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. Other longer combined events do exist, such as the icosathlon (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version.

Various combined events

Composition of 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
Throws pentathlon						Hammer throw	Weight throw	Shot put	Discus throw	Javelin throw

See also

• IAAF World Combined Events Challenge
• European Cup Combined Events
• Icosathlon

External links

• Decathlon at IAAF web site
• Heptathlon at IAAF web site