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

Liam Belo Da Silva of Sweden won the men’s decathlon at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships with 8112 points, setting a new Swedish U20 record.

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 …

Preview of Tokyo Olympic Decathlon

Guido Kratschmer won an Olympic silver medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976. German Sportspersonality of the Year 1980.

Simon Poelman's legacy to New Zealand athletics is that of the greatest all round athlete in it's history. His outstanding and, probably, under developed ability at a wide range of events brought him successes at many major events. He is also …

Daley Thompson successfully defended his Olympic title, having also won the 1980 Moscow Games. The rivalry between Thompson and Jürgen Hingsen was one of the big storylines: both were world record holders in the early 1980s, and their duels …

13th European Athletics Championships were held in Athens 1982. Daley Thompson’s 8743 points was a Championship record at the time and also stood as a world record.

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.

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