2025-09 WCH Tokyo | Mens Decathlon

The competition

Leo Neugebauer (GER) won the men's decathlon at the World Championships in Tokyo in September with 8804 points, taking the lead in the ninth event and holding it by 20. Kyle Garland (USA) had led the eight before that.

Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) led after the 100m. Garland took over in the long jump and was still in front after the pole vault, at his widest 206 points clear. Neugebauer went ahead in the javelin by 15 and finished 20 clear of Owens-Delerme, who came past Garland in the closing 1500m.

Neugebauer was fourth at the day break on 4455 and 230 points under his series, having been under it in all five events. Day 2 gave the 230 back and more: 64.34 in the javelin was worth 803 points and 116 above his series, the largest single gain of his competition and the one that put him in front, and 4:31.89 in the 1500m added another 80. His day 2 was worth 4349 and 73 above his series, and the 8804 is 157 short of the 8961 he scored at Eugene in June 2024.

Ayden Owens-Delerme ran the decathlon almost exactly to his own script and then rewrote the end of it. He opened on 10.31, the same 100m his series holds, and through nine events was never more than 172 points off it. Then 4:17.91 in the 1500m, worth 826 points and 180 above his series, which closed a 114-point deficit to 20 and took him past Garland into second. The 8784 is a personal best over the 8732 he scored at Walnut in April 2024.

Kyle Garland led from the long jump to the pole vault and lost the competition in the last two events. He was first at the day break on 4707, 7 points under his series and 164 clear, and still led by 53 after the vault. The javelin took 86 against his series at 59.78 and the 1500m left him third on 8703, 166 under the series that produced his best.

Kendrick Thompson (BAH) finished eighth and closest of anyone to his own history, 7 points under it.

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