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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…..

Jagan Hames won decisively with a career-best score of 8490 points, setting new Australian and Oceania records at the time

For the first time, athletes from the FRG and the former GDR compete as a joint team

Robert Zmelik from Czechoslovakia wins with 8627 points and surpasses the previous national record

Eduard Hämäläinen, later runner-up in the world championships in Stuttgart, wins the decathlon with a Belarusian record of 8604 points.

Roman Šebrle repeated his victory from the previous year with 8800 points, which remained the annual world best until the end of the season.

The world record holder becomes the first decathlete to win the world's most traditional all-around meeting for the fifth time in a row