A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events.[1] The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.

Athletics
Heptathlon
World records
MenUnited States Ashton Eaton 6645 pts (2012)
WomenUnited States Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
Olympic records
WomenUnited States Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
World Championship records
WomenUnited States Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7128 pts (1987)
World Indoor Championship records
MenUnited States Ashton Eaton 6645 pts (2012)

There are two heptathlons – the men's and the women's heptathlon – 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 edit

 
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 World Athletics Championships. The World Athletics Combined Events Tour 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:

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).[2] 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 World Athletics has begun keeping records for it, but the heptathlon remains the championship-level combined event for women. Nafissatou Thiam, representing Belgium, is the 2020 Olympic Gold Medallist, after successfully defending her 2016 title. She is also the reigning European Champion. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, representing Great Britain, is the current World Champion and Commonwealth Champion. Odile Ahouanwanou. Yekaterina Voronina, Kiara Reddingius, Luisarys Toledo and Ariana Ince hold the African, Asian, Oceanian, South American and NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean) titles respectively. Adriana Rodríguez, Marthe Koala, Swapna Barman and Elenani Tinai hold the Panamerican Games, African Games, Asian Games and Pacific Games titles respectively.[3]

There is also a Tetradecathlon, which is a double heptathlon, consisting of 14 events, seven events per day.

Points system edit

The heptathlon scoring system was devised by Dr Karl Ulbrich, a Viennese mathematician. The formulae are constructed so that, for each event, a designated benchmark performance (for example, approximately 1.82 m for the high jump) scores 1000 points.[4] 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:[5]

Running events (200 m, 800 m and 100 m hurdles):
 
Jumping events (high jump and long jump):
 
Throwing events (shot put and javelin):
 

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 1.348
Long jump 0.188807 210 1.41
Shot put 56.0211 1.5 1.05
Javelin throw 15.9803 3.8 1.04

Benchmarks edit

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

Event 1,000 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:Seconds

Women's world records compared with heptathlon bests edit

 
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 Difference in points value Date Place Notes/Ref
100 m hurdles
WR Tobi Amusan 12.12 s 1261
HB Jessica Ennis 12.54 s (+1.3 m/s) 1195 −66 3 August 2012 London [6]
High jump
WR Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m 1359
HB Nafissatou Thiam 2.02 m 1264 −95 22 June 2019 Talence [7]
Shot put
WR Natalya Lisovskaya 22.63 m 1378
HB Austra Skujytė 17.31 m 1016 −362 3 August 2012 London [8]
200 m
WR Florence Griffith Joyner 21.34 s 1251
HB Jackie Joyner Kersee 22.30 s (+0.0 m/s) 1150 −101 15 July 1988 Indianapolis [7]
Long jump
WR Galina Chistyakova 7.52 m 1351
HB Jackie Joyner Kersee 7.27 m (+0.7 m/s) 1264 −87 24 September 1988 Seoul [7]
Javelin[note 1]
WR Barbora Špotáková 72.28 m 1295 Current 1999 model
HB Barbora Špotáková 60.90 m 1072 −223 16 September 2012 Talence Current 1999 model[9]
WR Petra Felke 80.00 m 1448 Old model
HB Tessa Sanderson 64.64 m 1145 −303 Old model
800 m
WR Jarmila Kratochvílová 1:53.28 min:s 1224
HB Nadine Debois 2:01.84 min:s 1087 −137 27 September 1987 Talence [7]
Total World record 9119
Heptathlon bests 8048 −1071

Men's heptathlon edit

 
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:

The scoring is similar for both versions. In each event, the athlete scores points for his performance in each event according to scoring tables issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).[10] The athlete accumulating the highest number of points wins the competition.

