Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or “prize”). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not by the position achieved.[1] The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the heptathlon.

Athletics
Decathlon
Decathlon combines four runs, three jumps, and three throws.
World records
Men Kevin Mayer 9126 pts (2018)
Olympic records
Men Damian Warner 9018 pts (2021)
World Championship records
Men Ashton Eaton 9045 pts (2015)

Traditionally, the title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the person who wins the decathlon. This began when Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "Sir, you are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.[2]

The event is similar to the pentathlon held at the ancient Greek Olympics,[3] and also similar to a competition called an "all-around", which was contested at the United States amateur championships in 1884.[4][5] Another all-around was held at the 1904 Summer Olympics.[6] The modern decathlon first appeared at the 1912 Games.[7]

The current official decathlon world record holder is Frenchman Kevin Mayer, who scored a total of 9,126 points at the 2018 Décastar in France.

Historical background

The decathlon developed from the ancient pentathlon competitions held at the ancient Greek Olympics. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, sprint and a wrestling match.[3] Introduced in Olympia during 708 BC, this competition was extremely popular for many centuries.

A ten-event competition known as the "all-around" or "all-round" championship, similar to the modern decathlon, was first contested at the United States amateur championships in 1884 and reached a consistent form by 1890.[4][5] While an all-around event was held at the 1904 Summer Olympics, whether it was an official Olympic event has been disputed.[6]

The modern decathlon first appeared on the Olympic athletics program at the 1912 Games in Stockholm.[7]

Format

Men's decathlon

The vast majority of international and top level men's decathlons are divided into a two-day competition, with the track and field events held in the order below. Traditionally, all decathletes who finish the event, rather than just the winner or medal winning athletes, do a round of honour together after the competition. The current world record holder is Kevin Mayer from France with 9126 points which he set on September 16, 2018, in Talence, France.

Women's decathlon

At major championships, the women's equivalent of the decathlon is the seven-event heptathlon; prior to 1981 it was the five-event pentathlon.[8] However, in 2001, the IAAF (now World Athletics) approved scoring tables for a women's decathlon; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė of Lithuania, with 8,366.[9] Women's disciplines differ from men's in the same way as for standalone events: the shot, discus and javelin weigh less, and the sprint hurdles uses lower hurdles over 100 m rather than 110 m. The points tables used are the same as for the heptathlon in the shared events. The schedule of events differs from the men's decathlon, with the field events switched between day one and day two; this is to avoid scheduling conflicts when men's and women's decathlon competitions take place simultaneously.[10]

One hour

The one-hour decathlon is a special type of decathlon in which the athletes have to start the last of ten events (1500 m) within sixty minutes of the start of the first event. The world record holder is Czech decathlete Robert Změlík, who achieved 7,897 points at a meeting in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in 1992.

Masters athletics

In Masters athletics, performance scores are age graded before being applied to the standard scoring table. This way, marks that would be competitive within an age division can get rated, even if those marks would not appear on the scale designed for younger age groups. Additionally, like women, the age divisions use different implement weights and lower hurdles. Based on this system, German Rolf Geese in the M60 division and American Robert Hewitt in the M80 divisions have set their respective world records over 8,000 points. Using the same scale, Nadine O'Connor scored 10,234 points in the W65 division, the highest decathlon score ever recorded.[11][12]

Points system
EventABC
100 m25.4347181.81
Long jump0.143542201.4
Shot put51.391.51.05
High jump0.8465751.42
400 m1.53775821.81
110 m hurdles5.7435228.51.92
Discus throw12.9141.1
Pole vault0.27971001.35
Javelin throw10.1471.08
1500 m0.037684801.85

The 2001 IAAF points tables use the following formulae:[13]

  • Points = INT(A(B — P)C) for track events (faster time produces a higher score)
  • Points = INT(A(P — B)C) for field events (greater distance or height produces a higher score)

A, B and C are parameters that vary by discipline, as shown in the table on the right, while P is the performance by the athlete, measured in seconds (running), metres (throwing), or centimetres (jumping).[13]

The decathlon tables should not be confused with the scoring tables compiled by Bojidar Spiriev, to allow comparison of the relative quality of performances by athletes in different events. On those tables, for example, a decathlon score of 9,006 points equates to 1,265 "comparison points", the same number as a triple jump of 18 m.[14]

Benchmarks

Split evenly between the events, the following table shows the benchmark levels needed to earn 1,000, 900, 800, and 700 points in each sport.

