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Tom Pappas delivered a standout performance to win decathlon gold at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris, finishing with 8750 points.

At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Roman Šebrle captured the decathlon title with 8676 points, completing his long pursuit after two World Championships silver medals with a long-awaited gold medal.

At the 2022 World U20 Championships in Cali, Gabriel Emmanuel claimed the men’s decathlon gold with 7860 points, while Sweden’s Jacob Thelander finished second and Elliot Duvert took third.

With individual event victories in the pole vault and javelin, France’s Kevin Mayer won his second World Athletics Championships decathlon gold medal.

With a brilliant, well-balanced performance across the competition, Ashton Eaton took decathlon gold at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, scoring 8809 points.

Trey Hardee defended his decathlon crown at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, claiming back-to-back titles with 8607 points.

Photo gallery - IAAF World Championships London 2017

The 2021 U20 World Championships in Nairobi saw František Doubek of the Czech Republic win the men’s decathlon with 8169 points, ahead of Belgium’s Jente Hauttekeete and Spain’s José San Pastor.

Pierce LePage became the first Canadian to win the decathlon at the World Championships

Eric Kaiser won the decathlon at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv with 7762 points, ahead of Jarkko Finni and David Bigham.

Michael Kohnle won the decathlon at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Sudbury with 7729 points, ahead of Robert Zmelik and Eduard Hämäläinen.

Petri Keskitalo won the decathlon at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athens with 7623 points, ahead of Michael Smith and Nikolai Zayats.

This section presents the best scores achieved by each country’s top 3 athletes at a single World Championships, showcasing national depth and performance strength.

Liam Belo Da Silva of Sweden won the men’s decathlon at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships with 8112 points, setting a new Swedish U20 record.

Tomaš Dvorak is triple Decathlon World Champion (1997, 1999, 2001) and a former World Record holder - 8994 points scored in Prague 1999

Failing in just one event can end a decathlete's entire competition, with no points scored and no chance of recovery - no matter how well they've performed elsewhere.

Roman Šebrle became the first decathlete ever to achieve over 9000 points, setting the World Record at 9026 points (Götzis 2001), succeeding his compatriot, Tomaš Dvorak, who had scored 8994 points two years earlier (Prague 1999).