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Rik Taam set his decathlon personal best of 8326 points in Ratingen 2023 and represented the Netherlands at the Paris 2024 Olympics. He also finished fourth at the Toruń 2021 European Indoor Championships with a heptathlon best of 6111 points.

Johannes Erm won the European decathlon title in Roma 2024 with a personal best of 8764 points, placing him second on Estonia’s all ‐time list behind Olympic champion Erki Nool. He also finished sixth at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won the …

Garrett Scantling won the US Olympic Trials decathlon in 2021 and finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics with 8611 points. The American raised his personal best to 8867 points in Fayetteville 2022, the same year he won the US indoor heptathlon …

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 …

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 …

Harrison Williams won the US decathlon title in 2023 with a personal best of 8630 points. The American also claimed the 2019 NCAA indoor heptathlon title and finished seventh at the Budapest 2023 World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympics.

August 3-4, 2024 - Geneva, Ohio, Spire Institute

A few months after his decathlon record, Leo Neugebauer also broke the 22-year-old German indoor record in the heptathlon

Sven Roosen finished fourth at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a Dutch decathlon record of 8607 points. He also won European U23 silver in Tallinn 2021 and bronze in Espoo 2023, before placing second at the Götzis Hypomeeting in 2024.

Heath Baldwin won the 2024 US Olympic Trials decathlon with a personal best of 8625 points and finished tenth at the Paris Olympics. The American claimed world indoor heptathlon silver in Toruń 2026 with 6337 points.

Two records, one incredible athlete. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ken Mullings set a new Bahamian decathlon record with 8226 points, finishing 13th. Bahamian national record in the men’s indoor heptathlon also belongs to Ken Mullings with 6340 …

Markus Rooth of Norway won the men's decathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a personal best of 8796 points, securing Norway's first Olympic decathlon gold medal since 1920. Germany's Leo Neugebauer claimed silver with 8748 points, while …

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)

The first man over 9000 points in history - with an anniversary

Rafer Johnson was one of the greatest decathletes in history and an extraordinary figure both on and off the track

In 1988, Külvet surpassed his best decathlon with a score of 8506 points in Staiki, Belarus. This achievement placed him second in the world that season, just behind Christian Plaziat of France.

West German Olympic decathlon trials Bernhausen 1980 produced a world record of 8649 points by Guido Kratschmer, equivalent to 8667 under the 1985 scoring tables. Jürgen Hingsen finished second with 8407 and Wolfgang Muders third with 8100. …