Combined track and field events

Combined track and field 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] 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.[2]

A moment of an 800 metres race, last event in women's heptathlon.

The throws pentathlon consists of all four Olympic throwing events plus the weight throw. In Sweden, the "Castorama" is also contested, which consists of all throws except the weight throw.[3][4]

Various combined events

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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 (indoor) 60 m 1000 m 60 m hurdles Long jump High jump Pole vault Shot put
Women's pentathlon (indoor) 800 m 60 m hurdles Long jump High jump Shot put

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Multi-Events scoring". cheshireaa.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. ^ Cédric. "What's IAUM ? - I A U M : International Association for Ultra Multievents". I A U M : International Association for Ultra Multievents (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. ^ "Friidrottsstatistik". www.friidrottsstatistik.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "What's new? (2020) Print". Roster Athletics. Retrieved 9 October 2023. "Castorama" (CE for throws)
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