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Daley Thompson completed a hat ‐trick of Commonwealth Games decathlon titles in Edinburgh in 1986, winning for England with a Games record of 8663 points. Canada’s Dave Steen took silver with 8173, while New Zealand’s Simon Poelman …

Uwe Freimuth secured his third consecutive national decathlon title at the East German Championships Potsdam 1986, scoring 8248 points. Jens Petersson took silver with 7663 and Thomas Halamoda bronze with 7624. The competition at the …

The men's decathlon at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart featured one of the strongest competitions in combined events history. Great Britain's Daley Thompson successfully defended his European title with 8811 points, defeating long …

Soviet Union swept the men’s decathlon podium at the inaugural Goodwill Games in Moscow. Grigori Degtyaryov won with 8322 points, ahead of Oleksandr Apaichev with 8244 and Aleksei Lyakh with 8082.

Guido Kratschmer leads a strong international field at the 1986 Götzis Hypomeeting in Austria, winning the decathlon with 8519 points ahead of East Germany’s Uwe Freimuth and Thomas Fahner.

Grigori Degtyaryov won the 1986 Soviet Union men’s decathlon title with 8322 points in Moscow. Oleksandr Apaichev took silver with 8244 and Valter Külvet earned bronze with 8168. Held alongside the Goodwill Games, the national championship …

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.

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

Dave Johnson won the 1986 US Championships decathlon in Eugene with 8203 points, finishing ahead of Steve Erickson (8030) and Gary Kinder (7857).

Jens Schulze claimed the men’s decathlon title at the 1986 West German Championships in Hannover on 19–20 July, finishing with 8032 points. Michael Neugebauer took silver with 7838, while Hans ‐Joachim Häberle completed the podium with …

West Germany – Soviet Union decathlon match Bernhausen 1986 saw Ryszard Malachowski win with 8108 points, ahead of Mikhail Medved with 7964. Soviet athletes took the first four places, securing a team victory with 31762 points against West …