Between 1980 and 1981, Bulgarian female athletes like Daniela Nenova, Emilia Kunova, and Valentina Dimitrova made rapid progress in pentathlon and heptathlon, setting national records and achieving personal bests in multiple competitions,
Ashton Eaton dominated the men’s decathlon at the 2016 US Championships in Eugene, winning the national title with 8750 points ahead of Jeremy Taiwo (8425) and Zach Ziemek (8413) in one of the strongest American decathlon fields of the year.
Niklas Kaul won the men’s decathlon at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, scoring a championship ‐leading 8435 points ahead of Johannes Erm (8141) and Karel Tilga (8002), making this a key result in the European U20
The 2017 Decastar meeting in Talence brought together a deep international decathlon field, with Canada’s Damian Warner taking victory with 8252 points.
Zach Ziemek captured the men’s decathlon title at the 2018 US Championships in Des Moines with 8294 points, dominating the American field ahead of Solomon Simmons (8019) and Harrison Williams (7878).
Norwegian double victory at the Grosseto 2022 Multistars decathlon, with Markus Rooth taking gold with 8307 points ahead of compatriot Sander Aae Skotheim (8298), while Dario Dester finished third with 8109.
Devon Williams won the men’s decathlon at the 2019 US Championships in Des Moines with 8295 points, finishing ahead of Solomon Simmons and Harrison Williams.
Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2021 US Championships in Eugene with 8647 points, leading Steven Bastien (8485) and Zach Ziemek (8471).
Garrett Scantling won the men’s decathlon at the 2022 US Championships in Fayetteville with a world-class 8867 points, finishing ahead of Kyle Garland (8720) and Zach Ziemek (8573) in a high-level American decathlon competition.