| Based on this system, German Rolf Geese in the M60 division and American Robert Hewitt in the M80 divisions have set their respective over 8,000 points | |
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| Pentathlons involved five disciplines — , , , and a match | However, in 2001, the approved scoring tables for a women's decathlon; the current world record holder is of , with 8,366 |
The world record holder is decathlete , who achieved 7,897 points at a meeting in , , in 1992.
14| Event 1,000 pts 900 pts 800 pts 700 pts Unit 100 m 10 | The current official holder is Frenchman , who scored a total of 9,126 points at the 2018 in France |
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| Retrieved on 25 January 2014 | By the sixth century BC, pentathlons had become part of religious games |
The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the.