Heptathlon

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

Tatyana Chernova, Jessica Ennis and Lilli Schwarzkopf racing in the final 800 m event at the 2012 Olympic 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:

• 100 metres hurdles
• High jump
• Shot put
• 200 metres
• Long jump
• Javelin throw
• 800 metres

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). 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, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, representing Great Britain, is the current World Champion.

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 "standard" performance (for example, approximately 1.82 m for the high jump) scores 1000 points.[2] 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:[3]

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

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

Jumping events (high jump and long jump):

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

Throwing events (shot put and javelin):

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

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	75.0	1.348
Long jump	0.188807	210	1.41
Shot put	56.0211	1.50	1.05
Javelin throw	15.9803	3.80	1.04

Benchmarks

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

Event	1000 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

Women's world records compared with heptathlon bests

Nataliya Dobrynska in the Osaka World Athletics Championships 2007 women's heptathlon

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	[4]
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	[5]
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[6]
	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
	Heptathlon bests			8048	−1058

Men's heptathlon

Heptathlon podium at the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2009 in Turin

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:

• 60 metres
• long jump
• shot put
• high jump
• 60 metres hurdles
• pole vault
• 1000 metres

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).[7] 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	149.00	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	[8]
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	[9]
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
	Heptathlon bests			7329	−1096

All-time top 25 heptathletes

Women

See also: Women's heptathlon world record progression

Carolina Klüft in the Osaka World Athletics Championships 2007 women's heptathlon

• Correct as of October 2019[10]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Venue	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	[11]
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	2–3 October 2019	[12]
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)	Kiev	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	[13]
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	[14]
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	[15]
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

See also: Men's heptathlon world record progression

World record holder Ashton Eaton competing at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships

• As of March 2018[16]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Location	Ref
1	6645	Ashton Eaton (USA)	9–10 March 2012	Istanbul
2	6479	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	4–5 March 2017	Belgrade	[17]
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	[18]
16	6303	Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)	7-8 March 2014	Sopot
17	6300	Aleksey Drozdov (RUS)	12-13 March 2010	Penza
18	6293	Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL)	6-7 March 1999	Maebashi
19	6291	Frank Busemann (GER)	2-3 February 2002	Tallinn
20	6279	Mike Smith (CAN)	13-14 March 1993	Toronto
		Arthur Abele (GER)	7-8 March 2015	Prague
22	6273	Jeremy Taiwo (USA)	27-28 February 2015	Boston
23	6265	Maicel Uibo (EST)	2–3 March 2018	Birmingham	[19]
24	6259	Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)	7-8 March 2014	Sopot
25	6254	Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)	30-31 January 2010	Zaporizhia

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

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

Women's World Championships medalists

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

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

Bryan Clay celebrating his 2010 world title win in Doha

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

Season's bests

Jessica Ennis in the Osaka World Athletics Championships 2007 women's heptathlon

Women's heptathlon

Year	Score	Athlete	Location
1980	6049	Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (URS)	Pyatigorsk
1981	6788	Ramona Neubert (GDR)	Kiev
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

Men's indoor heptathlon

Year	Score	Athlete	Location
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

National records

Men’s heptathlon

Score	Country/Territory	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
5980	Portugal	Samuel Remédios	10–11 February 2018	Pombal	[20]
5915	Switzerland	Simon Ehammer	1–2 February 2020	Magglingen	[21]
5596	Croatia	Trpimir Široki	30 January 2020	Lubbock	[22]
5562	Romania	Bogdan Popa	1–2 March 2012	Bucharest

Women's heptathlon

Lyudmila Blonska in the Osaka World Athletics Championships 2007 women's heptathlon

