Statistics by Yoshiaki Oikawa (ATFS/JAPAN) & Néstor Calixto (ATFS/USA)

Collaboration: Frédéric Gousset (FRA) & Mirko Jalava (FIN)

The champions and record-holders of the Decathlon have been considered heroes since the beginnings of the event as we know it today (1911) and since its first appearance in the Olympics (Stockholm, 1912). Today, decathletes are viewed as the most complete athletes in track and field. In the past, they were revered as the best athletes in the world.

Throughout the history of the sport, statisticians have compiled the world records in the Decathlon (and the women’s Heptathlon from 1981 onwards), but they have never denoted the historical progression of the best scores in each of the ten events of the Decathlon or the seven events of the Heptathlon.

Today, DecaAmerica brings you, for the first time in history, the Progression of the Best Results in Decathlon and Heptathlon by Event. We believe we’ve achieved a mostly complete progression of all the events, but there are surely some our records have missed. However, with your help we can continue to improve our collection.

We hope you enjoy these unique statistics, which are an inseparable part of the history of Decathlon and Heptathlon.

100m

Record Wind Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 11.2h nwi 765 Einar Nilsson SWE 5124 Göteborg SWE 15.10.1911 11.0h nwi 808 Eugene Mercer USA 5825 Stockholm SWE OG 13.07.1912 11.0h nwi 808 Harold Jewett USA 5475 Travers USA OT 14.07.1920 10.8h nwi 852 Birger Lindh SWE 4503 Avesta SWE 27.08.1921 10.7h nwi 874 Wilson Charles USA 6376 Lawrence USA KansR 19.04.1929 10.5h w 919 Clyde Coffman USA 6307 Lawrence USA KansR 20.04.1934 10.6h nwi 897 Glenn Morris USA 7009 Lawrence USA KansR 17.04.1936 10.6h nwi 897 Bill Albans USA 6777 Tulare USA NC 29.06.1950 10.4h nwi/w ? 942 Haukur Clausen ISL 6325 Reykjavik ISL 16.09.1951 10.5h nwi 919 Milton Campbell USA 7040 Plainfield USA NC 03.07.1953 10.5h nwi 919 José da Conceição BRA 6175 Río de Janeiro BRA 11.12.1954 10.5h nwi 919 Rafer Johnson USA 7608 (WR) Kingsburg USA NC 10.06.1955 10.4h nwi 942 Charles Pratt USA 6992 Kingsburg USA NC 29.06.1957 10.2h nwi/w ? 989 Martin Lauer FRG/GER 7478 Düsseldorf FRG 29.08.1959 10.4h nwi 942 Héctor Thomas VEN 6850 Cali COL SAmC 06.07.1963 10.3h nwi 966 Héctor Thomas [2] 7125 Caracas VEN NC 15.08.1964 10.3h nwi 966 Bill Toomey USA 8096 (WR) Salina USA NC-CE 02.07.1966 10.3h nwi 966 Russell Hodge USA 7992 Salina USA NC-CE 02.07.1966 10.41 0.0 996 Bill Toomey [2] 8144 Ciudad de México MEX OG 18.10.1968 10.38 +3.6 1004 Robert Coffman USA 8082 Walnut USA NC 02.06.1979 10.37 +0.9 1006 Daley Thompson GBR 8663 Edinburg GBR CWG 27.07.1986 10.26 +2.0 1032 Daley Thompson [2] 8811 Stuttgart GER EC 27.08.1986 10.23 nwi 1040 Dan O’Brien USA 8844 w New York USA NC 12.06.1991 10.22 +0.9 1042 Chris Huffins USA 8546 Atlanta USA OT 21.06.1996 10.21 +0.4 1044 Ashton Eaton USA 9039 (WR) Eugene USA OT 22.06.2012 10.15 +1.1 1059 Damian Warner CAN 8523 Götzis AUT Hypo 28.05.2016 10.12 +0.9 1066 Damian Warner [2] 8711 Götzis AUT Hypo 25.05.2019 10.12 +0.2 1066 Damian Warner [3] 9018 Tokyo JPN OG 04.08.2021

