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

The men's decathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships in Athens was won by East Germany's Joachim Kirst, who scored 8041 points to claim his first European title. His compatriot Herbert Wessel took silver with 7828 points, while 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.

East Germany claimed the men’s team title at the 1989 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Tønsberg, Norway, finishing 388 points ahead of West Germany with 24081. France’s Christian Plaziat won the individual decathlon with 8290 points, …

East Germany swept the men’s decathlon podium at the 1987 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Basel on 4–5 July. Torsten Voss led the way with 8445 points, followed by Uwe Freimuth (8220) and Thomas Fahner (8187). Their combined 24852 …

The Soviet Union edged East Germany by just 89 points to win the men’s team title at the 1985 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Krefeld on 7–8 September. Torsten Voss won the individual decathlon with 8352 points, ahead of Aleksandr …

West Germany retained the men’s team title at the 1983 European Cup Combined Events A Final in Sofia on 10–11 September, finishing 250 points ahead of East Germany. Uwe Freimuth won the individual decathlon with an East German record of 8501 …

West Germany won a dramatic team contest at the 1981 European Cup Combined Events Final in Birmingham on 29–30 August, overturning East Germany’s lead in the closing 1500 m to win by 173 points. Rainer Pottel took the individual decathlon …

Siegfried Stark powered East Germany to victory at the 1979 European Cup Combined Events Final in Dresden on 1–2 September. He won the men’s decathlon with 8287 points, ahead of Guido Kratschmer (8053) and Aleksandr Nevski (7949). The hosts …

Aleksandr Grebenyuk led the Soviet Union to team victory at the 1977 European Cup Combined Events Final in Villeneuve d’Ascq on 17–18 September. He won the individual decathlon with 8252 points, ahead of East Germany’s Rainer Pottel (8096) …

The Soviet Union secured a one ‐two finish and the men’s team title at the 1975 European Cup Combined Events Final in Bydgoszcz on 6–7 September. Leonid Litvinenko won the decathlon with 8030 points, finishing 57 points ahead of teammate …

Lennart Hedmark won the men’s decathlon at the inaugural European Cup Combined Events Final in Bonn on 22–23 September 1973, scoring 8120 points ahead of Yves Leroy and Ryszard Skowronek. Poland claimed the team title, beating the Soviet …

Thriling contest with surprise winner

Equal Pentathlon scores, but not equal spot on the podium

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.

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Rafał Snoch examines the five Day Two events through 100-point FDM-40N cohorts, revealing how technical failures, specialist strengths, exceptional performances and contrasting athlete populations shape the residuals behind the scoring model.

IN MEMORIAM - Kurt Bendlin (1943 – 2024)