Event1,000 pts900 pts800 pts700 ptsUnit
100 m10.39510.82711.27811.756Seconds
Long jump7.767.366.946.51Metres
Shot put18.4016.7915.1613.53Metres
High jump2.202.101.991.88Metres
400 m46.1748.1950.3252.58Seconds
110 m hurdles13.8014.5915.41916.29Seconds
Discus throw56.1751.446.5941.72Metres
Pole vault5.284.964.634.29Metres
Javelin throw77.1970.6764.0957.45Metres
1500 m3:53.794:07.424:21.774:36.96Minutes:Seconds

Records

The official decathlon world record holder is Kevin Mayer of France, with a score of 9,126 points set during the 2018 Décastar in Talence, France, which was ratified by World Athletics.

100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10.55 (+0.3 m/s) 7.80 m (+1.2 m/s) 16.00 m 2.05 m 48.42 13.75 (-1.1 m/s) 50.54 m 5.45 m 71.90 m 4:36.11

Previous record from Ashton Eaton (9,045 points):

100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
10.23 (-0.4 m/s) 7.88 m (+0.0 m/s) 14.52 m 2.01 m 45.00 WDB 13.69 (-0.2 m/s) 43.34 m 5.20 m 63.63 m 4:17.52
Record Score Athlete Year
World9,126 Kevin Mayer (FRA)2018
Continental records
Africa8,521 Larbi Bourrada (ALG)2016
Asia8,725 Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)2004
Europe9,126 Kevin Mayer (FRA)2018
North, Central America
and Caribbean		9,045 Ashton Eaton (USA)2015
Oceania8,649 Ashley Moloney (AUS)2021
South America8,393 Carlos Chinin (BRA)2013

Decathlon bests

The total decathlon score for all world records in the respective events would be 12,598. The total decathlon score for all the best performances achieved during decathlons is 10,590. The Difference column shows the difference in points between the decathlon points that the individual current world record would be awarded and the points awarded to the current decathlon record for that event. The % Difference column shows the percentage difference between the time, distance or height of the individual world record and the decathlon record (other than the Total entry, which shows the percentage difference between awarded decathlon points). The relative differences in points are much higher in throwing events than in running and jumping events.

Decathlon bests are only recognized when an athlete completes the ten-event competition with a score over 7,000 points.[15]

World records (WR) compared to decathlon bests (DB)
Event Type Athlete Record Score Difference % Difference Date Place Ref
100 m
WR  Usain Bolt (JAM)9.58 s1,2021365.6416 August 2009Berlin
DB  Damian Warner (CAN) 10.12 s 1,066 25 May 2019Götzis[16]
4 August 2021 Tokyo [17]
Long jump
WR  Mike Powell (USA)8.95 m1,3121345.5930 August 1991Tokyo
DB  Simon Ehammer (SUI)8.45 m1,17828 May 2022Götzis[18]
Shot put
WR  Ryan Crouser (USA)23.37 m1,31126317.9718 June 2021Eugene[19]
DB  Edy Hubacher (SUI)19.17 m1,0485 October 1969Bern
High jump
WR  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)2.45 m1,2441736.9427 July 1993Salamanca
DB  Derek Drouin (CAN)2.28 m1,0717 April 2017Santa Barbara[20]
400 m
WR  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)43.03 s1,1641044.5814 August 2016Rio de Janeiro[21]
DB  Ashton Eaton (USA)45.00 s1,06028 August 2015Beijing[22]
110 m hurdles
WR  Aries Merritt (USA)12.80 s1,135764.387 September 2012Brussels
DB  Damian Warner (CAN)13.36 s1,05930 May 2021Götzis[23]
Discus throw
WR  Jürgen Schult (GDR)74.08 m1,38339024.586 June 1986Neubrandenburg
DB  Bryan Clay (USA)55.87 m99324 June 2005Carson
Pole vault
WR  Armand Duplantis (SWE)6.20 m1,2981467.1020 March 2022Belgrade
DB  Tim Lobinger (GER)5.76 m1,15216 September 1999Leverkusen
Javelin throw
WR  Jan Železný (CZE)98.48 m1,33129118.9725 May 1996Jena
DB  Peter Blank (GER)79.80 m1,04019 July 1992Emmelshausen
1500 m
WR  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)3:26.00 min:s1,21825515.8714 July 1998Rome
DB  Robert Baker (USA)3:58.7 min:s9633 April 1980Austin
Total World records12,5981,968⌀ 11.16
Decathlon bests10,630