Long jump

Record Wind Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 6.51 nwi 700 Otto Mühl GER 4712 Münster GER 15.10.1911 6.60 nwi 720 Charles Lomberg SWE 5239 Stockholm SWE 05.06.1912 6.87 nwi 783 Charles Lomberg [2] 5722 Stockholm SWE OG 13.07.1912 7.08 nwi 833 Elemer Somfay HUN 6247 Budapest HUN 19.10.1923 7.12 nwi 842 Paul Jones USA 5598 San Francisco USA NC 04.07.1925 7.17 nwi 754 Wilson Charles USA 6597 Lawrence USA KansR 17.04.1931 7.24 nwi 871 Wilson Charles [2] 6716 Los Angeles USA OG 05.08.1932 7.49 nwi 932 Robert Clark USA 6730 Cincinatti USA NC 03.07.1934 7.91 nwi 1038 Robert Clark [2] 7054 Milwaukee USA NC 26.06.1936 8.00 nwi 1061 Michael R. Hermann USA 6627 Eugene USA OT 08.07.1960 8.00 -1.3 1061 Daley Thompson GBR 8522 Moskva URS OG 25.07.1980 8.01 +0.4 1063 Daley Thompson [2] 8847 (WR) Los Angeles USA OG 08.08.1984 8.02 nwi 1066 Torsten Voss GDR/GER 8482 Moskva URS Druz 17.08.1984 8.04 +0.9 1071 Dan O’Brien USA 8483 w Norwalk USA NC 12.06.1990 8.08 +1.8 1081 Dan O’Brien [2] 8891 (WR) Talence FRA Décastar 04.09.1992 8.10 +0.3 1086 Erki Nool EST 8575 Götzis AUT Hypo 27.05.1995 8.22 +3.0 1117 Erki Nool [2] 8362 Tallinn EST ECp 15.06.1996 8.23 +0.8 1120 Ashton Eaton USA 9039 (WR) Eugene USA OT 22.06.2012 8.28 +1.2 1133 Damian Warner CAN 8995 Götzis AUT Hypo 29.05.2021 8.30 +1.5 1138 Simon Ehammer SUI 8354 Ratingen GER Erdgas 07.05.2022 8.45 +0.2 1178 Simon Ehammer [2] 8377 Götzis AUT Hypo 28.05.2022

Shot put

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 12.95 664 Einar Nilsson SWE 5124 Göteborg SWE 15.10.1911 13.18 678 Alma Richards USA 5734 San Francisco USA NC 09.08.1915 14.06 732 Juha Laiho FIN 5548 Tampere FIN 01.07.1916 14.27 745 Paavo Yrjölä FIN 6586 Helsinki FIN 16.07.1927 14.37 751 Paavo Yrjölä [2] 6317 Kuopio FIN 09.06.1928 14.72 772 Paavo Yrjölä [3] 6700 Aalborg DEN 09.07.1930 14.90 784 Harlow Rothert USA 5843 Pittsburg USA NC 24.08.1930 15.18 801 James Bausch USA 6329 Lawrence USA KansR 17.04.1931 15.33 810 James Bausch [2] 6445 Lawrence USA KansR 22.04.1932 15.50 820 Aleksandr Kanaki URS 6111 Moskva URS 22.08.1937 15.50 820 Heino Lipp URS/EST 6584 Tallinn URS 27.09.1947 16.04 854 Heino Lipp [2] 6930 Tartu URS 09.08.1948 16.18 862 Heino Lipp [3] 7072 Kharkov URS NC 10.09.1948 16.56 886 Heino Lipp [4] 6724 Kyiv URS 22.09.1950 17.57 948 Wladislaw Komar POL 6636 Sopot POL 26.10.1963 17.76 960 Russell Hodge USA 6806 (9) Hamburg FRG vFRG 20.08.1966 19.17 1048 Edy Hubacher SUI 7303 Bern SUI 04.10.1969

