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East Germany swept the men’s decathlon podium at the 1987 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Basel on 4–5 July. Torsten Voss led the way with 8445 points, followed by Uwe Freimuth (8220) and Thomas Fahner (8187). Their combined 24852 …

The Soviet Union edged East Germany by just 89 points to win the men’s team title at the 1985 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Krefeld on 7–8 September. Torsten Voss won the individual decathlon with 8352 points, ahead of Aleksandr …

Aleksandr Grebenyuk led the Soviet Union to team victory at the 1977 European Cup Combined Events Final in Villeneuve d’Ascq on 17–18 September. He won the individual decathlon with 8252 points, ahead of East Germany’s Rainer Pottel (8096) …

Lennart Hedmark won the men’s decathlon at the inaugural European Cup Combined Events Final in Bonn on 22–23 September 1973, scoring 8120 points ahead of Yves Leroy and Ryszard Skowronek. Poland claimed the team title, beating the Soviet …

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IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

The 2026 Jõgeva International Athletics Pentathlon produced two outstanding national records.

This article asks whether the decathlon’s own performance data can provide enough information to calibrate a fair scoring system without relying primarily on elite athletes. Using 27, 741 complete decathlons—and a separate dataset excluding all …

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 …

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 …

Frank Busemann won Olympic decathlon silver in Atlanta 1996 with a personal best of 8706 points, including an 8. 07 m long jump and 13. 47 in the 110 m hurdles. The German decathlete followed that breakthrough with world bronze in Athens 1997, …

One of the most consistent and prominent female multi-event athletes of the 20th century, East German Burglinde Pollak left a well-recognized legacy in the history of women’s athletics

24 days after 1st World Champs in Helsinki completed, in Bulgarian Capital Sofia took part 6th European Cup Final of combined events

East Germany, led by Ramona Neubert and Sybille Thiele, were favorites in Sofia, while Bulgaria and the USSR provided strong competition despite key absences.

A lesson in just one aspect of how sport science can and needs to be applied to all athletic skill teaching

The women’s pentathlon is an indoor combined events competition in athletics where athletes compete across five disciplines to test speed, strength, technique, endurance, and overall versatility.

West Germany retained the men’s team title at the 1983 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Sofia on 10–11 September, finishing 250 points ahead of East Germany. Uwe Freimuth won the individual decathlon with an East German record of 8501 …

West Germany won a dramatic team contest at the 1981 European Cup Combined Events Final in Birmingham on 29–30 August, overturning East Germany’s lead in the closing 1500 m to win by 173 points. Rainer Pottel took the individual decathlon …