Decathlon

This article is about the track and field event. For other uses, see Decathlon (disambiguation).

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 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]

In modern athletics, the 10 events are: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 110 metre hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, javelin throw, and shotput. The current official decathlon world record holder is French athlete 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 in 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.^{[citation needed]} The current world record holder is Kevin Mayer from France with 9126 points which he set on September 16, 2018, in Talence, France.

Day 1 100 metres Long jump Shot put High jump 400 metres

Day 2 110 metres hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 metres

Women's decathlon

At major championships, the women's equivalent of the decathlon is the seven-event heptathlon; before 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 8,358.^[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 use lower hurdles over 100 m rather than 110 m. The points tables used are the same as for the heptathlon in the shared events. In some women's decathlon competitions, the schedule differs from the men's decathlon, with the field events switched between day one and day two. This rule was initially instituted to avoid scheduling conflicts when men's and women's decathlon competitions take place simultaneously, however by 2024 the rule was revised to allow conducting the women's decathlon using the men's event order.^[10][11] The inaugural Women's Decathlon World Championships used the men's ordering of events.^[12]

Women's decathlon reversed field event order (optional)

Day 1 100 metres Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 400 metres

Day 2 100 metres hurdles Long jump Shot put High jump 1500 metres

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.^[13]

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.^[14][15]

Points system

Main article: Decathlon scoring tables

Parameter values by discipline

Event	A	B	C
100 m	25.4347	18	1.81
Long jump	0.14354	220	1.4
Shot put	51.39	1.5	1.05
High jump	0.8465	75	1.42
400 m	1.53775	82	1.81
110 m hurdles	5.74352	28.5	1.92
Discus throw	12.91	4	1.1
Pole vault	0.2797	100	1.35
Javelin throw	10.14	7	1.08
1500 m	0.03768	480	1.85

The 2001 IAAF points tables use the following formulae:^[16]

• 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 adjacent table, while P is the performance by the athlete, measured in seconds (running), metres (throwing), or centimetres (jumping).^[16]

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.^[17]

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.

Event	1,000 pts	900 pts	800 pts	700 pts	Unit
100 m	10.395	10.827	11.278	11.756	Seconds
Long jump	7.76	7.36	6.94	6.51	Metres
Shot put	18.40	16.79	15.16	13.53	Metres
High jump	2.20	2.10	1.99	1.88	Metres
400 m	46.17	48.19	50.32	52.58	Seconds
110 m hurdles	13.80	14.59	15.419	16.29	Seconds
Discus throw	56.17	51.4	46.59	41.72	Metres
Pole vault	5.28	4.96	4.63	4.29	Metres
Javelin throw	77.19	70.67	64.09	57.45	Metres
1500 m	3:53.79	4:07.42	4:21.77	4:36.96	Minutes:Seconds

Records

Further information: Decathlon world record progression

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.

100 m (wind)	Long jump (wind)	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m h (wind)	Discus	Pole vault	Javelin	1500 m
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

The previous record from Ashton Eaton (9,045 points):

100 m (wind)	Long jump (wind)	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m h (wind)	Discus	Pole vault	Javelin	1500 m
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	Season
World	9,126	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	2018
Continental records
Africa	8,521	Larbi Bourrada (ALG)	2016
Asia	8,725	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)	2004
Europe	9,126	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	2018
North, Central America and Caribbean	9,045	Ashton Eaton (USA)	2015
Oceania	8,649	Ashley Moloney (AUS)	2021
South America	8,393	Carlos Chinin (BRA)	2013

Decathlon bests

The total decathlon score for all world records in the respective events would be 12,636. The total decathlon score for all the best performances achieved during decathlons is 10,669. 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 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 of over 7,000 points.^[18]

World records (WR) compared to decathlon bests (DB)