High jump

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 1.77 602 Otto Mühl GER 4712 Münster GER 15.10.1911 1.77 602 Otto Röhr GER 4643 Münster GER 15.10.1911 1.80 627 R. Leslie Byrd USA 4679 Evanston USA OT 22.05.1912 1.87 687 Jim Thorpe USA 6564 (WR) Stockholm SWE OG 13.07.1912 1.885 696 Harold Osborn USA 5929 Newark USA NC 11.09.1922 1.955 758 Harold Osborn [2] 6247 Chicago USA NC 02.09.1923 1.97 776 Harold Osborn [3] 6476 Paris FRA OG 11.07.1924 1.98 786 Harold Osborn [4] 6375 San Francisco USA NC 04.07.1925 1.98 786 Irving Mondschein USA 6638 Bloomfield USA NC 26.06.1948 2.03 831 Bill Miller USA 6739 Santa Barbara USA NC 03.07.1951 2.06 859 Ernie Shelton USA 6632 Alhambra USA 02.09.1955 2.06 859 Anatoliy Ovseyenko URS 7308 Tashkent URS 18.10.1962 2.06 859 Dave Thoreson USA 6503 Ames USA 22.05.1964 2.07 868 Dave Thoreson [2] 6992 Walnut USA NC 25.06.1964 2.09 887 Dave Thoreson [3] 7364 Salina USA NC 02.07.1966 2.12 915 Günther Spielvogel FRG/GER 6806 Gelsenkirchen FRG 08.10.1966 2.12 915 Richard Sloan USA 7683 Echo Summit USA OT 06.09.1968 2.13 925 Joachim Kirst GDR/GER 7910 Athína GRE EC 17.09.1969 2.15 944 Joachim Kirst [2] 8105 Schielleiten GDR 05.06.1971 2.15 944 Herbert Hüttl GDR/GER 7395 Neubrandenburg GDR vURS 07.08.1971 2.16 953 William Hancock USA 7064 Lawrence USA KansR 19.04.1973 2.17 963 Dennis Adama USA 6816 Grand Rapids USA 28.06.1975 2.17 963 William Hancock [2] 7788 w Eugene USA OT 25.06.1976 2.18 973 Rolf Beilschmidt GDR/GER 6705 Jena GDR 01.10.1976 2.21 1002 Roland Dahlhäuser SUI 6193 Riehen SUI 24.09.1977 2.27 1061 Rolf Beilschmidt [2] 7088 Jena GDR 30.09.1977 2.27 1061 Christian Schenk GDR/GER 8488 Seoul KOR OG 28.09.1988 2.28 1071 Derek Drouin CAN 7150 Santa Barbara USA Adams 07.04.2017

400m

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 55.0h 593 Karl von Halt GER 5079 Münster GER 15.10.1911 53.8h 642 J. Austin Menaul USA 5867 (WR) Evanston USA OT 22.05.1912 53.4h 659 Skotte Jacobson SWE 5409 Stockholm SWE 05.06.1912 49.9h 813 Eugene Mercer USA 5825 Stockholm SWE OG 14.07.1912 49.8h 817 Charles Hoff NOR 6553 Oslo NOR 27.09.1930 49.0h 855 Bob Tisdall IRL 6398 Los Angeles USA OG 05.08.1932 48.5h 878 Brayton Norton USA 6641 Lawrence USA KansR 21.04.1950 48.3h 888 JW Mashburn USA 6315 Lawrence USA KansR 17.04.1953 47.9h 907 Rafer Johnson USA 7420 Crawfordsville USA NC 14.07.1956 47.8h 912 Martin Lauer FRG/GER 7075 Hamburg FRG 23.09.1956 47.7h 917 Klaus Grogorenz GDR/GER 7121 Schweinfurt GDR 16.07.1960 47.7h 917 Chuan-Kwang Yang TPE 8010 Walnut USA 27.04.1963 47.5h 927 Bill Toomey USA 7408 Walnut USA NC 25.06.1964 47.1h 946 Bill Toomey [2] 7563 Kyiv URS 31.07.1965 46.8h 961 Bill Toomey [3] 8082 Los Angeles USA 23.07.1966 46.8h 961 Bill Toomey [4] 7816 Hamburg FRG 20.08.1966 46.29 994 Dave Buck USA 7226 Echo Summit USA OT 06.09.1968 45.68 1025 Bill Toomey [5] 8144 Ciudad de México MEX OG 19.10.1968 45.00 1060 Ashton Eaton USA 9045 (WR) Beijing CHN WC 28.08.2015

