| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 2023 Men Decathlon | Pierce LePage |  CAN | 8909 | Damian Warner | CAN | 8804 | Lindon Victor |  GRN | 8756 |
| 2022 Men Decathlon | Kevin Mayer |  FRA | 8816 | Pierce LePage | CAN | 8701 | Zachery Ziemek |  USA | 8676 |
| Olympic 2020 Men Decathlon | Damian Warner | CAN | 9018 | Kevin Mayer | FRA | 8726 | Ashley Maloney |  AUS | 8649 |
| 2019 Men Decathlon | Niklas Kaul |  GER | 8691 | Maicel Uibo |  EST | 8604 | Damian Warner | CAN | 8529 |
| 2017 Men Decathlon | Kevin Mayer | FRA | ---- | Rico Freimuth | GER | ---- | Kai Kazmirek | GER | ---- |
| Olympic 2016 Men Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | USA | ---- | Kevin Mayer | FRA | ---- | Damian Warner | CAN | ---- |
| 2015 Men Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | USA | ---- | Damian Warner | CAN | ---- | Rico Freimuth | GER | ---- |
| 2013 Men Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | USA | ---- | Michael Schrader | GER | ---- | Damian Warner | CAN | ---- |
| Olympic 2012 Men Decathlon | Ashton Eaton | USA | ---- | Trey Hardee | USA | ---- | Leonel Suarez |  CUB | ---- |
| 2011 Men Decathlon | Trey Hardee | USA | ---- | Ashton Eaton | USA | ---- | Leonel Suarez | CUB | ---- |
| 2009 Men Decathlon | Trey Hardee | USA | ---- | Leonel Suárez | CUB | ---- | Aleksandr Pogorelov |  RUS | ---- |
| Olympic 2008 Men Decathlon | Bryan Clay | USA | ---- | Andrei Krauchanka |  BLR | ---- | Leonel Suarez | CUB | ---- |
| 2007 Men Decathlon | Roman Sebrle |  CZE | ---- | Maurice Smith |  JAM | ---- | Dmitriy Karpov |  KAZ | ---- |
| 2005 Men Decathlon | Bryan Clay | USA | ---- | Roman Sebrle | CZE | ---- | Attila Zsivoczky |  HUN | ---- |
| Olympic 2004 Men Decathlon | Roman Sebrle | CZE | ---- | Bryan Clay | USA | ---- | Dmitriy Karpov | KAZ | ---- |
| 2003 Men Decathlon | Tom Pappas | USA | ---- | Roman Sebrle | CZE | ---- | Dmitriy Karpov | KAZ | ---- |
| 2001 Men Decathlon | Tomas Dvorak | CZE | ---- | Erki Nool | EST | ---- | Dean Macey |  GBR | ---- |
| Olympic 2000 Men Decathlon | Erki Nool | EST | ---- | Roman Sebrle | CZE | ---- | Chris Huffins | USA | ---- |
| 1999 Men Decathlon | Tomas Dvorak | CZE | ---- | Dean Macey | GBR | ---- | Chris Huffins | USA | ---- |
| 1997 Men Decathlon | Tomas Dvorak | CZE | ---- | Eduard Hamalainen |  FIN | ---- | Frank Busemann | GER | ---- |
| Olympic 1996 Men Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | USA | ---- | Frank Busemann | GER | ---- | Tomas Dvorak | CZE | ---- |
| 1995 Men Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | USA | ---- | Eduard Hamalainen | BLR | ---- | Mike Smith | CAN | ---- |
| 1993 Men Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | USA | ---- | Eduard Hamalainen | BLR | ---- | Paul Meier | GER | ---- |
| Olympic 1992 Men Decathlon | Robert Zmelik |  TCH | ---- | Antonio Penalver |  ESP | ---- | David Johnson | USA | ---- |
| 1991 Men Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | USA | ---- | Mike Smith | CAN | ---- | Christian Schenk | GER | ---- |
| Olympic 1944 Men Decathlon | Christian Schenk |  GDR | ---- | Torsten Voss | GDR | ---- | Dave Steen | CAN | ---- |
| 1987 Men Decathlon | Torsten Voss | GDR | ---- | Siegfried Wentz |  FRG | ---- | Pavel Tarnavetskiy |  URS | ---- |
| Olympic 1984 Men Decathlon | Daley Thompson | GBR | ---- | Jurgen Hingsen | FRG | ---- | Siegfried Wentz | FRG | ---- |
| 1983 Men Decathlon | Daley Thompson | GBR | ---- | Jurgen Hingsen | FRG | ---- | Siegfried Wentz | FRG | ---- |
| Olympic 1980 Men Decathlon | Daley Thompson | GBR | ---- | Yuri Kutsenko | URS | ---- | Sergei Zhelanov | URS | ---- |
| Olympic 1976 Men Decathlon | Bruce Jenner | USA | ---- | Guida Kratschmer | GER | ---- | Nikolay Avilov | URS | ---- |
| Olympic 1972 Men Decathlon | Nikolai Avilov | URS | ---- | Leonid Litvinenko | URS | ---- | Ryszard Katus |  POL | ---- |
| Olympic 1968 Men Decathlon | William Toomey | USA | ---- | Hans-Joachim Walde | FRG | ---- | Kurt Bendlin | FRG | ---- |
| Olympic 1964 Men Decathlon | Willi Holdorf | FRG | ---- | Rein Aun | URS | ---- | Hans-Joachim Walde | FRG | ---- |
| Olympic 1960 Men Decathlon | Rafer Johnson | USA | ---- | Yang Chuan-Kwang |  TPE | ---- | Vasily Kuznetsov | URS | ---- |
| Olympic 1956 Men Decathlon | Milton Campbell | USA | ---- | Rafer Johnson | USA | ---- | Vasily Kuznetsov | URS | ---- |
| Olympic 1952 Men Decathlon | Robert Mathias | USA | ---- | Milton Campbell | USA | ---- | Floyd Simmons | USA | ---- |
| Olympic 1948 Men Decathlon | Robert Mathias | USA | ---- | Ignace Heinrich | FRA | ---- | Floyd Simmons | USA | ---- |
| Olympic 1936 Men Decathlon | Glenn Morris | USA | ---- | Robert Clark | USA | ---- | Jack Parker | USA | ---- |
| Olympic 1932 Men Decathlon | James Bausch | USA | ---- | Akilles Jarvinen | FIN | ---- | Wolrad Eberle | GER | ---- |
| Olympic 1928 Men Decathlon | Paavo Yrjola | FIN | ---- | Akilles Jarvinen | FIN | ---- | Kenneth Doherty | USA | ---- |
| Olympic 1924 Men Decathlon | Harold Osborn | USA | ---- | Emerson Norton | USA | ---- | Aleksandr Klumberg | EST | ---- |
| Olympic 1920 Men Decathlon | Helge Lovland |  NOR | ---- | Brutus Hamilton | USA | ---- | Bertil Ohlson |  SWE | ---- |
| Olympic 1912 Men Decathlon | James Thorpe | USA | ---- | Hugo Wieslander | SWE | ---- | Charles Lomberg | SWE | ---- |
| Pentathlon | |||||||||
| Olympic 1920 Men Pentathlon | Eero Lehtonen | FIN | ---- | Everett Bradley | USA | ---- | Hugo Lahtinen | FIN | ---- |
