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The 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin brought a dramatic changing of the guard in the men's decathlon. At 32, Germany's Arthur Abele overcame years of injuries to capture his first major outdoor championship medal – and European …

Kevin Mayer rewrote decathlon history at the 2018 Décastar meeting in Talence, setting a world record of 9126 points on 15–16 September. The Frenchman surpassed Ashton Eaton’s previous record by 81 points, scoring exactly 4563 on each day. …

The weekend got off to a brilliant start with Damian Warner breaking the world record in the 100m decathlon in 10.12 seconds. Damian Warner won the decathlon for the fifth time in Götzis with 8711 points.

Mathias Brugger won heptathlon bronze at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland, following European U20 decathlon silver in Tallinn in 2011. The German combined events athlete set his decathlon personal best of 8304 points in Götzis in …

One of the most exciting and unpredicted event of athletic program of XX Olympic Games in Munich 1972 was the women’s Pentathlon. The people of the host country – West Germany – were keen to see the second victory of their local hero …

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

Simon Ehammer won world indoor heptathlon titles in Glasgow 2024 and Toruń 2026, setting a world record of 6670 points in the latter. The Swiss decathlete achieved a national record of 8778 points in Götzis 2026, including a decathlon world …

Niklas Kaul won the men's decathlon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich with 8545 points, securing Germany's second consecutive European decathlon title. Switzerland's Simon Ehammer claimed silver with a national record of 8468 …

In February 2025, Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record, scoring 6484. In March 2025, he won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships and broke his own European …

The men's decathlon at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki saw East Germany's Joachim Kirst successfully defend his European title with a championship record of 8196 points. Sweden's Lennart Hedmark claimed silver with a national …

Home favourite Josef Zeilbauer won the decathlon at the 1977 combined events meeting in Götzis with 8063 points, ahead of Fred Dixon. Third ‐placed Daley Thompson set a world junior record with 7922 points, equivalent to 7865 under the …

The inaugural combined events meeting in Götzis was held in 1975, with Czechoslovakia’s Petr Kratky winning the decathlon with 7591 points ahead of Rumen Petrov and Claus Marek. This first edition laid the foundation for Götzis to become one …

The decathlon was historically dominated by athletes from the United States, the Nordic countries (especially Finland), and later the Soviet bloc. France had very little tradition of success in combined events. Ignace Heinrich became one of the …

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. Thierry Vigneron exceeded the hight of 5.63m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

It has been a tradition for the best French pole vaulters to compete in the decathlon in Talence. The first to do so was Philippe Collet, in 1986, who exceeded the hight of 5.61m. At that time it was the pole vault world record in decathlon.

Thriling contest with surprise winner

Vladimir Buryakov won the decathlon at the 1973 European Junior Championships in Duisburg with 7554 points. West Germany’s Dieter Leyckes and Claus Marek completed the podium, separated by just one point in the official standings.