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Leo Neugebauer won decathlon silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday. Here's a full breakdown of his results from the two days of competition:
The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922. [1] 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 ...
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes Points 1: 3: Simon Ehammer Switzerland 10.56: 961 2: 3: Rik Taam Netherlands 10.76: 915 3: 3: Dario Dester Italy 10.81: 903 4: 3: Sven Roosen Netherlands 10.83 ...
The men's decathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022. [1] Kevin Mayer was the winner of the competition with a score of 8816 points.
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
Athletes are allocated points based on an international-standard points scoring system, such as the decathlon scoring table. [1] Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to ...
The decathlon scoring tables should differ from those used for individual event scoring. The scores for different events should be comparable, in a manner such that equal skill levels in different events (however difficult it is to define such a concept) are rewarded with equal point levels. The new tables should be one of the following:
The men's decathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 2 to 4 October. [1]Because of the timetable, with the last competition finishing after midnight local time on 4 October, the technical rules of decathlon were modified: since this edition, the decathlon has to be completed in a period of two 24 hours rather than over two ...