Decathlon world record progression

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The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.[1]

The current men's world record holder Kevin Mayer.

As of 23 June 2012, 36 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1] The current world record holder is French national Kevin Mayer with 9126 points. Over the years, athletes have become bigger, stronger and faster, technique and equipment especially in pole vault has rapidly increased, leading some to score more points.

The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the IAAF in 2004. As of 21 June 2009, two world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]

Records

Estonian Aleksander Klumberg was the first official record holder.
Roman Šebrle was the first man to score over 9,000 points.
Yang Chuan-kwang was the first and, so far, only decathlon world record holder from outside Europe and the United States.

Men

More information Points, Adjusted points ...
Points[n 1] Adjusted
points[n 2]		 Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
7,485.616,087Aleksander Klumberg EST1922-09-22Helsinki[1]
7,710.7756,476Harold Osborn USA1924-07-12Paris[1]
7,820.936,460Paavo Yrjölä FIN1926-07-18Viipuri[1]
7,995.196,566Paavo Yrjölä FIN1927-07-17Helsinki[1]
8,053.296,587Paavo Yrjölä FIN1928-08-04Amsterdam[1]
8,255.4756,865Akilles Järvinen FIN1930-07-20Viipuri[1]
8,462.2356,736James Bausch USA1932-08-06Los Angeles[1]
8,790.467,147Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER1934-07-08Hamburg[1]
7,9007,254Glenn Morris USA1936-08-08Berlin[1]
8,0427,287Bob Mathias USA1950-06-30Tulare[1]
7,8877,592Bob Mathias USA1952-07-26Helsinki[1]
7,9857,608Rafer Johnson USA1955-06-11Kingsburg[1]
8,0147,653Vasili Kuznetsov URS1958-05-18Krasnodar[1]
8,3027,989Rafer Johnson USA1958-07-28Moscow[1]
8,3577,839Vasili Kuznetsov URS1959-05-17Moscow[1]
8,6837,981Rafer Johnson USA1960-07-09Eugene[1]
9,1218,010Yang Chuan-kwang ROC1963-04-28Walnut[1]
8,2308,120Russ Hodge USA1966-07-24Los Angeles[1]
8,3198,235Kurt Bendlin FRG1967-05-14Heidelberg[1]
8,4178,310Bill Toomey USA1969-12-11Los Angeles[1]
8,4548,466Mykola Avilov URS1972-09-08Munich[1]
8,5248,420Bruce Jenner USA1975-08-10Eugene[1]
8,5388,454Bruce Jenner USA1976-06-26Eugene[1]
8,6188,634Bruce Jenner USA1976-07-30Montreal[1]
8,6228,648Daley Thompson GBR1980-05-15Götzis[1]
8,6498,667Guido Kratschmer FRG1980-06-14Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1]
8,7048,730Daley Thompson GBR1982-05-23Götzis[1]
8,7238,741Jürgen Hingsen FRG1982-08-15Ulm[1]
8,7438,774Daley Thompson GBR1982-09-08Athens[1]
8,7798,825Jürgen Hingsen FRG1983-06-05[3]Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1]
8,7988,832Jürgen Hingsen FRG1984-06-09Mannheim[1]
8,798[n 3]8,847[n 3]Daley Thompson GBR1984-08-09Los Angeles[1]
8,8918,891Dan O'Brien USA1992-09-05Talence[1]
8,9948,994Tomáš Dvořák CZE1999-07-04Prague[1]
9,0269,026Roman Šebrle CZE2001-05-27Götzis[1]
9,0399,039Ashton Eaton USA2012-06-23Eugene[6][7]
9,0459,045Ashton Eaton USA2015-08-29Beijing[8]
9,1269,126Kevin Mayer FRA2018-09-16Talence[9]
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Women

Austra Skujytė – the current women's record holder.
More information Points, Athlete ...
PointsAthleteNationDatePlace
8,150Marie Collonvillé FRA2004-09-26Talence[1]
8,358Austra Skujytė LTU2005-04-15Columbia, Missouri[1]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Score calculated with the scoring tables in use at the time the record was set.
  2. [2]
    Score calculated with the current (1998) tables.
  3. [3]
    Originally recorded as 8,797 points and thus not a world record using the then-current 1962 tables. Based on the revised tables which took effect in April 1985, Thompson's Los Angeles performance would have scored more than Hingsen's Mannheim performance (8,846 to 8,832) but the IAAF had decreed the pre-revision record could only be broken by a mark set after the changeover. In 1986, Thompson's 110 metres hurdles time was revised from 14.34 to 14.33 and his score increased by one point, so he retrospectively joined Hingsen as record holder under the old tables and replaced him from the date of the new tables.[4][5]

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