Decathlon world record progression

Roman Šebrle was the first man to score over 9,000 points.

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 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 IAAF in 2004. As of June 21, 2009, two 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 decathlon world record holder from outside Europe and the United States.

The current male world record holder in the decathlon Ashton Eaton.

Men

Points	Adjusted points	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
7,485.61	6,087	Aleksander Klumberg	EST	1922-09-22	Helsinki[1]
7,710.775	6,476	Harold Osborn	USA	1924-07-12	Paris[1]
7,820.93	6,460	Paavo Yrjölä	FIN	1926-07-18	Viipuri[1]
7,995.19	6,566	Paavo Yrjölä	FIN	1927-07-17	Helsinki[1]
8,053.29	6,587	Paavo Yrjölä	FIN	1928-08-04	Amsterdam[1]
8,255.475	6,865	Akilles Järvinen	FIN	1930-07-20	Viipuri[1]
8,462.235	6,736	James Bausch	USA	1932-08-06	Los Angeles[1]
8,790.46	7,147	Hans-Heinrich Sievert	GER	1934-07-08	Hamburg[1]
7,900	7,254	Glenn Morris	USA	1936-08-08	Berlin[1]
8,042	7,287	Bob Mathias	USA	1950-06-30	Tulare[1]
7,887	7,592	Bob Mathias	USA	1952-07-26	Helsinki[1]
7,985	7,608	Rafer Johnson	USA	1955-06-11	Kingsburg[1]
8,014	7,653	Vasili Kuznetsov	URS	1958-05-18	Krasnodar[1]
8,302	7,989	Rafer Johnson	USA	1958-07-28	Moscow[1]
8,357	7,839	Vasili Kuznetsov	URS	1959-05-17	Moscow[1]
8,683	7,981	Rafer Johnson	USA	1960-07-09	Eugene[1]
9,121	8,010	Yang Chuan-kwang	ROC	1963-04-28	Walnut[1]
8,230	8,120	Russ Hodge	USA	1966-07-24	Los Angeles[1]
8,319	8,235	Kurt Bendlin	FRG	1967-05-14	Heidelberg[1]
8,417	8,310	Bill Toomey	USA	1969-12-11	Los Angeles[1]
8,454	8,466	Mykola Avilov	URS	1972-09-08	Munich[1]
8,524	8,420	Bruce Jenner[lower-alpha 1]	USA	1975-08-10	Eugene[1]
8,538	8,454	Bruce Jenner[lower-alpha 1]	USA	1976-06-26	Eugene[1]
8,618	8,634	Bruce Jenner[lower-alpha 1]	USA	1976-07-30	Montreal[1]
8,622	8,648	Daley Thompson	GBR	1980-05-15	Götzis[1]
8,649	8,667	Guido Kratschmer	FRG	1980-06-14	Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1]
8,704	8,730	Daley Thompson	GBR	1982-05-23	Götzis[1]
8,723	8,741	Jürgen Hingsen	FRG	1982-08-15	Ulm[1]
8,743	8,774	Daley Thompson	GBR	1982-09-08	Athens[1]
8,779	8,825	Jürgen Hingsen	FRG	1983-06-05[3]	Filderstadt-Bernhausen[1]
8,798	8,832	Jürgen Hingsen	FRG	1984-05-09	Mannheim[1]
8,798	8,847	Daley Thompson	GBR	1984-08-09	Los Angeles[1]
8,891	8,891	Dan O'Brien	USA	1992-09-05	Talence[1]
8,994	8,994	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	1999-07-04	Prague[1]
9,026	9,026	Roman Šebrle	CZE	2001-05-27	Götzis[1]
9,039	9,039	Ashton Eaton	USA	2012-06-23	Eugene[4][5]
9,045	9,045	Ashton Eaton	USA	2015-08-29	Beijing

Notes

Women

Austra Skujytė – the current women's record holder.

Points	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
8,150	Marie Collonvillé	FRA	2004-09-26	Talence[1]
8,366	Austra Skujytė	LTU	2005-04-15	Columbia, Missouri[1]

Notes

1. Jenner changed her name due to gender transition in 2015.^[2]

References

1. 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009 (pages 546, 559–60, 649). IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
2. Leibovitz, Annie (June 1, 2015). "Introducing Caitlyn Jenner". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
3. The IAAF record progression lists this date as 1984-06-05 but their all-time list says 1983.
4. "Decathlon Results". USATF. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
5. "World record for Eaton, dramatic wins for Jeter and Harper in Eugene – US Olympic Trials, Day 2". IAAF. 24 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.