WCH Tokyo 25 facts and figures: men's decathlon

Last three sets of World Athletics Championships medallists

2023 – 1 Pierce LePage (CAN) 8909, 2 Damian Warner (CAN) 8804, 3 Lindon Victor (GRN) 8756
2022 – 1 Kevin Mayer (FRA) 8816, 2 Pierce LePage (CAN) 8701, 3 Zach Ziemek (USA) 8676
2019 – 1 Niklas Kaul (GER) 8691, 2 Maicel Uibo (EST) 8604, 3 Damian Warner (CAN) 8529

Last two sets of Olympic medallists

2024 – 1 Markus Rooth (NOR) 8796, 2 Leo Neugebauer (GER) 8748, 3 Lindon Victor (GRN) 8711
2020 – 1 Damian Warner (CAN) 9018, 2 Kevin Mayer (FRA) 8726, 3 Ashley Moloney (AUS) 8649 

Highest winning marks in World Athletics Championships history:

Ashton Eaton (USA) – 9045 (2015)
Pierce LePage (CAN) – 8909 (2023)
Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) – 8902 (2001)

Lowest winning mark in World Athletics Championships history

Trey Hardee (USA) – 8607 (2011)

Best marks on Japanese soil

9018 1 Damian Warner (CAN) - Tokyo (Olympics) 05.08.2021
8812 1 Dan O’Brien (USA) - Tokyo (World Championships) 30.08.1991
8726 2 Kevin Mayer (FRA) - Tokyo (Olympics) 05.08.2021

Best marks on Asian soil

9045 1 Ashton Eaton (USA) - Beijing (World Championships) 29.08.2015
9018 1 Damian Warner (CAN) - Tokyo (Olympics) 05.08.2021
8812 1 Dan O’Brien (USA) - Tokyo (World Championships) 30.08.1991

Biggest winning margins

350p 2015 – 9045 Ashton Eaton (USA), 8695 Damian Warner (CAN)
263p 1991 – 8812 Dan O’Brien (USA), 8549 Michael Smith (CAN)
219p 1987 – 8680 Torsten Voss (GDR/GER), 8461 Siegfried Wentz (FRG/GER)

​​Smallest winning margins

32p 2007 – 8676 Roman Šebrle (CZE), 8644 Maurice Smith (JAM)
87p 2001 – 8902 Tomáš Dvořák (CZE), 8815 Erki Nool (EST)
87p 2019 – 8691 Niklas Kaul (GER), 8604 Maicel Uibo (EST)

Multiple winners

1991/93/95 - Dan O'Brien (USA)
1997/99/01 - Tomas Dvorak (CZE)
2009/11 - Trey Hardee (USA)
2013/15 - Ashton Eaton (USA)
2017/22 - Kevin Mayer (FRA)

Winners by country

9 - United States
4 - Czechia
2 - France
1 - Great Britain
1 - German Democratic Republic
1 - Germany
1 - Canada

Five historic facts

• United States and Czechia won every decathlon title at the World Championships between 1991 and 2015
• Damian Warner (CAN) holds the record for most decathlon medals won at four, although he is yet to win gold 
• Ashton Eaton (USA) won gold in Beijing in 2015 with a championship record of 9045 points, a world record at the time 
• Pierce LePage (CAN) won Canada's first world decathlon title in Budapest in 2023, leading a Canadian 1-2 from Damian Warner
• At 21y/235d, Niklas Kaul (GER) is the event's youngest champion when he won gold in Doha in 2019

Potential storylines

• Can Norway win back-to-back major decathlon titles? Markus Rooth won Olympic gold last year and Sander Skotheim holds the world lead with 8909. Rooth is absent due to injury sustained during pole vault training
• Interestingly, Skotheim's world lead was the same score that Pierce LePage (CAN) scored to win world gold in Budapest
• Can the United States win their 10th gold medal from 20 editions of the World Championships?
• The entry-list features five of the top-10 decathletes on the world all-time list: Warner (9018), Leo Neugebauer (8961), Skotheim (8909), LePage (8909) and Kyle Garland (8869)
• 10 athletes have dropped out before the decathlon javelin