Decathlon
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The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field
events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin (from δέκα deka [ten] and αθλος athlos [contest]). 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. 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 man who wins the decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe
, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics
in 1912. The current holder of the title is American Bryan Clay
, the gold medal winner of the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who took the title from Athens Olympics
Czech champion Roman Šebrle
.
The event developed from the ancient pentathlon
. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek
Olympics
. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump
, discus throw
, javelin throw
, sprint and a wrestling
match. Introduced in Olympia during 708 BC, the competition was extremely popular for many centuries. By the 6th century BC, pentathlons had become part of religious games. The Amateur Athletic Union
held "all around events" from the 1880s and a decathlon first appeared on the Olympic athletics program at the 1904 Games
.
events held in the order below. Traditionally, all decathletes who finished the event do a round of honour together after the competition, rather than just the winner or medalling athletes.
Day 1
Day 2
; prior to 1981 it was the five-event pentathlon
. However, in 2001 the IAAF approved scoring tables for women's decathlon; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė
of Lithuania
. 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.
decathlete Robert Změlík
, who achieved 7897 points at a meeting in Ostrava
, Czechoslovakia
, in 1992.
The 2001 IAAF points tables use the following formulae:
A, B and C are parameters that vary by discipline, as shown in the table below, while P is the performance by the athlete, measured in seconds (running), metres (throwing), or centimetres (jumping).
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 9006 points equates to 1265 "comparison points", the same number as a triple jump of 18.00 m.
of the Czech Republic
, with his score of 9026 points set in 2001.
in the respective events would be 12,544. The total decathlon score for all the best performances achieved during decathlons is 10,485.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin (from δέκα deka [ten] and αθλος athlos [contest]). 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. The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the heptathlon
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...
.
Traditionally, the title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the man who wins the decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
in 1912. The current holder of the title is American Bryan Clay
Bryan Clay
Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay is an American decathlete. He is the reigning Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.-Biography:...
, the gold medal winner of the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who took the title from Athens Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
Czech champion Roman Šebrle
Roman Šebrle
Roman Šebrle is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he competes in decathlon and heptathlon for team TJ Dukla Praha and is a world record holder in the decathlon...
.
The event developed from the ancient pentathlon
Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...
. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
Olympics
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
, discus throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
, javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
, sprint and a wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
match. Introduced in Olympia during 708 BC, the competition was extremely popular for many centuries. By the 6th century BC, pentathlons had become part of religious games. The Amateur Athletic Union
Amateur Athletic Union
The Amateur Athletic Union is one of the largest non-profit volunteer sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs.-History:The AAU was founded in 1888 to...
held "all around events" from the 1880s and a decathlon first appeared on the Olympic athletics program at the 1904 Games
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first time the event, intended to be an all-around championship in athletics, was held...
.
Men's decathlon
The vast majority of international and top level men's decathlons are divided in to a two-day competition, with the track and fieldTrack and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
events held in the order below. Traditionally, all decathletes who finished the event do a round of honour together after the competition, rather than just the winner or medalling athletes.
Day 1
- 100 metres100 metresThe 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
- Long jumpLong jumpThe long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
- Shot putShot putThe shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
- High jumpHigh jumpThe high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
- 400 metres400 metresThe 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...
Day 2
- 110 metres hurdles110 metres hurdlesThe 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...
- Discus throwDiscus throwThe discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
- Pole vaultPole vaultPole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
- Javelin throwJavelin throwThe javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
- 1500 metres1500 metresThe 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...
Women's decathlon
At major championships, the women's equivalent of the decathlon is the seven-event heptathlonHeptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...
; prior to 1981 it was the five-event pentathlon
Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...
. However, in 2001 the IAAF approved scoring tables for women's decathlon; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė
Austra Skujyte
Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....
of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. 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.