Benchmarks edit

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 2:29.00 Minutes:Seconds

Men's world records compared with heptathlon bests edit

World records (WR) compared with heptathlon bests (HB)
Event Type Athlete Record Score Difference in points value Ref
60 m
WR Christian Coleman 6.34 s 1130
HB Chris Huffins 6.61 s 1026 −104
Long jump
WR Carl Lewis 8.79 m 1268
HB Simon Ehammer 8.26 m 1128 −140 [11]
Shot put
WR Ryan Crouser 23.38 m 1311
HB Aleksey Drozdov 17.17 m 924 −387
High jump
WR Javier Sotomayor 2.43 m 1223
HB Derek Drouin 2.30 m 1091 −132 [12]
60 m hurdles
WR Grant Holloway 7.29 s 1168
HB Ashton Eaton 7.60 s 1085 −83
Pole vault
WR Armand Duplantis 6.22 m 1304
HB Alex Averbukh 5.60 m 1100 −204
1000 m
WR Ayanleh Souleiman 2:14.20 min:s 1182
HB Curtis Beach 2:23.63 min:s 1064 −118
Total World record 8586
Heptathlon bests 7418 −1168

All-time top 25 edit

Women edit

 
Carolina Klüft in the Osaka World Athletics Championships 2007 women's heptathlon
Rank Score Athlete Date Place Ref
1 7291   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 23–24 September 1988 Seoul
( 12.69/+0.8 - 1.86 - 15.80 - 22.56/+1.6 / 7.27/+0.7 - 45.66 - 2:08.51 )
2 7032   Carolina Klüft (SWE) 25–26 August 2007 Osaka
( 13.15/+0.1 - 1.95 - 14.81 - 23.38/+0.3 / 6.85/+1.0 - 47.98 - 2:12.56 )
3 7013   Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 27–28 May 2017 Götzis [14]
( 13.34/-0.7 - 1.98 - 14.51 - 24.40/-1.6 / 6.56/+0.8 - 59.32 - 2:15.24 )
4 7007   Larisa Nikitina (URS) 10–11 June 1989 Bryansk
( 13.40/+1.4 - 1.89 - 16.45 - 23.97/+1.1 / 6.73/+4.0 - 53.94 - 2:15.31 )
5 6988   Anna Hall (USA) 27–28 May 2023 Götzis [15]
( 12.75/+0.7 - 1.92 - 13.90 - 22.88/+0.1 / 6.54/+1.2 - 43.08 - 2:02.97 )
6 6985   Sabine Braun (GER) 30–31 May 1992 Götzis
( 13.11/-0.4 - 1.93 - 14.84 - 23.65/+2.0 / 6.63/+2.9 - 51.62 - 2:12.67 )
7 6981   Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) 2–4 October 2019 Doha [16]
( 13.09/+0.6 - 1.95 - 13.86 - 23.08/+1.0 / 6.77/+0.2 - 43.93 - 2:07.26 )
8 6955   Jessica Ennis (GBR) 3–4 August 2012 London
( 12.54/+1.3 - 1.86 - 14.28 - 22.83/-0.3 / 6.48/-0.6 - 47.49 - 2:08.65 )
9 6946   Sabine Paetz (GDR) 5–6 May 1984 Potsdam
( 12.64/+0.3 - 1.80 - 15.37 - 23.37/+0.7 / 6.86/-0.2 - 44.62 - 2:08.93 )
10 6942   Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 25–26 May 1996 Götzis
( 13.78/+0.3 - 1.87 - 15.64 - 23.78/+0.6 / 6.77/+0.6 - 54.74 - 2:13.61 )
11 6935   Ramona Neubert (GDR) 18–19 June 1983 Moscow
( 13.42/+1.8 - 1.82 - 15.25 - 23.49/+0.5 / 6.79/+0.7 - 49.94 - 2:07.51 )
12 6889   Eunice Barber (FRA) 4–5 June 2005 Arles
( 12.62/+2.9 - 1.91 - 12.61 - 24.12/+1.2 / 6.78/+3.4 - 53.07 - 2:14.66 )
13 6867   Anouk Vetter (NED) 17–18 July 2022 Eugene [17]
( 13.30/+0.7 - 1.80 - 16.25 - 23.73/+1.4 / 6.52/+0.3 - 58.29 - 2:20.09 )
14 6859   Natalya Shubenkova (URS) 20–21 June 1984 Kyiv
( 12.93/+1.0 - 1.83 - 13.66 - 23.57/-0.3 / 6.73/+0.4 - 46.26 - 2:04.60 )
15 6858   Anke Behmer (GDR) 23–24 September 1988 Seoul
( 13.20/+0.8 - 1.83 - 14.20 - 23.10/+1.6 / 6.68/ - 44.54 - 2:04.20 )
16 6847   Irina Belova (RUS) 1–2 August 1992 Barcelona
( 13.25/ - 1.88 - 13.77 - 23.34/ / 6.82/ - 41.90 - 2:05.08 )
17 6836   Carolin Schäfer (GER) 27–28 May 2017 Götzis [14]
( 13.09/+1.0 - 1.86 - 14.76 - 23.36/+0.7 / 6.57/+0.9 - 49.80 - 2:14.73 )
18 6832   Lyudmila Blonska (UKR) 25–26 August 2007 Osaka
( 13.25/+0.1 - 1.92 - 14.44 - 24.09/+0.3 / 6.88/+1.0 - 47.77 - 2:16.68 )
19 6831   Denise Lewis (GBR) 29–30 July 2000 Götzis
( 13.13/+1.0 - 1.84 - 15.07 - 24.01/+3.6 / 6.69/-0.4 - 49.42 - 2:12.20 )
20 6815   Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT) 27–28 May 2017 Götzis [14]
( 13.10/+1.0 - 1.77 - 13.53 - 23.49/-2.9 / 6.64/+0.8 - 56.17 - 2:11.76 )
21 6808   Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) 30–31 May 2015 Götzis
( 13.05/-0.2 - 1.89 - 13.73 - 23.34/+1.4 / 6.72/+0.9 - 42.96 - 2:09.37 )
22 6803   Jane Frederick (USA) 15–16 September 1984 Talence
( 13.27/+1.2 - 1.87 - 15.49 - 24.15/+1.6 / 6.43/+0.2 - 51.74 - 2:13.55 )
23 6778   Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR) 30–31 July 2010 Barcelona
( 13.59/-1.6 - 1.86 - 15.88 - 24.23/-0.2 / 6.56/+0.3 - 49.25 - 2:12.06 )
24 6765   Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) 22–23 July 2000 Tula
( 13.54/-2.8 - 1.82 - 14.30 - 23.37/-0.2 / 6.72/+1.0 - 43.40 - 2:04.27 )
25 6742   Yorgelis Rodriguez (CUB) 26–27 May 2018 Götzis [18]
( 13.48/+0.3 - 1.86 - 14.95 - 23.96/-0.6 / 6.58/+2.3 - 48.65 - 2:12.73 )

