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The Principles Behind Decathlon Scoring Tables: What Should a Scoring System Actually Measure?

Maksim Andraloits won World U20 decathlon silver with 8046 points in Bydgoszcz 2016, following European U20 bronze in Eskilstuna 2015. The Belarusian raised his senior decathlon best to 8310 points in Brest 2026 and holds a heptathlon personal …

Jeff Tesselaar won European U23 decathlon silver in Bergen 2025 and achieved his personal best of 8378 points when finishing fourth at the Birmingham 2026 European Championships. The Dutch athlete also scored 5960 points in the heptathlon at the …

Risto Lillemets won European indoor heptathlon bronze in Istanbul 2023 with 6079 points. His personal bests are 6089 in the heptathlon, achieved in Tallinn 2021, and 8156 in the decathlon from Götzis that same year.

Tim Nowak earned European U20 decathlon bronze in Rieti 2013 and world U20 bronze in Eugene 2014 before progressing to the senior championships, finishing tenth in Doha 2019. He set his decathlon personal best of 8282 points in Götzis 2024 and …

Sheldon Blockburger won Pan American Games decathlon bronze in Havana 1991 and scored a wind-legal best of 8296 points to win Multistars in Brescia 1993. He also became the first US indoor heptathlon champion in 1995.

Eduard Mikhan earned World U20 decathlon silver in Bydgoszcz 2008 and European U23 silver in Ostrava 2011, where he set his personal best of 8152 points. The Belarusian also achieved a heptathlon best of 6145 points in Gomel 2013 and represented …

Wilfrid Boulineau represented France in the decathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla with 8154 points. His career best of 8312 points came in Arles in 1999, while his indoor …

Siegfried Wentz achieved a personal best of 8762 points in Bernhausen (5 June 1983), which at the time made him third on the world all-time list

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

Almost 40 years ago in Los Angeles (during XXIII Olympiade) only five points appeared to be the difference between Gold and Silver medalists at women’s Heptathlon…..

Hans van Alphen won Götzis 2012 with a Belgian decathlon record of 8519 points and finished fourth at the London Olympics. The Bangkok 2007 Universiade silver medallist also won the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in 2012, securing …

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, …

Bronze medals at the 2004 World U20 Championships in Grosseto and the 2005 European U23 Championships in Erfurt marked Norman Müller's rise in the decathlon. The German combined events athlete went on to score 8000+ points in 13 decathlons, …

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