Decathlon world record progression

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The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |title=12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook |location=Berlin |year=2009 |pages=546, 559–60, 649 |publisher=IAAF |access-date=7 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806172743/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2009 }}

As of 23 June 2012, 36 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

The current world record holder is French national Kevin Mayer with 9126 points.

Over the years, athletes have become bigger, stronger and faster, leading some to score more points.

The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the IAAF in 2004. As of 21 June 2009, two world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Records

File:Aleksander Klumberg 1924.jpg was the first official record holder.]]

File:Osaka07 D8A Sebrle Celebrating.jpg was the first man to score over 9,000 points.]]

File:C K Yang - Southern Campus 1960 crop.jpg was the first and, so far, only decathlon world record holder from outside Europe and the United States.]]

=Men=

class="wikitable" ! PointsScore calculated with the scoring tables in use at the time the record was set. ! Adjusted pointsScore calculated with the current (1998) tables. ! Athlete ! Nation ! Date ! Place ! Ref
align=center\|7,485.61	align=center\|6,087	Aleksander Klumberg	{{flag\|EST}}	align=center\|1922-09-22	Helsinki
align=center\|7,710.775	align=center\|6,476	Harold Osborn	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1924-07-12	Paris
align=center\|7,820.93	align=center\|6,460	Paavo Yrjölä	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1926-07-18	Viipuri
align=center\|7,995.19	align=center\|6,566	Paavo Yrjölä	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1927-07-17	Helsinki
align=center\|8,053.29	align=center\|6,587	Paavo Yrjölä	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1928-08-04	Amsterdam
align=center\|8,255.475	align=center\|6,865	Akilles Järvinen	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1930-07-20	Viipuri
align=center\|8,462.235	align=center\|6,736	James Bausch	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1932-08-06	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,790.46	align=center\|7,147	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	{{flag\|GER\|Nazi}}	align=center\|1934-07-08	Hamburg
align=center\|7,900	align=center\|7,254	Glenn Morris	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1936-08-08	Berlin
align=center\|8,042	align=center\|7,287	Bob Mathias	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1950-06-30	Tulare
align=center\|7,887	align=center\|7,592	Bob Mathias	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1952-07-26	Helsinki
align=center\|7,985	align=center\|7,608	Rafer Johnson	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1955-06-11	Kingsburg
align=center\|8,014	align=center\|7,653	Vasili Kuznetsov	{{flag\|URS}}	align=center\|1958-05-18	Krasnodar
align=center\|8,302	align=center\|7,989	Rafer Johnson	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1958-07-28	Moscow
align=center\|8,357	align=center\|7,839	Vasili Kuznetsov	{{flag\|URS}}	align=center\|1959-05-17	Moscow
align=center\|8,683	align=center\|7,981	Rafer Johnson	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1960-07-09	Eugene
align=center\|9,121	align=center\|8,010	Yang Chuan-kwang	{{flag\|ROC}}	align=center\|1963-04-28	Walnut
align=center\|8,230	align=center\|8,120	Russ Hodge	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1966-07-24	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,319	align=center\|8,235	Kurt Bendlin	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1967-05-14	Heidelberg
align=center\|8,417	align=center\|8,310	Bill Toomey	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1969-12-11	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,454	align=center\|8,466	Mykola Avilov	{{flag\|URS}}	align=center\|1972-09-08	Munich
align=center\|8,524	align=center\|8,420	Bruce Jenner	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1975-08-10	Eugene
align=center\|8,538	align=center\|8,454	Bruce Jenner	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1976-06-26	Eugene
align=center\|8,618	align=center\|8,634	Bruce Jenner	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1976-07-30	Montreal
