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Beginning in 1920, the IAAF considered, at least, the following criteria for a legitimate decathlon scoring table: [4] (1) The table should reflect the fact that, at higher levels of performance, a unit gain (such as a decrement of 0.01 second in sprint times) is more significant than at lower levels of performance, because of the physiological limitations of the human body.
The world decathlon under-20 record using senior implements is held by Torsten Voss, of East Germany, who scored 8,397 points in Erfurt, East Germany, from 6–7 July 1982. This was the last record to be ratified because it is no longer a World Athletics under-20 record event.
4414 pts Henriette Jæger Norway: 19 January 2020 Norwegian U18 Combined Events Championships Hvam, Norway 16 years, 203 days [76] 8.30 (60 m hurdles), 1.72 m (high jump), 14.30 m (shot put), 5.85 m (long jump), 2:17.62 (800 m) Pentathlon (senior) 4432 pts Jana Košcak Croatia 4–5 February 2023 Tallinn Indoor Meeting: Tallinn, Estonia
In 2008, Van Alphen was a competitor in the decathlon of the Beijing Olympics, but did not finish all the events due to injury. He was just below the 8000-point mark at the 2010 Hypo-Meeting , where he came 13th, [ 2 ] then he set a personal best score of 8072 points to finish fifth at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona . [ 3 ]
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 ...
Decathlon 8105 pts: 2019 World Championships: Doha, Qatar: 7th Decathlon ... 1000 metres – 2:40.19 (Sheffield 2014) 60 metres hurdles – 8.08 (Apeldoorn 2016)
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 ...
Decathlon 8194 pts: 2015 European Indoor Championships: Prague, Czech Republic: 4th Heptathlon ... 1000 m – 2:33.49 (Paris 2010) 60 m hurdles – 7.98 (Liévin 2009)