Notes edit

Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6875 pts:

Annulled marks edit

  • Tatyana Chernova scored 6880 (2011), this performance was annulled due to doping offences.

Men edit

 
World record holder Ashton Eaton competing at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Rank Score Athlete Date Place Ref
1 6645   Ashton Eaton (USA) 9–10 March 2012 Istanbul
2 6639 A   Kyle Garland (USA) 10–11 March 2023 Albuquerque [20]
3 6518 A   Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) 10–11 March 2023 Albuquerque [20]
4 6489   Damian Warner (CAN) 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade [21]
5 6479   Kevin Mayer (FRA) 4–5 March 2017 Belgrade [22]
6 6476   Dan O'Brien (USA) 13–14 March 1993 Toronto
7 6438   Roman Šebrle (CZE) 6–7 March 2004 Budapest
8 6424   Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 25–26 February 2000 Ghent
9 6418   Christian Plaziat (FRA) 28–29 February 1992 Genoa
  Simon Ehammer (SUI) 2–3 March 2024 Glasgow [23]
11 6415   Sebastian Chmara (POL) 28 February – 1 March 1998 Valencia
12 6412   Lev Lobodin (RUS) 7–8 February 2003 Moscow
13 6407   Sander Skotheim (NOR) 2–3 March 2024 Glasgow [24]
14 6382   Garrett Scantling (USA) 26–27 February 2022 Spokane [25]
15 6374   Erki Nool (EST) 6–7 March 1999 Maebashi
16 6372   Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) 2–3 March 2013 Gothenburg
17 6371   Bryan Clay (USA) 8–9 March 2008 Valencia
18 6362   Mikk Pahapill (EST) 7–8 March 2009 Turin
19 6361   Tom Pappas (USA) 15–16 March 2003 Birmingham
20 6353   Ilya Shkurenev (RUS) 7–8 March 2015 Prague
21 6347   Leo Neugebauer (GER) 8–9 March 2023 Boston [26]
22 6344   Ashley Moloney (AUS) 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade [21]
23 6340   Johannes Erm (EST) 2–3 March 2024 Glasgow [27]
24 6320   Artem Makarenko (RUS) 16–17 February 2020 Kirov [28]
25 6303   Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) 7–8 March 2014 Sopot

