Heptathlon

Athletics
Heptathlon
Athletics; Heptathlon
World records
Men	Ashton Eaton 6645 pts (2012)
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
Olympic records
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
World Championship records
Men	Ashton Eaton 6645 pts (2012)
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7128 pts (1987)

A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events.^[1] The name derives from the Greek hepta (seven) and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "feat"). A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.

There are two heptathlons – the women's heptathlon and the men's – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is held indoors, while the women's is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984.

Women's heptathlon

Women's heptathlon is the combined event for women contested in the athletics programme of the Olympics and at the IAAF World Championships. The IAAF Combined Events Challenge determines a yearly women's heptathlon champion. The women's outdoor heptathlon consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first day, and the remaining three on day two:

The heptathlon has been contested by female athletes since the early 1980s, when it replaced the pentathlon as the primary women's combined event contest (the javelin throw and 800 m were added).^{[citation needed]} It was first contested at the Olympic level in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In recent years some women's decathlon competitions have been conducted, consisting of the same events as the men's competition in a slightly different order, and the IAAF has begun keeping records for it, but the heptathlon remains the championship-level combined event for women. Nafissatou Thiam, representing Belgium, is the 2016 Olympic Gold Medallist and reigning European Champion, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, representing Great Britain, is the current World Champion and Commonwealth Champion. Odile Ahouanwanou, Yekaterina Voronina, Kiara Reddingius, Luisarys Toledo and Ariana Ince hold the African, Asian, Oceanian, South American and NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean) titles respectively. Adriana Rodríguez, Marthe Koala, Swapna Barman and Elenani Tinai hold the Panamerican Games, African Games, Asian Games and Pacific Games titles respectively.^[2]

There is also a Tetradecathlon, which is a double heptathlon, consisting of 14 events, seven events per day.

Points system

The heptathlon scoring system was devised by Dr Karl Ulbrich, a Viennese mathematician. The formulae are constructed so that, for each event, a designated benchmark performance (for example, approximately 1.82 m for the high jump) scores 1000 points.^[3] Each event also has a minimum recordable performance level (e.g. 0.75 m for the high jump), corresponding to zero points. The formulae are devised so that successive constant increments in performance correspond to gradually increasing increments in points awarded.

The events are split into three groups, and the scores are calculated according to the three formulae:^[4]

Running events (200 m, 800 m and 100 m hurdles):

P=a\cdot (b-T)^{c}

Jumping events (high jump and long jump):

P=a\cdot (M-b)^{c}

Throwing events (shot put and javelin):

P=a\cdot (D-b)^{c}

P is for points, T is for time in seconds, M is for height or length in centimeters and D is length in meters. a, b and c have different values for each of the events, as follows:

Event	a	b	c
200 metres	4.99087	42.5	1.81
800 metres	0.11193	254	1.88
100 metres hurdles	9.23076	26.7	1.835
High jump	1.84523	75	1.348
Long jump	0.188807	210	1.41
Shot put	56.0211	1.5	1.05
Javelin throw	15.9803	3.8	1.04

Benchmarks

The following table shows the benchmark levels needed to earn 1000, 900, 800 and 700 points in each event.

Event	1,000 pts	900 pts	800 pts	700 pts	Unit
100 m hurdles	13.85	14.56	15.32	16.12	Seconds
High jump	1.82	1.74	1.66	1.57	Metres
Shot put	17.07	15.58	14.09	12.58	Metres
200 m	23.80	24.86	25.97	27.14	Seconds
Long jump	6.48	6.17	5.84	5.50	Metres
Javelin throw	57.18	52.04	46.87	41.68	Metres
800 m	2:07.63	2:14.52	2:21.77	2:29.47	Minutes:Seconds