One hour
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 after the start of the first event. The world record holder is a CzechCzech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
decathlete Robert Změlík
Robert Zmelík
Robert Změlík is a Czech track athlete who won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon in 1992.His personal best in decathlon was 8627 points , in Heptathlon 6228 points , both former national records...
, who achieved 7897 points at a meeting in Ostrava
Ostrava
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. Located close to the Polish border, it is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence. Ostrava was candidate for the...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
, in 1992.
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:
- Points = INT(A*(B-P)C) for track events
- Points = INT(A*(P-B)C) for jumping and throwing events
A, B and C are parameters that vary by discipline, as shown in the table below, while P is the performance by the athlete, measured in seconds (running), metres (throwing), or centimetres (jumping).
The decathlon tables should not be confused with the scoring tables compiled by Bojidar Spiriev
Bojidar Spiriev
Dr. Bojidar Spiriev , a hydrogeological engineer and athletics statistician credited with the creation of the official IAAF Scoring Tables in Athletics.-Biography:...
, to allow comparison of the relative quality of performances by athletes in different events. On those tables, for example, a decathlon score of 9006 points equates to 1265 "comparison points", the same number as a triple jump of 18.00 m.
Benchmarks
Split evenly between the events, the following table shows the benchmark levels needed to earn 1000, 900, 800 and 700 points in each sport.| Event | 1000 pts | 900 pts | 800 pts | 700 pts | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | 10.395 | 10.827 | 11.278 | 11.756 | Seconds |
| Long jump | 7.76 | 7.36 | 6.941 | 6.51 | Metres |
| Shot put | 18.4 | 16.79 | 15.16 | 13.53 | Metres |
| High jump | 2.20 | 2.10 | 1.99 | 1.88 | Metres |
| 400m | 46.17 | 48.19 | 50.32 | 52.58 | Seconds |
| 110m hurdles | 13.8 | 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 |
| 1500m | 233.79 | 247.42 | 261.77 | 276.96 | Seconds |
Records
The current world record holder for the decathlon is Roman ŠebrleRoman Šebrle
Roman Šebrle is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he competes in decathlon and heptathlon for team TJ Dukla Praha and is a world record holder in the decathlon...
of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, with his score of 9026 points set in 2001.
| Record | Score | Athlete | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 9026 | 2001 | ||
| World junior | 8397 | 1982 | ||
| Continental records | ||||
| Africa Confederation of African Athletics The Confederation of African Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.-Members:... |
8302 | 2011 | ||
| Asia Asian Athletics Association The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.... |
8725 | 2004 | ||
| Europe European Athletic Association The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.- History :In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the... |
9026 | 2001 | ||
| North, Central America and Caribbean |
8891 | 1992 | ||
| Oceania | 8490 | 1998 | ||
| South America CONSUDATLE CONSUDATLE is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of the International Amateur Athletic Federation... |
8291 | 1983 | ||
- Updated 7 May 2011.
Decathlon bests
The total decathlon score for all world recordsWorld records in athletics
World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....
in the respective events would be 12,544. The total decathlon score for all the best performances achieved during decathlons is 10,485.