Event	Type	Athlete	Record	Score	Difference	Date	Place	Ref.
100 m	WR	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.58 s	1,202	136	16 August 2009	Berlin
	DB	Damian Warner (CAN)	10.12 s	1,066		25 May 2019	Götzis	[19]
						4 August 2021	Tokyo	[20]
Long jump	WR	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	1,312	134	30 August 1991	Tokyo
	DB	Simon Ehammer (SUI)	8.45 m	1,178		28 May 2022	Götzis	[21]
Shot put	WR	Ryan Crouser (USA)	23.56 m	1,323	275	27 May 2023	Los Angeles	[22]
	DB	Edy Hubacher (SUI)	19.17 m	1,048		5 October 1969	Bern
High jump	WR	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	1,244	173	27 July 1993	Salamanca
	DB	Derek Drouin (CAN)	2.28 m	1,071		7 April 2017	Santa Barbara	[23]
400 m	WR	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03 s	1,164	104	14 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[24]
	DB	Ashton Eaton (USA)	45.00 s	1,060		28 August 2015	Beijing	[25]
110 m hurdles	WR	Aries Merritt (USA)	12.80 s	1,135	76	7 September 2012	Brussels
	DB	Damian Warner (CAN)	13.36 s	1,059		30 May 2021	Götzis	[26]
Discus throw	WR	Mykolas Alekna (LTU)	74.35 m	1,389	357	14 April 2024	Ramona	[27]
	DB	Leo Neugebauer (GER)	57.70 m	1,032		6 June 2024	Eugene	[28]
Pole vault	WR	Armand Duplantis (SWE)	6.26 m	1,318	166	25 August 2024	Chorzów	[29]
	DB	Tim Lobinger (GER)	5.76 m	1,152		16 September 1999	Leverkusen
Javelin throw	WR	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	1,331	291	25 May 1996	Jena
	DB	Peter Blank (GER)	79.80 m	1,040		19 July 1992	Emmelshausen
1500 m	WR	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00 min:s	1,218	255	14 July 1998	Rome
	DB	Robert Baker (USA)	3:58.7h min:s	963		3 April 1980	Austin
Total	World records			12,636	1,967
	Decathlon bests			10,669

All-time top 25 men

• Correct as of August 2024.^[30]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
1	9,126	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	15–16 September 2018	Talence	[31]
	( 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 2015	Beijing
	( 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 2001	Götzis
	( 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	[32]
	( 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 1999	Prague
	( 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	8,961	Leo Neugebauer (GER)	5–6 June 2024	Eugene	[28]
	( 10.64/+0.1 - 7.86/+0.9 - 17.46 - 2.07 - 48.03 / 14.36/0.0 - 57.70 - 5.21 - 56.64 - 4:44.61 )
7	8,909	Pierce LePage (CAN)	25–26 August 2023	Budapest	[33]
	( 10.45/-0.3 - 7.59/+0.2 - 15.81 - 2.08 - 47.21 / 13.77/+0.2 - 50.98 - 5.20 - 60.90 - 4:39.88 )
8	8,891	Dan O'Brien (USA)	4–5 September 1992	Talence
	( 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 )
9	8,867	Garrett Scantling (USA)	6–7 May 2022	Fayetteville	[34]
	( 10.61/-0.3 - 7.68/+2.4 - 16.27 - 2.04 - 47.08 / 14.10/+3.1 - 55.06 - 5.21 - 57.45 - 4:48.00 )
10	8,832	Bryan Clay (USA)	29–30 June 2008	Eugene
	( 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 )
11	8,815	Erki Nool (EST)	6–7 August 2001	Edmonton
	( 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 )
12	8,811	Daley Thompson (GBR)	27–28 August 1986	Stuttgart
	( 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 )
13	8,796	Markus Rooth (NOR)	2–3 August 2024	Saint-Denis	[35]
	( 10.71/+0.9 - 7.80/-0.2 - 15.25 - 1.99 - 47.69 / 14.25/+0.2 - 49.80 - 5.30 - 66.87 - 4:39.56 )
14	8,790	Trey Hardee (USA)	19–20 August 2009	Berlin
	( 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 )
15	8,784	Tom Pappas (USA)	21–22 June 2003	Palo 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 )
16	8,764	Johannes Erm (EST)	10–11 June 2024	Rome	[36]
	( 10.60/+0.4 - 7.91/+0.2 - 14.99 - 1.99 - 46.81 / 14.30/-0.5 - 44.56 - 5.20 - 62.71 - 4:24.95 )
17	8,756	Lindon Victor (GRN)	25–26 August 2023	Budapest	[33]
	( 10.60/+0.1 - 7.55/+1.0 - 15.94 - 2.02 - 48.05 / 14.47/+0.2 - 54.97 - 4.80 - 68.05 - 4:39.67 )
18	8,735	Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)	28–29 May 1994	Götzis
	( 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 )
19	8,732	Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR)	17–18 April 2024	Walnut
	( 10.31/+1.9 - 7.77/+2.6 - 16.26 - 1.98 - 47.23 / 13.73/+0.9 - 46.00 - 5.10 - 59.28 - 4:45.59 )
20	8,730	Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)	27–28 August 1986	Stuttgart
	( 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 )
21	8,725	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)	23–24 August 2004	Athens
	( 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 )
22	8,720	Kyle Garland (USA)	6–7 May 2022	Fayetteville	[34]
	( 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 )
23	8,706	Frank Busemann (GER)	31 July – 1 August 1996	Atlanta
	( 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 )
24	8,705	Dave Johnson (USA)	23–24 April 1992	Azusa
	( 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 )
25	8,694	Chris Huffins (USA)	19–20 June 1998	New 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 )

