Decathlon

The decathlon (from the Greek δέκα 'ten' and ἄθλον 'test') is a combined athletics test that includes ten tests (four runs, three throws and three jumps), is held in two consecutive days, following an established order.

The men's decathlon has been part of the track and field program at the Olympic Games since Stockholm 1912. The equivalent women's event is the heptathlon, which has a few different events.

Sports disciplines

On the first day, the following tests are held and in this order:

• 100 meters smooth
• Length balance
• Weight launch
• Height balance
• 400 meters smooth

On the second day:

• 110 meters fence
• Disk launch
• Powdered jump
• Jabalin launch
• 1500 meters smooth

In the women's decathlon, a non-Olympic event, it is usual for the competitions (jumps and throws) to exchange the day of celebration in order not to interfere with the men's decathlon, since it is usual for both competitions to be held at the same time. time.

The marks obtained in the different tests are valued according to some score tables of the International Athletics Federation. The athlete with the highest score will be declared the winner of the competition.

Where possible there will be an interval of half an hour between the end of one event and the start of the next, for any individual athlete; and if possible, ten hours will elapse between the last test of the first day and the first of the second.

The series and groups will be drawn up by the technical delegate, and failing that by the referee, so that: athletes with similar records (in the same time, year, season...) in each event will compete together; there are five or more athletes in each heat or group and never less than three. When this cannot be done due to the schedule, the series or groups of the next test will be made according to the availability of the athletes after participating in the previous test. In the last test, the series will be ordered in such a way that the athletes who lead the classification compete in one of them. The technical delegate, and if applicable, the referee have the power to modify any group if they deem it necessary.

In each test the usual rules will be applied, with the following exceptions:

• In length jumping and launches only three attempts can be made.
• In the races all athletes will be warned in the event of a zero exit. The next null shall entail the expulsion of the offender.

Any athlete who does not try to take a start or make an attempt in contests will not be allowed to continue, they are considered to have abandoned the competition and will not appear in the final ranking. Any athlete wishing to withdraw must notify the referee.

The scores, with the tables in force, will be announced after each test, separately, and with the accumulated total. In the event of a tie, the athlete who has obtained the highest number of points in the greatest number of tests will win, and if this is not enough, the one who has obtained the highest score in any test (or in a second, etc.).

Only one timing system can be applied for the entire competition, but in the case of a record, the scores taken with the finish photo can be applied even if there are athletes who cannot use them.

Point system

The IAAF 2001 points table uses the following formula:

• Points = INT(A*(B-P)^C) for track events
• Points = INT(A*(P-B)^C) for field events

A, B and C are parameters that vary with the discipline, as shown in the table, while P is the best obtained by the athlete, measured in seconds (track events), meters (throws), or centimeters (jumps).

The decathlon table should not be confused with the points tables made by Bojidar Spiriev, which allow one to compare the relative quality of athletes' records in different events. In those tables, for example, a decathlon score of 9,006 points equals 1,265 "comparison points," the same points as an 18.00m triple jump.

Records

Updated as of August 2021.

Récord	Puntaje	Country	Athlette	Date	Place
World	9,126	France	Kevin Mayer	September 16, 2018	Talence
Olympic	9.018	CanadaCanada	Damian Warner	5 August 2021	Tokyo
Continental arrangements
Europe	9,126	France	Kevin Mayer	September 16, 2018	Talence
North America and the Caribbean	9.045	United States	Ashton Eaton	29 August 2015	Beijing
Africa	8.521	AlgeriaAlgeria	Larbi Bourrada	18 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
Asia	8.725	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Karpov	24 August 2004	Athens
Oceania	8.649	Australia	Ashley Moloney	5 August 2021	Tokyo
South America	8,393	BrazilBrazil	Carlos Chinin	8 June 2013	São Paulo

Evolution of the world record

Masculine

The official decathlon score tables have been updated several times throughout history; the last one, in 1985. All official records since 1922 are offered with the score at the time of the record and its equivalent in the current system.

Roman Šebrle first athlete to exceed 9000 points.

Kevin Mayer currently has the global decathlon brand since 2018.

