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Mykola Avilov won an Olympic gold medal at the München Olympic Games 1972

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…..

Actually it's just a small town in Vorarlberg, Austria. Once a year, in late May, it hosts the most famous of all decathlon meetings, the Hypomeeting. It's probably the oldest one (first meeting held in 1975), the Mecca of decathlon, with …

Roman Šebrle repeated his victory from the previous year with 8800 points, which remained the annual world best until the end of the season.

Women's outdoor heptathlon consists seven events, with the first four contested on the first day, and the remaining three on day two.

Hans van Alphen is the Belgian decathlon record holder

Daley Thompson might have dominated British decathlon, but indoors Tim Duckworth was the best Brit of all time

World's Greatest Athlete - this title is traditionally given to the Olympic decathlon champion