Notes

Below is a list of other scores equal or superior to 8750 pts:

• Ashton Eaton also scored 9039 (2012), 8893 (2016), 8809 (2013) and 8750 (2016).
• Damian Warner also scored 8995 (2021), 8804 (2023), 8797 (2022) and 8795 (2018).
• Tomáš Dvořák also scored 8902 (2001), 8900 (2000) and 8837 (1997).
• Roman Šebrle also scored 8893 (2004), 8807 (2003), 8800 (2002) and 8757 (2000).
• Leo Neugebauer also scored 8836 (2023) and 8748 (2024).
• Kevin Mayer also scored 8834 (2016), 8816 (2022) and 8768 (2017).
• Dan O'Brien also scored 8824 (1996), 8812 (1991) and 8755 (1998).
• Bryan Clay also scored 8791 (2008).
• Tom Pappas also scored 8750 (2003).

All-time top performances women ≥ 8,000 pts

• Correct as of September 2023.^[37]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
1	8,358	Austra Skujytė (LTU)	14–15 April 2005	Columbia	[38]
2	8,246	Jordan Gray (USA)	21–22 August 2021	San Mateo	[39]
3	8,150	Marie Collonvillé (FRA)	25–26 September 2004	Talence	[38]

Notes

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

• Austra Skujytė also scored 8091 pts (2006).

Competitions

Olympic medalists

Main article: Combined events at the Olympics

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912 Stockholm details	Jim Thorpe  United States	Hugo Wieslander  Sweden Charles Lomberg  Sweden	Gösta Holmér  Sweden
1920 Antwerp details	Helge Løvland  Norway	Brutus Hamilton  United States	Bertil Ohlson  Sweden
1924 Paris details	Harold Osborn  United States	Emerson Norton  United States	Aleksander Klumberg  Estonia
1928 Amsterdam details	Paavo Yrjölä  Finland	Akilles Järvinen  Finland	Ken Doherty  United States
1932 Los Angeles details	Jim Bausch  United States	Akilles Järvinen  Finland	Wolrad Eberle  Germany
1936 Berlin details	Glenn Morris  United States	Bob Clark  United States	Jack Parker  United States
1948 London details	Bob Mathias  United States	Ignace Heinrich  France	Floyd Simmons  United States
1952 Helsinki details	Bob Mathias  United States	Milt Campbell  United States	Floyd Simmons  United States
1956 Melbourne details	Milt Campbell  United States	Rafer Johnson  United States	Vasili Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
1960 Rome details	Rafer Johnson  United States	Yang Chuan-kwang  Formosa	Vasili Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo details	Willi Holdorf  United Team of Germany	Rein Aun  Soviet Union	Hans-Joachim Walde  United Team of Germany
1968 Mexico City details	Bill Toomey  United States	Hans-Joachim Walde  West Germany	Kurt Bendlin  West Germany
1972 Munich details	Mykola Avilov  Soviet Union	Leonid Lytvynenko  Soviet Union	Ryszard Katus  Poland
1976 Montreal details	Bruce Jenner  United States[a]	Guido Kratschmer  West Germany	Mykola Avilov  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow details	Daley Thompson  Great Britain	Yuriy Kutsenko  Soviet Union	Sergei Zhelanov  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles details	Daley Thompson  Great Britain	Jürgen Hingsen  West Germany	Siegfried Wentz  West Germany
1988 Seoul details	Christian Schenk  East Germany	Torsten Voss  East Germany	Dave Steen  Canada
1992 Barcelona details	Robert Změlík  Czechoslovakia	Antonio Peñalver  Spain	Dave Johnson  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Dan O'Brien  United States	Frank Busemann  Germany	Tomáš Dvořák  Czech Republic
2000 Sydney details	Erki Nool  Estonia	Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic	Chris Huffins  United States
2004 Athens details	Roman Šebrle  Czech Republic	Bryan Clay  United States	Dmitriy Karpov  Kazakhstan
2008 Beijing details	Bryan Clay  United States	Andrei Krauchanka  Belarus	Leonel Suárez  Cuba
2012 London details	Ashton Eaton  United States	Trey Hardee  United States	Leonel Suárez  Cuba
2016 Rio De Janeiro details	Ashton Eaton  United States	Kevin Mayer  France	Damian Warner  Canada
2020 Tokyo details	Damian Warner  Canada	Kevin Mayer  France	Ashley Moloney  Australia
2024 Paris details	Markus Rooth  Norway	Leo Neugebauer  Germany	Lindon Victor  Grenada