110m hurdles

Record Wind Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 17.4h nwi 559 Karl von Halt GER 5079 Münster GER 15.10.1911 16.4h nwi 662 Eugene Schobinger USA 5376 Evanston USA OT 23.05.1912 15.6h nwi 751 Jim Thorpe USA 6564 (WR) Stockholm SWE OG 14.07.1912 15.6h nwi 751 Harold Osborn USA 6247 Chicago USA NC 03.09.1923 15.6h nwi 751 Otto Anderson USA 5737 San Francisco USA NC 05.07.1925 15.4h nwi 774 Ludwig Vesely AUT 5899 Wien AUT NC 29.08.1926 15.2h nwi 797 Dan Kinsey USA 5424 Lincoln USA NC 04.07.1927 15.2h nwi 797 Albert Andersson SWE 6242 Stockholm SWE 18.07.1928 15.0h nwi 821 Giacomo Carlini ITA 6307 Genova ITA 26.10.1930 14.9h nwi 833 Glenn Morris USA 7210 Milwaukee USA OT 27.06.1936 14.9h nwi 833 Jack Parker USA 6749 Milwaukee USA OT 27.06.1936 14.9h nwi 833 Glenn Morris [2] 7254 Berlin GER OG 08.08.1936 14.7h nwi 857 Dick Kearns USA 6392 Lawrence USA KansR 23.04.1938 14.5h nwi 881 Svend Thomsen DEN 6121 Aarhus DEN NC 20.07.1941 14.5h nwi 881 Svend Thomsen [2] 6526 Vejle DEN 14.09.1942 14.1h nwi 931 Bill Albans USA 6777 Tulare USA NC 30.06.1950 14.1h nwi 931 Milton Campbell USA 7289 Crawfordsville USA NC 14.07.1956 14.0h nwi 944 Milton Campbell [2] 7614 Melbourne AUS OG 30.11.1956 13.8h nwi 969 Martin Lauer FRG/GER 7478 Düsseldorf FRG 30.08.1959 13.8h nwi 969 Paul Gibson USA 6799 El Paso USA 30.03.1972 13.8h nwi/w ? 969 Ryszard Katus POL 7893 Warszawa POL 21.06.1973 13.8h nwi 969 Chris Adsit USA 7197 Irvine USA AC 17.05.1975 13.5h +0.7 1008 Guy Drut FRA 7261 Talence FRA 05.09.1976 13.65 0.0 1020 Eduard Hämäläinen BLR/FIN 8604 Götzis AUT Hypo 30.05.1993 13.57 0.0 1031 Eduard Hämäläinen [2] 8724 Stuttgart GER WC 20.08.1993 13.55 -2.3 1033 Frank Busemann GER 8238 Götzis AUT Hypo 26.05.1996 13.47 +0.3 1044 Frank Busemann [2] 8706 Atlanta USA OG 01.08.1996 13.44 +2.0 1048 Damian Warner CAN 8131 Toronto CAN PAG 23.07.2015 13.36 +0.9 1059 Damian Warner [2] 8995 Götzis AUT Hypo 30.05.2021