Points	Setting Points	Athlette	Date	Place
7,485.61	6.087	Aleksander Klumberg	1922-09-22	Helsinki
7.710.775	6.476	Harold Osborn	1924-07-12	Paris
7,820.93	6.460	Paavo Yrjölä	1926-07-18	Viipuri
7.995.19	6.566	Paavo Yrjölä	1927-07-17	Helsinki
8,053.29	6,587	Paavo Yrjölä	1928-08-04	Amsterdam
8.255.475	6,865	Akilles Järvinen	1930-07-20	Viipuri
8,462.235	6.736	James Bausch	1932-08-06	Los Angeles
8.790.46	7.147	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	1934-07-08	Hamburg
7,900	7.254	Glenn Morris	1936-08-08	Berlin
8,042	7.287	Bob Mathias	1950-06-30	Tulare
7.887	7.592	Bob Mathias	1952-07-26	Helsinki
7.985	7.608	Rafer Johnson	1955-06-11	Kingsburg
8,014	7.653	Vasili Kuznetsov	1958-05-18	Krasnodar
8,302	7.989	Rafer Johnson	1958-07-28	Moscow
8,357	7,839	Vasili Kuznetsov	1959-05-17	Moscow
8,683	7.981	Rafer Johnson	1960-07-09	Eugene
9,121	8,010	Yang Chuan-kwang	1963-04-28	Walnut
8.230	8,120	Russ Hodge	1966-07-24	Los Angeles
8.319	8.235	Kurt Bendlin	1967-05-14	Heidelberg
8.417	8.310	Bill Toomey	1969-12-11	Los Angeles
8,454	8,466	Mykola Avilov	1972-09-08	Munich
8.524	8.420	Bruce Jenner	1975-08-10	Eugene
8.538	8,454	Bruce Jenner	1976-06-26	Eugene
8.618	8.634	Bruce Jenner	1976-07-30	Montreal
8,622	8.648	Daley Thompson	1980-05-15	Götzis
8.649	8.667	Guido Kratschmer	1980-06-14	Filderstadt
8,704	8.730	Daley Thompson	1982-05-23	Götzis
8,723	8.741	Jürgen Hingsen	1982-08-15	Ulm
8,743	8,774	Daley Thompson	1982-09-08	Athens
8.779	8.825	Jürgen Hingsen	1983-06-05	Filderstadt
8.798	8,832	Jürgen Hingsen	1984-05-09	Mannheim
8.798	8.847	Daley Thompson	1984-08-09	Los Angeles
8,891		Dan O'Brien	5 September 1992	Talence
8,994		Tomáš Dvořák	4 July 1999	Prague
9,026		Roman Šebrle	27 May 2001	Götzis
9,039		Ashton Eaton	23 June 2012	Eugene
9.045		Ashton Eaton	29 August 2015	Beijing
9,126		Kevin Mayer	September 16, 2018	Talence

Feminine

- Only two world records have been ratified by the IAAF.

Points	Athlette	Date	Place
8,150	Marie Collonvillé	26 September 2004	Talence
8.358	Austra Skujytė	15 April 2005	Colombia

Athletes with the best world records

A mark obtained in the decathlon is homologous if the wind does not exceed 4 m/s in any of the tests in which it is relevant (races up to 200 m and horizontal jumps) and, in addition, the average wind between all these tests does not exceed 2 m/s.

• Updated to August 2021

Men

Rank	Brand brand	Athlette	Place	Date
1	9,126	Kevin Mayer	Talence	September 16, 2018
2	9.045	Ashton Eaton	Beijing	29 August 2015
3	9,026	Roman Šebrle	Götzis	27 May 2001
4	9.018	Damian Warner	Tokyo	5 August 2021
5	8,994	Tomáš Dvořák	Prague	4 July 1999
6	8,891	Dan O'Brien	Talence	9 September 1992
7	8.847	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles	9 August 1984
8	8,832	Jürgen Hingsen	Mannheim	9 June 1984
		Bryan Clay.	Eugene	30 June 2008
10	8.815	Erki Nool	Edmonton	8 August 2001
11	8,792	Uwe Freimuth	Potsdam	21 July 1984
12	8.790	Trey Hardee	Berlin	20 August 2009
13	8,784	Tom Pappas	Palo Alto	22 June 2003
14	8,762	Siegfried Wentz	Filderstadt-Bernhausen	5 June 1983
15	8.735	Eduard Hämäläinen	Götzis	29 May 1994
16	8.727	Dave Johnson	Azusa, California	24 April 1992
17	8.725	Dmitriy Karpov	Athens	24 August 2004
18	8,709	Aleksandr Apaychev	Neubrandenburg	3 June 1984
19	8,706	Frank Busemann	Atlanta	1 August 1996
20	8.698	Grigoriy Degtyaryev	Kiev	22 June 1984
21	8,694	Chris Huffins	New Orleans	20 June 1998
22	8,691	Niklas Kaul	Doha	October 3, 2019
23	8.680	Torsten Voss	Rome	4 September 1987
24	8.670	Michael Schrader	Moscow	11 August 2013
25	8.667	Guido Kratschmer	Filderstadt-Bernhausen	14 June 1980

