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A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. [ 1 ] The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete. There are two heptathlons – the men's and the women ...
Men's heptathlonat the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. The men's heptathlon at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 2-3 March 2024. The gold medallist won by 11 points and achieved the best score in four of the seven events.
The women's heptathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 August 2024. This was the 11th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics. Nafissatou Thiam became the first women ever to win the gold medal in heptathlon three Olympics in a row. [1]
A mong the track-and-field events on the Olympic program, the heptathlon hasn’t generated much, if any, buzz in the United States in recent years. The legendary Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the last ...
The heptathlon is set to begin Thursday, Aug. 8, and conclude Friday, Aug. 9. All events take place at the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium located just north of Paris in the ...
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 women's heptathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre Budapest on 19 and 20 August 2023. [1] The winning margin was 20 points which as of 2024 is the only time the heptathlon has been won by fewer than 40 points at these championships.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's heptathlon event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.)