| Event | WR–World record/ |
Athlete | Record | Score | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | |||||
| WR | Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay... |
9.58 s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... |
1202 | ||
| DB | Chris Huffins Chris Huffins Chris Huffins is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of Decathlon. He was the Director and Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country programs at the University of California from 2002 to 2007. He married Monique Parker in 1997. He earned a... |
10.22 s | 1042 | −161 | |
| Long jump | |||||
| WR | Mike Powell Mike Powell (athlete) Michael Anthony Powell born is a former American track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record.Mike Powell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.... |
8.95 m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... |
1312 | ||
| DB | Erki Nool Erki Nool Erki Nool is an Estonian decathlete and politician.Nool is a winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although Nool did not place first in any individual event, his total score was the highest... |
8.22 m | 1117 | −195 | |
| Shot put | |||||
| WR | Randy Barnes Randy Barnes Eric Randolph Barnes is a former American shot putter who holds both the current outdoor and indoor World Records for the event. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics.... |
23.12 m | 1295 | ||
| DB | Edy Hubacher Edy Hubacher Eduard "Edy" Hubacher is a former Swiss sportsman.In the 1960s he competed as shot putter, discus thrower and decathlete. He still holds the current world best shot put within a decathlon . In the early 1970s, he switched to bobsledding... |
19.17 m | 1048 | −247 | |
| High jump | |||||
| WR | Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; he is the only person ever to have cleared 8 feet . He is widely regarded as the... |
2.45 m | 1244 | ||
| DB | Rolf Beilschmidt Rolf Beilschmidt Rolf Beilschmidt is a retired East German high jumper.Beilschmidt represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and became East German champion in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981.... & Christian Schenk Christian Schenk Christian Schenk won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.Schenk also won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo... |
2.27 m | 1061 | −183 | |
| 400m | |||||
| WR | Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world... |
43.18 s | 1156 | ||
| DB | Bill Toomey Bill Toomey Bill Toomey is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.... |
45.68 s | 1025 | −131 | |
| 110m hurdles | |||||
| WR | Dayron Robles Dayron Robles Dayron Robles is a track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.He won his first major medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and... |
12.87 s | 1126 | ||
| DB | Frank Busemann Frank Busemann Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete.Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most... |
13.47 s | 1044 | −82 | |
| Discus throw | |||||
| WR | Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field... |
74.08 m | 1383 | ||
| DB | Bryan Clay Bryan Clay Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay is an American decathlete. He is the reigning Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.-Biography:... |
55.87 m | 993 | −390 | |
| Pole vault | |||||
| WR | Sergey Bubka | 6.14 m | 1277 | ||
| DB | Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters... |
5.76 m | 1152 | −125 | |
| Javelin throw | |||||
| WR | Jan Železný Jan Železný Jan Železný is a Czech javelin thrower, world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw... |
98.48 m | 1331 | ||
| DB | Peter Blank Peter Blank Peter Blank is a German javelin thrower. In his earlier career he was a decathlete, where he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon.... |
79.80 m | 1040 | −291 | |
| 1500m | |||||
| WR | Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj Hicham El Guerrouj "King of the Mile" is a Moroccan former middle distance runner... |
3 m 26.00 s | 1218 | ||
| DB | Robert Baker | 3 m 58.70 s | 963 | −255 | |
| Total | World record | 12544 | |||
| Decathlon | 10485 | ||||
National records
- As of September 19, 2011.
Points Nation 9026 
Czech RepublicRoman Šebrle Roman ŠebrleRoman Šebrle is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he competes in decathlon and heptathlon for team TJ Dukla Praha and is a world record holder in the decathlon...2001-04-27 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8891 
United StatesDan O'Brien Dan O'BrienDaniel Dion O'Brien is a former American decathlete. He was deemed one of the best decathlon athletes of the 1990s, winning an Olympic gold medal after winning three consecutive world titles....1992-09-05 Talence TalenceTalence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side...8847 
United KingdomDaley Thompson Daley ThompsonFrancis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE , is a former decathlete from England. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times....1984-08-09 Los Angeles Los ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...8832 
GermanyJürgen Hingsen Jürgen HingsenJürgen Hingsen is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984....1984-06-09 Mannheim MannheimMannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....8815 
EstoniaErki Nool Erki NoolErki Nool is an Estonian decathlete and politician.Nool is a winner of the gold medal for Decathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Although Nool did not place first in any individual event, his total score was the highest...2001-08-07 Edmonton EdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...8735 
