There is a scoring table. The current table came out from the IAAF in 1985. It assesses a score for each performance in each of the 10 events. The athlete with the highest cumulative score wins.
Bruce Jenner won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympics with a total score of 8,634 points. His individual event times included a 100 meters time of 10.93 seconds, a 400 meters time of 47.51 seconds, and a 1500 meters time of 4:12.51. Jenner's performance in various other events contributed to his overall score, solidifying his status as a top athlete in the decathlon.
The correct spelling is decathlon.
A decathlon :)
The word decathlon does not have an antonym.
Intellectual Decathlon happened in 1984.
Intellectual Decathlon was created in 1984.
Olympic Decathlon was created in 1980.
Olympic Decathlon happened in 1981.
The Last Decathlon was created in 1980.
Decathlon Group was created in 1976.
The Activision Decathlon happened in 1983.
A decathlon is very hard to complete.