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Daley Thompson (GBR)	Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)	Siegfried Wentz (FRG)
1987 Rome details	Torsten Voss (GDR)	Siegfried Wentz (FRG)	Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS)
1991 Tokyo details	Dan O'Brien (USA)	Mike Smith (CAN)	Christian Schenk (GER)
1993 Stuttgart details	Dan O'Brien (USA)	Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)	Paul Meier (GER)
1995 Gothenburg details	Dan O'Brien (USA)	Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)	Mike Smith (CAN)
1997 Athens details	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	Eduard Hämäläinen (FIN)	Frank Busemann (GER)
1999 Seville details	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	Dean Macey (GBR)	Chris Huffins (USA)
2001 Edmonton details	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	Erki Nool (EST)	Dean Macey (GBR)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Tom Pappas (USA)	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2005 Helsinki details	Bryan Clay (USA)	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Attila Zsivoczky (HUN)
2007 Osaka details	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Maurice Smith (JAM)	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2009 Berlin details	Trey Hardee (USA)	Leonel Suárez (CUB)	Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS)
2011 Daegu details	Trey Hardee (USA)	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Leonel Suárez (CUB)
2013 Moscow details	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Michael Schrader (GER)	Damian Warner (CAN)
2015 Beijing details	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Damian Warner (CAN)	Rico Freimuth (GER)
2017 London details	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	Rico Freimuth (GER)	Kai Kazmirek (GER)
2019 Doha details	Niklas Kaul (GER)	Maicel Uibo (EST)	Damian Warner (CAN)
2022 Eugene details	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	Pierce LePage (CAN)	Zach Ziemek (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Pierce LePage (CAN)	Damian Warner (CAN)	Lindon Victor (GRN)

Women

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2024 Geneva	Allison Halverson  Armenia	7236 pts	Roseva Bidois  France	6962 pts	Jordyn Bruce  United States	6723 pts

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

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Year	Score	Athlete	Place
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
2022	8,867	Garrett Scantling (USA)	Fayetteville
2023	8,909	Pierce LePage (CAN)	Budapest

National records

• Updated 4 August 2024.^[30]

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
8,961	Germany	Leo Neugebauer	5–6 June 2024	Eugene
8,847	Great Britain	Daley Thompson	8–9 August 1984	Los Angeles
8,815	Estonia	Erki Nool	6–7 August 2001	Edmonton
8,796	Norway	Markus Rooth	2–3 August 2024	Saint-Denis
8,756	Grenada	Lindon Victor	25–26 August 2023	Budapest
8,735	Belarus	Eduard Hämäläinen	28–29 May 1994	Götzis
8,732	Puerto Rico	Ayden Owens-Delerme	17–18 April 2024	Walnut
8,730	Finland	Eduard Hämäläinen	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
8,607	Netherlands	Sven Roosen	2–3 August 2024	Saint-Denis
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
8,526	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
8,291 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
8,235	Italy	Dario Dester	10–11 June 2024	Rome
8,226	Bahamas	Ken Mullings	2–3 August 2024	Saint-Denis
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
8,010 h	Chinese Taipei	Yang Chuan-kwang	27–28 April 1963	Walnut
8,004	Ecuador	Andy Preciado	30–31 May 2021	Guayaquil

Under-20 records

The world decathlon under-20 record is held by Niklas Kaul, of Germany, who scored 8,435 points at the European U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy, from 22 to 23 July 2017.

100 m (wind)	Long jump (wind)	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m h (wind)	Discus	Pole vault	Javelin	1500 m
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

The world decathlon under-20 record using senior implements is held by Torsten Voss, of East Germany, who scored 8,397 points in Erfurt, East Germany, from 6–7 July 1982. This was the last record to be ratified because it is no longer a World Athletics under-20 record event.

