Combined track and field events
A moment of an 800 metres race, last event in women's heptathlon.
Combined events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events are the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. Due to stadium limitations, indoor combined events competition have a reduced number of events, resulting in the men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon. Athletes are allocated points based on an international-standard points scoring system, such as the decathlon scoring table.[1]
Various combined events
| Event | Track | Field | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's decathlon | 100 m | 400 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | Long jump | High jump | Pole vault | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw |
| Women's heptathlon | 200 m | 800 m | 100 m hurdles | Long jump | High jump | Shot put | Javelin throw | |||
| Men's heptathlon | 60 m | 1000 m | 60 m hurdles | Long jump | High jump | Pole vault | Shot put | |||
| Women's pentathlon | 800 m | 60 m hurdles | Long jump | High jump | Shot put | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Multi-Events scoring". cheshireaa.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
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