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Johannes Erm claimed gold in the men's decathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a world ‐leading 8764 points, securing Estonia's first European decathlon title since Erki Nool in 1998. Norway's Sander Aae Skotheim …

Sander Skotheim breaks the European heptathlon record for the second time

New European record - 6484 points by Sander Aae Skotheim

Trościanka's performance included a world U20 decathlon best of 46,21 seconds in the 400 meters and a championship best of 68.87 meters in the javelin throw.

Hubert Trościanka took U20 decathlon into new territory at the 2025 European U20 Championships in Tampere, becoming the first athlete to surpass 8500 points with a world U20 record of 8514. Luuk Pelkmans claimed silver with a Dutch U20 record of …

Bernhausen 1983 hosted the West German decathlon trials for the World Championships in Helsinki, where Jürgen Hingsen set a world record of 8779 points — equivalent to 8825 points under the 1985 scoring tables. Siegfried Wentz finished second …

Soviet Union Championships Kyiv 1984 crowned Grigori Degtyaryov national decathlon champion with a Soviet record of 8652 points, equivalent to 8698 under the 1985 scoring tables. Igor Sobolevski took silver with 8530 and Yuri Kutsenko bronze with …

Karl ‐Heinz Fichtner returned to the top of the podium at the 1989 West German Decathlon Championships in Bernhausen on 9–10 September. He scored 8205 points to finish 155 ahead of Norbert Demmel, with Christian Deick taking bronze on …

4th IAAF World Indoor Championships

Ashton Eaton broke the men’s decathlon world record with 9039 points at the 2012 US Olympic Trials in Eugene. His performance included a 10. 21 ‐second 100 m, an 8. 23 m long jump and a decisive 4: 14. 48 in the 1500 m. Trey Hardee …

With a breathtaking 6670 points, Simon Ehammer shatters Ashton Eaton’s long-standing indoor heptathlon mark from Istanbul 2012, etching his name into history.

Jente Hauttekeete won European U20 decathlon gold in Tallinn 2021 and world U20 silver in Nairobi that same year. The Belgian set a world U20 heptathlon record of 6062 points in Frankfurt 2021, achieved his senior decathlon best of 8268 in Talence …

Oleksandr Apaichev achieved a personal best of 8709 points during a decathlon match between the Soviet Union and East Germany in Neubrandenburg in 1984. This score remains the Ukrainian national record. After retiring from competitive athletics, …

Bruce Jenner won an Olympic gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976

Daley Thompson is a legend! He dominated the decathlon for nearly a decade, winning two Olympic gold medals, two European Championships gold medals and also became decathlon World champion. Between 1980 and 1986, he went undefeated in all …

Dan O’Brien won Olympic decathlon gold in Atlanta 1996 and three consecutive world titles in 1991, 1993 and 1995. The American set a world record of 8891 points in Talence 1992 and added the world indoor heptathlon title with a record 6476 …

Eduard Hämäläinen is a former elite decathlete who competed internationally for both the Soviet Union/Belarus and later Finland, becoming one of the leading combined events athletes of the 1990s. He is best known for winning multiple major …

Valter Külvet was a highly gifted Estonian decathlete who competed for the Soviet Union during his main international career. He set Estonian senior decathlon records: 8332 points in 1987 and 8506 points in 1988.