Women's world records compared with heptathlon bests

World records (WR) compared with heptathlon bests (HB)
Event	Type	Athlete	Record	Score	Percentage /Points difference	Notes/Ref
100 m hurdles
	WR	Kendra Harrison	12.20 s	1248	97.29%
	HB	Jessica Ennis	12.54 s	1195	−53	^[5]
High jump
	WR	Stefka Kostadinova	2.09 m	1359	94.74%
	HB	Nafissatou Thiam	2.02 m	1264	−95
Shot put
	WR	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.63 m	1378	76.49%
	HB	Austra Skujytė	17.31 m	1016	−362	^[6]
200 m
	WR	Florence Griffith Joyner	21.34 s	1251	95.70%
	HB	Jackie Joyner Kersee	22.30 s	1150	−101
Long jump
	WR	Galina Chistyakova	7.52 m	1351	96.68%
	HB	Jackie Joyner Kersee	7.27 m	1264	−87
Javelin^{[note 1]}
	WR	Barbora Špotáková	72.28 m	1295	84.26%	current 1999 model
	HB	Barbora Špotáková	60.90 m	1072	−223	current 1999 model^[7]
	WR	Petra Felke	80.00 m	1448	80.80%	old model
	HB	Tessa Sanderson	64.64 m	1145	−303	old model
800 m
	WR	Jarmila Kratochvílová	1:53.28 min:s	1224	92.97%
	HB	Nadine Debois	2:01.84 min:s	1087	−137
Total	World record			9106
Total	Heptathlon bests			8048	−1058

Men's heptathlon

The other version is an indoor competition, normally contested by men only. It is the men's combined event in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. The men's indoor heptathlon consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first day, and remaining three on day two:

The scoring is similar for both versions. In each event, the athlete scores points for his/her performance in each event according to scoring tables issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).^[8] The athlete accumulating the highest number of points wins the competition.

Benchmarks

The following table shows the minimum benchmark levels required to earn 1000 points in each event.

Event	1000pts	Units
60 m	6.68	Seconds
Long jump	7.76	Metres
Shot put	18.40	Metres
High jump	2.21	Metres
60 m hurdles	7.69	Seconds
Pole vault	5.29	Metres
1000 m	2:29.00	Minutes:Seconds

Men's world records compared with heptathlon bests

World records (WR) compared with heptathlon bests (HB)
Event	Type	Athlete	Record	Score	Difference in points scored	Ref
60 m
	WR	Christian Coleman	6.34 s	1130
	HB	Chris Huffins	6.61 s	1026	−85
Long jump
	WR	Carl Lewis	8.79 m	1268
	HB	Ashton Eaton	8.16 m	1102	−166	^[9]
Shot put
	WR	Randy Barnes	22.66 m	1266
	HB	Aleksey Drozdov	17.17 m	924	−342
High jump
	WR	Javier Sotomayor	2.45 m	1244
	HB	Derek Drouin	2.30 m	1091	−132	^[10]
60 m hurdles
	WR	Colin Jackson	7.30 s	1101
	HB	Ashton Eaton	7.60 s	1022	−79
Pole vault
	WR	Armand Duplantis	6.18 m	1284
	HB	Alex Averbukh	5.60 m	1100	−184
1000 m
	WR	Wilson Kipketer	2:14.96	1172
	HB	Curtis Beach	2:23.63	1064	−108
Total	World record			8425
Total	Heptathlon bests			7329	−1096

