Henrik Dagård won European decathlon silver in Helsinki 1994 and World Indoor heptathlon bronze in Barcelona 1995. His decathlon best of 8403 points, set in Talence 1994, stood as the Swedish national record for nearly 15 years.
Ashley Moloney won Olympic decathlon bronze in Tokyo 2021 with an Australian record of 8649 points. The Tampere 2018 world U20 champion also claimed world indoor heptathlon bronze with 6344 points in Belgrade 2022.
Kurt Bendlin, a gifted German decathlete, overcame multiple injuries and personal tragedy to set a world record in 1967, and despite repeated setbacks, made several comebacks throughout his career.
Simon Poelman's legacy to New Zealand athletics is that of the greatest all round athlete in it's history. His outstanding and, probably, under developed ability at a wide range of events brought him successes at many major events. He is also
Steve Fritz had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points, more than Bruce Jenner produced to win the Montreal gold. That got him only fourth place.
Dmitri Karpov won Olympic decathlon bronze in Athens 2004 with an Asian record of 8725 points, alongside world bronze medals in Paris 2003 and Osaka 2007. The Kazakh also won two Asian Games titles, the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
Qi Haifeng (齐海峰) won Asian Games decathlon gold in Busan 2002 and set a Chinese national record of 8290 points in Götzis 2005. He also placed seventh at the Paris 2003 World Championships and claimed East Asian Games gold in Hong Kong 2009.
Maurice Smith won world decathlon silver in Osaka 2007 with a Jamaican record of 8644 points, following Pan American Games gold earlier that season. He also earned Commonwealth silver in Melbourne 2006 and set a national indoor heptathlon record
Kip Janvrin is the ultimate decathlete. What a remarkably enduring, high ‐quality career! Janvrin won the 1989 U. S. Olympic Festival, the 1995 Pan Am Games, the 2001 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a record 15 decathlons at
Mykola Avilov won Olympic decathlon gold in München 1972 with a world record of 8454 points under the scoring tables then in use, equivalent to 8466 points using fully automatic times and the 1985 scoring tables. The Ukrainian athlete,
Estonian decathlete Mikk Pahapill won heptathlon gold at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with 6362 points. Remarkably, he established personal bests in all seven disciplines, including a 7. 97 m long jump, achieving a unique place in
Kyle Garland won world decathlon bronze in Tokyo 2025 after claiming the US title with a personal best of 8869 points. He broke the collegiate decathlon record with 8720 points in Fayetteville 2022, won the 2023 NCAA indoor heptathlon title with