DECATHLON

Decathlon for men is a combined event in track and field athletics, inspired by the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. In modern times, an Olympic Game since 1912, it is extremely popular around the world. Decathlon athletes are highly respected and both in the Olympic Games and in international meetings, winners of Decathlon are the most recognizable participants of the competitions.

It comprises 10 different individual competitions and is held in 2 days, 5 on each one in a specific order, as you can also see in PORTARATHLON timetable!

Timetable and Rules and Regulations

As one of the combined events in track and field athletics, the sequence by which the athletes compete is always the same:

1st day: 100m race,Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 400m race.

2nd day: 100m hurdles, Discus Throw, Pole Vault, Javelin Throw, 1500m race.

In the long jump and in all the throwing competitions, the athlete is allowed 3 tries/attempts. In the high jump and the pole vault the rules and regulations of individual competitions apply. In the racing games, the athlete that makes the 2nd invalid start is excluded from the race.

Scoring

The goal of the athlete is to collect as many points as possible in each of the 7 different games. Ranking of Decathlon athletes is based on special algorithms, which calculate the athlete’s score depending on her performance.  The sum of scoring in each of the 7 games gives us the final total score of the athlete for the specific combined event.

Technical and Physical condition of High Standards

Decathlon is exceptionally demanding and strenuous: not only it demands versatile education in basic and combined training, as well as in training for high performances but it also has training particularities for athletes.

Special talent, techniques for each individual discipline and great stamina are basic parameters for athletes that take up Decathlon. It normally takes at least 4 years of training for an athlete to successfully qualify for Decathlon.

Decathlon Naxos
Decathlon Naxos
Decathlon Naxos

GREEK DECATHLON

BEST GREEK ATHLETES ON DECATHLON

NAME MARK DATE
01| Korkizoglou Prodromos 8069 02 July 2000
02| Andreoglou Efthimios 7769 28 June 1997
03| Stafylidis Savvas 7641 27 May 1995
04| Pambaliaris Athanasios 7638 06 July 1985
05| Kouromichalakis Pavlos 7630 01 June 2003
06| Pallis Leonidas 7571 18 September 1981
07| Tsoukalis Andreas 7501 05 June 2011
08| Keros Antonis 7501 08 August 1993
09| Papadopoulos Konstantinos 7489 20 June 1997
10| Simitzis Michalis 7464 21 May 1994
11| Spyridonidis Alexandros 7454 09 April 2021
12| Papaioannou Michalis 7436 18 July 2003
13| Karalis Charalambos 7392 23 August 1987
14| Chalitsios Christos 7377 01 June 2003
15| Peristeris Aris 7357 9 June 2019
16| Papadopoulos Dimitris 7336 23 August 1987
17| Karamoussalis Konstantinos 7323 22 July 2007
18| Pittas Panayiotis 7317 3 June 2018
19| Kourelos Zisis 7311 14 April 1976
20| Mavrikis Ioannis 7288 05 June 1982

MUNICIPAL STADIUM REDORDS

DISCIPLINES PERFORMANCE ATHLETE’S NAME DATE
DECATHLON 7612 Grnovic Aleksandar 8-9 June 2019
100 11.18 Grnovic Aleksandar 2 June 2018
400 48.8 Anastasiou Konstantinos
1500 3.44.8 Dimitrakis Andreas
110m Hurdles 14.45 Chatzopoulos Thanssis 7 June 2015
High Jump 2.05 Kapriniotis Grigoris 7 June 2015
Pole Vault 4.60 Ivanitskiy Vasil

Mantis Panagiotis

3 June 2018
Long Jump 7.49 Grnovic Aleksandar 8 June 2019
Shot Put 14.94 Grnovic Aleksandar 8 June 2019
Discus Throw 45.20 Gimoukis Anastasios
Javelin Throw 67.80 Troumbas Georgios
Greek Decathlon

WORLD DECATHLON

ALL DECATHLON RECORDS IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, OLYMPIC GAMES AND BY CONTINENT

TYPE MARK COMPETITOR COUNTRY VENUE DATE
World Records 9126 Kevin MAYER FRA Talence (FRA) 16 SEP 2018
World Leading 2021 8484 Karel TILGA EST Spec Towns Track (Georgia Un.), Athens, GA (USA) 10 APR 2021
IAAF World Championships Record 9045 Ashton EATON USA Beijing (National Stadium) 29 AUG 2015
Olympic Games Records 8893 Roman ŠEBRLE CZE Athína (Olympic Stadium) 24 AUG 2004
Olympic Games Records 8893 Ashton EATON USA Rio de Janeiro (Estádio Olímpico) 18 AUG 2016
Area Records – AFRICA 8521 Larbi BOURRADA ALG Rio de Janeiro (Estádio Olímpico) 18 AUG 2016
Area Records – ASIA 8725 Dmitriy KARPOV KAZ Athína (Olympic Stadium) 24 AUG 2004
Area Records – EUROPE 9126 Kevin MAYER FRA Talence (FRA) 16 SEP 2018
Area Records – NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICA & CANADA 9045 Ashton EATON USA Beijing (National Stadium) 29 AUG 2015
Area Records – OCEANIA 8492 Ashley MOLONEY AUS QSAC, Nathan, Brisbane (AUS) 20 DEC 2020
Area Records – SOUTH AMERICA 8393 Carlos Eduardo BEZERRA CHININ BRA Sao Paulo (BRA) 08 JUN 2013

DECATHLON MEN OUTDOOR ALL TIME

TYPE MARK COMPETITOR COUNTRY
1 9126 Kevin MAYER FRA
2 9045 Ashton EATON USA
3 9026 Roman ŠEBRLE CZE
4 8994 Tomáš DVORÁK CZE
5 8891 Dan O’BRIEN USA
6 8832 Bryan CLAY USA
7 8815 Erki NOOL EST
8 8847 Daley THOMPSON GBR
9 8795 Damian WARNER CAN
10 8790 Trey HARDEE USA
Decathlon Naxos