All-time top 25 heptathletes

Women

Correct as of October 2019^[11]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Place	Date	Ref
1	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Seoul	23–24 September 1988
2	7032	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Osaka	25–26 August 2007
3	7013	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Götzis	27–28 May 2017	^[12]
4	7007	Larisa Nikitina (URS)	Bryansk	10–11 June 1989
5	6985	Sabine Braun (GER)	Götzis	30–31 May 1992
6	6981	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)	Doha	2–4 October 2019	^[13]
7	6955	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	London	3–4 August 2012
8	6946	Sabine Paetz (GDR)	Potsdam	5–6 May 1984
9	6942	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	Götzis	25–26 May 1996
10	6935	Ramona Neubert (GDR)	Moscow	18–19 June 1983
11	6889	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Arles	4–5 June 2005
12	6859	Natalya Shubenkova (URS)	Kyiv	20–21 June 1984
13	6858	Anke Behmer (GDR)	Seoul	23–24 September 1988
14	6847	Irina Belova (RUS)	Barcelona	1–2 August 1992
15	6836	Carolin Schäfer (GER)	Götzis	27–28 May 2017	^[14]
16	6832	Lyudmila Blonska (UKR)	Osaka	25–26 August 2007
17	6831	Denise Lewis (GBR)	Götzis	29–30 July 2000
18	6815	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT)	Götzis	27–28 May 2017	^[15]
19	6808	Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)	Götzis	30–31 May 2015
20	6803	Jane Frederick (USA)	Talence	15–16 September 1984
21	6778	Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR)	Barcelona	30–31 July 2010
22	6765	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	Tula	22–23 July 2000
23	6750	Ma Miaolan (CHN)	Beijing	11–12 September 1993
24	6742	Yorgelis Rodriguez (CUB)	Götzis	26–27 May 2018	^[16]
25	6741	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Talence	10–11 September 1994

Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6875 pts:

Jackie Joyner-Kersee also scored 7215 (1988), 7158 (1986), 7148 (1986), 7128 (1987), 7044 (1992), 6979 (1987), 6910 (1986), 6878 (1991).
Carolina Klüft also scored 7001 (2003), 6952 (2004), 6887 (2005).
Jessica Ennis also scored 6906 (2012).
Sabine John (Paetz) also scored 6897 (1988).
Larisa Nikitina also scored 6875 (1989).

The following athletes have had their performances (inside 6741) annulled due to doping offense:

Tatyana Chernova scored 6880 (2011).

Men

As of December 2020^[update]^[17]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
1	6645	Ashton Eaton (USA)	9–10 March 2012	Istanbul
2	6479	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	4–5 March 2017	Belgrade	^[18]
3	6476	Dan O'Brien (USA)	13–14 March 1993	Toronto
4	6438	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	6–7 March 2004	Budapest
5	6424	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	25–26 February 2000	Ghent
6	6418	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	28–29 February 1992	Genoa
7	6415	Sebastian Chmara (POL)	28 February–1 March 1998	Valencia
8	6412	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	7–8 February 2003	Moscow
9	6374	Erki Nool (EST)	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
10	6372	Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
11	6371	Bryan Clay (USA)	8–9 March 2008	Valencia
12	6362	Mikk Pahapill (EST)	7–8 March 2009	Turin
13	6361	Tom Pappas (USA)	15–16 March 2003	Birmingham
14	6353	Ilya Shkurenev (RUS)	7–8 March 2015	Prague
15	6343	Damian Warner (CAN)	2–3 March 2018	Birmingham	^[19]
16	6320	Artem Makarenko (RUS)	16–17 February 2020	Kirov	^[20]
17	6303	Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)	7–8 March 2014	Sopot
18	6300	Aleksey Drozdov (RUS)	12–13 March 2010	Penza
19	6293	Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL)	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
20	6291	Frank Busemann (GER)	2–3 February 2002	Tallinn
21	6279	Mike Smith (CAN)	13–14 March 1993	Toronto
21	6279	Arthur Abele (GER)	7–8 March 2015	Prague
23	6273	Jeremy Taiwo (USA)	27–28 February 2015	Boston
24	6265	Maicel Uibo (EST)	2–3 March 2018	Birmingham	^[21]
25	6259	Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)	7–8 March 2014	Sopot

Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6319 pts:

Ashton Eaton also scored 6632 (2014), 6568 (2011), 6499 (2010), 6470 (2016).
Roman Šebrle also scored 6420 (2001), 6358 (2000), 6350 (2004), 6319 (1999).
Sebastian Chmara also scored 6386 (1999).
Bryan Clay also scored 6365 (2004).
Kevin Mayer also scored 6348 (2018).
Eelco Sintnicolaas also scored 6341 (2013).