Notes edit

Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6303 pts:

Medalists edit

Women's Olympic medalists edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Los Angeles
details
Glynis Nunn
  Australia
Jackie Joyner
  United States
Sabine Everts
  West Germany
1988 Seoul
details
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States
Sabine John
  East Germany
Anke Behmer
  East Germany
1992 Barcelona
details
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States
Irina Belova
  Unified Team
Sabine Braun
  Germany
1996 Atlanta
details
Ghada Shouaa
  Syria
Natallia Sazanovich
  Belarus
Denise Lewis
  Great Britain
2000 Sydney
details
Denise Lewis
  Great Britain
Yelena Prokhorova
  Russia
Natallia Sazanovich
  Belarus
2004 Athens
details
Carolina Klüft
  Sweden
Austra Skujytė
  Lithuania
Kelly Sotherton
  Great Britain
2008 Beijing
details
Nataliya Dobrynska
  Ukraine
Hyleas Fountain
  United States
Kelly Sotherton
  Great Britain
2012 London
details
Jessica Ennis
  Great Britain
Lilli Schwarzkopf
  Germany
Austra Skujytė
  Lithuania
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details
Nafissatou Thiam
  Belgium
Jessica Ennis-Hill
  Great Britain
Brianne Theisen-Eaton
  Canada
2020 Tokyo
details
Nafissatou Thiam
  Belgium
Anouk Vetter
  Netherlands
Emma Oosterwegel
  Netherlands
2024 Paris
details

Women's World Championships medalists edit

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details
  Ramona Gohler-Neubert (GDR)   Sabine Mobius-Paetz (GDR)   Anke Vater (GDR)
1987 Rome
details
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)   Larisa Nikitina (URS)   Jane Frederick (USA)
1991 Tokyo
details
  Sabine Braun (GER)   Liliana Năstase (ROU)   Irina Belova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
details
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)   Sabine Braun (GER)   Svetlana Buraga (BLR)
1995 Gothenburg
details
  Ghada Shouaa (SYR)   Svetlana Moskalets (RUS)   Rita Ináncsi (HUN)
1997 Athens
details
  Sabine Braun (GER)   Denise Lewis (GBR)   Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU)
1999 Seville
details
  Eunice Barber (FRA)   Denise Lewis (GBR)   Ghada Shouaa (SYR)
2001 Edmonton
details
  Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)   Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)   Shelia Burrell (USA)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
  Carolina Klüft (SWE)   Eunice Barber (FRA)   Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)
2005 Helsinki
details
  Carolina Klüft (SWE)   Eunice Barber (FRA)   Margaret Simpson (GHA)
2007 Osaka
details
  Carolina Klüft (SWE)   Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR)   Kelly Sotherton (GBR)
2009 Berlin
details
  Jessica Ennis (GBR)   Jennifer Oeser (GER)   Kamila Chudzik (POL)
2011 Daegu
details
  Jessica Ennis (GBR)   Jennifer Oeser (GER)   Karolina Tymińska (POL)
2013 Moscow
details
  Hanna Melnychenko (UKR)   Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)   Dafne Schippers (NED)
2015 Beijing
details
  Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR)   Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)   Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT)
2017 London
details
  Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)   Carolin Schäfer (GER)   Anouk Vetter (NED)
2019 Doha
details
  Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)   Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)   Verena Preiner (AUT)
2022 Eugene
details
  Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)   Anouk Vetter (NED)   Anna Hall (USA)
2023 Budapest
details
  Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)   Anna Hall (USA)   Anouk Vetter (NED)

