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The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
Decathlon (French pronunciation:) is a French sporting goods retailer. With over 2,082 stores in 79 countries and regions (2024), [ 1 ] it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Athletes are allocated points based on an international-standard points scoring system, such as the decathlon scoring table. [1] Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to ...
Decathlon, the world's largest sporting good retail chain, [3] [4] opened its first store in Lille, France, in 1976. [5] It now has about 1700 stores in 60 countries and territories. [6] The sector contracted globally in 2007 and 2008, due to the loss of disposable income during the Global Financial Crisis. [2]
Combined events at the Summer Olympics have been contested in several formats at the multi-sport event.There are two combined track and field events in the current Olympic athletics programme: a men's decathlon (100 metres, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 metres, 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, and 1500 metres) and a women's heptathlon (100 metres hurdles, high ...
The HuffPost/Chronicle analysis found that subsidization rates tend to be highest at colleges where ticket sales and other revenue is the lowest — meaning that students who have the least interest in their college’s sports teams are often required to pay the most to support them.
The Academic Decathlon (also called AcDec, AcaDeca or AcaDec) is an annual high school academic competition organized by the non-profit United States Academic Decathlon (USAD). The competition consists of seven objective multiple choice tests, two subjective performance events, and an essay.
The decathlon is an athletic event combining ten track and field events. Decathlon may also refer to: Decathlon (retailer), a global sporting goods retail store chain; Decathlon (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse; Academic Decathlon, an American academic competition; American Champion Decathlon, a light aircraft