BelarusEduard Hämäläinen Eduard HämäläinenEduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917...1994-05-29 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8730 
FinlandEduard Hämäläinen Eduard HämäläinenEduard Hämäläinen is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.-Biograpfhy:He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationality. His great-grandparents were deported from Finland to Turkestan in 1917...1997-08-06 Athens AthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...8725 
KazakhstanDmitriy Karpov Dmitriy KarpovDmitriy Karpov is an athlete from Kazakhstan who competes in decathlon and heptathlon...2004-08-24 Athens AthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...8709 
UkraineAleksandr Apaychev 1984-06-03 Neubrandenburg NeubrandenburgNeubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....8698 
RussiaGrigoriy Degtyaryev 1984-06-22 Kiev KievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....8654 
CubaLeonel Suárez Leonel SuárezLeonel Suárez is a male decathlete from Cuba. He was the bronze medalist in the event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and improved to the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships...2009-07-04 Havana HavanaHavana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...8644 
JamaicaMaurice Smith Maurice Smith (decathlon)Maurice Smith is a decathlete from Jamaica. He competed for Auburn University. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in 14th place. He broke the Pan American Games decathlon record in 2007, winning his first international gold medal...2007-09-01 Osaka Osakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...8626 
CanadaMike Smith Mike Smith (decathlon)Michael "Mike" Cameron Smith is a Canadian decathlete from Kenora, Ontario.-Biography:He attended Pinecrest Elementary School, Lakewood Intermediate School, Beaver Brae Secondary School and then Central Technical School in Toronto for his final year of high school.Smith attended the University of...1996-05-26 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8574 
FranceChristian Plaziat Christian PlaziatChristian Plaziat is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...1990-08-29 Split Split (city)Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...8573 
IcelandJón Arnar Magnússon Jón Arnar MagnússonJón Arnar Magnússon is a former decathlete from Iceland. He has won silver and bronze medals at world indoor championships, all in heptathlon, as decathlon is unsuitable for indoor contests...1998-05-31 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8566 
PolandSebastian Chmara Sebastian ChmaraSebastian Chmara is a former decathlete from Poland who became world indoor champion in 1999 and European indoor champion in 1998 .-Personal bests:...1998-05-17 Murcia Murcia-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...8554 
HungaryAttila Zsivóczky Attila ZsivóczkyAttila Zsivóczky is a Hungarian track and field athlete, competing in decathlon. He has previously specialized in high jump, where he took a fourth place at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics...2000-06-04 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8526 
SpainFrancisco Javier Benet Francisco Javier BenetFrancisco Javier Benet Martín is a Spanish decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...1998-05-17 Murcia Murcia-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...8490 
AustraliaJagan Hames Jagan HamesJagan Hames is a retired decathlete from Australia, who won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia setting a personal best . He started his career as a high jumper and has an official PB of 2.30m in this event.-Achievements:-References:* *...1998-09-18 Kuala Lumpur Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...8447 
NetherlandsRobert de Wit Robert de WitRobert Hubert Maria de Wit is a retired decathlete from the Netherlands. He competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988 and is still holding the Dutch national record of 8.447 points in the declathon, achieved in 1988.In 1994 De Wit participated in the...1988-05-22 Eindhoven 8445 
UzbekistanRamil Ganiyev Ramil GaniyevRamil Ganiyev is a retired Uzbekistani decathlete of Tatar parents.-Achievements:-External links:*...1997-08-06 Athens AthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...8437 
LithuaniaRišardas Malachovskis Rišardas MalachovskisRišardas Malachovskis is a retired male decathlete who first represented the Soviet Union during his career and later Lithuania. He set his personal best score on July 2, 1988 at a meet in Minsk. He gained the national title in 1991.-References:*...1988-07-02 Staiki 8406 
SwedenNicklas Wiberg Nicklas WibergNicklas Robert Wiberg is a male decathlete from Sweden. He set his personal best score in the men's decathlon on August 20, 2009 in Berlin.-Achievements:-References:...2009-08-20 Berlin BerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...8359 
New ZealandSimon Poelman Simon PoelmanSimon Poelman is a former New Zealand decathlete, who has been described as New Zealand's best ever all-round athlete. His personal best of 8359 points is still a New Zealand national record. This was set at the national athletics championships in Christchurch 1987...1987-03-22 Christchurch ChristchurchChristchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...8334 
SwitzerlandStephan Niklaus Stephan NiklausStephan Niklaus is a retired male decathlete from Switzerland. A member of the Leichtathletikclub Basel he set his personal best on July 3, 1983 at a meet in Lausanne, which still stands at the Swiss national record. Niklaus won three national titles in the men's decathlon during his career:...1983-07-03 Lausanne LausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...8320 
