In 2004 the USA's Bryan Clay, with 8,820 points, took the silver in this 10-event contest
... Clay never trailed and 
led wire-to-wire throughout the 10-event competition, taking the early ... 2004 
Athens Games with a then-personal-best score of 8,820 points (the... [DOC] [TLE] The Decathlon in Olympic History - DECA, The Decathlon Association [PAR] History of the Decathlon as an Olympic event, from Ancient Greece to the New ... 
Decathletes must contest ten separate events and have those performances ... 
events and won gold medals in the first Olympic decathlon and pentathlon.