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)5218
2  Sweden (SWE)3003
3  Germany (GER)2406
4  United States (USA)2136
5  Belgium (BEL)2103
6  France (FRA)1203
7  East Germany (GDR)1113
8  Russia (RUS)1102
  Ukraine (UKR)1102
10  Syria (SYR)1012
11  Canada (CAN)0202
12  Netherlands (NED)0134
13  Belarus (BLR)0123
14  Soviet Union (URS)0112
15  Romania (ROU)0101
16  Poland (POL)0022
17  Austria (AUT)0011
  Ghana (GHA)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Latvia (LAT)0011
  Lithuania (LTU)0011
Totals (21 entries)19191957

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists edit

 
Bryan Clay celebrating his 2010 world title win in Doha
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Barcelona
details
  Christian Plaziat (FRA)   Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)   Henrik Dagård (SWE)
1997 Paris
details
  Robert Změlík (CZE)   Erki Nool (EST)   Jón Magnússon (ISL)
1999 Maebashi
details
  Sebastian Chmara (POL)   Erki Nool (EST)   Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2001 Lisbon
details
  Roman Šebrle (CZE)   Jón Magnússon (ISL)   Lev Lobodin (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
details
  Tom Pappas (USA)   Lev Lobodin (RUS)   Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2004 Budapest
details
  Roman Šebrle (CZE)   Bryan Clay (USA)   Lev Lobodin (RUS)
2006 Moscow
details
  André Niklaus (GER)   Bryan Clay (USA)   Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2008 Valencia
details
  Bryan Clay (USA)   Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)   Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2010 Doha
details
  Bryan Clay (USA)   Trey Hardee (USA)   Aleksey Drozdov (RUS)
2012 Istanbul
details
  Ashton Eaton (USA)   Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)   Artem Lukyanenko (RUS)
2014 Sopot
details
  Ashton Eaton (USA)   Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)   Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
2016 Portland
details
  Ashton Eaton (USA)   Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)   Mathias Brugger (GER)
2018 Birmingham
details
  Kevin Mayer (FRA)   Damian Warner (CAN)   Maicel Uibo (EST)
2022 Belgrade
details
  Damian Warner (CAN)   Simon Ehammer (SUI)   Ashley Moloney (AUS)

Season's bests edit

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

Women's heptathlon edit

Year Score Athlete Place
1980 6049   Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (URS) Pyatigorsk
1981 6788   Ramona Neubert (GDR) Kyiv
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
2020 6419   Ivona Dadic (AUT) Götzis
2021 6791   Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) Tokyo
2022 6947   Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) Eugene
2023 6988   Annie Hall (USA) Götzis

Men's indoor heptathlon edit

Year Score Athlete Place
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
2018 6348   Kevin Mayer (FRA) Birmingham
2019 6218   Jorge Ureña (SPA) Glasgow
2020 6320   Artyom Makarenko (RUS) Kirov
2021 6392   Kevin Mayer (FRA) Toruń
2022 6489   Damian Warner (CAN) Belgrade
2023 6639 A   Kyle Garland (USA) Albuquerque

National records edit

Women's heptathlon edit

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

Equal or superior to 6200 pts:

