{{Infobox Sports league | title = Décastar | logo = Decastar_Official_Logo.png | pixels = 100px | sport = Athletics | founded = 1976 | champion = | website = [https://decastar.fr/en/ 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 [https://decastar.fr/fr/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.<ref name=Comp>{{cite web|title=Le Décastar – Histoire|url=http://ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr/decastar/decastar.html|publisher=www.ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr|access-date=25 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604051626/http://ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr/decastar/decastar.html|archive-date=4 June 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2004-09-23). [http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCE/season=2004/news/kind=100/newsid=27529.html Olympic medallists set for Decastar]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.</ref> At the 2004 edition, the organisers included the rarely competed women's decathlon and Marie Collonvillé set the world record with 8150&nbsp;points.<ref>van Kuijen, Hans (2009-09-17). [http://www.iaaf.org/WCE09/news/newsid=54413.html Dobrynska and Pappas expected to highlight in Talence - IAAF World Combined Events Challenge - PREVIEW ]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report du Décastar en 2022 |url=https://decastar.fr/fr/report-decastar-2021/ |date=2021-04-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326095527/https://decastar.fr/fr/report-decastar-2021/ |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Décastar |language=fr}}</ref>

==Competition format== thumb|right|Athletes celebrating at the podium at the end of the 2001 edition As with most international combined events competitions, the programme is spread over two days.<ref>[http://ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr/decastar/?id=3 Qu’appelle-t-on épreuves combinées d’athlétisme ?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424011610/http://ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr/decastar/?id=3 |date=2010-04-24 }}. Décastar. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" width="50%" |- !colspan=2|Decathlon !colspan=2|Heptathlon |- !width="18%"|Day one !width="18%"|Day two !width="18%"|Day one !width="18%"|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 |align=center| — |- |400 metres |1500 metres |align=center| — |align=center| — |}

==Records== === Men's === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header" |+Men's meeting records of the Décastar |- !scope="col"|Event !scope="col"|Record !scope="col"|Athlete !scope="col"|Nation !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Meet !scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"| 100 m | 10.29 {{wind|+1.4}} | Chris Huffins | {{flagu|United States}} | 13 September 1997 | 1997 | |- !scope="row"| 400 m | 46.43 | Ayden Owens-Delerme | {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} | 5 July 2025 | 2025 |<ref name=wa2025>{{Cite web |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}}</ref> |- !scope="row"| 1500 m | 4:10.57 | Gaël Querin | {{flagu|France}} | 20 September 2009 | 2009 | |- !scope="row"| 110 m hurdles | 13.68 {{wind|-0.8}} | {{ill|Finley Gaio|de||it}} | {{flagu|Switzerland}} | 18 September 2022 | 2022 | <ref>{{cite web |title=110m Hurdles Results |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7171048?eventId=10229611 |access-date=12 July 2024 |work=World Athletics}}</ref> |- !scope="row"| High jump | 2.22 m | Christian Schenk | {{flagu|East Germany}} | 16 September 1988 | 1988 | |- !scope="row"| Pole vault | 5.75 m | Jean Galfione | {{flagu|France}} | 15 September 1996 | 1996 | |- !scope="row"| Long jump | 8.08 {{wind|+1.8}} | Dan O'Brien | {{flagu|United States}} | 4 September 1992 | 1992 | |- !scope="row"| Shot put | 16.72 m | Maurice Smith | {{flagu|Jamaica}} | 23 September 2007 | 2007 | |- !scope="row"| Discus throw | 53.84 m | Brian Brophy | {{flagu|United States}} | 5 September 1992 | 1992 | |- !scope="row"| Javelin throw | 72.22 m | Sébastien Levicq | {{flagu|France}} | 11 September 1994 | 1994 | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2|Decathlon | 9126 pts | Kevin Mayer | {{flagu|France}} | 16 September 2018 | 2018 | rowspan="2" |<ref name="Quentin Guillon">{{cite news |author=Quentin Guillon |date=16 September 2018 |title=Mayer breaks decathlon world record in Talence with 9126 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/decastar-talence-2018-mayer-world-record |access-date=21 September 2018 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> |- |colspan=5|{{Decathlon score|10.55 {{Wind|+0.3}} |7.80 m {{Wind|+1.2}}|16.00 m| 2.05 m|48.42|13.75 m {{Wind|-1.1}}|50.54 m|5.45 m|71.90 m |4:46.11}} |}

