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Paavo Yrjola (1902 - 1980) was a Finnish track athlete. He won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon in 1928.
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in the All around, pentathlon, and decathlon |
| As all-around: Hjalmer Mellander | Jim Thorpe | Jim Thorpe | Helge Løvland | Harold Osborn | Paavo Yrjölä | Jim Bausch | Glenn Morris | Bob Mathias (twice) | Milt Campbell | Rafer Johnson | Willi Holdorf | Bill Toomey | Nikolay Avilov | Bruce Jenner | Daley Thompson (twice) | Christian Schenk | Robert Zmelík | Dan O'Brien | Erki Nool | Roman Sebrle |