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There are two heptathlons – the men's and the women's heptathlon – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is currently held indoors, contested at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. The women's heptathlon is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984.
0–9. Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon; Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon; Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon
In 1984 and thenceforth, the pentathlon (five events over two days) was replaced by the heptathlon (seven events over two days), so "discontinued" is not precisely correct. The heptathlon consists of the 200 meter and 800 meter runs, the 100 meter hurdles, the shot put , the javelin throw , the high jump , and the long jump in track and field ...
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 ...
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 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 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.) The qualifying standard is 6420 points.
"Heptathlon – Day 1 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Archived from the original on 27 May 2002; IAAF (24 September 2000). "Heptathlon – Day 2 (event report)". IAAF 2000 Olympic coverage. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003; Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics