Decathlon world record progression explained

The first world record in the decathlon was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.^[1]

As of 23 June 2012, 36 men's world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.^[1] 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.^[1]

Records

Men

Points^[2]	Adjusted points^[3]	Date	Place	Ref
7,485.61	6,087	1922-09-22
7,710.775	6,476	1924-07-12	Paris
7,820.93	6,460	1926-07-18
7,995.19	6,566	1927-07-17
8,053.29	6,587	1928-08-04
8,255.475	6,865	1930-07-20
8,462.235	6,736	1932-08-06	Los Angeles
8,790.46	7,147	1934-07-08
7,900	7,254	1936-08-08	Berlin
8,042	7,287	1950-06-30
7,887	7,592	1952-07-26
7,985	7,608	1955-06-11
8,014	7,653	1958-05-18
8,302	7,989	1958-07-28	Moscow
8,357	7,839	1959-05-17	Moscow
8,683	7,981	1960-07-09
9,121	8,010	1963-04-28
8,230	8,120	1966-07-24	Los Angeles
8,319	8,235	1967-05-14
8,417	8,310	1969-12-11	Los Angeles
8,454	8,466	1972-09-08
8,524	8,420	1975-08-10
8,538	8,454	1976-06-26
8,618	8,634	1976-07-30
8,622	8,648	1980-05-15
8,649	8,667	1980-06-14
8,704	8,730	1982-05-23
8,723	8,741	1982-08-15
8,743	8,774	1982-09-08
8,779	8,825	1983-06-05
8,798	8,832	1984-06-09
8,798	8,847	1984-08-09	Los Angeles
8,891	8,891	1992-09-05
8,994	8,994	1999-07-04
9,026	9,026	2001-05-27
9,039	9,039	2012-06-23		^[4] ^[5]
9,045	9,045	2015-08-29		^[6]
9,126	9,126	2018-09-16		^[7]

Women

Points	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
8,150			2004-09-26	Talence
8,358			2005-04-15

Notes and References

Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook . Berlin . 2009 . 546, 559–60, 649 . . 7 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090806172743/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf . 6 August 2009 .
Score calculated with the scoring tables in use at the time the record was set.
Score calculated with the current (1998) tables.
Web site: Decathlon Results . . 23 June 2012 . 24 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120912013111/http://www.usatf.org/events/2012/OlympicTrials-TF/Results/Summary-39.htm . 12 September 2012 . dead .
Web site: World record for Eaton, dramatic wins for Jeter and Harper in Eugene – US Olympic Trials, Day 2 . . 24 June 2012 . 25 June 2012.
Ashton Eaton sets decathlon world record; wins gold in Beijing . Chris . Chavez . 28 August 2015 . . 17 May 2016.
Web site: World Records ratified. IAAF. October 28, 2018. October 26, 2018.