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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]
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 ...
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.
Team USA's Anna Hall finished in fifth place in the women's heptathlon after running a 2:04.39 in the final event, the 800m. Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam and Noor Vidts took gold and bronze ...
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.
At the 2021 Olympic trials, after her sophomore year, Hall had a shot to make the U.S. team, but moments into the 100-m hurdles, the opening event, she clipped the eighth hurdle and crashed into ...
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
The heptathlon is set to begin Thursday, Aug. 8, and conclude Friday, Aug. 9. All events take place at the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium located just north of Paris in the ...