Medalists

Women's Olympic medalists

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Glynis Nunn Australia	Jackie Joyner United States	Sabine Everts West Germany
1988 Seoul details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	Sabine John East Germany	Anke Behmer East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	Irina Belova Unified Team	Sabine Braun Germany
1996 Atlanta details	Ghada Shouaa Syria	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus	Denise Lewis Great Britain
2000 Sydney details	Denise Lewis Great Britain	Yelena Prokhorova Russia	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus
2004 Athens details	Carolina Klüft Sweden	Austra Skujytė Lithuania	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain
2008 Beijing details	Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine	Hyleas Fountain United States	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain
2012 London details	Jessica Ennis Great Britain	Lilli Schwarzkopf Germany	Austra Skujytė Lithuania
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Nafissatou Thiam Belgium	Jessica Ennis-Hill Great Britain	Brianne Theisen-Eaton Canada
2020 Tokyo details	Nafissatou Thiam Belgium	Anouk Vetter Netherlands	Emma Oosterwegel Netherlands
2024 Paris details	Nafissatou Thiam Belgium	Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain	Noor Vidts Belgium

Women's World Championships medalists

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Ramona Gohler-Neubert (GDR)	Sabine Mobius-Paetz (GDR)	Anke Vater (GDR)
1987 Rome details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Larisa Nikitina (URS)	Jane Frederick (USA)
1991 Tokyo details	Sabine Braun (GER)	Liliana Năstase (ROU)	Irina Belova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart details	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Sabine Braun (GER)	Svetlana Buraga (BLR)
1995 Gothenburg details	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	Svetlana Moskalets (RUS)	Rita Ináncsi (HUN)
1997 Athens details	Sabine Braun (GER)	Denise Lewis (GBR)	Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU)
1999 Seville details	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Denise Lewis (GBR)	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)
2001 Edmonton details	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)	Shelia Burrell (USA)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)
2005 Helsinki details	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Margaret Simpson (GHA)
2007 Osaka details	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR)	Kelly Sotherton (GBR)
2009 Berlin details	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	Jennifer Oeser (GER)	Kamila Chudzik (POL)
2011 Daegu details	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	Jennifer Oeser (GER)	Karolina Tymińska (POL)
2013 Moscow details	Hanna Melnychenko (UKR)	Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)	Dafne Schippers (NED)
2015 Beijing details	Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR)	Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT)
2017 London details	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Carolin Schäfer (GER)	Anouk Vetter (NED)
2019 Doha details	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Verena Preiner (AUT)
2022 Eugene details	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Anouk Vetter (NED)	Anna Hall (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)	Anna Hall (USA)	Anouk Vetter (NED)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	2	1	8
2	Belgium (BEL)	3	1	0	4
3	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	0	3
4	Germany (GER)	2	4	0	6
5	United States (USA)	2	1	3	6
6	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
7	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
8	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
10	Syria (SYR)	1	0	1	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	2	0	2
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	3	4
13	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	2	3
14	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
15	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
16	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
17	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		20	19	19	58

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Barcelona details	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	Henrik Dagård (SWE)
1997 Paris details	Robert Změlík (CZE)	Erki Nool (EST)	Jón Magnússon (ISL)
1999 Maebashi details	Sebastian Chmara (POL)	Erki Nool (EST)	Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2001 Lisbon details	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Jón Magnússon (ISL)	Lev Lobodin (RUS)
2003 Birmingham details	Tom Pappas (USA)	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2004 Budapest details	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Bryan Clay (USA)	Lev Lobodin (RUS)
2006 Moscow details	André Niklaus (GER)	Bryan Clay (USA)	Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2008 Valencia details	Bryan Clay (USA)	Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)	Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2010 Doha details	Bryan Clay (USA)	Trey Hardee (USA)	Aleksey Drozdov (RUS)
2012 Istanbul details	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)	Artem Lukyanenko (RUS)
2014 Sopot details	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)	Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
2016 Portland details	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)	Mathias Brugger (GER)
2018 Birmingham details	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	Damian Warner (CAN)	Maicel Uibo (EST)

