Combined track and field events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

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

. 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 The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day (formerly two days). The distance or time for each event is converted to points via scoring tables, with t ...

. 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 The icosathlon, also called the double decathlon, is an ultra multi-event of track and field competition consisting of 20 events contested over two days. There is an extra rule, that each day should contain a pause of one hour. Mostly the competitio ...

(double decathlon) for men and the

tetradecathlon The tetradecathlon is a 14-event form of athletics. The International Association for Ultra Multievents (IAUM) is in charge of it and runs the World Championships for it alongside the Icosathlon. The event is also called the double heptathlon. The ...

for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version.

Various combined events

Notes and references

External links

Decathlon
at IAAF web site
Heptathlon
at IAAF web site {{Portal bar, Athletics

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

Athletics by type

Various combined events

See also

Notes and references

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