2025-09 WCH Tokyo | Mens Decathlon
Leo Neugebauer (GER) won the men's decathlon at the World Championships in Tokyo on 18 September 2025 with 8804 points, 157 under the personal best he brought from Eugene in June 2024. One man in the field of sixteen finished above his PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Neugebauer (GER) | 8804 | -157 | |
| 2 | Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) | 8784 | -20 | +52 |
| 3 | Kyle Garland (USA) | 8703 | -101 | -166 |
| 4 | Niklas Kaul (GER) | 8538 | -266 | -153 |
| 5 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 8431 | -373 | -333 |
| 6 | Heath Baldwin (USA) | 8337 | -467 | -288 |
| 7 | Harrison Williams (USA) | 8269 | -535 | -361 |
| 8 | Kendrick Thompson (BAH) | 8175 | -629 | -7 |
| 9 | Makenson Gletty (FRA) | 8146 | -658 | -460 |
| 10 | Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) | 8116 | -688 | -152 |
| 11 | Vilém Stráský (CZE) | 8110 | -694 | -26 |
| 12 | Antoine Ferranti (FRA) | 8003 | -801 | -218 |
| 13 | José Fernando Ferreira Santana (BRA) | 7927 | -877 | -286 |
| 14 | Fei Xiang (CHN) | 7347 | -1457 | -468 |
| 15 | Ondřej Kopecký (CZE) | 7184 | -1620 | -1126 |
| 16 | Karel Tilga (EST) | 6073 | -2731 | -2608 |
| DNF | Till Steinforth (GER) | |||
| DNF | Sven Roosen (NED) | |||
| DNF | Simon Ehammer (SUI) | |||
| DNF | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | |||
| DNF | Pierce LePage (CAN) | |||
| DNF | Lindon Victor (GRN) | |||
| DNF | Janek Õiglane (EST) |
The javelin decided it. Kyle Garland (USA) had led from the long jump onwards, by as much as 206 after the high jump, and stood 7322 with 53 on Neugebauer. Neugebauer threw 64.34 for 803 points, 116 more than the javelin in his PB series had been worth; Garland threw 59.78 for 735, 86 under his own. Neugebauer moved to 8072 and a lead of 15, and the 1500m closed it at 20.
Neugebauer was fourth at the day break on 4455 and 230 under his own PB series, having lost 60 in the long jump, 48 in the shot and 74 in the high jump. Day 2 was where the competition turned: the hurdles, discus and pole vault cost 123 more and left him 353 under, and then the javelin returned 116 and 4.31.89 in the 1500m for 732 points another 80. He finished 157 under the series, having recovered 196 of it in the last two events.
Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) led the opening 100m with 10.31 for 1020 points, matching his own series mark exactly, and was third at the day break on 4487 and 134 under it, the long jump 111 of that at 7.32 against a 7.77 series mark. Day 2 held roughly level through four events. Then 4.17.91 in the 1500m for 826 points, 180 above the 4:45.59 in his PB series, which was the largest single gain on any of the leading sheets and turned a deficit of 128 into a balance of 52. His 8784 was a personal best on the 8732 he scored in Walnut in April 2024, and it left him 20 short.
Garland led eight of the ten events. He was first at the day break on 4707, 7 under his own PB series and 164 clear of the field, with 7.92 in the long jump for 1040 points and 17.02 in the shot for 914. Day 2 cost 159: 67 in the hurdles, 60 in the discus and 86 in the javelin, the throw that lost him the lead. He finished 166 under the series and third.
Niklas Kaul (GER) finished 165 behind Garland in fourth. He was twenty-third after the 100m and eighth at the day break, 540 behind, and day 2 took most of it back. His 78.19 in the javelin for 1015 points against Garland's 735 closed 280 of the gap, and 4.20.76 in the 1500m for 806 points another 160. He finished 153 under his own PB series, with 91 lost in the pole vault at 4.70 against a 5.00 series mark.
Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) came in with a PB of 8909 from Götzis in June, the second best in the field. He stood seventeenth on 4543 after the hurdles, 1027 under his own PB series, and did not start the discus. Pierce LePage (CAN), who carried the same 8909 from Budapest in August 2023, was fifteenth on 3241 after the high jump and 421 under his series, and did not start the 400m.
Owens-Delerme was the only man in the field to beat his PB series, by 52, and that is also a personal best. Kendrick Thompson (BAH), eighth, came closest to it at 7 under, and Vilém Stráský (CZE), eleventh, was 26 under. Makenson Gletty (FRA), ninth, finished 460 under his series and Johannes Erm (EST), fifth, 333 under.
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