- 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.[1]
As of June 21, 2009, 35 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1] The first score in the following table indicates the score using the tables in use at the time, the second score is based on tables currently in use.
The first world record in the women's decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2004. As of June 21, 2009, 2 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.[1]
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Records
Estonian Aleksander Klumberg was the first official record holder.Yang Chuan-kwang was the first and so far only record holder breaker from outside Europe and the United States.Men
Points Adjusted
pointsAthlete Nation Date Place 7485.61 6087 Aleksander Klumberg EST
1922-09-22 Helsinki[1] 7710.775 6476 Harold Osborn USA
1924-07-12 Paris[1] 7820.93 6460 Paavo Yrjölä FIN
1926-07-18 Viipuri[1] 7995.19 6566 Paavo Yrjölä FIN
1927-07-17 Helsinki[1] 8053.29 6587 Paavo Yrjölä FIN
1928-08-04 Amsterdam[1] 8255.475 6087 Akilles Järvinen FIN
1930-07-20 Viipuri[1] 8462.235 6736 James Bausch US
1932-08-06 Los Angeles[1] 8790.46 7147 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER
1934-07-08 Hamburg[1] 7900 7254 Glenn Morris USA
1936-08-08 Berlin[1] 8042 7287 Bob Mathias USA
1950-06-30 Tulare[1] 7887 7592 Bob Mathias USA
1952-07-26 Helsinki[1] 7985 7608 Rafer Johnson USA
1955-06-11 Kingsburg[1] 8014 7653 Vasili Kuznetsov URS
1958-05-18 Krasnodar[1] 8302 7989 Rafer Johnson USA
1958-07-28 Moscow[1] 8357 7839 Vasili Kuznetsov URS
1959-05-17 Moscow[1] 8683 7981 Rafer Johnson USA
1960-07-09 Eugene[1] 9121 8010 Yang Chuan-Kwang ROC
1963-04-28 Walnut[1] 8230 8120 Russ Hodge USA
1966-07-24 Los Angeles[1] 8319 8235 Kurt Bendlin FRG
1967-05-14 Heidelberg[1] 8417 8310 Bill Toomey USA
1969-12-11 Los Angeles[1] 8454 8466 Mykola Avilov URS
1972-09-08 Munich[1] 8524 8420 Bruce Jenner USA
1975-08-10 Eugene[1] 8538 8454 Bruce Jenner USA
1976-06-26 Eugene[1] 8618 8634 Bruce Jenner USA
1976-07-30 Montreal[1] 8622 8648 Daley Thompson GBR
1980-05-15 Götzis[1] 8649 8667 Guido Kratschmer FRG
1980-06-14 Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1] 8704 8730 Daley Thompson GBR
1982-05-23 Götzis[1] 8723 8741 Jürgen Hingsen FRG
1982-08-15 Ulm[1] 8743 8774 Daley Thompson GBR
1982-09-08 Athens[1] 8779 8825 Jürgen Hingsen FRG
1983-06-05[2] Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1] 8798 8832 Jürgen Hingsen FRG
1984-05-09 Mannheim[1] 8798 8847 Daley Thompson GBR
1984-08-09 Los Angeles[1] 8891 8891 Dan O'Brien USA
1992-09-05 Talence[1] 8994 8994 Tomáš Dvořák CZE
1999-07-04 Prague[1] 9026 9026 Roman Šebrle CZE
2001-05-27 Götzis[1] Women
Points Athlete Nation Date Place 8150 Marie Collonvillé FRA
2004-09-26 Talence[1] 8366 Austra Skujytė LTU
2005-04-15 Columbia, Missouri[1] - Note: Skujytė's marks total 6333 using the men's scoring tables.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 (pages 546, 559–60, 649). IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
- ^ The IAAF record progression lists lists this date as 1984-06-05 but their all-time list says 1983.[1]
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