All-time top 25

Men
  • Correct as of July 2022.[24]
Rank Score Athlete Date Place Ref
1 9,126  Kevin Mayer (FRA) 15–16 September 2018 Talence [25]
( 10.55/+0.3 - 7.80/+1.2 - 16.00 - 2.05 - 48.42 / 13.75/-1.1 - 50.54 - 5.45 - 71.90 - 4:36.11 )
2 9,045 Ashton Eaton (USA)28–29 August 2015Beijing
( 10.23/-0.4 - 7.88/0.0 - 14.52 - 2.01 - 45.00 / 13.69/-0.2 - 43.34 - 5.20 - 63.63 - 4:17.52 )
3 9,026 Roman Šebrle (CZE)26–27 May 2001Götzis
( 10.64/0.0 - 8.11/+1.9 - 15.33 - 2.12 - 47.79 / 13.92/-0.2 - 47.92 - 4.80 - 70.16 - 4:21.98 )
4 9,018  Damian Warner (CAN) 4–5 August 2021 Tokyo [26]
( 10.12/+0.2 - 8.24/+0.2 - 14.80 - 2.02 - 47.48 / 13.46/-1.0 - 48.67 - 4.90 - 63.44 - 4:31.08 )
5 8,994 Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)3–4 July 1999Prague
( 10.54/-0.1 - 7.90/+1.1 - 16.78 - 2.04 - 48.08 / 13.73/0.0 - 48.33 - 4.90 - 72.32 - 4:37.20 )
6 8,891 Dan O'Brien (USA)4–5 September 1992Talence
( 10.43/+2.1 - 8.08/+1.8 - 16.69 - 2.07 - 48.51 / 13.98/-0.5 - 48.56 - 5.00 - 62.58 - 4:42.10 )
7 8,867  Garrett Scantling (USA) 6–7 May 2022 Fayetteville [27]
( 10.68/+0.9 - 7.68/+2.0 - 16.12 - 2.04 - 48.38 / 13.59/+1.0 - 51.04 - 5.15 - 67.16 - 4:46.37 )
8 8,832  Bryan Clay (USA)29–30 June 2008Eugene
( 10.39/-0.4 - 7.39/-1.6 - 15.17 - 2.08 - 48.41 / 13.75/+1.9 - 52.74 - 5.00 - 70.55 - 4:50.97 )
9 8,815 Erki Nool (EST)6–7 August 2001Edmonton
( 10.60/+1.5 - 7.63/+2.0 - 14.90 - 2.03 - 46.23 / 14.40/0.0 - 43.40 - 5.40 - 67.01 - 4:29.58 )
10 8,811 Daley Thompson (GBR)27–28 August 1986Stuttgart
( 10.26/+2.0 - 7.72/+1.0 - 15.73 - 2.00 - 47.02 / 14.04/-0.3 - 43.38 - 5.10 - 62.78 - 4:26.16 )
11 8,790 Trey Hardee (USA)19–20 August 2009Berlin
( 10.45/+0.2 - 7.83/+1.9 - 15.33 - 1.99 - 48.13 / 13.86/+0.3 - 48.08 - 5.20 - 68.00 - 4:48.91 )
12 8,784 Tom Pappas (USA)21–22 June 2003Palo Alto
( 10.78/+0.2 - 7.96/+1.4 - 16.28 - 2.17 - 48.22 / 14.13/+1.7 - 45.84 - 5.20 - 60.77 - 4:48.12 )
13 8,735 Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)28–29 May 1994Götzis