AustriaGernot Kellermayr 1993-05-30 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8302 
AlgeriaLarbi Bouraada 2011-07-17 Ratingen RatingenRatingen is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the northwestern part of Berg - about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf...8291 
ArgentinaTito Steiner Tito SteinerTito Steiner is a retired decathlete of German descent, who represented Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s. He set the national record in 1981, collecting 8,279 points at a meet in Baton Rouge, United States . He improved himself with a score of 8,291 points, set on June 23, 1983, which still is the...1983-06-23 Provo Provo, UtahProvo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...8290 
People's Republic of ChinaQi Haifeng Qi HaifengQi Haifeng is a Chinese decathlete. His personal best in decathlon is 8290 points . He won the decathlon at the national championships in 2009 with a points total of 7729.-Achievements:-External links:...2005-05-29 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8288 
MoldovaValeri Kachanov 1980-06-21 Moscow MoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...8271 
LatviaJanis Karlivans Janis KarlivansJānis Karlivāns is a Latvian decathlete. He was born in Cēsis. His personal best result is 8271 points, achieved in June 2007 in Götzis. Currently it's also Latvian record.-Achievements:-References:...2007-05-27 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...8266 
BrazilPedro da Silva Pedro da Silva (athlete)Pedro Ferreira da Silva Filho is a former decathlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, and competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics....1987-04-23 Walnut Walnut, CaliforniaWalnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 29,172 at the 2010 census and its current mayor is Tom King, a former Detective from the Los Angeles Police Department....8256 
SerbiaMihail Dudaš Mihail DudašMihail Dudaš is a Serbian decathlete and heptathlete. He holds national records in both events.Dudaš improved his personal best in decathlon to 8256 points at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu....2011-08-28 Daegu DaeguDaegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...8213 
PortugalMário Aníbal Mário AníbalMário Aníbal Dias Sampaio Ramos is a former Portuguese decathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*...2001-07-01 Kaunas KaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...8206 
Republic of ChinaYang Chuan-Kwang Yang Chuan-KwangYang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang , was an Olympic decathlete from the Republic of China....1963-04-28 Walnut Walnut, CaliforniaWalnut is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 29,172 at the 2010 census and its current mayor is Tom King, a former Detective from the Los Angeles Police Department....8200 
BelgiumHans Van Alphen Hans Van AlphenHans Van Alphen is a Belgian decathlete.Van Alphen won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships. In 2005, he became Belgian champion in the decathlon...2011-09-18 Talence TalenceTalence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side...8199 
BulgariaAtanas Andonov Atanas AndonovAtanas Vasilev Andonov is a retired male decathlete from Bulgaria. He set his personal best in 1981. Andonov is married to high jumper Lyudmila Andonova.-Achievements:The above are the olympic results of Atanas Andonov.-References:*...1981-06-21 Sofia SofiaSofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...8169 
ItalyBeniamino Poserina Beniamino PoserinaBeniamino Poserina is a retired male decathlete from Italy, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A member of Fiamme Azzurre Roma he set his personal best score in the men's decathlon on October 6, 1996 in Formia...1996-10-06 Formia FormiaFormia is a city and comune in the province of Latina, on the Mediterranean coast of Lazio . It is located halfway between Rome and Naples, and lies on the Roman-era Appian Way.-History:...8160 
NorwayBenjamin Jensen Benjamin JensenBenjamin Jensen is a Norwegian decathlete. He represented Mandal og Halse IL, IK Tjalve and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. His personal best in decathlon is 8160 points, achieved in August 1999 in Roskilde. This is the Norwegian record. -Achievements:-References:...1999-08-01 Greve GreveGreve is any of the following:* Greve Municipality, in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark** Greve Strand, the municipal seat of Greve** Greve Station, one of the railway stations in the Danish municipality** Greve Parish...8146 
South AfricaWillem Coertzen Willem CoertzenWillem Coertzen is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He was the silver medallist in the event at the African Championships in Athletics in 2008...2009-08-20 Berlin BerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...8073 
JapanKeisuke Ushiro 2011-06-05 Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....8069 
GreeceProdromos Korkizoglou Prodromos KorkizoglouProdromos Korkizoglou is Greece's most prominent decathlete and competes for the Pelasgos Sports Club.He is the current holder of the national decathlon record and his highest distinction was the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He sustained an ankle injury in 2004, which failed to...2000-07-02 Ibach IbachIbach is a town in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....8023 