align=center\|8,622	align=center\|8,648	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1980-05-15	Götzis
align=center\|8,649	align=center\|8,667	Guido Kratschmer	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1980-06-14	Filderstadt-Bernhausen
align=center\|8,704	align=center\|8,730	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1982-05-23	Götzis
align=center\|8,723	align=center\|8,741	Jürgen Hingsen	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1982-08-15	Ulm
align=center\|8,743	align=center\|8,774	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1982-09-08	Athens
align=center\|8,779	align=center\|8,825	Jürgen Hingsen	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1983-06-05{{#tag:ref\|Misprinted as 1983 in the IAAF record progression list; the correct year is in the all-time list.{{cite web \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/combinedevents/decathlon/outdoor/men/senior \|title=Decathlon - men - senior - outdoor - all-time \|work=Top lists \|publisher=IAAF \|access-date=17 May 2016}}}}	Filderstadt-Bernhausen
align=center\|8,798	align=center\|8,832	Jürgen Hingsen	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1984-06-09	Mannheim
align=center\|8,798{{#tag:ref\|Originally recorded as 8,797 points and thus not a world record using the then-current 1962 tables. Based on the revised tables which took effect in April 1985, Thompson's Los Angeles performance would have scored more than Hingsen's Mannheim performance (8,846 to 8,832) but the IAAF had decreed the pre-revision record could only be broken by a mark set after the changeover. In 1986, Thompson's 110 metres hurdles time was revised from 14.34 to 14.33 and his score increased by one point, so he retrospectively joined Hingsen as record holder under the old tables and replaced him from the date of the new tables.{{cite web \|url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf#page=227 \|format=PDF \|title=Progression of IAAF World Records \|last=Hymans \|first=Richard \|first2=Imre \|last2=Matrahazi \|year=2015 \|page=217 \|access-date=8 January 2019}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/05/17/cincinnati-post-sportswriter-bruce-schoenfeld-24/ \|title=Hingsen objects \|last=Reinmuth \|first=Gary \|date=17 May 1986 \|newspaper=Chicago Tribune \|access-date=17 May 2016}}\|group="n"\|name="thompson1984"}}	align=center\|8,847	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1984-08-09	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,891	align=center\|8,891	Dan O'Brien	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1992-09-05	Talence
align=center\|8,994	align=center\|8,994	Tomáš Dvořák	{{flag\|CZE}}	align=center\|1999-07-04	Prague
align=center\|9,026	align=center\|9,026	Roman Šebrle	{{flag\|CZE}}	align=center\|2001-05-27	Götzis
align=center\|9,039	align=center\|9,039	Ashton Eaton	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|2012-06-23	Eugene	{{cite web \|title=Decathlon Results \|url=http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Summary-39.htm \|publisher=USATF \|date=23 June 2012 \|access-date=24 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912013111/http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Summary-39.htm \|archive-date=12 September 2012 \|url-status=dead }}{{cite web \|title=World record for Eaton, dramatic wins for Jeter and Harper in Eugene – US Olympic Trials, Day 2 \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65412 \|publisher=IAAF \|date=24 June 2012 \|access-date=25 June 2012}}
align=center\|9,045	align=center\|9,045	Ashton Eaton	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|2015-08-29	Beijing	{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/08/28/ashton-eaton-decathlon-world-record-track-and-field-world-championships-beijing-results \|first=Chris \|last=Chavez \|title=Ashton Eaton sets decathlon world record; wins gold in Beijing \|date=28 August 2015 \|magazine=Sports Illustrated \|access-date=17 May 2016}}
align=center\|9,126	align=center\|9,126	Kevin Mayer	{{flag\|FRA}}	align=center\|2018-09-16	Talence	{{cite web\|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/world-records-ratified-kipchoge-mayer\|title=World Records ratified\|publisher=IAAF\|access-date=October 28, 2018\|date=October 26, 2018}}

