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 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]

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.

Current holder Roman Šebrle is the only man to score over 9000 points.

Men

Points	Adjusted points	Athlete	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

Austra Skujytė – the current women's record holder.

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

1. ^ ^{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.
2. ^ The IAAF record progression lists lists this date as 1984-06-05 but their all-time list says 1983.[1]