Decathlon

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)

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.

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.^{[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.

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 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

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:^[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.

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

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 the IAAF.

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
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 12,568. The total decathlon score for all the best performances achieved during decathlons is 10,544. 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 s	1,202	136	5.64	August 16, 2009	Berlin
	DB	Damian Warner (CAN)	10.12 s	1,066			May 25, 2019	Götzis	[16]
Long jump
	WR	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95 m	1,312	179	7.49	August 30, 1991	Tokyo
	DB	Damian Warner (CAN)	8.28 m	1,133			May 29, 2021	Götzis	[17]
Shot put
	WR	Ryan Crouser (USA)	23.37 m	1,311	263	25.09	June 18, 2021	Eugene	[18]
	DB	Edy Hubacher (SUI)	19.17 m	1,048			October 5, 1969	Bern
High jump
	WR	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	1,244	183	7.35	July 27, 1993	Salamanca
	DB	Rolf Beilschmidt (GDR) &  Christian Schenk (GDR)	2.27 m	1,061			October 1, 1977 September 28, 1988	Jena Seoul
	pending	Derek Drouin (CAN)	2.28 m	1,071	173		April 7, 2017	Montecito	[19]
400 m
	WR	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03 s	1,164	104	4.48	August 14, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[20]
	DB	Ashton Eaton (USA)	45.00 s	1,060			August 28, 2015	Beijing	[21]
110 m hurdles
	WR	Aries Merritt (USA)	12.80 s	1,135	76	4.38	September 7, 2012	Brussels
	DB	Damian Warner (CAN)	13.36 s	1,059			May 30, 2021	Götzis	[22]
Discus throw
	WR	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	1,383	390	24.58	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg
	DB	Bryan Clay (USA)	55.87 m	993			June 24, 2005	Carson
Pole vault
	WR	Armand Duplantis (SWE)	6.18 m	1,291	139	7.29	February 15, 2020	Glasgow
	DB	Tim Lobinger (GER)	5.76 m	1,152			September 16, 1999	Leverkusen
Javelin throw
	WR	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	1,331	291	18.96	May 25, 1996	Jena
	DB	Peter Blank (GER)	79.80 m	1,040			July 19, 1992	Emmelshausen
1500 m
	WR	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:26.00 min:s	1,218	255	15.87	July 14, 1998	Rome
	DB	Robert Baker (USA)	3:58.7 min:s	963			April 3, 1980	Austin
Total	World records			12,591	2,016	19.06
	Decathlon bests			10,575

All-time top 25

Men

• Correct as of August 2021.^[23]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
1	9,126	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	September 15–16, 2018	Talence	[24]
2	9,045	Ashton Eaton (USA)	August 28–29, 2015	Beijing
3	9,026	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	May 26–27, 2001	Götzis
4	9,018	Damian Warner (CAN)	August 4–5, 2021	Tokyo
5	8,994	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	July 3–4, 1999	Prague
6	8,891	Dan O'Brien (USA)	September 4–5, 1992	Talence
7	8,847	Daley Thompson (GBR)	August 8–9, 1984	Los Angeles
8	8,832	Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)	June 8–9, 1984	Mannheim
		Bryan Clay (USA)	June 29–30, 2008	Eugene
10	8,815	Erki Nool (EST)	August 6–7, 2001	Edmonton
11	8,792	Uwe Freimuth (GDR)	July 20–21, 1984	Potsdam
12	8,790	Trey Hardee (USA)	August 19–20, 2009	Berlin
13	8,784	Tom Pappas (USA)	June 21–22, 2003	Palo Alto
14	8,762	Siegfried Wentz (FRG)	June 4–5, 1983	Filderstadt-Bernhausen
15	8,735	Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)	May 28–29, 1994	Götzis
16	8,727	Dave Johnson (USA)	April 23–24, 1992	Azusa
17	8,725	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)	August 23–24, 2004	Athens
18	8,709	Aleksandr Apaychev (URS)	June 2–3, 1984	Neubrandenburg
19	8,706	Frank Busemann (GER)	July 31 – August 1, 1996	Atlanta
20	8,698	Grigoriy Degtyaryev (URS)	June 21–22, 1984	Kyiv
21	8,694	Chris Huffins (USA)	June 19–20, 1998	New Orleans
22	8,691	Niklas Kaul (GER)	October 2–3, 2019	Doha	[25]
23	8,680	Torsten Voss (GDR)	September 3–4, 1987	Rome
24	8,670	Michael Schrader (GER)	August 10–11, 2013	Moscow
25	8,667	Guido Kratschmer (GER)	June 13-14, 1980	Bernhausen

