Decathlon world record progression
The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.[1]
As of June 23, 2012, 36 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]
The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the IAAF in 2004. As of June 21, 2009, two world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]
Contents
Records


Men
Points[n 1] | Adjusted points[n 2] |
Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7,485.61 | 6,087 | Aleksander Klumberg | ![]() |
1922-09-22 | Helsinki | [1] |
7,710.775 | 6,476 | Harold Osborn | ![]() |
1924-07-12 | Paris | [1] |
7,820.93 | 6,460 | Paavo Yrjölä | ![]() |
1926-07-18 | Viipuri | [1] |
7,995.19 | 6,566 | Paavo Yrjölä | ![]() |
1927-07-17 | Helsinki | [1] |
8,053.29 | 6,587 | Paavo Yrjölä | ![]() |
1928-08-04 | Amsterdam | [1] |
8,255.475 | 6,865 | Akilles Järvinen | ![]() |
1930-07-20 | Viipuri | [1] |
8,462.235 | 6,736 | James Bausch | ![]() |
1932-08-06 | Los Angeles | [1] |
8,790.46 | 7,147 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert | ![]() |
1934-07-08 | Hamburg | [1] |
7,900 | 7,254 | Glenn Morris | ![]() |
1936-08-08 | Berlin | [1] |
8,042 | 7,287 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
1950-06-30 | Tulare | [1] |
7,887 | 7,592 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
1952-07-26 | Helsinki | [1] |
7,985 | 7,608 | Rafer Johnson | ![]() |
1955-06-11 | Kingsburg | [1] |
8,014 | 7,653 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() |
1958-05-18 | Krasnodar | [1] |
8,302 | 7,989 | Rafer Johnson | ![]() |
1958-07-28 | Moscow | [1] |
8,357 | 7,839 | Vasili Kuznetsov | ![]() |
1959-05-17 | Moscow | [1] |
8,683 | 7,981 | Rafer Johnson | ![]() |
1960-07-09 | Eugene | [1] |
9,121 | 8,010 | Yang Chuan-kwang | ![]() |
1963-04-28 | Walnut | [1] |
8,230 | 8,120 | Russ Hodge | ![]() |
1966-07-24 | Los Angeles | [1] |
8,319 | 8,235 | Kurt Bendlin | ![]() |
1967-05-14 | Heidelberg | [1] |
8,417 | 8,310 | Bill Toomey | ![]() |
1969-12-11 | Los Angeles | [1] |
8,454 | 8,466 | Mykola Avilov | ![]() |
1972-09-08 | Munich | [1] |
8,524 | 8,420 | Bruce Jenner[n 3] | ![]() |
1975-08-10 | Eugene | [1] |
8,538 | 8,454 | Bruce Jenner[n 3] | ![]() |
1976-06-26 | Eugene | [1] |
8,618 | 8,634 | Bruce Jenner[n 3] | ![]() |
1976-07-30 | Montreal | [1] |
8,622 | 8,648 | Daley Thompson | ![]() |
1980-05-15 | Götzis | [1] |
8,649 | 8,667 | Guido Kratschmer | ![]() |
1980-06-14 | Filderstadt-Bernhausen | [1] |
8,704 | 8,730 | Daley Thompson | ![]() |
1982-05-23 | Götzis | [1] |
8,723 | 8,741 | Jürgen Hingsen | ![]() |
1982-08-15 | Ulm | [1] |
8,743 | 8,774 | Daley Thompson | ![]() |
1982-09-08 | Athens | [1] |
8,779 | 8,825 | Jürgen Hingsen | ![]() |
1983-06-05[4] | Filderstadt-Bernhausen | [1] |
8,798 | 8,832 | Jürgen Hingsen | ![]() |
1984-05-09 | Mannheim | [1] |
8,798[n 4] | 8,847[n 4] | Daley Thompson | ![]() |
1984-08-09 | Los Angeles | [1] |
8,891 | 8,891 | Dan O'Brien | ![]() |
1992-09-05 | Talence | [1] |
8,994 | 8,994 | Tomáš Dvořák | ![]() |
1999-07-04 | Prague | [1] |
9,026 | 9,026 | Roman Šebrle | ![]() |
2001-05-27 | Götzis | [1] |
9,039 | 9,039 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() |
2012-06-23 | Eugene | [7][8] |
9,045 | 9,045 | Ashton Eaton | ![]() |
2015-08-29 | Beijing | [9] |
Women
Points | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|
8,150 | Marie Collonvillé | ![]() |
2004-09-26 | Talence[1] |
8,366 | Austra Skujytė | ![]() |
2005-04-15 | Columbia, Missouri[1] |
Notes
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