TunisiaHamdi Dhouibi Hamdi DhouibiHamdi Dhouibi is a Tunisian decathlete.He held the African record with 8023 points, achieved at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. The record was broken by Larbi Bouraada of Algeria at the 2009 World Championships...2005-08-10 Helsinki HelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...7994 
DenmarkLars Warming 1988-06-19 Götzis GötzisGötzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium...7882 
Republic of IrelandCarlos O'Connell Carlos O'ConnellCarlos O'Connell is the Irish record holder for the decathlon. The record was set in Emmitsburg, Maryland on the two days beginning 4 May 1988. The individual performances making up this performance were 10.89, 7.50, 13.05, 1.92, 48.84 on day 1 and 14.59, 41.70, 4.40, 54.96, 4.21.75 on day two...1988-06-05 Emmitsburg Emmitsburg, Maryland-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,290 people, 811 households, and 553 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,992.9 people per square mile . There were 862 housing units at an average density of 750.2 per square mile...7860 
South KoreaKim Kun-Woo Kim Kun-WooKim Kun-Woo is a South Korean track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He is a two-time Asian Games medallist in the event , as well having won medals at the Asian Athletics Championships and East Asian Games.Kim represented his country at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...2011-08-28 Gongju GongjuGongju , also spelt Kongju, is a city in South Chungcheong province, South Korea. It is located at .- History :Gongju was formerly named Ungjin and was the capital of Baekje from AD 475 to 538. In this period, Baekje was under threat from Goguryeo...7846 
TajikistanIgor Sobolevskiy 1982-07-16 Leningrad LeningradLeningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...7843 
RomaniaVasile Bogdan 1975-06-07 Paris ParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...7802 
CyprusYeorgios Andreou 2000-08-12 Volos VolosVolos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki...7799 
SlovakiaPeter Soldos 2001-06-10 Arles ArlesArles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....7777 
BarbadosVictor Houston Victor Houston (athlete)Victor Emmanuel Livingstone Houston is a retired male track and field athlete from Barbados, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. He competed in the men's decathlon and hurdling events during his career. Since 2011, Houston has been an assistant track and...1997-08-06 Athens AthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...7757 
TurkeyAlper Kasapoğlu 1996-04-19 Azusa Azusa, CaliforniaAzusa is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 46,361 at the 2010 census, up from 44,712 at the 2000 census. Though sometimes assumed to be a compaction of the phrase "everything from A to Z in the USA" from an old Jack Benny joke, the place name "Azusa"...7756 
Georgia (country)Juri Dyachkov 1968-06-16 Tbilisi TbilisiTbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...7755 
VietnamVu Van Huyen 2010-11-25 Guangzhou GuangzhouGuangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...7734 
VenezuelaDouglas Fernández Douglas FernándezDouglas Fernández is a retired male decathlete from Venezuela. His major achievement was winning the silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 18th place.-References:* *...1983-08-27 Caracas CaracasCaracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...7730 
QatarAhmad Hassan Moussa Ahmad Hassan MoussaAhmad Hassan Moussa is a Qatari decathlete. He represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is a two time Asian Champion in the event ....2004-06-27 Ratingen RatingenRatingen is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the northwestern part of Berg - about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf...7711 
IranHadi Sepehrzad Hadi SepehrzadHadi Sepehrzad is an Iranian decathlete.-References:...2008-07-21 Tehran TehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...7704 
Puerto RicoLuiggy Llanos Luiggy LlanosLuiggy Llanos Cruz is a male decathlete from Puerto Rico. He set his personal best at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he claimed the silver medal....2003-08-06 Santo Domingo Santo DomingoSanto Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...7698 
SloveniaDamjan Sitar 2006-05-28 Maribor MariborMaribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....7659 
CroatiaJoško Vlašić Joško VlašićJoško Vlašić is a Croatian athletics coach and a former decathlete who represented Yugoslavia. Vlašić's greatest competitive success was winning the decathlon gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games, but he is best known for coaching his daughter Blanka Vlašić, a world champion high...1983-06-25 Izmir IzmirIzmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...7632 
Saint LuciaDominic Johnson Dominic JohnsonDominic Laurence Johnson is a retired St Lucian athlete competing in the pole vault. He is a former decathlete.His personal best result is 5.70 metres, achieved in 2000. This is the current St Lucian record. He also holds the St Lucian records in decathlon, 110 metres hurdles and 4 x 100 metres...1998-03-27 Tucson Tucson, ArizonaTucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...7614 
MexicoAlejandro Cárdenas Alejandro CárdenasAlejandro Manuel Cárdenas Robles is a retired track & field athlete from Mexico. He is married to high jumper athlete Romary Rifka....1996-05-11 Medellín MedellínMedellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...7096 
