HEPTATHLON

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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'.

Contents

Structure

World record

Top 10 performers

Other famous heptathletes

See also

External links

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:

★ 100 m hurdles

★ high jump

★ shot put

★ 200 m

★ long jump

★ javelin throw

★ 800 m
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):

★ 60 m

★ long jump

★ shot put

★ high jump

★ 60 m hurdles

★ pole vault

★ 1000 m
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 hurdles	12.69 secs	+0.5	1172
High jump	1.86 m		1054
Shot put	15.80 m		915
200 m	22.56 secs	+1.6	1123
Long jump	7.27 m	+0.7	1264
Javelin	45.66		776
800 m	2 mins 08.51 secs		987

Kersee holds the six first places on the all-time performance lists.

Top 10 performers

''Accurate as of August 27, 2007.''

Mark	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee		Seoul	September 24, 1988
7032	Carolina Klüft		Osaka	August 26, 2007
7007	Larisa Turchinskaya		Bryansk	June 11, 1989
6985	Sabine Braun		Götzis	May 31, 1992
6946	Sabine John		Potsdam	May 6, 1984
6942	Ghada Shouaa		Götzis	May 26, 1996
6935	Ramona Neubert		Moscow	June 19, 1983
6889	Eunice Barber		Arles	June 5, 2005
6859	Natalya Shubenkova		Kiev	June 21, 1984
6858	Anke Vater-Behmer		Seoul	September 24, 1988

Other famous heptathletes

★ Jessica Ennis, UK

★ Denise Lewis, UK

★ Kelly Sotherton, UK

★ Jessica Zelinka, Canada

★ Lyudmila Blonska, Ukraine

★ Heike Drechsler, Germany

★ Margaret Simpson, Ghana

★ Karin Ruckstuhl, The Netherlands

★ Lilly Schwarzkopf, Germany

★ Austra Skujyte, Lithuania (world record-holder for the decathlon)

★ Tia Hellebaut, Belgium

★ Carolina Klüft, Sweden

See also

★ List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)

External links

★ Heptathlon points formula

★ Heptathlon all-time list