Season's bests

Women's heptathlon

Year	Score	Athlete	Place
1980	6049	Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (URS)	Pyatigorsk
1981	6788	Ramona Neubert (GDR)	Kyiv
1982	6845	Ramona Neubert (GDR)	Halle
1983	6935	Ramona Neubert (GDR)	Moscow
1984	6946	Sabine Paetz (GDR)	Potsdam
1985	6718	Jackie Joyner (USA)	Baton Rouge
1986	7158	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Houston
1987	7128	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Rome
1988	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Seoul
1989	7007	Larisa Nikitina (URS)	Bryansk
1990	6783	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Seattle
1991	6878	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	New York City
1992	7044	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Barcelona
1993	6837	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	Stuttgart
1994	6741	Heike Drechsler (GER)	Talence
1995	6715	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	Götzis
1996	6942	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	Götzis
1997	6787	Sabine Braun (GER)	Ratingen
1998	6559	Denise Lewis (GBR)	Budapest
1999	6861	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Seville
2000	6842	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Götzis
2001	6736	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Götzis
2002	6542	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Munich
2003	7001	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Saint-Denis
2004	6952	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Athens
2005	6889	Eunice Barber (FRA)	Arles
2006	6740	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Gothenburg
2007	7032	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	Osaka
2008	6733	Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR)	Beijing
2009	6731	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	Berlin
2010	6823	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	Barcelona
2011	6790	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	Götzis
2012	6955	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	London
2013	6623	Tatyana Chernova (RUS)	Kazan
2014	6682	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)	Götzis
2015	6808	Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)	Götzis
2016	6810	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Rio de Janeiro
2017	7013	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Götzis
2018	6816	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Berlin
2019	6981	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)	Doha
2020	6419	Ivona Dadic (AUT)	Götzis

Men's indoor heptathlon

Year	Score	Athlete	Place
1999	6386	Sebastian Chmara (POL)	Maebashi
2000	6424	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	Ghent
2001	6420	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Lisbon
2002	6291	Frank Busemann (GER)	Tallinn
2003	6412	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	Moscow
2004	6438	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Budapest
2005	6232	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Madrid
2006	6229	Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS)	Moscow
2007	6196	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	Birmingham
2008	6371	Bryan Clay (USA)	Valencia
2009	6362	Mikk Pahapill (EST)	Turin
2010	6499	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Fayetteville
2011	6568	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Tallinn
2012	6645	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Istanbul
2013	6372	Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)	Gothenburg
2014	6632	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Sopot
2015	6353	Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS)	Prague
2016	6470	Ashton Eaton (USA)	Portland
2017	6479	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	Belgrade
2018	6348	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	Birmingham
2019	6218	Jorge Ureña (SPA)	Glasgow
2020	6320	Artyom Makarenko (RUS)	Kirov

National records

Updated 25 December 2020.^[11]^[17]

Women's heptathlon

NR's equal or superior to 6200 pts:

Score	Nation	Athlete	Date	Place
7291	United States	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	23–24 September 1988	Seoul
7032	Sweden	Carolina Klüft	25–26 August 2007	Osaka
7013	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam	27–28 May 2017	Götzis
7007	Russia	Larisa Nikitina	10–11 June 1989	Bryansk
6985	Germany	Sabine Braun	30–31 May 1992	Götzis
6981	United Kingdom	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	2–4 October 2019	Doha
6942	Syria	Ghada Shouaa	25–26 May 1996	Götzis
6889	France	Eunice Barber	4–5 June 2005	Arles
6832	Ukraine	Lyudmyla Blonska	25–26 August 2007	Osaka
6815	Latvia	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa	27–28 May 2017	Götzis
6808	Canada	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	30–31 May 2015	Götzis
6750	China	Ma Miaolan	11–12 September 1993	Beijing
6742	Cuba	Yorgelis Rodríguez	26–27 May 2018	Götzis
6695	Australia	Jane Flemming	27–28 January 1990	Auckland
6658	Bulgaria	Svetla Dimitrova	30–31 May 1992	Götzis
6636	Netherlands	Anouk Vetter	5–6 August 2017	London
6635	Belarus	Svetlana Buraga	17–18 August 1993	Stuttgart
6619	Romania	Liliana Nastase	1–2 August 1992	Barcelona
6619	Hungary	Xénia Krizsán	22–23 June 2019	Talence
6616	Poland	Małgorzata Nowak	30–31 August 1985	Kobe
6604	Lithuania	Remigija Nazaroviene	10–11 June 1989	Bryansk
6591	Austria	Verena Preiner	29–30 June 2019	Ratingen
6527	Jamaica	Diane Guthrie-Gresham	2–3 June 1995	Knoxville
6462	Sierra Leone	Eunice Barber	29–30 May 1999	Arles
6460	Czech Republic	Eliška Klučinová	14–15 June 2014	Kladno
6423	Moldova	Lyubov Ratsu	27–28 August 1983	Chişinău
6423	Ghana	Margaret Simpson	28–29 May 2005	Götzis
6404	Finland	Satu Ruotsalainen	26–27 August 1991	Tokyo
6392	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	26–27 August 1991	Tokyo
6391	Switzerland	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	15–16 September 2018	Talence
6371	Barbados	Akela Jones	10–11 June 2015	Eugene
6285	Colombia	Evelis Aguilar	31 July – 1 August 2018	Barranquilla
6280	Estonia	Grit Šadeiko	27–28 May 2017	Götzis
6278	New Zealand	Joanne Henry	28 February – 1 March 1992	Auckland
6272	Kazakhstan	Yelena Davydova	13–14 July 1987	Zagreb
6238	Uzbekistan	Yekaterina Voronina	12–13 October 2019	Tashkent
6235	Greece	Aryiro Strataki	27–28 May 2006	Götzis
6235	Burkina Faso	Marthe Koala	22–23 June 2019	Talence
6230	Portugal	Naide Gomes	16–17 July 2005	Logroño
6226	Norway	Ida Marcussen	25–26 August 2007	Osaka
6211	India	Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha	16–17 March 2004	New Delhi
6210	Benin	Odile Ahouanwanou	2–4 October 2019	Doha

Men's indoor heptathlon

NR's equal or superior to 6000 pts:

Score	Nation	Athlete	Date	Place
6645	United States	Ashton Eaton	9–10 March 2012	Istanbul
6479	France	Kevin Mayer	4–5 March 2017	Belgrade
6438	Czech Republic	Roman Šebrle	6–7 March 2004	Budapest
6415	Poland	Sebastian Chmara	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
6412	Russia	Lev Lobodin	7–8 February 2003	Moscow
6362	Estonia	Erki Nool	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
6343	Canada	Damian Warner	2–3 March 2018	Birmingham
6303	Belarus	Andrei Krauchanka	7–8 March 2014	Sopot
6293	Iceland	Jón Arnar Magnússon	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
6291	Germany	Frank Busemann	2–3 February 2002	Tallinn
6259	Belgium	Thomas van der Plaetsen	7–8 March 2014	Sopot
6254	Ukraine	Oleksiy Kasyanov	30–31 January 2010	Zaporizhzhia
6249	Hungary	Dezső Szabó	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
6249	Spain	Jorge Ureña	28–29 January 2017	Prague
6229	Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Karpov	15–16 February 2008	Tallinn
6188	United Kingdom	Timothy Duckworth	9–10 March 2018	College Station
6142	Sweden	Henrik Dagård	11–12 March 1995	Barcelona
6099	Serbia	Mihail Dudaš	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
6072	Netherlands	Pieter Braun	7–8 February 2020	Apeldoorn
6065	Austria	Roland Schwarzl	20–21 February 2010	Vienna
6035	Jamaica	Maurice Smith	25–26 February 2005	Fayetteville
6032	Greece	Prodromos Korkizoglou	11–12 February 2000	Piraeus