Discus throw

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 38.00 624 Einar Nilsson SWE 5124 Göteborg SWE 15.10.1911 40.98 684 George Philbrook USA 5112 Evanston USA OT 23.05.1912 41.56 696 George Philbrook [2] 5024 (9) Stockholm SWE OG 14.07.1912 42.00 705 Lisakki Alanko FIN 5149 Saarijärvi FIN 19.09.1926 43.54 737 Clifford Hoffman USA 5472 Lincoln USA NC 04.07.1927 43.76 741 James Bausch USA 6329 Lawrence USA KansR 18.04.1931 44.25 751 James Bausch [2] 5813 Lincoln USA NC 04.07.1931 46.18 791 James Bausch [3] 6445 Lawrence USA KansR 23.04.1932 46.32 794 James Bausch [4] 6431 Evanston USA OT 25.06.1932 46.66 801 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER 6833 Hamburg GER 23.07.1933 47.23 813 Hans-Heinrich Sievert [2] 7147 Hamburg GER 08.07.1934 47.25 813 Hans-Heinrich Sievert [3] 6870 Nümberg GER 28.08.1934 50.85 888 Archie Harris USA 4098 Bridgeton USA NC 04.07.1941 51.98 912 Rafer Johnson USA 7982 Eugene USA OT 09.07.1960 52.34 919 Pentti Kahma FIN 6317 Kannus FIN 05.09.1965 52.39 920 Edy Hubacher SUI 6978 Frauenfled SUI 30.08.1970 52.40 920 Edy Hubacher [2] 7112 Lyon FRA 04.10.1970 53.24 938 Wolfgang Klein FRG/GER 7069 Hannover FRG 08.07.1973 56.18 1000 Armin Lemme GDR/GER 6697 Magdeburg GDR 23.09.1977 57.70 1032 Leo Neugebauer GER 8961 Eugene USA NCAA 06.06.2024

Pole vault

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 3.16 396 Axel Fleiter GER 4675 Münster GER 15.10.1911 3.35 444 Eugene Schobinger USA 5376 Evanston USA OT 23.05.1912 3.50 482 Bertil Gustafsson Uggla SWE 4242 (9) Stockholm SWE 06.06.1912 3.60 509 Eugene Mercer USA 5825 Stockholm SWE OG 15.07.1912 3.65 522 Chester Fee USA 5400 San Francisco USA NC 10.08.1915 3.69 533 Charles Lewis USA 5758 Los Angeles USA 10.05.1924 3.80 562 Emerson Norton USA 6117 Paris FRA OG 12.07.1924 3.81 565 Paul Jones USA 5293 Philadelphia USA NC 06.07.1926 3.86 579 Barney Berlinger USA 6040 Philadelphia USA OT 05.07.1928 4.00 617 Shuhei Nishida JPN 5732 Tokyo JPN NC 03.11.1929 4.12 651 Charles Hoff NOR 6553 Oslo NOR 28.09.1930 4.20 673 Armin Scheurer SUI 6944 Bruxelles BEL EC 25.08.1950 4.35 716 Bob Richards USA 6835 Pasadena USA Muir I 21.03.1951 4.47 751 Bob Richards [2] 6886 Pasadena USA Muir II 23.05.1951 4.48 754 Bob Richards [3] 7125 Santa Barbara USA NC 04.07.1951 4.53 769 Bob Richards [4] 6772 (9) Pasadena USA Muir 06.05.1953 4.56 778 Bob Richards [5] 6856 Pasadena USA SPAAAU 29.05.1954 4.57 781 Bob Richards [6] 6551 Atlantic City USA NC 03.07.1954 4.57 781 Bob Richards [7] 6998 Crawfordsville USA OT 14.07.1956 4.61 793 John Dean Martin USA 6898 Albuquerque USA 01.07.1961 4.63 799 John Dean Martin [2] 6932 Lawrence USA KansR 21.04.1962 4.84 862 Chuan-Kwang Yang TPE 8010 Walnut USA MSR 28.04.1963 5.00 910 Rick Sloan USA 7738 Walnut USA 12.08.1967 5.20 972 Guennadiy Bliznyetsov URS/RUS 7269 Ciudad de México MEX PreOG 19.10.1967 5.50 1067 Wladislaw Kozakiewicz POL 7692 Lille FRA 18.09.1977 5.51 1071 Tim Bright USA 8302 Fresno USA 26.03.1986 5.61 1103 Phillipe Collet FRA 7011 Talence FRA 21.09.1986 5.62 1106 Thierry Vigneron FRA 7035 Talence FRA 26.09.1987 5.70 1132 Tim Bright [2] 8216 Seoul KOR OG 29.09.1988 5.75 1148 Jean Galfione FRA 7206 Talence FRA Décastar 15.09.1996 5.76 1152 Tim Lobinger GER 7346 Leverkusen GER 16.09.1999

Javelin throw (Old implement [until 1.4.1986])

