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Daley Thompson retained his Commonwealth Games decathlon title in Brisbane in 1982, winning for England with a Games record of 8410 points, equivalent to 8424 under the 1985 scoring tables. Canada’s Dave Steen claimed silver with 8004, while …

Torsten Voss captured the national decathlon title at the East German Championships Erfurt 1982 with 8387 points, equivalent to 8397 under the 1985 scoring tables. Siegfried Stark earned silver with 8181 and Ronald Wiese bronze with 8087. The …

Athens 1982 brought European decathlon gold and a new world record for Daley Thompson. The British Olympic champion scored 8743 points. Jürgen Hingsen took silver with 8517 points, while Siegfried Stark earned bronze with 8433.

Great Britain’s Daley Thompson set a decathlon world record of 8704 points at the 1982 combined events meeting in Götzis, ahead of Jürgen Hingsen and Grigori Degtyaryov. His record performance is worth 8730 points under the 1985 scoring tables.

Konstantin Akhapkin claimed the Soviet decathlon title in Moscow on 1–2 August 1982, setting a national record of 8458 points (8485 under the 1985 scoring tables). Valeri Kachanov took silver with 8233 points, while Grigori Degtyaryov secured …

Jürgen Hingsen claimed his first decathlon world record at the 1982 West German Championships in Ulm, scoring 8723 points on 14–15 August. His performance included a 7. 85 m long jump, a 2. 15 m high jump and a decisive 4: 15. 13 in the 1500 …