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A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletics event consisting of seven events. A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.

Structure

There are two versions of the heptathlon. The first is contested outdoors by women, and consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first day, the remaining three on day two: The other version is only contested during the indoor season, and normally only by men. It consists of the following events (first four on day one, remaining three on day two): The scoring is similar for both versions. In each event, the athlete scores points according to the marks achieved. The athlete accumulating the highest number of points wins the competition.

The heptathlon has been contested by female athletes since the early 1980s, when it replaced the pentathlon as the women's multi-event contest (javelin throw and the 800 m were added).

World record

The current heptathlon world record is 7291 points by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, in Seoul, Korea, on September 24, 1988.

Her scores in each event were:

Event Performance Wind (m/s) Points
100 m hurdles12.69 secs+0.51172
High jump1.86 m1054
Shot put15.80 m915
200 m22.56 secs+1.61123
Long jump7.27 m+0.71264
Javelin45.66776
800 m2 mins 08.51 secs987


Carolina Klüft is the only other woman to have topped 7000 points more than once (twice). Kersee has done so six times. These six performances also hold the top six places on the world all time lists.[1]

Top 10 performers

Accurate as of August 27, 2007.

Mark Athlete Nationality Venue Date
7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee United StatesSeoulSeptember 24, 1988
7032Carolina Klüft SwedenOsakaAugust 26, 2007
7007Larisa Turchinskaya Soviet UnionBryanskJune 11, 1989
6985Sabine Braun
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GötzisMay 31, 1992
6946Sabine John East GermanyPotsdamMay 6, 1984
6942Ghada Shouaa SyriaGötzisMay 26, 1996
6935Ramona Neubert East GermanyMoscowJune 19, 1983
6889Eunice Barber FranceArlesJune 5, 2005
6859Natalya Shubenkova Soviet UnionKievJune 21, 1984
6858Anke Vater-Behmer East GermanySeoulSeptember 24, 1988

Other famous heptathletes

See also

  • List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)

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Olympic champions in women's pentathlon and heptathlon
As pentathlon: 1964: Irina Press | 1968: Ingrid Becker | 1972: Mary Peters | 1976: Siegrun Siegl | 1980: Nadezhda Tkachenko
As heptathlon: 1984: Glynis Nunn | 1988: Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 1992: Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 1996: Ghada Shouaa | 2000: Denise Lewis | 2004: Carolina Klft
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pentathlon is a sportive contest made up of five events (from the Greek penta (five) and athlon (contest)). The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon.
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Medal record

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Women's athletics
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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