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Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Decathlon event in track and field from several countries since 1980. Australia. 1980: Peter Hadfield;
The United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) is an American academic competition for high school students. The United States Academic Decathlon National Championship, first held in 1982, pits winners at the state level against each other for a national title. [1]
President Barack Obama with the Academic Decathlon team from Moorpark High School, the 2009 National Champions. Winning teams have often been invited to meet the President of the United States. [126] [127] The National Championship pits the winning school from each state against all the others for an overall title.
The Sanger school with a high school enrollment of about 160 home-schooled students captured the Division V championship at the U.S. Academic Decathlon Nationals in Pittsburgh. ... home a national ...
At major championships, the women's equivalent of the decathlon is the seven-event heptathlon; before 1981 it was the five-event pentathlon. [8] However, in 2001, the IAAF (now World Athletics) approved scoring tables for a women's decathlon; the current world record holder is Austra Skujytė of Lithuania, with 8,358. [9]
This is a list of the NCAA Division I outdoor champions in combined track and field events – the decathlon for men, and the heptathlon for women. International javelin design regulations changed in 1986, so all javelin throws before that year were using an older, more aerodynamic javelin.
The entire sentence (with previously mentioned changes) now reads, "Established in 1981, the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) National Championship has the state winners pitted against each other for a national title." - Yohhans talk 16:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC) "The Academic Decathlon consists 10 events"—Missing a word. Fixed.
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 ...