Score Nation Athlete Date Place
7291   United States Jackie Joyner-Kersee 23–24 September 1988 Seoul
7032   Sweden Carolina Klüft 25–26 August 2007 Osaka
7013   Belgium Nafissatou Thiam 27–28 May 2017 Götzis
7007   Russia Larisa Nikitina 10–11 June 1989 Bryansk
6985   Germany Sabine Braun 30–31 May 1992 Götzis
6981   Great Britain Katarina Johnson-Thompson 2–4 October 2019 Doha
6942   Syria Ghada Shouaa 25–26 May 1996 Götzis
6889   France Eunice Barber 4–5 June 2005 Arles
6867   Netherlands Anouk Vetter 17–18 July 2022 Eugene
6832   Ukraine Lyudmyla Blonska 25–26 August 2007 Osaka
6815   Latvia Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 27–28 May 2017 Götzis
6808   Canada Brianne Theisen-Eaton 30–31 May 2015 Götzis
6750   China Ma Miaolan 11–12 September 1993 Beijing
6742   Cuba Yorgelis Rodríguez 26–27 May 2018 Götzis
6695   Australia Jane Flemming 27–28 January 1990 Auckland
6672   Poland Adrianna Sułek 17–18 July 2022 Eugene
6658   Bulgaria Svetla Dimitrova 30–31 May 1992 Götzis
6651   Hungary Xénia Krizsán 29–30 May 2021 Götzis
6635   Belarus Svetlana Buraga 17–18 August 1993 Stuttgart
6619   Romania Liliana Nastase 1–2 August 1992 Barcelona
6604   Lithuania Remigija Nazaroviene 10–11 June 1989 Bryansk
6591   Austria Verena Preiner 29–30 June 2019 Ratingen
6527   Jamaica Diane Guthrie-Gresham 2–3 June 1995 Knoxville
6515   Switzerland Annik Kälin 17–18 August 2022 Munich
6462   Sierra Leone Eunice Barber 29–30 May 1999 Arles
6460   Czech Republic Eliška Klučinová 14–15 June 2014 Kladno
6423   Moldova Lyubov Ratsu 27–28 August 1983 Chişinău
6423   Ghana Margaret Simpson 28–29 May 2005 Götzis
6418   Trinidad and Tobago Tyra Gittens 13–14 May 2021 College Station
6404   Finland Satu Ruotsalainen 26–27 August 1991 Tokyo
6392   Algeria Yasmina Azzizi 26–27 August 1991 Tokyo
6371   Barbados Akela Jones 10–11 June 2015 Eugene
6349   Uzbekistan Yekaterina Voronina 28–29 May 2021 Tashkent
6346 A   Colombia Evelis Aguilar 13–14 March 2021 Ibagué
6304   Spain María Vicente 24–25 April 2021 Lana
6297   Ireland Kate O'Connor 24–25 April 2021 Lana
6293   Croatia Jana Koščak 27–28 May 2023 Götzis
6280   Estonia Grit Šadeiko 27–28 May 2017 Götzis
6278   New Zealand Joanne Henry 28 February – 1 March 1992 Auckland
6274   Benin Odile Ahouanwanou 19–20 June 2021 Ratingen
6272   Kazakhstan Yelena Davydova 13–14 July 1987 Zagreb
6250   Burkina Faso Marthe Koala 29–30 May 2021 Götzis
6235   Greece Aryiro Strataki 27–28 May 2006 Götzis
6230   Portugal Naide Gomes 16–17 July 2005 Logroño
6226   Norway Ida Marcussen 25–26 August 2007 Osaka
6211   India Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha 16–17 March 2004 New Delhi

Men's indoor heptathlon edit

Equal or superior to 6000 pts:

Score Nation Athlete Date Place
6645   United States Ashton Eaton 9–10 March 2012 Istanbul
6518 A   Puerto Rico Ayden Owens-Delerme 10–11 March 2023 Albuquerque
6489   Canada Damian Warner 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade
6479   France Kevin Mayer 4–5 March 2017 Belgrade
6438   Czech Republic Roman Šebrle 6–7 March 2004 Budapest
6418   Switzerland Simon Ehammer 2–3 March 2024 Glasgow
6415   Poland Sebastian Chmara 28 February – 1 March 1998 Valencia
6412   Russia Lev Lobodin 7–8 February 2003 Moscow
6407   Norway Sander Skotheim 2–3 March 2024 Glasgow
6374   Estonia Erki Nool 6–7 March 1999 Maebashi
6372   Netherlands Eelco Sintnicolaas 2–3 March 2013 Gothenburg
6347   Germany Leo Neugebauer 8–9 March 2024 Boston
6344   Australia Ashley Moloney 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade
6340   Bahamas Ken Mullings 26–27 January 2024 Champaign
6303   Belarus Andrei Krauchanka 7–8 March 2014 Sopot
6293   Iceland Jón Arnar Magnússon 6–7 March 1999 Maebashi
6259   Belgium Thomas van der Plaetsen 7–8 March 2014 Sopot
6254   Ukraine Oleksiy Kasyanov 30–31 January 2010 Zaporizhzhia
6249   Hungary Dezső Szabó 28 February – 1 March 1998 Valencia
6249   Spain Jorge Ureña 28–29 January 2017 Prague
6229   Kazakhstan Dmitriy Karpov 15–16 February 2008 Tallinn
6188   Great Britain Timothy Duckworth 9–10 March 2018 College Station
6142   Sweden Henrik Dagård 11–12 March 1995 Barcelona
6099   Serbia Mihail Dudaš 2–3 March 2013 Gothenburg
6076   Italy Dario Dester 20–21 February 2021 Ancona
6065   Austria Roland Schwarzl 20–21 February 2010 Vienna
6036   Montenegro Darko Pešić 6–7 February 2021 Belgrade
6035   Jamaica Maurice Smith 25–26 February 2005 Fayetteville
6032   Greece Prodromos Korkizoglou 11–12 February 2000 Piraeus
6029   Grenada Lindon Victor 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade

