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A decathlon is not ten separate events. It is one competition, unfolding over two days, with one clock running from the first start to the final finish. Part 10 of the Fair Decathlon Model asks what happens when we look at the decathlon this way …

Dario Dester holds the Italian records in both combined events, scoring 8318 points in the decathlon at Ratingen 2026 and 6121 in the indoor heptathlon at Ancona 2026. He finished sixth at the European Championships in München 2022 and Roma 2024.

Austin West won NACAC decathlon gold in Freeport 2025 with a championship record of 8038 points. The American achieved his personal best of 8331 points when finishing third at the US Championships in Eugene 2023.

Yuma Maruyama (丸山優真) is a Japanese decathlete, Asian champion and Japanese record holder. He set the Japanese decathlon record of 8321 points at the 2026 Mt. SAC Relays and has won multiple Asian titles in the combined events, as well as …

Ukrainian Combined Events Cup Kyiv 1984 saw Oleksandr Apaichev win with a Soviet decathlon record of 8560 points, equivalent to 8592 under the 1985 scoring tables. Sergei Popov finished second with 8201, ahead of Pavel Tarnovetski with 8084. …

Siegfried Stark won European decathlon bronze in Prague 1978 and Athens 1982, as well as the European Cup Final in Dresden 1979. The East German athlete finished sixth at the Montreal 1976 Olympics and achieved his career best of 8534 points in …

Josef “Sepp” Zeilbauer won three consecutive Universiade decathlon titles in 1975, 1977 and 1979, and the Götzis Hypomeeting in 1977 and 1981. The Austrian competed at three Olympics, finishing fifth in Moscow 1980, and set a national …

Aleksandr Grebenyuk won the European decathlon title in Prague in 1978 and the European Cup individual title in Villeneuve d’Ascq in 1977. Representing the Soviet Union, he scored a personal best of 8400 points in Riga to lead the 1977 world …

Dave Steen became Canada’s first Olympic decathlon medallist with bronze in Seoul 1988. He also won Universiade and Pan American Games gold in 1983 and two Commonwealth Games silver medals. The first Canadian to break 8000 points, Steen …

Rišardas Malachovskis was a Lithuanian decathlete who represented the Soviet Union before competing for Lithuania. He set a Lithuanian record of 8437 points in Staiki in 1988 and finished fourth at the Soviet championships in Kyiv later that …

Sergei Zhelanov won Olympic decathlon bronze for the Soviet Union in Moscow in 1980 and added Universiade silver in Bucharest the following year. The Russian ‐born all ‐rounder reached his career best of 8417 points in Kyiv in 1984 and …

Viktor Gruzenkin was a Russian ‐born combined events athlete who represented the Soviet Union. He set a world indoor heptathlon best of 5934 points in Ordzhonikidze in 1979 and achieved his decathlon best in Kyiv in 1984, scoring 8356 points …

Mikhail Medved carried Ukrainian decathlon onto the international podium, winning Universiade silver in Duisburg in 1989 and Goodwill Games bronze in Seattle in 1990 while representing the Soviet Union. He twice scored his career best of 8330 …

Wilfrid Boulineau represented France in the decathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla with 8154 points. His career best of 8312 points came in Arles in 1999, while his indoor …

Vasili Kuznetsov was a leading figure in Soviet decathlon, winning three consecutive European titles in 1954, 1958 and 1962, alongside Olympic bronze medals in Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960. The Russian ‐born athlete twice broke the …

Stephan Niklaus helped raise Swiss decathlon to a new level in the early 1980s, setting a national record of 8337 points in Lausanne in 1983 — equivalent to 8334 under the 1985 scoring tables. He finished fifth at the inaugural World …