( 10.50/+2.1 - 7.26/+1.0 - 16.05 - 2.11 - 47.63 / 13.82/-3.0 - 49.70 - 4.90 - 60.32 - 4:35.09 )
14 8,730 Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)27–28 August 1986Stuttgart
( 10.87/+2.5 - 7.89/+2.8 - 16.46 - 2.12 - 48.79 / 14.52/-0.3 - 48.42 - 4.60 - 64.38 - 4:21.61 )
15 8,725 Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)23–24 August 2004Athens
( 10.50/+2.2 - 7.81/-0.9 - 15.93 - 2.09 - 46.81 / 13.97/+1.5 - 51.65 - 4.60 - 55.54 - 4:38.11 )
16 8,720  Kyle Garland (USA) 6–7 May 2022 Fayetteville [27]
( 10.63/+0.9 - 7.86/+1.0 - 16.44 - 2.16 - 49.04 / 13.71/+1.0 - 46.16 - 4.85 - 59.63 - 4:43.21 )
17 8,706 Frank Busemann (GER)31 July – 1 August 1996Atlanta
( 10.60/ - 8.07/+0.8 - 13.60 - 2.04 - 48.34 / 13.47/+0.3 - 45.04 - 4.80 - 66.86 - 4:31.41 )
18 8,705 Dave Johnson (USA)23–24 April 1992Azusa
( 10.96/+0.4 - 7.52/+4.5 - 14.61 - 2.04 - 48.19 / 14.17/+0.3 - 49.88 - 5.28 - 66.96 - 4:29.38 )
19 8,701  Pierce LePage (CAN) 23–24 July 2022 Eugene [28]
( 10.39/+0.8 - 7.54/+0.8 - 14.83 - 1.99 - 46.84 / 13.78/+1.1 - 53.26 - 5.00 - 57.52 - 4:42.77 )
20 8,694 Chris Huffins (USA)19–20 June 1998New Orleans
( 10.31/+3.5 - 7.76/+2.5 - 15.43 - 2.18 - 49.02 / 14.02/+1.0 - 53.22 - 4.60 - 61.59 - 4:59.43 )
21 8,691  Niklas Kaul (GER) 2–3 October 2019 Doha [29]
( 11.27/+0.3 - 7.19/+0.6 - 15.10 - 2.02 - 48.48 / 14.64/+0.7 - 49.20 - 5.00 - 79.05 - 4:15.70 )
22 8,676 Siegfried Wentz (FRG)27–28 August 1986Stuttgart
( 10.83/+2.0 - 7.60/+0.3 - 15.45 - 2.12 - 47.57 / 14.07/-0.3 - 45.66 - 4.90 - 65.34 - 4:35.00 )
8,676  Zachery Ziemek (USA) 23–24 July 2022 Eugene [30]
( 10.57/+0.8 - 7.70/+1.6 - 15.37 - 2.08 - 49.56 / 14.47/+1.5 - 48.40 - 5.40 - 62.18 - 4:44.97)
24 8,670 Michael Schrader (GER)10–11 August 2013Moscow
( 10.73/-0.5 - 7.85/+0.2 - 14.56 - 1.99 - 47.66 / 14.29/+0.4 - 46.44 - 5.00 - 65.67 - 4:25.38 )
25 8,667 Guido Kratschmer (FRG)13–14 June 1980Filderstadt
( 10.58w - 7.80 - 15.47 - 2.00 - 48.04 / 13.92 - 45.52 - 4.60 - 66.50 - 4:24.15 )