=== Women's === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header" |+Women's meeting records of the Décastar |- !scope="col"|Event !scope="col"|Record !scope="col"|Athlete !scope="col"|Nation !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Meet !scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"| 200 m | 22.84 {{wind|-1.1}} | Heike Drechsler | {{flagu|Germany}} | 10 September 1994 | 1994 | |- !scope="row"| 800 m | 2:01.84 {{AthAbbr|WHB}} | Nadine Debois | {{flagu|France}} | 27 September 1987 | 1987 | |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"| 100 m hurdles | 12.88 {{wind|+0.6}} | Nadine Visser | {{flagu|Netherlands}} | 19 September 2015 | 2015 | <ref>{{cite news |author=Thomas Byrne |date=19 September 2015 |title=Johnson-Thompson and Kasyanov have narrow leads after day one in Talence |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/johnson-thompson-kasyanov-decastar-talence |access-date=20 September 2015 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> |- | 12.88 {{wind|+0.8}} | Michelle Atherley | {{flagu|United States}} | 5 July 2025 | 2025 | <ref name=wa2025/> |- !scope="row"| High jump | 2.02 m {{AthAbbr|WHB}} | Nafissatou Thiam | {{flagu|Belgium}} | 22 June 2019 | 2019 | <ref>{{cite news |author=Quentin Guillon |date=22 June 2019 |title=Thiam and Lepage the overnight leaders in Talence as Mayer saves himself |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/decastar-talence-2019-thiam-lepage-mayer |access-date=26 June 2019 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> |- !scope="row"| Long jump | 6.95 m {{wind|+1.0}} | Heike Drechsler | {{flagu|Germany}} | 11 September 1994 | 1994 | |- !scope="row"| Shot put | 16.48 m | Nataliya Dobrynska | {{flagu|Ukraine}} | 19 September 2009 | 2009 | |- !scope="row"| Javelin throw | 60.90 m | Barbora Spotakova | {{flagu|Czech Republic}} | 16 September 2012 | 2012 |<ref>{{cite news |author=Hans van Kuijen |date=16 September 2012 |title=Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence - IAAF Combined Events Challenge |url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WCE12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=67801 |access-date=18 September 2012 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref> |- !scope="rowgroup" rowspan=2|Heptathlon | align="left" | 6831 pts | Denise Lewis | {{flagu|Great Britain}} | 30 July 2000 | 2000 | rowspan="2" | |- |colspan=5|{{Heptathlon score|13.13 {{wind|+1.0}}|1.84 m|15.07 m|24.01 {{wind|+3.6}}|6.69 m {{wind|-0.4}}|49.42 m| 2:12.20}} |- !scope="row" |Decathlon | align="left" | 8150 pts | Marie Collonvillé | {{flagu|France}} | 26 September 2004 | 2004 | |}

