Roe stamped his authority on the competition when he took the lead after the opening 100 metres event before going on to capture the title with 8,055 points.

Leading throughout an impressive first day, Roe briefly surrendered top spot today when he posted a score of 802 in the 110m hurdles after finishing fourth in 15.40sec.

But Roe ensured that was his only blip as he finished in the top three in the discus, pole vault and javelin, claiming 805, 865 and 815 points, respectively.

The 29-year-old then sealed victory with a ninth-placed finish in the 1,500m as he came home in 4min 50.56sec to pick up 615 points.

Adam Sebastian Helcelet of the Czech Republic put pressure on Roe as he finished second in the final four events but had to settle for second place with 8,025 points.

The bronze medal was won by Sweden’s Fredrik Samuelsson, who registered 7,815.

Italy’s Dario Dester agonisingly missed out on a place on the podium as he finished on 7,758.

The heptathlon competition went down to the wire, with Maria Vicente of Spain overtaking Marthe Koala of Belarus to clinch the title.

Vicente slipped to seventh after yesterday’s shot put but managed to claw her way back, moving to fourth after the 200m, third after the long jump and second after the javelin throw.

Koala was leading heading into the 800m and went on to finish third in the race to amass 747 points.

But it was not enough as Vincente came sixth to register 843, boosting her overall total to 6,304 to secure top spot.

Kate O’Connor of Ireland claimed silver with 6,297, while Koala dropped to third with 6,238.

Britain’s Holly Mills led through the first five events but disappointing displays in the javelin throw and 800m saw her slip to fourth on 952.