2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon 2: 0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–11 August in Moscow, Russia. The first day ended with two Americans leading the competition, Olympic Champion and World Record holder Ashton Eaton and, surprisingly, World Junior Champion Gunnar Nixon who set a 15 cm personal record in the Long Jump, another in the Shot Put and
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon The men's decathlon competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 17–18 August. The medals were presented by Dagmawit Girmay Berhane, IOC member, Ethiopia and Bernard Amsalem, Council Member of the IAAF. The decathlon consists of ten track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the ten components. The athletes all compete in one competition with no elimination rounds. , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.