Notes

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

• Ashton Eaton also scored 9039 (2012), 8893 (2016), 8809 (2013).
• Roman Šebrle also scored 8893 (2004), 8807 (2003), 8800 (2002).
• Tomáš Dvořák also scored 8902 (2001), 8900 (2000), 8837 (1997).
• Kevin Mayer also scored 8834 (2016), 8768 (2017).
• Dan O'Brien also scored 8824 (1996), 8812 (1991).
• Damian Warner also scored 8995 (2021), 8795 (2018).
• Bryan Clay also scored 8791 (2008).
• Daley Thompson also scored 8774 (1982).

Women

• Correct as of September 2020.

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
1	8,358	Austra Skujytė (LTU)	April 14–15, 2005	Columbia
2	8,150	Marie Collonvillé (FRA)	September 25–26, 2004	Talence
3	7,921	Jordan Gray (USA)	June 22–23, 2019	San Mateo	[26]
4	7,885	Mona Steigauf (GER)	1997		[27]
5	7,798	Irina Karpova (KAZ)	September 25–26, 2004	Talence
6	7,742[a]	Anna Snetkova (RUS)	September 14–15, 2003	Sochi	[28]
7	7,577	Tiffany Lott-Hogan (USA)	2000		[29]
8	7,470[b]	Julie Mezerette (FRA)	2001		[30]
9	7,358	Julie Martin (FRA)	September 25–26, 2004	Talence
10	7,064	Breanna Eveland (USA)	April 13–14, 2006	Columbia
11	6,878	Jessica Taylor (GBR)	September 12–13, 2015	Erith	[31]
12	6,830	Marion Obermayr (AUS)	May 4–5, 2002	Linz	[32]
13	6,749	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	September 25–26, 2004	Talence
14	6,709	Marie-Cécile Crancé (FRA)	September 25–26, 2004	Talence
15	6,641	Lindsay Grigoriev (USA)	April 14–15, 2005	Columbia
16	6,614	María Peinado (ESP)	October 22–23, 2005	Castellón
17	6,599	Sara Tani (ITA)	October 21–22, 2006	Udine	[33]
18	6,577	Cassandre Evans (BEL)	September 28–29, 2019	Schaarbeek	[34]
19	6,570	Andrea Bordalejo (ARG)	November 27–28, 2004	Rosario	[35]
20	6,338	Marianne Schlachter (GER)	April 13–14, 2006	Columbia	[36]
21	6,330	AnnaLee McGregor (USA)	June 22–23, 2019	San Mateo	[37]
22	6,296	Ada Salgarella (ITA)	October 21–22, 2006	Udine	[38]
23	6,202	Amy Backel (USA)	June 22–23, 2019	San Mateo	[39]

Notes

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

• Austra Skujytė also scored 8091 pts (2006).

Competitions

Olympic medalists

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1912 Stockholm details	Jim Thorpe  United States	Charles Lomberg  Sweden	Gösta Holmér  Sweden
	Hugo Wieslander  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  Republic of China	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[c]	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

World Championships medalists

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	Kévin Mayer (FRA)	Rico Freimuth (GER)	Kai Kazmirek (GER)
2019 Doha details	Niklas Kaul (GER)	Maicel Uibo (EST)	Damian Warner (CAN)

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

^{[citation needed]}

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)	Kiev
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 5 August 2021.^[23]

