Décastar
title: "Décastar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["décastar", "decathlon", "annual-track-and-field-meetings", "athletics-competitions-in-france", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-1976", "world-athletics-combined-events-tour", "1976-establishments-in-france"] topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Décastar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| title | Décastar |
| logo | Decastar_Official_Logo.png |
| pixels | 100px |
| sport | Athletics |
| founded | 1976 |
| website | Official website |
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| title = Décastar | logo = Decastar_Official_Logo.png | pixels = 100px | sport = Athletics | founded = 1976 | champion = | 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 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 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1984, it was held annually from 1986 onwards. During the first four editions the women competed in the pentathlon. 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. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 edition due to the pandemic and renovation of the Talence stadium.
Competition format
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As with most international combined events competitions, the programme is spread over two days.
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| 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 | — | — | ||
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Records
Men's
::data[format=table title="Men's meeting records of the Décastar"]
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Meet | Ref. | 100 m | 400 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | High jump | Pole vault | Long jump | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw | Decathlon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.29 | Chris Huffins | United States | 13 September 1997 | 1997 | |||||||||||||
| 46.43 | Ayden Owens-Delerme | Puerto Rico | 5 July 2025 | 2025 | title=Owens-Delerme wins decathlon, Araujo retains heptathlon title in Talence | url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/decastar-2025-decathlon-heptathlon | date=2025-07-06 | access-date=2025-07-10 | website=World Athletics}} | ||||||||
| 4:10.57 | Gaël Querin | France | 20 September 2009 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| 13.68 | {{ill | Finley Gaio | de | it}} | Switzerland | 18 September 2022 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| 2.22 m | Christian Schenk | East Germany | 16 September 1988 | 1988 | |||||||||||||
| 5.75 m | Jean Galfione | France | 15 September 1996 | 1996 | |||||||||||||
| 8.08 | Dan O'Brien | United States | 4 September 1992 | 1992 | |||||||||||||
| 16.72 m | Maurice Smith | Jamaica | 23 September 2007 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
| 53.84 m | Brian Brophy | United States | 5 September 1992 | 1992 | |||||||||||||
| 72.22 m | Sébastien Levicq | France | 11 September 1994 | 1994 | |||||||||||||
| 9126 pts | Kevin Mayer | France | 16 September 2018 | 2018 | |||||||||||||
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Women's
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| Event | Record | Athlete | Nation | Date | Meet | Ref. | 200 m | 800 m | 100 m hurdles | High jump | Long jump | Shot put | Javelin throw | Heptathlon | Decathlon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.84 | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 10 September 1994 | 1994 | |||||||||||
| 2:01.84 | Nadine Debois | France | 27 September 1987 | 1987 | |||||||||||
| 12.88 | Nadine Visser | Netherlands | 19 September 2015 | 2015 | |||||||||||
| 12.88 | Michelle Atherley | United States | 5 July 2025 | 2025 | |||||||||||
| 2.02 m | Nafissatou Thiam | Belgium | 22 June 2019 | 2019 | |||||||||||
| 6.95 m | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 11 September 1994 | 1994 | |||||||||||
| 16.48 m | Nataliya Dobrynska | Ukraine | 19 September 2009 | 2009 | |||||||||||
| 60.90 m | Barbora Spotakova | Czech Republic | 16 September 2012 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| 6831 pts | Denise Lewis | Great Britain | 30 July 2000 | 2000 | |||||||||||
| 8150 pts | Marie Collonvillé | France | 26 September 2004 | 2004 | |||||||||||
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Winners
Key: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/ThomasDvorak.jpg" caption="Three-time World Champion [[Tomáš Dvořák]] had back-to-back decathlon wins in 1999 to 2000."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Nataliya_Dobrynska_2012.jpg" caption="The 2008 Olympic champion [[Nataliya Dobrynska]] is a two-time winner of the Decastar heptathlon"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Tatyana_Chernova_Daegu_2011.jpg" caption="[[Tatyana Chernova]]'s heptathlon win in 2011 followed her gold medal at the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]]."] ::
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Notes
References
References
- "Le Décastar – Histoire". www.ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr.
- IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.
- IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.
- (2021-04-23). "Report du Décastar en 2022".
- link. (2010-04-24 . Décastar. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.)
- (2025-07-06). "Owens-Delerme wins decathlon, Araujo retains heptathlon title in Talence".
- "110m Hurdles Results". World Athletics.
- Quentin Guillon. (16 September 2018). "Mayer breaks decathlon world record in Talence with 9126". IAAF.
- Thomas Byrne. (19 September 2015). "Johnson-Thompson and Kasyanov have narrow leads after day one in Talence". IAAF.
- Quentin Guillon. (22 June 2019). "Thiam and Lepage the overnight leaders in Talence as Mayer saves himself". IAAF.
- Hans van Kuijen. (16 September 2012). "Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence - IAAF Combined Events Challenge". [[IAAF]].
- "Winners".
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