Notes

Below is a list of other scores equal or superior to 8768 pts:

  • Ashton Eaton also scored 9039 (2012), 8893 (2016), 8809 (2013).
  • Damian Warner also scored 8995 (2021), 8797 (2022), 8795 (2018).
  • Tomáš Dvořák also scored 8902 (2001), 8900 (2000), 8837 (1997).
  • Roman Šebrle also scored 8893 (2004), 8807 (2003), 8800 (2002).
  • Kevin Mayer also scored 8834 (2016), 8816 (2022), 8768 (2017).
  • Dan O'Brien also scored 8824 (1996), 8812 (1991).
  • Bryan Clay also scored 8791 (2008).

Women
  • Correct as of September 2021.
Rank Score Athlete Date Place Ref
1 8,358  Austra Skujytė (LTU) 14–15 April 2005 Columbia
2 8,150  Marie Collonvillé (FRA) 25–26 September 2004 Talence
3 7,921  Jordan Gray (USA) 22–23 June 2019 San Mateo [31]
4 7,885  Mona Steigauf (GER) 1997 [32]
5 7,798  Irina Karpova (KAZ) 25–26 September 2004 Talence
6 7,742[lower-alpha 1]  Anna Snetkova (RUS) 14–15 September 2003 Sochi [32]
7 7,577  Tiffany Lott-Hogan (USA) 2000 [32]
8 7,470[lower-alpha 1]  Julie Mezerette (FRA) 2001 [32]
9 7,358  Julie Martin (FRA) 25–26 September 2004 Talence
10 7,064  Breanna Eveland (USA) 13–14 April 2006 Columbia
11 6,878  Jessica Taylor (GBR) 12–13 September 2015 Erith [33]
12 6,830  Marion Obermayr (AUS) 4–5 May 2002 Linz [34]
13 6,749  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 25–26 September 2004 Talence
14 6,709  Marie-Cécile Crancé (FRA) 25–26 September 2004 Talence
15 6,641  Lindsay Grigoriev (USA) 14–15 April 2005 Columbia
16 6,614  María Peinado (ESP) 22–23 October 2005 Castellón
17 6,599  Sara Tani (ITA) 21–22 October 2006 Udine [35]
18 6,577  Cassandre Evans (BEL) 28–29 September 2019 Schaarbeek [36]
19 6,570  Andrea Bordalejo (ARG) 27–28 November 2004 Rosario [37]
20 6,338  Marianne Schlachter (GER) 13–14 April 2006 Columbia [38]
21 6,330  AnnaLee McGregor (USA) 22–23 June 2019 San Mateo [32]
22 6,296  Ada Salgarella (ITA) 21–22 October 2006 Udine [39]
23 6,202  Amy Backel (USA) 22–23 June 2019 San Mateo [32]
24
25 6,019  Liz Peterson (USA) 14–15 April 2005

Notes

Below is a list of other scores equal or superior to 8000 pts:

  • Austra Skujytė also scored 8091 pts (2006).

Competitions

Olympic medalists
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
 Jim Thorpe
 United States		 Hugo Wieslander
 Sweden		 Charles Lomberg
 Sweden and
Gösta Holmér
 Sweden
1920 Antwerp
 Helge Løvland
 Norway		 Brutus Hamilton
 United States		 Bertil Ohlson
 Sweden
1924 Paris
 Harold Osborn
 United States		 Emerson Norton
 United States		 Aleksander Klumberg
 Estonia
1928 Amsterdam
 Paavo Yrjölä
 Finland		 Akilles Järvinen
 Finland		 Ken Doherty
 United States
1932 Los Angeles
 Jim Bausch
 United States		 Akilles Järvinen
 Finland		 Wolrad Eberle
 Germany
1936 Berlin
 Glenn Morris
 United States		 Bob Clark
 United States		 Jack Parker
 United States
1948 London
 Bob Mathias
 United States		 Ignace Heinrich
 France		 Floyd Simmons
 United States
1952 Helsinki
 Bob Mathias
 United States		 Milt Campbell
 United States		 Floyd Simmons
 United States
1956 Melbourne
 Milt Campbell
 United States		 Rafer Johnson
 United States		 Vasili Kuznetsov
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
 Rafer Johnson
 United States		 Yang Chuan-kwang
 Formosa		 Vasili Kuznetsov
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
 Willi Holdorf
 United Team of Germany		 Rein Aun
 Soviet Union		 Hans-Joachim Walde
 United Team of Germany
1968 Mexico City
 Bill Toomey
 United States		 Hans-Joachim Walde
 West Germany		 Kurt Bendlin
 West Germany
1972 Munich
 Mykola Avilov
 Soviet Union		 Leonid Lytvynenko
 Soviet Union		 Ryszard Katus
 Poland
1976 Montreal
 Bruce Jenner
 United States[lower-alpha 2]		 Guido Kratschmer
 West Germany		 Mykola Avilov
 Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
 Daley Thompson
 Great Britain		 Yuriy Kutsenko
 Soviet Union		 Sergei Zhelanov
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
 Daley Thompson
 Great Britain		 Jürgen Hingsen
 West Germany		 Siegfried Wentz
 West Germany
1988 Seoul
 Christian Schenk
 East Germany		 Torsten Voss
 East Germany		 Dave Steen
 Canada
1992 Barcelona
 Robert Změlík
 Czechoslovakia		 Antonio Peñalver
 Spain		 Dave Johnson
 United States
1996 Atlanta
 Dan O'Brien
 United States		 Frank Busemann
 Germany		 Tomáš Dvořák
 Czech Republic
2000 Sydney
 Erki Nool
 Estonia		 Roman Šebrle
 Czech Republic		 Chris Huffins
 United States
2004 Athens
 Roman Šebrle
 Czech Republic		 Bryan Clay
 United States		 Dmitriy Karpov
 Kazakhstan
2008 Beijing
 Bryan Clay
 United States		 Andrei Krauchanka
 Belarus		 Leonel Suárez
 Cuba
2012 London
 Ashton Eaton
 United States		 Trey Hardee
 United States		 Leonel Suárez
 Cuba
2016 Rio De Janeiro
 Ashton Eaton
 United States		 Kevin Mayer
 France		 Damian Warner
 Canada
2020 Tokyo
 Damian Warner
 Canada		 Kevin Mayer
 France		 Ashley Moloney
 Australia

