Outside of the Olympic Games or the World Championships, the annual Hypomeeting in Gotzis (AUT) has been one of the biggest prizes in the decathlon and heptathlon events worldwide.
The meet attracts most of the best multi-event stars. For example, in this year’s meet, nine of the top 100 decathletes in history are lined up to compete.
Canada’s Damian Warner will be trying for his fifth Gotzis title, having won in 2013-15-16-18; only former world-record holder Roman Sebrle (CZE) has won five decathlons there. The top entries by lifetime bests:
● Men:
8,795 Damian Warner (CAN) ‘18 ~ 2016 OG bronze; 2015 Worlds silver; 2017 WCh fifth
8,663 Rico Freimuth (GER) ‘17 ~ 2015 World Champs bronze; 2017 World Champs silver
8,601 Ilia Shkurenev (RUS) ‘17 ~ 2015 World Championships fourth
8,580 Kai Kazmirek (GER) ‘16 ~ 2016 Olympic fourth; 2017 World Champs bronze
8,539 Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) ‘17
8,539 Lindon Victor (GRN) ‘17
8,514 Maicel Uibo (EST) ‘18 ~ 2015 World Championships 10th place
8,479 Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) ‘09 ~ 2019 Worlds bronze; 2017 Worlds sixth
8,371 Janek Olegane (EST) ‘17 ~ 2017 World Championships fourth
8,345 Devon Williams (USA) ‘17 ~ 2017 World Championships 10th place
8,342 Pieter Braun (NED) ‘18 ~ 2018 European Championships seventh
8,336 Tim Duckworth (GBR) ‘18 ~ 2018 European Championships fourth
8,308 Keisuke Ushiro (JPN) ‘14
8,304 Mathias Brugger (GER) ‘18
● Women:
6,836 Carolin Schafer (GER) ‘17 ~ 2016 OG fifth; 2017 Worlds silver; 2018 Euro bronze
6,815 Laura Ikauniece (LAT) ‘17 ~ 2015 World Champs bronze; 2016 Olympic fourth
6,759 Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) ‘18 ~ 2016 OG sixth; 2018 European silver
6,725 Erica Bougard (USA) ‘18 ~ Third at Gotzis in 2018
6,564 Kendell Williams (USA) ‘17
6,539 Nadine Broseren (NED) ‘14 ~ 2015 World Championships fourth
6,400 Katerina Cachova (CZE) ‘18 ~ 2018 European Champs sixth
6,391 Geraldine Ruckstuhl (SUI) ‘18 ~ 2018 European Champs ninth
6,390 Xenia Krizsan (HUN) ‘17 ~ 2015-17 World Championships ninth
6,330 Caroline Agnou (SUI) ‘17
6,280 Grit Sadeiko (EST) ‘17
6,253 Niamh Emerson (GBR) ‘18
6,252 Hanne Maudens (BEL) ‘18 ~ 2018 European Champs 10th
6,230 Marthe Koala (BUR) ‘17
6,225 Sarah Lagger (AUT)’18
6,221 Maria Vicente (ESP) ‘18
In the women’s division, Britain’s Johnson-Thompson will be looking for her second win at Gotzis, after her triumph in 2014. Germany’s Schafer comes in with the highest score, but has never won here. In her six competitions at the Hypomeeting, she has been second twice and third once; she didn’t finish last year.
Watch for the qualifying standards for Doha: 8,200 for the men and 6,300 for the women, as they will be under attack. Look for results here.
