Niklas Kaul set a World record with U20 implements of 8435 points when winning the decathlon at the European Championships in Grosseto 2017. He became the youngest decathlon World champion in history at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in
Garrett Scantling banned for three years for doping offences. Scantling’s three-year period of ineligibility started on June 27 2022, the date he committed a tampering violation.
Leo Neugebauer has broken the 39 ‐years old German decathlon record. He scored 8836 points at the NCAA Division Championships in Austin, Texas (2023). Year later he won second consecutive men’s decathlon title at the NCAA in Eugene,
Sander Aae Skotheim was a silver medalist at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. At the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships, in Espoo, Finland, he won the silver medal in the decathlon.
Markus Rooth won gold medal at the U23 European Championships in Espoo 2023. He is the Norwegian decathlon record holder. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the decathlon, the first gold medal for Norway in this event since 1920.
USA until 02 February 2020 – eligible to represent Australia in National Representative Competitions (see World Athletics Eligibility to Represent a Member Rule 1.4.2) from 31 July 2020
The Decathlon's nice in that you get to know the other athletes. It's almost like everyone helps each other out. We're all out there trying to win, but at the same time there's a friendship there too. It's always fun going to meets and catching up with the other guys - Tom Pappas