This project presents comprehensive all ‐time rankings of track and field athletes, evaluating their careers using criteria inspired by Track & Field News world rankings ‐ honors, records, consistency, and head ‐to ‐head …

Step into a century of athletic excellence. This archive is the ultimate tool for anyone who wants to explore what has happened in the decathlon over the past 100 years ‐ from the heroes of the 1920s to today’s champions, evolving …

A detailed overview of men’s heptathlon competitions and rankings for the current season. Updated weekly with new results, rankings, and athlete performance data.

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

Jaakko Ojaniemi topped the 2002 Multistars decathlon in Desenzano del Garda, scoring 8092 points to secure victory for Finland. Germany’s Mike Maczey finished 158 points behind the winner on 7934, but the closest battle came immediately behind …

How a larger and stricter sample changed the formulas without changing the conclusions

A leave-one-event-out test from 7,000 to 4,000 points

How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

A leave-one-event-out test of 17,277 complete decathlon performances