Décastar
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| Sport | Athletics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| Official website | Official website |
Décastar (stylised DECASTAR) is an annual athletics competition that takes place in Talence, in the department of the Gironde in France. Organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), it is one of the athletics meetings that make up the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. Male and female athletes compete in the decathlon or heptathlon, respectively, and points scored at the Décastar count towards a yearly total for the parent competition.
History
The Décastar competition was first established in 1976 and, after further editions in 1978 and 1984, it was held annually from 1986 onwards.[1] Since its inception it has become one the premier combined event meetings: the 1996 Olympic champion Dan O'Brien set a world record in the decathlon at the 1992 edition, a mark which went unbeaten for nearly seven years.[2] At the 2004 edition, the organisers included the rarely competed women's decathlon and Marie Collonvillé set the world record with 8150 points.[3]
Competition format
Athletes celebrating at the podium at the end of the 2001 edition
As with most international combined events competitions, the programme is spread over two days.[4]
| Decathlon | Heptathlon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day one | Day two | Day one | Day two |
| 100 metres | 110 metres hurdles | 100 metres hurdles | Long jump |
| Long jump | Discus throw | High jump | Javelin throw |
| Shot put | Pole vault | Shot put | 800 metres |
| High jump | Javelin | 200 metres | — |
| 400 metres | 1500 metres | — | — |
Records
| Event | Athlete | Record | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's decathlon |  Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8891 | 5 September 1992 | |
| 100 m | Chris Huffins (USA) |
10.29 (+1.4 m/s) | 13 September 1997 | |
| Long jump | Dan O'Brien (USA) |
8.08 (+1.8 m/s) | 4 September 1992 | |
| Shot put |  Maurice Smith (JAM) |
16.72m | 23 September 2007 | |
| High jump |  Christian Schenk (GDR) |
2.22m | 16 September 1988 | |
| 400 m |  Erki Nool (EST) |
46.95 | 30 July 2000 | |
| 110 m hurdles |  Tomas Dvorak (CZE) |
13.79 | 14 September 1997 | |
| Discus throw | Brian Brophy (USA) |
53.84m | 5 September 1992 | |
| Pole vault |  Jean Galfione (FRA) |
5.75m | 15 September 1996 | |
| Javelin throw | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) |
72.22m | 11 September 1994 | |
| 1500 m | Gaël Querin (FRA) |
4:10.57 | 20 September 2009 | |
| Women's heptathlon |  Denise Lewis (GBR) |
6831 | 30 July 2000 | |
| 100 m hurdles |  Nadine Visser (NED) |
12.88 (+0.6 m/s) | 19 September 2015 | [5] |
| High jump |  Tatyana Blokhina (RUS) |
1.91m | 10 September 1993 | |
| Shot put |  Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) |
16.48m | 19 September 2009 | |
| 200 m |  Heike Drechsler (GER) |
22.84 (-1.1m/s) | 10 September 1994 | |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GER) |
6.95m (+1.0 m/s) | 11 September 1994 | |
| Javelin throw | Barbora Spotakova (CZE) |
60.90m | 16 September 2012 | [6] |
| 800 m | Nadine Debois (FRA) |
2:01.84 | 27 September 1987 | |
| Women's decathlon | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) |
8150 | 26 September 2004 |
Winners
Key: Meet record
Three-time World Champion Tomáš Dvořák had back-to-back decathlon wins in 1999 to 2000.
The 2008 Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska is a two-time winner of the Decastar heptathlon
Tatyana Chernova's heptathlon win in 2011 followed her gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
| Edition | Men's decathlon | Women's heptathlon | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decathlon winner | Points | Heptathlon winner | Points | |
| 1976 |  Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS) | 8468 | Sue Longden (GBR) | 4357 |
| 1978 | Valeriy Kachanov (URS) | 7930 | Ekaterina Smirnova (URS) | 4596 |
| 1984 | Torsten Voss (GDR) | 8428 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 6714 |
| 1986 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 7944 |  Malgorzata Nowak (POL) | 6258 |
| 1987 | Pavel Tarnavetskiy (URS) | 8220 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 6533 |
| 1988 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 8512 | Anke Behmer (GDR) | 6733 |
| 1989 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 8512 | Larisa Nikitina (URS) | 6599 |
| 1990 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 8525 | Peggy Beer (GDR) | 6321 |
| 1991 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | 8456 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 6425 |
| 1992 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | Irina Belova (RUS) | 6673 |
| 1993 | Steve Fritz (USA) | 8317 | Tatyana Blokhina (RUS) | 6703 |
| 1994 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8710 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 6441 |
| 1995 |  Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | 8430 | Tatyana Blokhina (RUS) | 6478 |
| 1996 | Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | 8478 |  Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU) | 6451 |
| 1997 | Chris Huffins (USA) | 8425 | Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU) | 6536 |
| 1998 |  Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | 8410 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 6352 |
| 1999 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8690 | Eunice Barber (FRA) | 6515 |
| 2000 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8733 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | 6831 |
| 2001 | Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | 8324 | Shelia Burrell (USA) | 6454 |
| 2002 | Tom Pappas (USA) | 8525 | Larisa Netšeporuk (EST) | 6151 |
| 2003 | Laurent Hernu (FRA) | 8219 | Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) | 6254 |
| 2004 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 8217 | Kelly Sotherton (GBR) | 6242 |
| 2005 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 8326 | Eunice Barber (FRA) | 6675 |
| 2006 |  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | 8438 | Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) | 6256 |
| 2007 | Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | 8553 | Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) | 6437 |
| 2008 | Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | 8312 | Hyleas Fountain (USA) | 6473 |
| 2009 | Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | 8291 | Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) | 6485 |
| 2010 |  Leonel Suárez (CUB) | 8328 | Tatyana Chernova (RUS) | 6453 |
| 2011 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hans Van Alphen (BEL) | 8200 | Tatyana Chernova (RUS) | 6679 |
| 2012 | Hans Van Alphen (BEL) | 8293 | Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) | 6390 |
| 2013 |  Damian Warner (CAN) | 8161 | Hanna Melnychenko (UKR) | 6308 |
| 2014 | Mikk Pahapill (EST) | 8077 | Carolin Schäfer (GER) | 6383 |
| 2015 |  Willem Coertzen (RSA) | 8187 |  Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (HUN) | 6306 |
References
- 1 2 "Le Décastar – Histoire". www.ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ↑ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2004-09-23). Olympic medallists set for Decastar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.
- ↑ van Kuijen, Hans (2009-09-17). Dobrynska and Pappas expected to highlight in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.
- ↑ Qu’appelle-t-on épreuves combinées d’athlétisme ?. Décastar. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.
- ↑ Thomas Byrne (19 September 2015). "Johnson-Thompson and Kasyanov have narrow leads after day one in Talence". IAAF. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ↑ Hans van Kuijen (16 September 2012). "Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence - IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
External links
- Official website (French)
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