Score	Country/Territory	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
7291	United States	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	1988-09-24	Seoul
7032	Sweden	Carolina Klüft	2007-08-26	Osaka
7013	Belgium	Nafissatou Thiam	27–28 May 2017	Götzis	[23]
7007	Russia	Larisa Nikitina	1989-06-11	Bryansk
6985	Germany	Sabine Braun	1992-05-31	Götzis
6981	United Kingdom	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	2–3 October 2019	Doha	[24]
6942	Syria	Ghada Shouaa	1996-05-26	Götzis
6889	France	Eunice Barber	2005-06-05	Arles
6832	Ukraine	Lyudmyla Blonska	2007-08-26	Osaka
6815	Latvia	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa	27–28 May 2017	Götzis	[25]
6808	Canada	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	30–31 May 2015	Götzis	[26]
6750	China	Ma Miaolan	1993-09-12	Beijing
6695	Australia	Jane Flemming	1990-01-28	Auckland
6658	Bulgaria	Svetla Dimitrova	1992-05-31	Götzis
6636	Netherlands	Anouk Vetter	5–6 August 2017	London	[27]
6635	Belarus	Svetlana Buraga	1993-08-18	Stuttgart
6619	Romania	Liliana Nastase	1992-08-02	Barcelona
6619	Hungary	Xénia Krizsán	22–23 June 2019	Talence	[28]
6616	Poland	Małgorzata Nowak	1985-08-31	Kobe
6604	Lithuania	Remigija Nazaroviene	1989-06-11	Bryansk
6594	Cuba	Yorgelis Rodríguez	5–6 August 2017	London	[29]
6591	Austria	Verena Preiner	29–30 June 2019	Ratingen	[30]
6527	Jamaica	Diane Guthrie-Gresham	2–3 June 1995	Knoxville
6460	Czech Republic	Eliška Klučinová	14–15 June 2014	Kladno	[31]
6423	Ghana	Margaret Simpson	28–29 May 2005	Götzis
6416	Sierra Leone	Eunice Barber	1996-09-15	Talence
6404	Finland	Satu Ruotsalainen	1991-08-27	Tokyo
6392	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	1991-08-27	Tokyo
6371	Soviet Union	Vera Yurchenko	1987-09-20	Lviv
6371	Barbados	Akela Jones	10–11 June 2015	Eugene	[32]
6357	Switzerland	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	20–21 July 2017	Grosseto	[33]
6285	Colombia	Evelis Aguilar	31 July–1 August 2018	Barranquilla
6280	Estonia	Grit Šadeiko	27–28 May 2017	Götzis	[34]
6278	New Zealand	Joanne Henry	1992-03-01	Auckland
6235	Greece	Aryiro Strataki	27–28 May 2006	Götzis
6230	Portugal	Naide Gomes	2005-07-17	Logroño
6230	Burkina Faso	Marthe Koala	17–18 June 2017	Kladno	[35]
6226	Norway	Ida Marcusen	2007-08-26	Osaka
6212	Uzbekistan	Yekaterina Voronina	18–19 September 2015	Tashkent
6211	India	Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha	17 March 2004	New Delhi
6188	Brazil	Vanessa Spinola	2–3 July 2016	São Bernardo do Campo	[36]
6185	Italy	Gertrud Bacher	9 May 1999	Desenzano del Garda
