The competition takes place across two days and was first introduced as an Olympic event in 1912, with some of the biggest ...

In modern athletics, the ten events are: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 110 metre hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, javelin throw and shot put. The Olympic decathlon ...

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS: Follow USA TODAY's ... 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Other events on Saturday's docket include the men's decathlon 110-meter hurdle, the men's decathlon discus ...

The decathlon and heptathlon makes up part of the Olympic track and field program, while pentathlon is an entirely-different Olympic sport: modern pentathlon. The decathlon, a men's event, features ...

Before 1948, Mathias had never participated in a decathlon. That summer in London, he won the Olympic gold medal in the grueling 10-event competition. Quite an accomplishment for anybody ...

The groundbreaking event will bring women from around the world together to compete for the coveted title of "World's Greatest Athlete." At the Olympic level, the decathlon, a 10-event track and ...

Always one of the most popular parts of the Olympic schedule ... in the process – while Ash Moloney became our first ever decathlon medallist with a bronze and Kelsey-Lee Barber also took ...

Helsinki, 1952: Team USA's Milt Campbell, centre, won the fifth heat of the 110-metre hurdles event in the Olympic decathlon. Campbell, who became the first black person to win the Olympic ...

The two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon is not attending the Tokyo Games after winning the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and London in 2012. Our journalism needs your support.