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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 ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Decathlon event in track and field from ...
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 ...
The men's podium. The 2001 Décastar was the 24th edition of the annual two-day track and field meeting for combined track and field events.It took place on 15 September and 16 September 2001 in Talence, France.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Decathlon: 6614 pts María Peinado: 22–23 October 2005 Castellón de la ...
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 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 ...
The Central American and Caribbean Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1926.The Games records in athletics are set by athletes who are representing one of the Centro Caribe Sports member federations.