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OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS
 2012 - Ashton EatonUnited States of America January 21, 1988 |  2008 - Bryan ClayUnited States of America January 3, 1980 |  2004 - Roman ŠebrleCzech Republic November 26, 1974 |
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 2000 - Erik NoolEstonia June 25, 1970 |  1996 - Dan O'BrienUnited States of America July 18, 1966 |  1992 - Robert ZmělíkCzechoslovakia April 18, 1969 |
 1988 - Christian SchenkEast Germany February 9, 1965 |  1984 / 1980 - Daley ThomsonGreat Britain July 30, 1958 |  1976 - Bruce JennerUnited States of America October 28, 1949 |
 1972 - Avilov MykolaSoviet Union August 6, 1948 |  1968 - Bill ToomeyUnited States of America January 10, 1939 |  1964 - Willi HoldorfGermany February 17, 1940 |
 1960 - Rafer JohnsonUnited States of America August 18, 1935 |  1956 - Milt CampbellUnited States of America December 9, 1933 – November 2, 2012 |  1952 / 1948 - Bob MathiasUnited States of America November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006 |
 1936 - Glenn MorrisUnited States of America June 18, 1912 – January 31, 1974 |  1932 - James BauschUnited States of America March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974 |  1928 - Paavo YrjöläFinland June 18, 1902 - February 11, 1980 |
 1924 - Harold OsborneUnited States of America April 13, 1899 – April 5, 1975 |  1920 - Helge LøvlandNorway May 11, 1890 – April 26, 1984 |  1912 - Hugo WieslanderSweden June 11, 1889 – May 24, 1976 |
 1912 - Jim ThorpeUnited States of America May 22, 1887 – March 28, 1953 |  1904 - Tom KielyGreat Britain August 25, 1869 – November 6, 1951 |
OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALISTS
1904: Adam Beattie Gunn (December 24, 1872 – August 17, 1935) - United States of America
1908: The Decathlon Event was not included in the 1908 Olympic Program
1912: Charles Lomberg (December 4, 1886 – March 5, 1966) - Sweden
1916: Olympics cancelled due to World War I
1920: Brutus Kerr Hamilton (July 19, 1900 – December 28, 1970) - United States of America
1924: Emerson Carlysle Norton (November 16, 1900 – March 10, 1986) - United States of America
1928/1932: Akilles "Aki" Eero Johannes Järvinen (September 19, 1905 – March 7, 1943) - Finland
1936: Robert "Bob" Hyatt Clark (January 28, 1913 – May 13, 1976) - United States of America
1940/1948: Olympics cancelled due to World War II
1948: Ignace Heinrich (July 31, 1925 – January 9, 2003) - France
1952: Milton Gray Campbell (December 9, 1933 – November 2, 2012) - United States of America
1956: Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1935 - ) - United States of America
1960: Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang (July 10, 1933 – January 27, 2007) - Republic of China
1964: Rein Aun (October 5, 1940 – March 11, 1995) - Sovviet Union
1968: Hans-Joachim Walde (June 28, 1942 – April 18, 2013) - West Germany
1972: Leonid Lytvynenko (January 28, 1949 – ) - Soviet Union
1976: Guido Kratschmer (January 10, 1953 – ) - West Germany
1980: Yuriy Mikhaylovich Kutsenko (March 5, 1952 – ) - Soviet Union
1984: Jürgen Hingsen (January 25, 1958 – ) - West Germany
1988: Torsten "Thorsten" Voss (March 24, 1963 – ) - East Germany
1992: Antonio Peñalver Asensio (December 1, 1968 – ) - Spain
1996: Frank Busemann (February 26, 1975 – ) - Germany
2000: Roman Šebrle (November 26, 1974 – ) - Czech Republic
2004: Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (January 3, 1980 – ) - United States of America
2008: Andrei Sergeyevich Krauchanka (transliterated as Andrey Kravchenko) (January 4, 1986 – ) - Belarus
2012: James Edward "Trey" Hardee III (February 7, 1984 – ) - United States of America
OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALISTS
1904: Thomas Truxtun Hare (October 12, 1878 – February 2, 1956) - United States of America
1908: The Decathlon Event was not included in the 1908 Olympic Program
1912: Gustaf ("Gösta") Richard Mikael Holmér (September 23, 1891 – April 22, 1983) - Sweden
1916: Olympics cancelled due to World War I
1920: Bertil Ohlson (Bertil Gustaf Emanuel Ohlson January 22, 1899 – September 6, 1970) - Sweden
1924: Aleksander Klumberg (since 1936 Kolmpere; 17 April 1899 – 10 February 1958) - Estonia
1928: Ken Doherty (John Kenneth Doherty; May 16, 1905 - April 19, 1996) - United States of America
1932: Wolrad Eberle (May 4, 1908, Freiburg – May 13, 1949) - Germany
1936: : Roger "Jack" Parker (September 27, 1915 – May 29, 1964) - United States of America
1940/1948: Olympics cancelled due to World War II
1948/1952: Floyd Macon Simmons (April 10, 1923 – April 1, 2008) - United States of America
1956/1960: Vasili Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (February 7, 1932 – August 6, 2001) - Soviet Union
1964: Hans-Joachim Walde (June 28, 1942 – April 18, 2013) - Germany
1968: Kurt Bendlin (May 22, 1943 – ) - West Germany
1972: Ryszard Katus (March 29, 1947 – ) - Finland
1976: Mykola Avilov (August 6, 1948 – ) - Soviet Union
1980: Sergei Zhelanov (June 14, 1957 – ) - Soviet Union
1984: Siegfried Wentz (March 7, 1960 – ) - West Germany
1988: David Lee "Dave" Steen (November 14, 1959 – ) - Canada
1992: David "Dave" Allen Johnson (April 7, 1963 – ) - United States of America
1996: Tomáš Dvořák (May 11, 1972 – ) - Czech Republic
2000: Chris Huffins (April 15, 1970 – ) - United States of America
2004: Dmitriy Vasilyevich Karpov (July 23, 1981 – ) - Kazakhstan
2008: Leonel Suárez Fajardo (September 1, 1987 – ) - Cuba
2012: Dmitriy Vasilyevich Karpov (July 23, 1981 – ) - Cuba
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