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Eckart Müller claimed the decathlon title at the 1975 European Junior Championships in Athens with a championship record of 7706 points. Georg Werthner took silver for Austria, while Anatoli Novikov won bronze ahead of Estonia’s Tõnu Kaukis, …

Tallinn 2017 marked the first edition under the name European Combined Events Team Championships, formerly the European Cup Combined Events. Janek Õiglane won the Super League decathlon with a personal best of 8170 points, ahead of Olexiy …

During this season, Estonian decathlon record holder Erki Nool lost two decathlon-related records to his countrymen

Tomas Järvinen dominated the decathlon at the 2024 World U20 Championships in Lima, scoring a championship and Czech U20 record of 8425 points, just ten short of the world U20 record. Hubert Trościanka took silver with a Polish U20 record of …

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer won his first world decathlon title at the 2025 Tokyo Championships with 8804 points.

Liam Belo Da Silva won the decathlon at the 2026 World U20 Championships in Eugene with a Swedish U20 record and world-leading score of 8112 points. Mikai Snoek secured silver with 7887, just ten points ahead of bronze medallist Adam Juliš.

The 1938 European Athletics Championships decathlon in Colombes, near Paris, saw Sweden’s Karl Olof Bexell claim the European title with a championship record of 7214 points under the original scoring system (6687 by the 1985 tables). …

The 1934 European Championships in Turin marked a historic milestone in athletics, as the decathlon made its debut at the European Championships. Germany’s Hans ‐Heinrich Sievert claimed the inaugural title with an impressive 8103. 245 …

East German Championships Potsdam 1984, held as part of the Olympischer Tag meeting, saw Uwe Freimuth win the decathlon with 8704 points — equivalent to 8792 points under the 1985 scoring tables and an East German record. Torsten Voss finished …

Soviet Union Championships Moscow 1983 formed part of the VIII Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR and also included the Soviet Union – East Germany combined events match. Grigori Degtyaryov won the decathlon with a Soviet record of 8538 …

Jürgen Hingsen claimed his first decathlon world record at the 1982 West German Championships in Ulm, scoring 8723 points on 14–15 August. His performance included a 7. 85 m long jump, a 2. 15 m high jump and a decisive 4: 15. 13 in the 1500 …

Thomas van der Plaetsen became Belgium’s first European junior decathlon champion at Novi Sad 2009, winning with a national U20 record of 7769 points. Sweden’s Petter Olson finished just 35 points behind with 7734, while Germany’s Kai …

Konstantin Akhapkin claimed the Soviet decathlon title in Moscow on 1–2 August 1982, setting a national record of 8458 points (8485 under the 1985 scoring tables). Valeri Kachanov took silver with 8233 points, while Grigori Degtyaryov secured …

If Honolulu's Bryan Clay had all his personal-best marks in the same meet, he would break the world decathlon scoring record.