Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 10 April 2018. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: The schedule was as follows: Competitors contested a series of 10 events over two days, with their results being converted into points. The final standings were decided by their cumulative points tallies. Results after event 1 of 10: Results after event 2 of 10: Results after event 3 of 10: Results after
Decathlon who wins the decathlon, thus the world's greatest athlete of all times is the recordman of decathlon (Kevin Mayer as of September 2018). This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The official decathlon world record holder is French Kevin Mayer, who scored 9,126 points at the 2018 Décastar. The event developed from the ancient pentathlon. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek Olympics. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, sprint and a