IsraelErez Meltzer 1994-07-31 Markt Schwaben Markt SchwabenMarkt Schwaben is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It lies roughly 23 km east of Munich on the northern edge of the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg...
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| Year | Points | 2010 | 8483 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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8790 | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
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| 2008 2008 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2008 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, PR China, where the competition was held at the Beijing National Stadium on August 21 and August 22.-Records:-2008 world... |
8832 | Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... |
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| 2007 2007 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the competition was held at the Nagai Stadium on Friday August 31 and Saturday September 1.-Records:-2007 World Year... |
8697 | Kladno Kladno Kladno is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 25 km northwest of Prague. Kladno is the largest city of the region and holds a population together with its adjacent suburban areas of more than 110,000 people... |
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| 2006 2006 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the competition started on August 10 and ended a day later, on August 11, in the main stadium during the 19th... |
8677 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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| 2005 2005 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2005 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, where the competition started on Tuesday August 9, 2005 and ended on Wednesday August 10, 2005 in the Helsinki Olympic... |
8732 | Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... |
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| 2004 2004 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 23, 2004 and ended on August 24, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium.-Records:-2004 World... |
8893 | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
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| 2003 2003 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2003 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, where the competition started on Monday August 26, 2003 and ended on Tuesday August 27, 2003.-Records:-2003 World... |
8807 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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| 2002 2002 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, where the competition started on August 7, 2002 and ended on August 8, 2002... |
8800 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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| 2001 2001 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the competition started on August 6, 2001 and ended on Tuesday August 7, 2001... |
9026 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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| 2000 2000 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2000 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where the competition started on Wednesday September 27, 2000 and ended on Thursday September 28, 2000.-Records:-2000... |
8900 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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| 1999 1999 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the competition started on Tuesday August 24, 1999 and ended on Wednesday August 25, 1999... |
8994 | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
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| 1998 1998 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where the competition started on August 18, 1998 and ended on August 19, 1998.-Records:-1998 World Year... |
8755 | Uniondale Uniondale, New York Uniondale is a hamlet as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead. The population was 24,759 at the 2010 United States Census.-Geography:... |
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| 1997 1997 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, where the competition started on August 5, 1997 and ended on August 6, 1997.-Records:-1997 World Year... |
8837 | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
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| 1996 1996 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1996 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, where the competition started on July 31, 1996 and ended on August 1, 1996.-Records:-1996 World Year... |
8824 | Atlanta | |
| 1995 1995 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1995 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-Records:-1995 World Year Ranking:-References:***... |
8695 | Göteborg | |
| 1994 1994 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1994 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, where the competition started on August 12, 1994 and ended on August 13, 1994.-Records:-1994 World Year... |
8735 | Götzis Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium... |
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| 1993 1993 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1993 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where the competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993 and ended on Friday August 20, 1993.-Records:-1993... |
8817 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 1992 1992 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1992 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, where the competition started on August 5, 1992 and ended on August 6, 1992.-Records:-1992 World Year... |