Women

Rank	Brand brand	Athlette	Place	Date
1	8.358	Austra Skujytė	Columbia (Misuri)	15 April 2005
2	8,150	Marie Collonvillé	Talence	26 September 2004
3	7,921	Jordan Gray	San Mateo	23 June 2019
4	7.798	Irina Karpova	Talence	26 September 2004
5	7,358	Julie Martin	Talence	26 September 2004
6	7.064	Breanna Eveland	Columbia (Misuri)	14 April 2006
7	6,878	Jessica Taylor	Erith	13 September 2015
8	6.749	Barbora Špotáková	Talence	26 September 2004
9	6.709	Marie-Cécile Crancé	Talence	26 September 2004
10	6,641	Lindsay Grigoriev	Columbia (Misuri)	15 April 2005
11	6,614	Maria Peinado	Castellón	23 October 2005

Olympic Champions

For details see Annex:Olympic medalists in athletics (men's decathlon).

Edition	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Saint Louis 1904	Tom Kiely	Adam Gunn	Truxton Hare
London 1908	-...	-...	-...
Stockholm 1912	Jim Thorpe Hugo Wieslander	Charles Lomberg	Gösta Holmér
Antwerp 1920	Helge Løvland	Brutus Hamilton	Bertil Ohlson
Paris 1924	Harold Osborn	Emerson Norton	Aleksander Klumberg
Amsterdam 1928	Paavo Yrjölä	Akilles Järvinen	John Doherty
Los Angeles 1932	James Bausch	Akilles Järvinen	Wolrad Eberle
Berlin 1936	Glenn Morris	Robert Clark	Jack Parker
London 1948	Robert Mathias	Ignace Heinrich	Floyd Simmons
Helsinki 1952	Robert Mathias	Milt Campbell	Floyd Simmons
Melbourne 1956	Milt Campbell	Rafer Johnson	Vasili Kuznetsov
Rome 1960	Rafer Johnson	Yang Chuan-Kwang	Vasili Kuznetsov
Tokyo 1964	Willi Holdorf	Rein	Hans-Joachim Walde
Mexico 1968	Bill Toomey	Hans-Joachim Walde	Kurt Bendlin
Munich 1972	Nikolai Avilov	Leonid Litvinenko	Ryszard Katus
Montreal 1976	Bruce Jenner	Guido Kratschmer	Nikolai Avilov
Moscow	Daley Thompson	Yuri Kutsenko	Sergei Zhelanov
Los Angeles 1984	Daley Thompson	Jürgen Hingsen	Siegfried Wentz
Seoul 1988	Christian Schenk	Torsten Voss	Dave Steen
Barcelona 1992	Robert Změlík	Antonio Peñalver	Dave Johnson
Atlanta 1996	Dan O'Brien	Frank Busemann	Tomáš Dvořák
Sydney 2000	Erki Nool (8,642 sts.)	Roman Šebrle	Chris Huffins
Athens	Roman Šebrle (8,893 sts.)	Bryan Clay.	Dmitriy Karpov
Beijing 2008	Bryan Clay. (8,791 sts.)	Andrei Krauchanka	Leonel Suárez
London 2012	Ashton Eaton (8,869 sts.)	Trey Hardee	Leonel Suárez
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Ashton Eaton (8,893 sts)	Kevin Mayer	Damian Warner
Tokyo 2020	Damian Warner (9,018 sts. )	Kevin Mayer	Ashley Moloney

World Champions

• Winners at the World Athletic Championship.