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 49.47 581 Axel Fleiter GER 4675 Münster GER 15.10.1911 50.40 595 Hugo Wieslander SWE 5966 (WR) Stockholm SWE OG 15.07.1912 50.55 597 Sergei Andersson FIN 5506 Helsinki FIN 16.07.1916 53.40 639 Sergei Andersson [2] 5637 Turku FIN 18.07.1917 57.17 695 Paavo Johansson FIN 5393 Helsinki FIN 15.09.1918 60.58 747 Paavo Johansson [2] 5654 Malmö SWE 29.09.1919 62.20 771 Aleksandr Klumberg EST 6087 (WR) Helsinki FIN 17.09.1922 63.94 797 Gerhard Stöck GER 6254 Berlin GER 04.08.1935 64.66 808 Eugeniusz Lokajski POL 6040 Warszawa POL 06.10.1935 67.10 845 Joseph Newman SUI 6334 Colombes FRA EC 05.09.1938 68.57 868 Viktor Iyevlev URS/RUS 6426 Budapest HUN UIE 21.08.1949 69.14 876 Bill Miller USA 6657 Santa Barbara USA NC 04.07.1951 72.39 926 Bill Miller [2] 5254 Tulare USA NC 02.07.1952 72.59 929 Rafer Johnson USA 7789 Moskva URS vURS 28.07.1958 72.79 932 Yuriy Kutenko URS/RUS 7863 Kyiv URS 06.09.1961 76.73 992 Jänis Lusis URS/LAT 7074 Tbilisi URS 09.10.1961 81.04 1059 Jänis Lusis [2] 7402 Tashkent URS 19.10.1962 81.14 1060 Lennart Hedmark SWE 8163 Bonn FRG ECp 23.09.1973 83.98 1104 Sandor Boros HUN DNF Budapest HUN 19.09.1976

Javelin throw (New implement [since 1.4.1986])

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 66.90 842 Staffan Blomstrand SWE 7671 w Austin USA TexasR 03.04.1986 68.56 867 Craig Kielty USA 7169 Athens OH USA OhioR 05.04.1986 72.24 924 Stephan Niklaus SUI 7624 Götzis AUT Hypo 25.05.1986 74.44 957 Mikael Olander SWE 7851 Indianapolis USA NCAA 07.06.1986 75.56 974 Mikael Olander [2] 7940 Baton Rouge USA NCAA 04.06.1987 75.84 979 Enno Tjepkema NED 7678 Helmond NED ECp 16.07.1989 76.62 991 Peter Blank GDR/GER 7222 Neubrandenburg GDR 27.05.1990 79.80 1040 Peter Blank [2] (GER) 7425 Emmelshausen GER 19.07.1992

1500m

Record Points Athlete Nation Deca Score Venue Nation Meeting Date 4:59.4h 563 Hugo Wieslander SWE 5356 (WR) Göteborg SWE 15.10.1911 4:37.2h 698 J. Austin Menaul USA 5867 (WR) Evanston USA OT 23.05.1912 4:29.3h 749 Axel Fast SWE 5475 Stockholm SWE 19.07.1919 4:25.9h 772 Oskar Hakulin FIN 5489 Helsinki FIN NC 03.07.1921 4:25.1h 777 Sven Lundgren SWE 6105 Gavle SWE 28.07.1929 4:24.2h 783 Sigurd Markussen NOR 5829 Voss NOR NC 26.07.1931 4:20.4h 809 Juan Colín CHI 6094 Buenos Aires ARG SAmC 04.05.1941 4:18.6h 821 Bertil Larson SWE 6361 Örebro SWE NC 23.07.1944 4:15.8h 840 Gotfred Holmvang NOR 6566 Oslo NOR EC 24.08.1946 4:08.4h 893 Willy "Wally" Wilson USA 5530 Santa Barbara USA NC 04.07.1951 3:54.2h 996 Simo Saloranta FIN 4590 Naantali FIN 11.10.1959 3:48.2h 1042 Paul Cummings USA 4830 [62] Provo USA 08.10.1976

LEGEND
NWI	No wind information
w	Wind assisted (>2.0m/s & <=4.0m/s)
w ?	Doubtful wind assisted (>2.0m/s & <=4.0m/s)
h	Hand timing
(WR)	Former World Record