World Championships medalists
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
  Daley Thompson (GBR)  Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)  Siegfried Wentz (FRG)
1987 Rome
  Torsten Voss (GDR)  Siegfried Wentz (FRG)  Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS)
1991 Tokyo
  Dan O'Brien (USA)  Mike Smith (CAN)  Christian Schenk (GER)
1993 Stuttgart
  Dan O'Brien (USA)  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)  Paul Meier (GER)
1995 Gothenburg
  Dan O'Brien (USA)  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)  Mike Smith (CAN)
1997 Athens
  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)  Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN)  Frank Busemann (GER)
1999 Seville
  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)  Dean Macey (GBR)  Chris Huffins (USA)
2001 Edmonton
  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)  Erki Nool (EST)  Dean Macey (GBR)
2003 Saint-Denis
  Tom Pappas (USA)  Roman Šebrle (CZE)  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2005 Helsinki
  Bryan Clay (USA)  Roman Šebrle (CZE)  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN)
2007 Osaka
  Roman Šebrle (CZE)  Maurice Smith (JAM)  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2009 Berlin
  Trey Hardee (USA)  Leonel Suárez (CUB)  Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS)
2011 Daegu
  Trey Hardee (USA)  Ashton Eaton (USA)  Leonel Suárez (CUB)
2013 Moscow
  Ashton Eaton (USA)  Michael Schrader (GER)  Damian Warner (CAN)
2015 Beijing
  Ashton Eaton (USA)  Damian Warner (CAN)  Rico Freimuth (GER)
2017 London
  Kevin Mayer (FRA)  Rico Freimuth (GER)  Kai Kazmirek (GER)
2019 Doha
  Niklas Kaul (GER)  Maicel Uibo (EST)  Damian Warner (CAN)
2022 Eugene
  Kevin Mayer (FRA)  Pierce LePage (CAN)  Zach Ziemek (USA)

Continental competitions
  • African Combined Events Championships
  • European Cup Combined Events
  • Oceania Combined Events Championships
  • Pan American Combined Events Cup

Other
  • IAAF Combined Events Challenge
    • Multistars
    • Hypo-Meeting
    • TNT - Fortuna Meeting
    • Erdgas Mehrkampf-Meeting
    • Décastar