Men's heptathlon under-20 records edit

Key:
  Unratified by World Athletics

✕ = Inadequate doping control

Event Record N Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Age Ref
Heptathlon (Senior implements) 6022 Gunnar Nixon   United States 27-28 January 2012 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville 19 years, 15 days [29]
( 7.10 - 7.53 - 13.97 - 2.15 / 8.21 - 4.50 - 2:40.15 )
Heptathlon (U20 implements) 6062 Jente Hauttekeete   Belgium 13-14 February 2021 Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20 Frankfurt 18 years, 337 days [30]
( 7.07 - 7.33 - 15.64 - 2.10 / 8.06 - 4.70 - 2:46.71 )

Men's heptathlon under-20 bests edit

(In completed heptathlons of more than 5200 points)

Event Specification Result Score Athlete Nation Date Meet Place Age Ref
60 m 6.75 973 Ayden Owens   Puerto Rico 8 March 2019 NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships Birmingham 18 years, 284 days [31]
Long jump 7.96 m 1050 Eusebio Cáceres   Spain 6 March 2010 Spanish Junior Indoor Championships San Sebastián 18 years, 177 days [32]
Shot put 6 kg 16.51 m 883 Simon Pettersson   Sweden 10 March 2012 Swedish Indoor Junior Combined Events Championships Göteborg 18 years, 67 days [33]
7.26 kg 15.06 m 793 Matas Adamonis   Lithuania 14 December 2017 Šiauliai 19 years, 171 days [34]
High jump 2.19 m 982 Yaroslav Rybakov   Russia 13 February 1999 Russian U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Chelyabinsk 18 years, 83 days [35]
Andrei Krauchanka   Belarus 5 February 2005 Reval Hotels Cup Tallinn 19 years, 32 days [36]
First-day score U20 implements 3476 Jente Hauttekeete   Belgium 13 February 2021 Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20 Frankfurt 18 years, 336 days [30]
Senior implements 3466 Andrei Krauchanka   Belarus 5 February 2005 Reval Hotels Cup Tallinn 19 years, 32 days [36]
60 m hurdles 0.991 m 7.68 1064 Maxime Moitie‑Charnois   France 12 February 2023 French U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Val-de-Reuil 18 years, 303 days [37]
1.067 m 7.84 1022 Ayden Owens   Puerto Rico 9 March 2019 NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships Birmingham 18 years, 285 days [38]
Pole vault 5.55 m 1083 Oleksandr Korchmid   Ukraine 20 December 2001 Ukraine Junior ME Brovary 19 years, 332 days [39]
1000 m 2:30.67 980 Lukáš Souček [pl]   Czech Republic 5 March 1994 Prague 18 years, 238 days [40]
Second-day score U20 implements 2713 Maxime Moitie-Charnois   France 12 February 2023 French U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Val-de-Reuil 18 years, 303 days [41]
Senior implements 2663 André Niklaus   Germany 6 February 2000 Frankfurt-Kalbach Int. ME Meeting Frankfurt-Kalbach 18 years, 160 days [42]

See also edit

Other multiple event contests include:

Summer sports
Winter sports
Other

Notes edit

  1. ^ Women's javelin was redesigned in 1999 and all records started afresh. Point allocation for Heptathlon remained the same, but the comparison is being made between the WR and Heptathlon best of the current model.

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