Notes

^ Women's javelin was redesigned in 1999 and all records started fresh. Point allocation for Heptathlon remained the same, but the comparison is being made between the WR and Heptathlon best of the current model.

Notes and references

^ "Heptathlon – Definition". Merriam-webster.com. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
^ Holders correct as of 2020. The European Games does not feature a heptathlon event.
^ "London 2012: Jessica Ennis leads heptathlon after first day", The Guardian, 3 August 2012
^ "IAAF Scoring Tables for Combined Events" (PDF). IAAF. April 2004. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
^ "Women's Heptathlon 100 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
^ "Women's Heptathlon Shot Put Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ Hans van Kuijen (September 16, 2012). "Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
^ [1] Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
^ Krajewski, Casey (February 22, 2013). "Drouin Jumps to World Record in Heptathlon". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Heptathlon – women – senior – outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
^ Diego Sampaolo (May 28, 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
^ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^ Diego Sampaolo (May 28, 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
^ Diego Sampaolo (May 28, 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
^ Diego Sampaolo (May 27, 2018). "World leads for Thiam and Warner in Gotzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Heptathlon – men – senior – indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
^ "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). European Athletics. March 5, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
^ "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ "Артем Макаренко завоевал золото на ЧР по семиборью в помещении". mir-la.com (in Russian). February 18, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
^ "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

External links

[7] Women's javelin was redesigned in 1999 and all records started fresh. Point allocation for Heptathlon remained the same, but the comparison is being made between the WR and Heptathlon best of the current model.

[autogenerated1-1] "Heptathlon – Definition". Merriam-webster.com. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013.

[2] Holders correct as of 2020. The European Games does not feature a heptathlon event.

[3] "London 2012: Jessica Ennis leads heptathlon after first day", The Guardian, 3 August 2012

[4] "IAAF Scoring Tables for Combined Events" (PDF). IAAF. April 2004. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2012.

[5] "Women's Heptathlon 100 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.

[6] "Women's Heptathlon Shot Put Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

[8] Hans van Kuijen (September 16, 2012). "Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved September 18, 2012.

[9] [1] Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[10] "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

[IDS-11] Krajewski, Casey (February 22, 2013). "Drouin Jumps to World Record in Heptathlon". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.

[AlltimeW-12] Heptathlon – women – senior – outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.

[13] Diego Sampaolo (May 28, 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[14] "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019.

[15] Diego Sampaolo (May 28, 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[16] Diego Sampaolo (May 28, 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

[17] Diego Sampaolo (May 27, 2018). "World leads for Thiam and Warner in Gotzis". IAAF. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[AlltimeMI-18] Heptathlon – men – senior – indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.

[19] "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). European Athletics. March 5, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

[20] "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

[21] "Артем Макаренко завоевал золото на ЧР по семиборью в помещении". mir-la.com (in Russian). February 18, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

[22] "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

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Women's heptathlon

Points system

Benchmarks

Women's world records compared with heptathlon bests

Men's heptathlon

Benchmarks

Men's world records compared with heptathlon bests

All-time top 25 heptathletes

Women

Men

Medalists

Women's Olympic medalists

Women's World Championships medalists

Medal table

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

Season's bests

Women's heptathlon

Men's indoor heptathlon

National records

Women's heptathlon

Men's indoor heptathlon

See also

Notes

Notes and references

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