# Décastar

Décastar (stylised DECASTAR) is an annual athletics competition that takes place in Talence, in the department of the Gironde in France. Organised by ADEM L'ADEM, it is one of the athletics meetings that make up the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events. 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. 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. At the 2004 edition, the organisers included the rarely competed women's decathlon and Marie Collonvillé set the world record with 8150 points.

## Competition format

As with most international combined events competitions, the programme is spread over two days.
| Decathlon | Decathlon | Heptathlon | 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

Décastar meeting records :
| Event | Athlete | Record | Date |
| Men's decathlon | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | 9126 pts | 16 September 2018 |
| 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) | 16.72 m | 23 September 2007 |
| High jump | Christian Schenk (GDR) | 2.22 m | 16 September 1988 |
| 400 m | Erki Nool (EST) | 46.95 | 30 July 2000 |
| 110 m hurdles | Finley Gaio (SUI) | 13.68 (-0.8 m/s) | 18 September 2022 |
| Discus throw | Brian Brophy (USA) | 53.84 m | 5 September 1992 |
| Pole vault | Jean Galfione (FRA) | 5.75 m | 15 September 1996 |
| Javelin throw | Sébastien Levicq (FRA) | 72.22 m | 11 September 1994 |
| 1500 m | Gaël Querin (FRA) | 4:10.57 | 20 September 2009 |
| Women's heptathlon | Denise Lewis (GBR) | 6831 pts | 30 July 2000 |
| 100 m hurdles | Nadine Visser (NED) | 12.88 (+0.6 m/s) | 19 September 2015 |
| High jump | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | 2.02 m WHB | 22 June 2019 |
| Shot put | Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) | 16.48 m | 19 September 2009 |
| 200 m | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 22.84 (-1.1 m/s) | 10 September 1994 |
| Long jump | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 6.95 m (+1.0 m/s) | 11 September 1994 |
| Javelin throw | Barbora Spotakova (CZE) | 60.90 m | 16 September 2012 |
| 800 m | Nadine Debois (FRA) | 2:01.84 WHB | 27 September 1987 |
| Women's decathlon | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) | 8150 pts | 26 September 2004 |

## Winners

Key:  Meet record
| Edition | Men's decathlon | Men's decathlon | Women's heptathlon | Women's heptathlon |
| Edition | 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 | 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 |
| 2016 | Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | 8077 | Nadine Broersen (NED) | 6377 |
| 2017 | Damian Warner (CAN) | 8252 | Anouk Vetter (NED) | 6363 |
| 2018 | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | 9126 | Carolin Schäfer (GER) | 6457 |
| 2019 | Pierce LePage (CAN) | 8453 | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | 6819 |
| 2022 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 8550 | Ivona Dadic (AUT) | 6233 |
| 2022 | Lindon Victor (GRN) | 8550 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6233 |
| 2023 | Makenson Gletty (FRA) | 8443 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6495 |
| 2024 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 8589 | Martha Araújo (COL) | 6429 AR |