Season's bests

YearScoreAthletePlace
1960 8,683  Rafer Johnson (USA) Eugene
1961 8,709  Philip Mulkey (USA) Memphis
1962 8,248  Chuan-Kwang Yang (ROC) Tulare
1963 8,089  Chuan-Kwang Yang (ROC) Walnut
1964 7,950  Manfred Bock (FRG) Liestal
1965 7,883  Mykhaylo Storozhenko (URS) Kyiv
1966 8,234  Bill Toomey (USA) Salina
1967 8,319  Kurt Bendlin (FRG) Heidelberg
1968 8,222 A  Bill Toomey (USA) Echo Summit
1969 8,417  Bill Toomey (USA) Los Angeles
1970 8,130  Rüdiger Demmig (GDR) Erfurt
1971 8,244  Kurt Bendlin (FRG) Bonn
1972 8,466  Mykola Avilov (URS) Munich
1973 8,163  Lennart Hedmark (SWE) Bonn
1974 8,229  Ryszard Skowronek (POL) Montreal
1975 8,429  Bruce Jenner (USA) Eugene
1976 8,634  Bruce Jenner (USA) Montreal
1977 8,400  Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) Riga
1978 8,493  Guido Kratschmer (FRG) Bernhausen
1979 8,476  Guido Kratschmer (FRG) Krefeld
1980 8,667  Guido Kratschmer (FRG) Bernhausen
1981 8,334  Rainer Pottel (GDR) Birmingham
1982 8,774  Daley Thompson (GBR) Athens
1983 8,825  Jürgen Hingsen (FRG) Bernhausen
1984 8,847  Daley Thompson (GBR) Los Angeles
1985 8,559  Torsten Voss (GDR) Dresden
1986 8,811  Daley Thompson (GBR) Stuttgart
1987 8,680  Torsten Voss (GDR) Rome
1988 8,512  Christian Plaziat (FRA) Talence
1989 8,549  Dave Johnson (USA) Houston
1990 8,574  Christian Plaziat (FRA) Split
1991 8,812  Dan O'Brien (USA) Tokyo
1992 8,891  Dan O'Brien (USA) Talence
1993 8,817  Dan O'Brien (USA) Stuttgart
1994 8,735  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) Götzis
1995 8,695  Dan O'Brien (USA) Gothenburg
1996 8,824  Dan O'Brien (USA) Atlanta
1997 8,837  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Athens
1998 8,755  Dan O'Brien (USA) Uniondale
1999 8,994  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Prague
2000 8,900  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Götzis
2001 9,026  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Götzis
2002 8,800  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Götzis
2003 8,807  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Götzis
2004 8,893  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Athens
2005 8,732  Bryan Clay (USA) Helsinki
2006 8,677  Bryan Clay (USA) Götzis
2007 8,697  Roman Šebrle (CZE) Kladno
2008 8,832  Bryan Clay (USA) Eugene
2009 8,790  Trey Hardee (USA) Berlin
2010 8,483  Bryan Clay (USA) Götzis
2011 8,729  Ashton Eaton (USA) Eugene
2012 9,039  Ashton Eaton (USA) Eugene
2013 8,809  Ashton Eaton (USA) Moscow
2014 8,616  Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) Zürich
2015 9,045  Ashton Eaton (USA) Beijing
2016 8,893  Ashton Eaton (USA) Rio de Janeiro
2017 8,768  Kevin Mayer (FRA) London
2018 9,126  Kevin Mayer (FRA) Talence
2019 8,711  Damian Warner (CAN) Götzis
2020 8,552  Kevin Mayer (FRA) Saint-Paul
2021 9,018  Damian Warner (CAN) Tokyo

National records
  • Updated 17 August 2022.[24]

NR's equal or superior to 8,000 pts:

Score Nation Athlete Date Place
9,126  France Kevin Mayer 15–16 September 2018 Talence
9,045  United States Ashton Eaton 28–29 August 2015 Beijing
9,026  Czech Republic Roman Šebrle 26–27 April 2001 Götzis
9,018  Canada Damian Warner 4–5 August 2021 Tokyo
8,847  United Kingdom Daley Thompson 8–9 August 1984 Los Angeles
8,832  Germany Jürgen Hingsen 8–9 June 1984 Mannheim
8,815  Estonia Erki Nool 6–7 August 2001 Edmonton
8,735  Belarus Eduard Hämäläinen 28–29 May 1994 Götzis
8,730  Finland 5–6 August 1997 Athens
8,725  Kazakhstan Dmitriy Karpov 23–24 August 2004 Athens
8,709  Ukraine Aleksandr Apaychev 2–3 June 1984 Neubrandenburg
8,698  Russia Grigoriy Degtyaryev 21–22 June 1984 Kyiv
8,654  Cuba Leonel Suárez 3–4 July 2009 Havana
8,649  Australia Ashley Moloney 4–5 August 2021 Tokyo
8,644  Jamaica Maurice Smith 31 August – 1 September 2007 Osaka
8,573  Iceland Jón Arnar Magnússon 30–31 May 1998 Götzis
8,566  Poland Sebastian Chmara 16–17 May 1998 Murcia
8,554  Hungary Attila Zsivoczky 3–4 June 2000 Götzis
8,539  Grenada Lindon Victor 11–12 May 2017 Columbia
8,539  Netherlands Eelco Sintnicolaas 27–28 May 2017 Götzis
8,532  Puerto Rico Ayden Owens-Delerme 23–24 July 2022 Eugene
8,526  Spain Francisco Javier Benet 16–17 May 1998 Murcia
8,521  Algeria Larbi Bouraada 17–18 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro
8,519  Belgium Hans Van Alphen 26–27 May 2012 Götzis
8,468  Switzerland Simon Ehammer 15–16 August 2022 Munich
8,445  Uzbekistan Ramil Ganiyev 5–6 August 1997 Athens
8,437  Lithuania Rišardas Malachovskis 1–2 July 1988 Minsk
8,406  Sweden Nicklas Wiberg 19–20 August 2009 Berlin
8,398  South Africa Willem Coertzen 30–31 May 2015 Götzis
8,393  Brazil Carlos Chinin 7–8 June 2013 São Paulo
8,359  New Zealand Simon Poelman 21–22 March 1987 Christchurch
8,320  Austria Gernot Kellermayr 29–30 May 1993 Götzis
8,312  Latvia Edgars Eriņš 26–27 May 2011 Valmiera
8,308  Japan Keisuke Ushiro 31 May – 1 June 2014 Nagano
8,307  Norway Markus Rooth 30 April – 1 May 2022 Grosseto
8,291 A  Argentina Tito Steiner 22–23 June 1983 Provo
8,290  China Qi Haifeng 28–29 May 2005 Götzis
8,288  Moldova Valeriy Kachanov 20–21 June 1980 Moscow
8,275  Serbia Mihail Dudaš 10–11 August 2013 Moscow
8,218  Italy Dario Dester 15–16 August 2022 Munich
8,213  Portugal Mário Aníbal 30 June – 1 July 2001 Kaunas
8,206  Republic of China Yang Chuan-Kwang 27–28 April 1963 Walnut
8,199  Bulgaria Atanas Andonov 20–21 June 1981 Sofia
8,069  Greece Prodromos Korkizoglou 1–2 July 2000 Ibach
8,065  Chile Gonzalo Barroilhet 19–20 April 2012 Charlottesville
8,048  Venezuela Geormi Jaramillo 4–5 May 2018 Barquisimeto
8,023  Tunisia Hamdi Dhouibi 9–10 August 2005 Helsinki
8,004  Ecuador Andy Preciado 30–31 May 2021 Guayaquil

Junior (under-20) Decathlon bests
Event Record Score Athlete Nation Date Meet Place Age Ref
100 m 10.51 (-0.3 m/s) 973 pts Ashley Moloney  Australia 10 July 2018 World Junior Championships Tampere, Finland 18 years, 119 days [41]
Long jump
Shot put
(6 kg)
High jump
400 m 46.86 965 pts Ashley Moloney  Australia 10 July 2018 World Junior Championships Tampere, Finland 18 years, 119 days [42]
110 m hurdles
(0.99 m)
Discus throw
(1.750 kg)
Pole vault
Javelin throw 71.59 m 914 pts Niklas Kaul  Germany 20 July 2016 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 18 years, 160 days [43]
1500 m
World Junior record 8435 pts Niklas Kaul  Germany 22–23 July 2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 19 years, 162 days [44]
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
11.48 (-1.3 m/s) 7.20 m (+1.6 m/s) 15.37 m 2.05 m 48.42 14.55 (-0.2 m/s) 48.49 m 4.70 m 68.05 m 4:15.52

Other multiple event contests
  • Aquathlon
  • Biathlon
  • Chess-boxing
  • CrossFit Games
  • Duathlon
  • Heptathlon
  • Icosathlon or double decathlon
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Nordic combined
  • Octathlon
  • Omnium
  • Quadrathlon
  • Triathlon

See also
  •  Sport of athletics portal

Explanatory notes
  1. Wind information missing for formal ranking.
  2. Jenner is now known as Caitlyn due to gender transition in 2015.[40]

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