6153	Nigeria	Uhunoma Osazuwa	24–25 June 2016	Durban	[37]
6131	Benin	Odile Ahouanwanou	17–18 June 2017	Kladno	[38]
6124 A	Puerto Rico	Alysbeth Felix	25–26 June 2016	Cali	[39]
6103	Slovakia	Lucia Slanicková	17–18 June 2017	Kladno	[40]
6093	Ireland	Kate O'Connor	18–19 July 2019	Borås	[41]
6074	Trinidad and Tobago	Tyra Gittens	4–6 May 2018	Knoxville	[42]
6050	Saint Lucia	Makeba Alcide	6–7 June 2013	Eugene	[43]
6031	Israel	Svetlana Gnezdilov	12–13 August 2003	Tel Aviv
5989	Venezuela	Luisarys Toledo	25–26 May 2019	Lima	[44]
5962	Japan	Yuki Nakata	4–5 June 2004	Tottori
5907	Paraguay	Anna Camila Pirelli	7–8 August 2019	Lima	[45]
5905	Spain	Carmen Ramos	7–8 July 2018	Soria	[46]
5817	Cameroon	Anaelle Nyabeu Djapa	24–25 May 2014	Arona	[47]
5815	Argentina	Fiorella Chiappe	4–5 March 2017	Buenos Aires	[48]
5786	Mexico	Jessamyn Sauceda	24–25 July 2015	Toronto	[49]
5723	Haiti	Vanessa Jules	23 May 2015	Chula Vista
5686	Tunisia	Nada Chroudi	27–28 April 2018	Florence	[50]
5611	Croatia	Lucija Cvitanović	12–13 May 2016	Orlando	[51]
5555	Egypt	Houda Mohamed Atef	24–25 June 2016	Durban	[52]
5443	Liberia	Maya Neal	11–12 May 2017	Columbia	[53]
5400	Bermuda	Shianne Smith	1–2 May 2015	Aubagne	[54]
5386	Indonesia	Emilia Nova	24–25 August 2017	Kuala Lumpur	[55]
5346	Philippines	Elma Muros-Posadas	13–14 December 1998	Bangkok
5338	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Kieshonna Brooks	11–12 May 2018	Knoxville	[56]
5221	Papua New Guinea	Adrine Monagi	15–16 March 2017	San Angelo	[57]
5247	Malaysia	Norliyana Kamaruddin	24–25 August 2017	Kuala Lumpur	[58]
5020	Peru	Melissa Arana	11–12 April 2015	Asunción	[59]
4954 A	Costa Rica	Ana María Porras	13–14 July 2018	Guatemala City
4844	Namibia	Corlia Kruger	24–25 April 2015	Stellenbosch	[60]
4817	Belize	Katy Sealy	17–18 June 2016	San Salvador	[61]
4817	Dominica	Chelsey Linton	12–13 May 2017	Wichita	[62]
4464	Anguilla	Dee-Anne Rogers	10–11 July 2013	Kazan
4547	Sri Lanka	W.V. Lakshika Sugandhi	9–10 July 2016	Diyagama	[63]
4352	Aruba	Julianne Dorothal	26–27 March 2016	St. George's	[64]
4197	British Virgin Islands	Arianna Hayde	15–16 April 2017	Willemstad	[65]
4013	Laos	Manivanh Chanthavong	24–25 August 2017	Kuala Lumpur	[66]
3770	Qatar	Fatima Mazaher Sassani	14–15 March 2015	Muscat
3561	Kuwait	Salsabeel Khaled Al-Sayyar	14–15 March 2015	Muscat
3484	Oman	Heba Hamood Al-Asimi	14–15 March 2015	Muscat
3116	Turks and Caicos Islands	Sanadia Forbes	4–5 April 2015	Basseterre
2665	Gabon	Karnella Anguezomo Mintsa	17–18 April 2015	Bourges

