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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.

Alhama de Murcia 1997 hosted the Spanish national combined events championships with international participation. Francisco Javier Benet won the decathlon and the Spanish title with 8322 points, ahead of Robert Zmelik with 8239 and Antonio …

Alhama de Murcia 1992 decathlon saw Spain’s Antonio Penalver win with a wind ‐assisted score of 8534 points, ahead of Andrei Nazarov with 8162 and Valter Külvet with 8091. Penalver’s 8478 ‐point legal performance from the same …

At the 2008 Multistars decathlon in Desenzano del Garda, Belgian decathlete Frédéric Xhonneux produced a personal ‐best performance of 8142 points to set a new Belgian national record and claim victory. Russia’s Arkadi Vasilyev finished …

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer won his first world decathlon title at the 2025 Tokyo Championships with 8804 points.

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 …

The 2026 World Athletics Combined Events Tour brought together leading decathletes from across the world, with Simon Ehammer finishing at the top of the final standings. The rankings are based on each athlete’s three counting performances across …

Italian decathlete Dario Dester has established himself among Europe’s leading combined events athletes, combining 8300-point decathlon ability with elite indoor heptathlon performances and appearances at major international championships.

Seventeen ‐year ‐old Valter Külvet won the men’s decathlon at the 1981 Estonian Championships in Viimsi on 22–23 August with 8221 points, equivalent to 8104 under the 1985 scoring tables. Tiit Pohl took silver with 7772 points and …

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bruce Jenner delivered a spectacular second-day performance to win Olympic gold and set a new world record.

The women’s outdoor heptathlon is a combined events athletics discipline in which athletes compete across seven track and field events over two days.

When the new class U20 was formed, a different specification from that of IAAF was in force in some countries and at some competitions.

Here is an interview with retired decathlete and successful businessman Alex Folacci

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