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New Top-20 marks

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Two new Top-20 individual marks were performed in the week of Conference Championships in the NCAA (the university circuit in USA).

The decathlete Kyle Garland (USA/University of Georgia) improved his 110m hurdles best result inside a Decathlon from 13.71 to 13.66 (w: +2.1). Now he is seated in position number 12 of all times.

DECATHLON – 110m hurdles – Top-20 | DecaAmerica.net

Between the ladies the great improvement arrived in the name of Allie Jones (USA/University of South California) who run the 100m hurdles in 12.81 to move up (for the first time in Top-20) until twelfth place.

HEPTATHLON – 100m hurdles – Top-20 | DecaAmerica.net

Indoor Combined Events – NEVER PUBLISHED STATISTICS!!!

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By Néstor Calixto

A new statistical feature has arrived to DecaAmerica, courtesy of Yoshiaki Oikawa.

For the first time in history, lists of the seven events included in the Men Indoor Heptathlon and the five events that conform the Women Indoor Pentathlon are published.

HEPTATHLON INDIVIDUAL EVENT LISTS

PENTATHLON INDIVIDUAL EVENT LISTS

In a great effort of historical compilation, Yoshi has managed to bring together in a single document, separated by sex, many years of efforts of the best specialists in the world.

I leave this magnificent work available to the readers of our website. Your comments, additions, corrections and all possible feedback to these listings will be welcome.

We already have other statistics for both events, Heptathlon and Pentathlon, ready, which you can also consult at the corresponding link.

New look of the competition pages

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I present to you a new look for the competition pages of DecaAmerica.

With this new version, the information is better distributed on the page, since we have separated the Decathlon from the Heptathlon.

Existing pages have been moved to this new format.

Thus, they will be able to see how the pages of the Decastar of Talence and the South American Games (ODESUR) have turned out.

I hope you enjoy them

Great discovery

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By Yoshiaki Oikawa

Hello members

It is a big surprise for all Combined Events fans! Just a week ago I have received amazement mail from German, Carsten Everts, who is Decathlon mania and would know my address through Decathlon2000 site.

There I can find hidden stats in old days. In 1977 GDR’s thrower Armin Lemme established 56.18m in discus at Decathlon competition. If it should be true, his mark must treat as World Decathlon Best (WDB)!

Therefore, I try to confirm his mark and situation around the competition with several sources. Eventually I found it is real so decided to put it at the top of all time individual list.

<One piece of evidence: GDR Club all time Decathlon list>

Well, why have combined events statisticians and famous sources overlooked until now?

I think they did not notice it because it was local meeting in Magdeburg with low Deca score (6697h) or they might ignore the mark according to their list’s limit of 7000/8000 points.

Anyway, this is historical finding, which we want to share with the world.

Lemme’s lifetime stats

<PB: SP 19.72m (’82); DT 68.50m (’82). Honors: 82 EURCh 4th (63.94m); 81 WCp 1st (66.38m); 81 WUG 1st (65.90)>

Links of interest

Decathlon – Discus throw – TOP-20

World Decathlon Best (WDB) Progression

ODESUR in DecaAmérica

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By Néstor Calixto

XII South American Games, Asunción 2022.

It is with great pleasure that I announce that DecaAmérica has just published its page dedicated exclusively to the South American Games, a multi-sport competition that has been organized, since 1978, uninterruptedly every four years. In 2022 the games arrive for the first time in history to Asunción, the capital of Paraguay.

Here you can find a gallery with the champions of all the editions, the records of the Games and a section dedicated to the next edition, that will be disputed between October 12 and 15 of 2022.

All the statistics that we publish regularly can be downloaded directly from the 2022 Edition section: Ideal Deca and Hepta, PB of all competitors, national records of all participating countries and projections.

On this occasion we have added, in an unprecedented and unique format, the historical results of all the editions of the Games, which can be consulted by simply clicking on the year of the edition. You can also enjoy an equally unprecedented list of all the athletes who have competed in the Decathlon or Heptathlon throughout the history of these South American Games.

Guy Drut, from Olympic Champion to a great Decathlon in Talence 1976

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By Néstor Calixto (photos by Michel André)

In Talence 1976, the first edition of Décastar (which by the way, was not called that yet), the great star of the meeting was the French Guy Drut, the 110m hurdles Olympic Champion in Montreal 1976, only one month and a few days previous to his first (and unique) incursion in the Decathlon.

Here we want to share with all of you these incredible images, published in the French press days after the meeting.

In addition to being a great tribute to the fierce competitor that Drut was, it is a fantastic memory of the atmosphere of that first combined events meeting, in Talence, which was the embryo of what is today the great Décastar.

To give you an idea of the level of that first edition, the winner was the Soviet Aleksandr Grebenyuk with a mark of 8468 points, higher than the European record and, in fourth place, finished none other than Daley Thomson, who at 18 years surpassed the junior world junior record (U20) with 7905.

Décastar in DecaAmérica

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By Néstor Calixto

It is with great pleasure that I announce that DecaAmérica has just published its page dedicated to one of the most important combined event competitions in the world, the Décastar, which is held every year in the French town of Talence.

Here you can find a gallery with the champions of all the editions, the records of the meeting and a section dedicated to the next edition, that will be disputed between September 17 and 18 of 2022.

After a two-year break due to COVID-19 and, in 2021, due to major renovations at the Pierre Paul Bernard Stadium, Décastar returns with renewed strength and an incredible lineup.

All the statistics that we publish regularly can be downloaded directly from the 2022 Edition section: Ideal Deca and Hepta, PB of all competitors, national records of all participating countries and projections.

DecaAmérica plans to create a page, similar to this one, for the most important competitions, meetings, games or championships that are celebrated in the world.

You will also be able to access this new tool through the menu, in the MAJORS option.

Happy birthday Leonel Suárez

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By Néstor Calixto

Thirty five years ago, a day like today, September 1, was born in Santiago de Cuba, in the east of Cuba, Leonel Suárez Fajardo.

Leonel Suárez CUB (Photo: Fernando Neris)

Over the years, that boy became the best Cuban decathlete of all time.

Today, on his 35th birthday, we want to congratulate him recalling some of his feats in sport.

Leonel has the third best Javelin record in a Decathlon in the world with 78.29m. He also has the fourth (77.47) and the sixth (76.94).

Click here to see the Top-20 Javelin throw inside a Decathlon.

His consistency was so great that he still holds 14 of the top 100 records in history, over three years after his last Decathlon. All marked beyond 70.80m.

Individually his other best event was the High Jump where he reached 2.17m (number 43 all time).

Leo won three world and two Olympic medals in his glorious career in Athletics.

DecaAmerica congratulates this great athlete on his birthday.