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Daley Thompson successfully defended his Olympic title, having also won the 1980 Moscow Games. The rivalry between Thompson and Jürgen Hingsen was one of the big storylines: both were world record holders in the early 1980s, and their duels …

The men’s decathlon at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was a landmark competition ‐ it was the first ‐ever IAAF World Championships, so this was the first decathlon world title ever awarded. This championship continued the …

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.

At the Montreal 1976 Olympics, Bruce Jenner surged from third after the first day to win decathlon gold with a world record of 8618 points, equivalent to 8634 under the 1985 scoring tables. West Germany’s Guido Kratschmer took silver ahead of …

Mykola Avilov delivered a commanding performance at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning the decathlon in dominant style with a new world record.

William Toomey won the men’s decathlon at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games with an Olympic record of 8193 points, finishing 82 points ahead of West Germany’s Hans ‐Joachim Walde. Kurt Bendlin took bronze with 8064 points. Competing at …

Robert “Bob” Mathias defended his Olympic decathlon title at Helsinki 1952 with a world record of 7887 points, becoming the first man to win the event at two Olympic Games. Milton Campbell took silver with 6975 points and Floyd Simmons earned …

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.

Ladji Doucoure won the men’s decathlon at the 2001 European U20 Championships in Grosseto with 7747 points, leading Lars Albert and Atis Vaisjuns in a closely contested junior combined-events competition.

The men’s decathlon at the 2000 IAAF World Junior Championships in Santiago was won by Dennis Leyckes (Germany) with 7897 points, ahead of David Gomez Martinez (Spain) with 7772 and Andre Niklaus (Germany) with 7712.

Aki Heikkinen won the men’s decathlon at the 1999 European Athletics U20 Championships in Riga, claiming the European junior title with 7881 points ahead of fellow Finn Jaakko Ojaniemi, while Roland Schwarzl took bronze for Austria.

Aki Heikkinen won the men’s decathlon at the 1998 IAAF World Junior Championships in Annecy with 7476 points, leading a Finnish one-two with Jaakko Ojaniemi (7246) and finishing ahead of Germany’s Thomas Pöge (7332).

Attila Zsivoczky won the men’s decathlon at the 1996 IAAF World Junior Championships in Sydney with 7582 points, defeating Great Britain’s Dean Macey (7480) and the Netherlands’ Chiel Warners (7368) in a closely contested U20 decathlon.

The men’s decathlon at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz saw Germany’s André Niklaus capture the title with 7983 points. Estonia’s Indrek Turi secured the silver medal with 7864 points, while Latvia’s Atis …

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.

André Niklaus won the men’s decathlon at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships in Amsterdam, scoring 8042 points to take gold for Germany. Finland’s Jaakko Ojaniemi finished second with 7907 points, while Italy’s William Frullani …

Nicklas Wiberg won the men’s decathlon at the 2003 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, taking the European junior title with 7604 points ahead of Aleksei Sysoyev and Steffen Willwacher.