=Women=

File:Austra Skujyte Paris 2011.jpg – the current women's record holder.]]

class="wikitable"

! Points !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place

align=center|8,150

Marie Collonvillé

align=center|2004-09-26

Talence

align=center|8,358

Austra Skujytė

align=center|2005-04-15

Columbia, Missouri

Notes

References

World record

Category:World athletics record progressions

class="wikitable" ! PointsScore calculated with the scoring tables in use at the time the record was set. ! Adjusted pointsScore calculated with the current (1998) tables. ! Athlete ! Nation ! Date ! Place ! Ref
align=center\|7,485.61	align=center\|6,087	Aleksander Klumberg	{{flag\|EST}}	align=center\|1922-09-22	Helsinki
align=center\|7,710.775	align=center\|6,476	Harold Osborn	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1924-07-12	Paris
align=center\|7,820.93	align=center\|6,460	Paavo Yrjölä	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1926-07-18	Viipuri
align=center\|7,995.19	align=center\|6,566	Paavo Yrjölä	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1927-07-17	Helsinki
align=center\|8,053.29	align=center\|6,587	Paavo Yrjölä	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1928-08-04	Amsterdam
align=center\|8,255.475	align=center\|6,865	Akilles Järvinen	{{flag\|FIN}}	align=center\|1930-07-20	Viipuri
align=center\|8,462.235	align=center\|6,736	James Bausch	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1932-08-06	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,790.46	align=center\|7,147	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	{{flag\|GER\|Nazi}}	align=center\|1934-07-08	Hamburg
align=center\|7,900	align=center\|7,254	Glenn Morris	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1936-08-08	Berlin
align=center\|8,042	align=center\|7,287	Bob Mathias	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1950-06-30	Tulare
align=center\|7,887	align=center\|7,592	Bob Mathias	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1952-07-26	Helsinki
align=center\|7,985	align=center\|7,608	Rafer Johnson	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1955-06-11	Kingsburg
align=center\|8,014	align=center\|7,653	Vasili Kuznetsov	{{flag\|URS}}	align=center\|1958-05-18	Krasnodar
align=center\|8,302	align=center\|7,989	Rafer Johnson	{{flag\|USA\|1912}}	align=center\|1958-07-28	Moscow
align=center\|8,357	align=center\|7,839	Vasili Kuznetsov	{{flag\|URS}}	align=center\|1959-05-17	Moscow
align=center\|8,683	align=center\|7,981	Rafer Johnson	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1960-07-09	Eugene
align=center\|9,121	align=center\|8,010	Yang Chuan-kwang	{{flag\|ROC}}	align=center\|1963-04-28	Walnut
align=center\|8,230	align=center\|8,120	Russ Hodge	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1966-07-24	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,319	align=center\|8,235	Kurt Bendlin	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1967-05-14	Heidelberg
align=center\|8,417	align=center\|8,310	Bill Toomey	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1969-12-11	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,454	align=center\|8,466	Mykola Avilov	{{flag\|URS}}	align=center\|1972-09-08	Munich
align=center\|8,524	align=center\|8,420	Bruce Jenner	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1975-08-10	Eugene
align=center\|8,538	align=center\|8,454	Bruce Jenner	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1976-06-26	Eugene
align=center\|8,618	align=center\|8,634	Bruce Jenner	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1976-07-30	Montreal
align=center\|8,622	align=center\|8,648	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1980-05-15	Götzis
align=center\|8,649	align=center\|8,667	Guido Kratschmer	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1980-06-14	Filderstadt-Bernhausen
align=center\|8,704	align=center\|8,730	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1982-05-23	Götzis
align=center\|8,723	align=center\|8,741	Jürgen Hingsen	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1982-08-15	Ulm
align=center\|8,743	align=center\|8,774	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1982-09-08	Athens
align=center\|8,779	align=center\|8,825	Jürgen Hingsen	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1983-06-05{{#tag:ref\|Misprinted as 1983 in the IAAF record progression list; the correct year is in the all-time list.{{cite web \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/combinedevents/decathlon/outdoor/men/senior \|title=Decathlon - men - senior - outdoor - all-time \|work=Top lists \|publisher=IAAF \|access-date=17 May 2016}}}}	Filderstadt-Bernhausen
align=center\|8,798	align=center\|8,832	Jürgen Hingsen	{{flag\|FRG}}	align=center\|1984-06-09	Mannheim
align=center\|8,798{{#tag:ref\|Originally recorded as 8,797 points and thus not a world record using the then-current 1962 tables. Based on the revised tables which took effect in April 1985, Thompson's Los Angeles performance would have scored more than Hingsen's Mannheim performance (8,846 to 8,832) but the IAAF had decreed the pre-revision record could only be broken by a mark set after the changeover. In 1986, Thompson's 110 metres hurdles time was revised from 14.34 to 14.33 and his score increased by one point, so he retrospectively joined Hingsen as record holder under the old tables and replaced him from the date of the new tables.{{cite web \|url=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf#page=227 \|format=PDF \|title=Progression of IAAF World Records \|last=Hymans \|first=Richard \|first2=Imre \|last2=Matrahazi \|year=2015 \|page=217 \|access-date=8 January 2019}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/05/17/cincinnati-post-sportswriter-bruce-schoenfeld-24/ \|title=Hingsen objects \|last=Reinmuth \|first=Gary \|date=17 May 1986 \|newspaper=Chicago Tribune \|access-date=17 May 2016}}\|group="n"\|name="thompson1984"}}	align=center\|8,847	Daley Thompson	{{flag\|GBR}}	align=center\|1984-08-09	Los Angeles
align=center\|8,891	align=center\|8,891	Dan O'Brien	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|1992-09-05	Talence
align=center\|8,994	align=center\|8,994	Tomáš Dvořák	{{flag\|CZE}}	align=center\|1999-07-04	Prague
align=center\|9,026	align=center\|9,026	Roman Šebrle	{{flag\|CZE}}	align=center\|2001-05-27	Götzis
align=center\|9,039	align=center\|9,039	Ashton Eaton	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|2012-06-23	Eugene	{{cite web \|title=Decathlon Results \|url=http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Summary-39.htm \|publisher=USATF \|date=23 June 2012 \|access-date=24 June 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912013111/http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Summary-39.htm \|archive-date=12 September 2012 \|url-status=dead }}{{cite web \|title=World record for Eaton, dramatic wins for Jeter and Harper in Eugene – US Olympic Trials, Day 2 \|url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65412 \|publisher=IAAF \|date=24 June 2012 \|access-date=25 June 2012}}
align=center\|9,045	align=center\|9,045	Ashton Eaton	{{flag\|USA}}	align=center\|2015-08-29	Beijing	{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/08/28/ashton-eaton-decathlon-world-record-track-and-field-world-championships-beijing-results \|first=Chris \|last=Chavez \|title=Ashton Eaton sets decathlon world record; wins gold in Beijing \|date=28 August 2015 \|magazine=Sports Illustrated \|access-date=17 May 2016}}
align=center\|9,126	align=center\|9,126	Kevin Mayer	{{flag\|FRA}}	align=center\|2018-09-16	Talence	{{cite web\|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/world-records-ratified-kipchoge-mayer\|title=World Records ratified\|publisher=IAAF\|access-date=October 28, 2018\|date=October 26, 2018}}