Edition	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Helsinki 1983	Daley Thompson	Jürgen Hingsen	Siegfried Wentz
Rome 1987	Torsten Voss	Siegfried Wentz	Pavel Tarnavetskiy
Tokyo 1991	Dan O'Brien	Mike Smith	Christian Schenk
Stuttgart 1993	Dan O'Brien	Eduard Hämäläinen	Paul Meier
Gothenburg 1995	Dan O'Brien	Eduard Hämäläinen	Mike Smith
Athens 1997	Tomáš Dvořák	Eduard Hämäläinen	Frank Busemann
Seville 1999	Tomáš Dvořák	Dean Macey	Chris Huffins
Edmonton 2001	Tomáš Dvořák	Erki Nool	Dean Macey
Paris 2003	Tom Pappas	Roman Šebrle	Dmitriy Karpov
Helsinki 2005	Bryan Clay.	Roman Šebrle	Attila Zsivóczky
Osaka 2007	Roman Šebrle	Maurice Smith	Dmitriy Karpov
Berlin 2009	Trey Hardee	Leonel Suárez	Aleksandr Pogorelov
Daegu 2011	Trey Hardee	Ashton Eaton	Leonel Suárez
Moscow 2013	Ashton Eaton	Michael Schrader	Damian Warner
Beijing 2015	Ashton Eaton	Damian Warner	Rico Freimuth
London 2017	Kevin Mayer	Rico Freimuth	Kai Kazmirek
Doha 2019	Niklas Kaul	Maicel Uibo	Damian Warner
Oregon 2022	Kevin Mayer	Pierce LePage	Zachery Ziemek

Best brand by season

Tomáš Dvořák.

Roman Šebrle.

Ashton Eaton.

• Best brand for season.

Year	Brand brand	Athlette	Place
1960	8,683	Rafer Johnson	Eugene
1961	8,709	Philip Mulkey	Memphis
1962	8.248	Yang Chuan-kwang	Tulare
1963	8,089	Yang Chuan-kwang	Walnut
1964	7.950	Manfred Bock	Liestal
1965	7.883	Mikhail Storozhenko	Kiev
1966	8.234	Bill Toomey	Salina
1967	8.319	Kurt Bendlin	Heidelberg
1968	8.222	Bill Toomey	Echo Summit
1969	8.417	Bill Toomey	Los Angeles
1970	8,130	Rüdiger Demmig	Erfurt
1971	8.244	Kurt Bendlin	Bonn
1972	8,466	Mykola Avilov	Munich
1973	8,206	Ryszard Skowronek	Warsaw
1973	8.163	Lennart Hedmark	Bonn
1974	8.229	Ryszard Skowronek	Montreal
1975	8.429	Bruce Jenner	Eugene
1976	8.634	Bruce Jenner	Montreal
1977	8,400	Aleksandr Grebenyuk	Riga
1978	8,493	Guido Kratschmer	Bernhausen
1979	8,476	Guido Kratschmer	Krefeld
1980	8.667	Guido Kratschmer	Bernhausen
1981	8.334	Rainer Pottel	Birmingham
1982	8,774	Daley Thompson	Athens
1983	8.825	Jürgen Hingsen	Bernhausen
1984	8.847	Daley Thompson	Los Angeles
1985	8.559	Torsten Voss	Dresden
1986	8.811	Daley Thompson	Stuttgart
1987	8.680	Torsten Voss	Rome
1988	8,512	Christian Plaziat	Talence
1989	8.549	Dave Johnson	Houston
1990	8,574	Christian Plaziat	Split
1991	8,812	Dan O'Brien	Tokyo
1992	8,891	Dan O'Brien	Talence
1993	8.817	Dan O'Brien	Stuttgart
1994	8.735	Eduard Hämäläinen	Götzis
1995	8.695	Dan O'Brien	Gothenburg
1996	8.824	Dan O'Brien	Atlanta
1997	8.837	Tomáš Dvořák	Athens
1998	8.755	Dan O'Brien	Uniondale
1999	8,994	Tomáš Dvořák	Prague
2000	8,900	Tomáš Dvořák	Götzis
2001	9,026	Roman Šebrle	Götzis
2002	8,800	Roman Šebrle	Götzis
2003	8,807	Roman Šebrle	Götzis
2004	8,893	Roman Šebrle	Athens
2005	8,732	Bryan Clay.	Helsinki
2006	8.677	Bryan Clay.	Götzis
2007	8.697	Roman Šebrle	Kladno
2008	8,832	Bryan Clay.	Eugene
2009	8.790	Trey Hardee	Berlin
2010	8,483	Bryan Clay.	Götzis
2011	8.729	Ashton Eaton	Eugene
2012	9,039	Ashton Eaton	Eugene
2013	8,809	Ashton Eaton	Moscow
2014	8.616	Andrei Krauchanka	Zurich
2015	9.045	Ashton Eaton	Beijing
2016	8,893	Ashton Eaton	Rio de Janeiro
2017	8.768	Kevin Mayer	London
2018	9,126	Kevin Mayer	Talence
2019	8.711	Damian Warner	Götzis
2020	8,552	Kevin Mayer	Saint-Paul
2021	9.018	Damian Warner	Tokyo