Key:
NWI = No Wind Indication

100 m (wind)	Long jump (wind)	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m h (wind)	Discus	Pole vault	Javelin	1500 m
10.76 (NWI)	7.66 m (NWI)	14.41 m	2.09 m	48.37	14.37 (NWI)	41.66 m	4.80 m	62.90 m	4:34.04

Key:
+ = Senior implements
* = 6-kg shot, 1.067-m hurdles, 1.75-kg discus
A = Altitude (over 1,000 m)

U20 Record	Score	Athlete	Year
World	8,397+	Torsten Voss (GDR)	1982
	8,435	Niklas Kaul (GER)	2017
Area U20 records
Africa	7,548+	Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN)	2011
	7,791	Fredriech Pretorius (RSA)	2014
Asia	8,041+	Qi Haifeng (CHN)	2002
Europe	8,397+	Torsten Voss (GDR)	1982
	8,435	Niklas Kaul (GER)	2017
North, Central America and Caribbean	8,257+	Yordani García (CUB)	2007
Oceania	8,103+	Ashley Moloney (AUS)	2019
	8,190	Ashley Moloney (AUS)	2018
South America	7,422+	Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho (BRA)	1985
	7,641*	Andrés Byron Silva (URU)	2005
	7,762 A	Felipe Vinicius dos Santos (BRA)	2013

Decathlon under-20 bests

(Within a completed decathlon scoring more than 7,000 points)

Event	Specification	Result (Wind)	Score	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
100 m		10.31 (+3.5 m/s)	1,020	Roko Farkaš	Croatia	9 August 2023	European U20 Championships	Jerusalem	18 years, 179 days	[41]
Long jump		7.83 m (+0.4 m/s)	1,017	Simon Ehammer	Switzerland	21 September 2019	Swiss Combined Events Championships	Hochdorf	19 years, 226 days	[42]
Shot put	6 kg	17.81 m	963	José San Pastor [es]	Spain	1 May 2021	Campionato España Combinadas de Federaciones Autonómicas	Valladolid	19 years, 86 days
	7.26 kg	15.83 m	841	Rob Muzzio	United States	27 April 1983	Penn Relays	Philadelphia	18 years, 306 days	[43]
High jump		2.18 m	973	Igor Drobyshevskiy	Soviet Union	25 May 1985		Simferopol	18 years, 220 days	[44]
400 m		46.75	971	Ashley Moloney	Australia	25 June 2019	Oceania Championships	Townsville	19 years, 104 days	[45]
First-day score	U20 implements		4,387	Tomas Järvinen	Czechia	6 July 2024	Czech U20 Combined Events Championships	Stará Boleslav [cs]	18 years, 259 days	[46]
	Senior implements		4,436	Ashley Moloney	Australia	25 May 2019	Hypomeeting	Götzis	19 years, 73 days	[47]
110 m hurdles	0.991 m	13.57 (-0.1 m/s)	1,031	Simon Ehammer	Switzerland	20 July 2019	European U20 Championships	Borås	19 years, 163 days	[48]
	1.067 m	13.77 (+1.3 m/s)	1,004	Ladji Doucouré	France	10 June 2001	Meeting International d'Arles	Arles	18 years, 74 days	[49]
Discus throw	1.75 kg	54.75 m	970	Aleksey Sysoyev	Russia	29 May 2004	Russian Junior Combined Events Cup	Krasnodar	19 years, 82 days	[50]
				Jan Doležal	Czech Republic	19 July 2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna	19 years, 43 days	[51]
	2 kg	51.86 m	909	Aleksandr Agafonov	Soviet Union	12 June 1980		Gomel	19 years, 36 days	[52]
Pole vault		5.50 m	1,067	Lawrence Johnson	United States	8 April 1993	Sea Ray Relays	Knoxville	19 years, 7 days	[53]
				Lawrence Johnson	United States	14 May 1993	SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Knoxville	18 years, 336 days	[54]
				Baptiste Thiery	France	19 September 2020	French Youth Combined Events Championships	Aubagne	19 years, 82 days	[55]
Javelin throw		71.59 m	914	Niklas Kaul	Germany	20 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz	18 years, 160 days	[56]
	Old model	76.52 m	989	Aleksandr Apaychev	Soviet Union	1 June 1980		Potsdam	19 years, 26 days	[43]
1500 m		4:04.1	923	Dietmar Jentsch [pl]	East Germany	16 June 1979		Erfurt	19 years, 98 days	[57]
Second-day score	U20 implements		4,265	Niklas Kaul	Germany	23 July 2017	European U20 Championships	Grosseto	19 years, 162 days	[58]
	Senior implements		3,995	Qi Haifeng	China	22 November 2001	Chinese National Games	Guangzhou	18 years, 107 days	[59]

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. Jenner is now known as Caitlyn due to gender transition in 2015.^[40]

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External links

• IAAF decathlon homepage
• IAAF list of decathlon records in XML
• Team Decathlon website
• Decathlon splits of Olympic, World and European medalists
• A downloadable Excel spreadsheet of multi-event scoring and age grading is available from the creator, Stefan Waltermann