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

Score	Nation	Athlete	Date	Place
9,126	France	Kevin Mayer	September 15–16, 2018	Talence
9,045	United States	Ashton Eaton	August 28–29, 2015	Beijing
9,026	Czech Republic	Roman Šebrle	April 26–27, 2001	Götzis
9,018	Canada	Damian Warner	August 4–5, 2021	Tokyo
8,847	United Kingdom	Daley Thompson	August 8–9, 1984	Los Angeles
8,832	Germany	Jürgen Hingsen	June 8–9, 1984	Mannheim
8,815	Estonia	Erki Nool	August 6–7, 2001	Edmonton
8,735	Belarus	Eduard Hämäläinen	May 28–29, 1994	Götzis
8,730	Finland		August 5–6, 1997	Athens
8,725	Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Karpov	August 23–24, 2004	Athens
8,709	Ukraine	Aleksandr Apaychev	June 2–3, 1984	Neubrandenburg
8,698	Russia	Grigoriy Degtyaryev	June 21–22, 1984	Kyiv
8,654	Cuba	Leonel Suárez	July 3–4, 2009	Havana
8,649	Australia	Ashley Moloney	August 4–5, 2021	Tokyo
8,644	Jamaica	Maurice Smith	August 31 – September 1, 2007	Osaka
8,573	Iceland	Jón Arnar Magnússon	May 30–31, 1998	Götzis
8,566	Poland	Sebastian Chmara	May 16–17, 1998	Murcia
8,554	Hungary	Attila Zsivoczky	June 3–4, 2000	Götzis
8,539	Grenada	Lindon Victor	May 11–12, 2017	Columbia
8,539	Netherlands	Eelco Sintnicolaas	May 27–28, 2017	Götzis
8,526	Spain	Francisco Javier Benet	May 16–17, 1998	Murcia
8,521	Algeria	Larbi Bouraada	August 17–18, 2016	Rio de Janeiro
8,519	Belgium	Hans Van Alphen	May 26–27, 2012	Götzis
8,445	Uzbekistan	Ramil Ganiyev	August 5–6, 1997	Athens
8,437	Lithuania	Rišardas Malachovskis	July 1–2, 1988	Minsk
8,406	Sweden	Nicklas Wiberg	August 19–20, 2009	Berlin
8,398	South Africa	Willem Coertzen	May 30–31, 2015	Götzis
8,393	Brazil	Carlos Chinin	June 7–8, 2013	São Paulo
8,359	New Zealand	Simon Poelman	March 21–22, 1987	Christchurch
8,334	Switzerland	Stephan Niklaus	July 2–3, 1983	Lausanne
8,320	Austria	Gernot Kellermayr	May 29–30, 1993	Götzis
8,312	Latvia	Edgars Eriņš	May 26–27, 2011	Valmiera
8,308	Japan	Keisuke Ushiro	May 31 – June 1, 2014	Nagano
8,291 A	Argentina	Tito Steiner	June 22–23, 1983	Provo
8,290	China	Qi Haifeng	May 28–29, 2005	Götzis
8,288	Moldova	Valeriy Kachanov	June 20–21, 1980	Moscow
8,275	Serbia	Mihail Dudaš	August 10–11, 2013	Moscow
8,238	Puerto Rico	Ayden Owens	May 14–15, 2021	Champaign
8,228	Norway	Martin Roe	April 27–28, 2018	Florence
8,213	Portugal	Mário Aníbal	June 30 – July 1, 2001	Kaunas
8,206	Republic of China	Yang Chuan-Kwang	April 27–28, 1963	Walnut
8,199	Bulgaria	Atanas Andonov	June 20–21, 1981	Sofia
8,169	Italy	Beniamino Poserina	October 5–6, 1996	Formia
8,069	Greece	Prodromos Korkizoglou	July 1–2, 2000	Ibach
8,065	Chile	Gonzalo Barroilhet	April 19–20, 2012	Charlottesville
8,048	Venezuela	Geormi Jaramillo	May 4–5, 2018	Barquisimeto
8,023	Tunisia	Hamdi Dhouibi	August 9–10, 2005	Helsinki

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	July 10, 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	July 10, 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	July 20, 2016	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 160 days	[43]
1500 m
World Junior record		8435 pts	Niklas Kaul	Germany	July 22–23, 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

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

Notes

References

• "IAAF Scoring Tables for Combined Events" (PDF). IAAF. April 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Decathlon.

• 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