See also

Other multiple event contests include:

Summer sports

• Biathle
• Duathlon
• Triathlon
• Quadrathlon
• Pentathlon (athletics)
• Pentathlon
• Modern pentathlon
• Hexathlon (primarily a youth or junior event)
• Octathlon (primarily a youth or junior event although logistical problems have seen senior octathlons contested, for example at the 2007 South Pacific Games)
• Decathlon

Winter sports

• Biathlon
• Nordic combined

Other

• Chess-boxing

Notes

1. 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

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4. "Women's Heptathlon 100 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
5. "Women's Heptathlon Shot Put Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
6. Hans van Kuijen (September 16, 2012). "Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
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8. "Long Jump Results" (PDF). IAAF. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
9. 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.
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11. Diego Sampaolo (28 May 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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16. Heptathlon – men – senior – indoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
17. "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). European Athletics. 5 March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
18. "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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20. "Warholm closes his indoor season with a world best in Tampere". EAA. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
21. "Mehrkampf-Gold für Simon Ehammer und Caroline Agnou" (in German). Swiss Athletics. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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24. "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
25. Diego Sampaolo (28 May 2017). "Thiam scores 7013 to break meeting record in Götzis". IAAF. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
26. Diego Sampaolo (31 May 2015). "Kazmirek and Theisen Eaton triumph in Gotzis". IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
27. "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
28. Quentin Guillon (23 June 2019). "Thiam battles injury to score world lead while LePage breaks through in Talence". IAAF. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
29. "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). IAAF. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
30. Gabriella Pieraccini (30 June 2019). "Olympic standard for Kazmirek and Austrian record for Preiner in Ratingen". IAAF. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
31. Michal Osoba (15 June 2014). "Special K day! Kasyanov and Klucinova triumph in Kladno – IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
32. "Heptathlon Results". ncaa.com. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
33. "Heptathlon Results". EAA. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
34. "Grit Šadeiko püstitas Götzise seitsmevõistlusel uue Eesti rekordi, Õiglane alistas 8000 punkti piiri (76)". delfi.ee (in Estonian). 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
35. Michal Osoba (18 June 2017). "Cachova and Bourrada victorious at TNT Express meeting in Kladno". IAAF. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
36. Eduardo Biscayart (3 July 2016). "Murer soars over South American record of 4.87m at Brazilian Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
37. Wesley Botton (25 June 2016). "Aprot takes African 10,000m title". IAAF. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
38. Michal Osoba (18 June 2017). "Cachova and Bourrada victorious at TNT Express meeting in Kladno". IAAF. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
39. "Gran Prix Internacional "Valle Oro Puro" – Hetpathlon Results" (PDF). FECODATLE. June 26, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 16, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
40. Michal Osoba (18 June 2017). "Cachova and Bourrada victorious at TNT Express meeting in Kladno". IAAF. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
41. Phil Minshull (21 July 2019). "Kokhan's hammer feats provide the highlight of European U20 Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
42. Joe Fleming (12 May 2018). "Former Ensworth star Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M wins SEC heptathlon with school record". USA today sports. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
43. "Heptathlon Results". www.flashresults.com. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
44. Eduardo Biscayart (27 May 2019). "Rosa collects third gold as South American Championships conclude in Lima". IAAF. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
45. "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). lima2019.pe. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
46. "Carmen Ramos bate el récord de España de heptatlón en Soria". plazadeportiva.valenciaplaza.com (in Spanish). 8 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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48. "Fiorella Chiappe consigue el récord de Argentina de heptatlon" (in Spanish). somosatletismo.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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51. "The American Championships 2016 Results". tilastopaja.org. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
52. "African Championships, Durban (South Africa) 22-26/06/2016 Results". africathle.com. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
53. "Heptathlon Results". tfrrs.org. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
54. Stephen Wright (5 May 2015). "Smith off to a flyer". royalgazette.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
55. Devinder Singh (25 August 2017). "KL2017: Norliayana smashes Zaiton Othman's 36-year-old national record". nst.com.my. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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57. "National Record". sportstg.com. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
58. "Norliyana Breaks Zaiton's 36-Year-Old Heptathlon Reord". bernama.com. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
59. "En el GP de Combinadas de Asuncion, Paraguay Melissa Arana (PER) batió el Récord de Heptatlon con 5.020 puntos" (in Spanish). FDPA. April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
60. "Simbine, Palframan, Mokoka, Mzazi, Cumming, Engelbrecht sparkle as Chabangu sets SA Junior record-USSA championship". africanathletics.org. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
61. "2016 Central American Championships in Athletics Results" (PDF). CADICA. June 19, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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65. "Heptathlon Results". cfpitiming.com. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
66. "Norliyana Breaks Zaiton's 36-Year-Old Heptathlon Reord". bernama.com. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

External links

• National Records
• IAAF combined events scoring tables and explanation
• IAAF list of heptathlon records in XML
• Heptathlon all-time list
• Heptathlon points counter (in Finnish)