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Tomaš Dvorak successfully defended his world decathlon title at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Sevilla, Spain, on 24–25 August. The Czech world record holder scored 8744 points to secure gold ahead of Britain's Dean Macey (8556) and …

The men's decathlon at the 1997 World Athletics Championships in Athens, held on 5–6 August, produced one of the highest ‐quality medal contests in championship history. Czech Republic's Tomaš Dvorak claimed his first world title with a …

Dan O'Brien clinched his third consecutive World Championship decathlon title

Dan O'Brien successfully defended his world decathlon title at the 1993 World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on 19–20 August. The American scored 8817 points, setting a new championship record and finishing 93 points ahead of …

Dan O'Brien of the United States won the men's decathlon at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with a championship record of 8812 points, claiming his first world title. Canada's Michael Smith secured silver with 8549 points, while …

Dennis Leyckes won the decathlon at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago with a championship record of 7897 points. Spain’s David Gomez Martinez took silver with 7772, while Andre Niklaus earned bronze with 7712, giving Germany two …

Tom Pappas won the men's decathlon at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris Saint ‐Denis, France, on 26–27 August, scoring 8750 points to claim his first outdoor world title. World record holder Roman Šebrle of the Czech …

At the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Roman Šebrle claimed his first world decathlon title with 8676 points, narrowly defeating Jamaica's Maurice Smith (8644) by just 32 points in one of the closest finishes in World Championships …

Andrei Krauchanka won the decathlon at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto with a championship record of 8126 points. Russia’s Aleksei Sysoyev took silver with 8047, while Germany’s Norman Müller earned bronze with 7942. The …

The article, originally published on Decathlon 2000 and now updated, considers a “season ‐long” decathlon record by adding an athlete’s best event results from across several months to pinpoint the year they were likely in peak form, …

How many ways can we say, “ Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic is the world’s greatest performer ever in the century ‐old tradition of the decathlon? I can think of at least five: Šebrle’s uniqueness, longevity, consistency, …

Jan Felix Knobel won the decathlon at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz with 7896 points, just two ahead of Belarus’s Eduard Mikhan, who set a national U20 record of 7894. Serbia’s Mihail Dudaš took bronze with 7663.

What a performance! Karel Tilga just smashed the Multistars meeting record with a massive 8482 points, overtaking Andrei Krauchanka’s long-standing mark of 8390 from 2013!

This project presents comprehensive all ‐time rankings of track and field athletes, evaluating their careers using criteria inspired by Track & Field News world rankings ‐ honors, records, consistency, and head ‐to ‐head …

The piece explores a hypothetical decathlon record based on an athlete’s best performances over an entire season - rather than in the traditional two-day format.

Eugene’s Hayward Field hosted a memorable decathlon at the 2014 World Junior Championships. Jiri Sykora claimed gold with a championship record of 8135 points, followed by Cedric Dubler’s Oceania U20 record of 8094 and Tim Nowak’s German U20 …