8891 | Talence Talence Talence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side... |
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| 1991 1991 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1991 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where the competition started on Thursday August 29, 1991 and ended on Friday August 30, 1991.-Records:-1991... |
8812 | Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
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| 1990 1990 Decathlon Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1990 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, where the competition started on August 28, 1990 and ended on August 29, 1990.-Records:-1990 World Year... |
8574 | Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
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| 1989 | 8549 | Houston | |
| 1988 | 8512 | Talence Talence Talence is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is adjacent to it on the south side... |
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| 1987 | 8680 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
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| 1986 | 8811 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 1985 | 8559 | Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... |
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| 1984 | 8847 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
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| 1983 | 8825 | Bernhausen Bernhausen Bernhausen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1089 as Berinhusen.... |
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| 1982 | 8774 | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
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| 1981 | 8334 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
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| 1980 | 8667 | Bernhausen Bernhausen Bernhausen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1089 as Berinhusen.... |
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| 1979 | 8476 | Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine... |
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| 1978 | 8493 | Bernhausen Bernhausen Bernhausen is a former municipality in the Esslingen district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was first recorded in year 1089 as Berinhusen.... |
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| 1977 | 8400 | Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
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| 1976 | 8634 | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
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| 1975 | 8429 | Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... |
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| 1974 | 8229 | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
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| 1973 | 8163 | Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999.... |
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| 1972 | 8466 | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
See also
- List of Olympic decathlon medalists
- DecaNationDecaNationDecaNation is an annual track and field meeting organized by the French Athletics Federation since 2005. The competition comprises national teams of athletes competing in a decathlon, with each athlete competing in their specialised event to score points for their respective countries...
Other multiple event contests
- BiathlonBiathlonBiathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
- DuathlonDuathlonDuathlon is an athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format bearing some resemblance to triathlons. The International Triathlon Union governs the sport internationally....
- TriathlonTriathlonA triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...
- QuadrathlonQuadrathlonA quadrathlon is an endurance sports event composed of four individual disciplines. All four disciplines are completed in succession and the lowest overall time decides the winner....
- Modern pentathlonModern pentathlonThe modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...
- HeptathlonHeptathlonA heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...
- OctathlonOctathlonAn octathlon is a multisport competition consisting of eight different sports or contests.-Track and field:An octathlon in athletics is an event which consists of eight track and field events. The most common version of the combined event is contested by boys at youth level, most notably at the...
- IcosathlonIcosathlonAlso called the double decathlon. In Track and Field, the icosathlon is an ultra multi-event competition consisting of twenty events contested over two days. There is an extra rule, that each day should contain a pause of an hour. Mostly the competition is held over two days, but one day...
or double decathlon
- AquathlonAquathlonThe sport of aquathlon consists of a continuous, two-stage race involving swimming followed by running. The International Triathlon Union and its member federation organizations sanction competitions and govern the sport...
- Chess-boxing
- Nordic combinedNordic combinedThe Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...
External links
- Decathlon points calculator for Iphone
- Team Decathlon website
- A downloadable ExcelMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...
spreadsheet of multi-event scoring and age grading is available from the creator, Stefan Waltermann