==Winners== <ref name=win>{{Cite web|url=https://decastar.fr/en/history/|title=Winners}}</ref>'''Key:''' {{legend2|#A9F5A9|'''Meet record'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} [[File:ThomasDvorak.jpg|thumb|Three-time World Champion Tomáš Dvořák had back-to-back decathlon wins in 1999 to 2000.]] [[File:Nataliya Dobrynska 2012.jpg|thumb|The 2008 Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska is a two-time winner of the Decastar heptathlon]] [[File:Tatyana Chernova Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|Tatyana Chernova's heptathlon win in 2011 followed her gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.]] {| class="wikitable sortable" !rowspan=2| Edition !colspan=2| Men's decathlon !colspan=2| Women's heptathlon |- ! Decathlon winner ! Points ! Heptathlon winner ! Points |- |1976 |{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Grebenyuk|URS}} ||8468 |{{flagathlete|Sue Longden|GBR}} ||4357{{efn|name=pentathlon|Women competed in the pentathlon.}} |- |1977 |{{flagathlete|Yves Le Roy|FRA}} ||8058 |{{flagathlete|Marie-Christine Debourse|FRA}} ||4188{{efn|name=pentathlon}} |- |1978 |{{flagathlete|Valeriy Kachanov|URS}} ||7930 |{{flagathlete|Ekaterina Smirnova|URS}} ||4596{{efn|name=pentathlon}} |- |1980 |{{flagathlete|Georg Werthner|AUT}} ||7937 |{{flagathlete|Florence Picaut|FRA}} ||4463{{efn|name=pentathlon}} |- |1984 |{{flagathlete|Torsten Voss|GDR}} ||8428 |{{flagathlete|Jane Frederick|USA}} ||6714 |- |1986 |{{flagathlete|Christian Plaziat|FRA}} ||7944 |{{flagathlete|Malgorzata Nowak|POL}} ||6258 |- |1987 |{{flagathlete|Pavel Tarnavetskiy|URS}} ||8220 |{{flagathlete|Jane Frederick|USA}} ||6533 |- |1988 |{{flagathlete|Christian Plaziat|FRA}} ||8512 |{{flagathlete|Anke Behmer|GDR}} ||6733 |- |1989 |{{flagathlete|Christian Plaziat|FRA}} ||8512 |{{flagathlete|Larisa Nikitina|URS}} ||6599 |- |1990 |{{flagathlete|Christian Plaziat|FRA}} ||8525 |{{flagathlete|Peggy Beer|GDR}} ||6321 |- |1991 |{{flagathlete|Christian Plaziat|FRA}} ||8456 |{{flagathlete|Urszula Włodarczyk|POL}} ||6425 |- |1992 |{{flagathlete|Dan O'Brien|USA}} ||8891 |{{flagathlete|Irina Belova|RUS}} ||6673 |- |1993 |{{flagathlete|Steve Fritz|USA}} ||8317 |{{flagathlete|Tatyana Blokhina|RUS}} ||6703 |- |1994 |{{flagathlete|Dan O'Brien|USA}} ||8710 |{{flagathlete|Heike Drechsler|GER}} ||6441 |- |1995 |{{flagathlete|Eduard Hämäläinen|BLR}} ||8430 |{{flagathlete|Tatyana Blokhina|RUS}} ||6478 |- |1996 |{{flagathlete|Eduard Hämäläinen|BLR}} ||8478 |{{flagathlete|Remigija Nazarovienė|LTU}} ||6451 |- |1997 |{{flagathlete|Chris Huffins|USA}} ||8425 |{{flagathlete|Remigija Nazarovienė|LTU}} ||6536 |- |1998 |{{flagathlete|Jón Arnar Magnússon|ISL}} ||8410 |{{flagathlete|Urszula Włodarczyk|POL}} ||6352 |- |1999 |{{flagathlete|Tomáš Dvořák|CZE}} ||8690 |{{flagathlete|Eunice Barber|FRA}} ||6515 |- |2000 |{{flagathlete|Tomáš Dvořák|CZE}} ||8733 |{{flagathlete|Denise Lewis|GBR}} ||bgcolor=#A9F5A9|6831 |- |2001 |{{flagathlete|Oleksandr Yurkov|UKR}} ||8324 |{{flagathlete|Shelia Burrell|USA}} ||6454 |- |2002 |{{flagathlete|Tom Pappas|USA}} ||8525 |{{flagathlete|Larisa Netšeporuk|EST}} ||6151 |- |2003 |{{flagathlete|Laurent Hernu|FRA}} ||8219 |{{flagathlete|Yelena Prokhorova|RUS}} ||6254 |- |2004 |{{flagathlete|Roman Šebrle|CZE}} ||8217 |{{flagathlete|Kelly Sotherton|GBR}} ||6242 |- |2005 |{{flagathlete|Roman Šebrle|CZE}} ||8326 |{{flagathlete|Eunice Barber|FRA}} ||6675 |- |2006 |{{flagathlete|Dmitriy Karpov|KAZ}} ||8438 |{{flagathlete|Nataliya Dobrynska|UKR}} ||6256 |- |2007 |{{flagathlete|Andrei Krauchanka|BLR}} ||8553 |{{flagathlete|Lyudmyla Blonska|UKR}} ||6437 |- |2008 |{{flagathlete|Andrei Krauchanka|BLR}} ||8312 |{{flagathlete|Hyleas Fountain|USA}} ||6473 |- |2009 |{{flagathlete|Oleksiy Kasyanov|UKR}} ||8291 |{{flagathlete|Nataliya Dobrynska|UKR}} ||6485 |- |2010 |{{flagathlete|Leonel Suárez|CUB}} ||8328 |{{flagathlete|Tatyana Chernova|RUS}} ||6453 |- |2011 |{{flagathlete|Hans Van Alphen|BEL}} ||8200 |{{flagathlete|Tatyana Chernova|RUS}} ||6679 |- |2012 |{{flagathlete|Hans Van Alphen|BEL}} ||8293 |{{flagathlete|Antoinette Nana Djimou|FRA}} ||6390 |- |2013 |{{flagathlete|Damian Warner|CAN}} ||8161 |{{flagathlete|Hanna Melnychenko|UKR}} ||6308 |- |2014 |{{flagathlete|Mikk Pahapill|EST}} ||8077 |{{flagathlete|Carolin Schäfer|GER}} ||6383 |- |2015 |{{flagathlete|Willem Coertzen|RSA}} ||8187 |{{flagathlete|Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas|HUN}} ||6306 |- |2016 |{{flagathlete|Oleksiy Kasyanov|UKR}} ||8077 |{{flagathlete|Nadine Broersen|NED}} ||6377 |- |2017 |{{flagathlete|Damian Warner|CAN}} ||8252 |{{flagathlete|Anouk Vetter|NED}} ||6363 |- |2018 |{{flagathlete|Kevin Mayer|FRA}} || bgcolor=#A9F5A9|9126 |{{flagathlete|Carolin Schäfer|GER}} ||6457 |- |2019 |{{flagathlete|Pierce LePage|CAN}}||8453 |{{flagathlete|Nafissatou Thiam|BEL}} ||6819 |- | rowspan="2" |2022 | rowspan="2" |{{flagathlete|Lindon Victor|GRN}} | rowspan="2" |8550 |{{flagathlete|Ivona Dadic|AUT}} | rowspan="2" |6233 |- |{{flagathlete|Emma Oosterwegel|NED}} |- |2023 |{{flagathlete|Makenson Gletty|FRA}} |8443 |{{flagathlete|Emma Oosterwegel|NED}} |6495 |- |2024 |{{flagathlete|Johannes Erm|EST}} |8589 |{{flagathlete|Martha Araújo|COL}} |6429 '''{{AthAbbr|AR|South American}}''' |- |2025 |{{flagathlete|Ayden Owens-Delerme|PUR}} |8478 |{{flagathlete|Martha Araújo|COL}} |6451 |}

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://decastar.fr/en/}}

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