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Heptathlon
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The women's heptathlon combines three runs, two jumps, and two throws.
World records
MenSwitzerland Simon Ehammer 6670 pts (2026)
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
MenSwitzerland Simon Ehammer 6670 pts (2026)

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

There are two heptathlons – the men's and the women's heptathlon – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is currently held indoors, contested at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics. The women's heptathlon is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984. It is currently contested in the athletics programme of the Olympics and at the World Athletics Championships.

Women's heptathlon

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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 200 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 2024 Olympic Gold Medallist, after successfully defending her previous 2016 and 2020 titles. She is also the reigning European Champion. Anna Hall, representing USA, is the current World Champion. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, representing Great Britain, is the current 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

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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):
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Throwing events (shot put and javelin):
)

P is points, T is time in seconds, M is height or distance in centimeters and D is distance in meters. INT is the integer function, also known as the floor function, signifying that the result is rounded down to the nearest lower (or equal) whole number. a, b and c have different values for each of the events, as follows:

Eventabc
200 metres4.9908742.51.81
800 metres0.111932541.88
100 metres hurdles9.2307626.71.835
High jump1.84523751.348
Long jump0.1888072101.41
Shot put56.02111.51.05
Javelin throw15.98033.81.04

Benchmarks

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

Event1000 pts900 pts800 pts700 ptsUnit
100 m hurdles13.8514.5615.3216.12Seconds
High jump1.821.741.661.57Metres
Shot put17.0715.5814.0912.58Metres
200 m23.8024.8625.9727.14Seconds
Long jump6.486.175.845.50Metres
Javelin throw57.1852.0446.8741.68Metres
800 m2:07.632:14.522:21.772:29.47Minutes:Seconds

Women's world records compared with heptathlon bests

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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 Amusan12.12 s1261
HB Jessica Ennis12.54 s (+1.3 m/s)1195−663 August 2012London[6]
High jump WR Yaroslava Mahuchikh2.10 m1373
HB Nafissatou Thiam2.02 m1264−10922 June 2019Talence[7]
Shot put WR Natalya Lisovskaya22.63 m1378
HB Austra Skujytė17.31 m[note 1]1016−3623 August 2012London[8]
200 m WR Florence Griffith Joyner21.34 s1251
HB Jackie Joyner Kersee22.30 s (+0.0 m/s)1150−10115 July 1988Indianapolis[7]
Long jump WR Galina Chistyakova7.52 m1351
HB Jackie Joyner Kersee7.27 m (+0.7 m/s)1264−8724 September 1988Seoul[7]
Javelin[note 2] WR Barbora Špotáková72.28 m1295Current 1999 model
HB Barbora Špotáková60.90 m1072−22316 September 2012TalenceCurrent 1999 model[9]
WR Petra Felke80.00 m1448Old model
HB Tessa Sanderson64.64 m1145−303Old model
800 m WR Jarmila Kratochvílová1:53.28 min:s1224
HB Anna Hall2:01.23 min:s1097−1271 June 2025Götzis[7]
Total World record9133
Heptathlon bests8058−1075

Indoor heptathlon

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The other heptathlon discipline 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 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 disciplines. In each event, the athlete scores points for their performance in each event according to scoring tables issued by World Athletics.[10] The athlete accumulating the highest number of points wins the competition.

The indoor heptathlon is also rarely contested by women; at the 2024 indoor X-Athletics meeting, French combined events athlete Noémi Desailly won the indoor women's heptathlon with 5761 points while Jordyn Bruce set an unofficial American record in 2nd. It was labeled the first indoor women's heptathlon.[11]

Benchmarks

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The following table shows the minimum benchmark levels required to earn 1000 points in each event.

Event1000ptsUnits
60 m6.67Seconds
Long jump7.76Metres
Shot put18.40Metres
High jump2.21Metres
60 m hurdles7.92Seconds
Pole vault5.29Metres
1000 m2:29.00Minutes:Seconds

Men's world records compared with heptathlon bests

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World indoor records (WR) compared with heptathlon bests (HB)
Event Type Athlete Record Score Difference in points value Ref.
60 m
WR Christian Coleman6.34 s1130
HB Chris Huffins6.61 s1026−104
Long jump
WR Carl Lewis8.79 m1268
HB Simon Ehammer8.26 m1128−140[12]
Shot put
WR Ryan Crouser22.82 m1276
HB Aleksey Drozdov17.17 m924−352
High jump
WR Javier Sotomayor2.43 m1223
HB Derek Drouin2.30 m1091−132[13]
60 m hurdles
WR Grant Holloway7.27 s1174
HB Simon Ehammer7.52 s1106−68[14]
Pole vault
WR Armand Duplantis6.31 m1335
HB Alex Averbukh5.60 m1100−235
1000 m
WR Ayanleh Souleiman2:14.20 min:s1182
HB Curtis Beach2:23.63 min:s1064−118
Total World record8588
Heptathlon bests7418−1170

Area records

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All-time top 25

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Women

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Rank Score Athlete Date Place Ref.
1 7291 Image 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 Image 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 )
7032 Image Anna Hall (USA) 31 May – 1 June 2025 Götzis [18]
( 13.19/-1.0 - 1.95 - 14.86 - 23.37/+0.5 / 6.44/-0.1 - 46.16 - 2:01.23 )
4 7013 Image Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 27–28 May 2017 Götzis [19]
( 13.34/-0.7 - 1.98 - 14.51 - 24.40/-1.6 / 6.56/+0.8 - 59.32 - 2:15.24 )
5 7007 Image 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 )
6 6985 Image 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 Image Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) 2–4 October 2019 Doha [20]
( 13.09/+0.6 - 1.95 - 13.86 - 23.08/+1.0 / 6.77/+0.2 - 43.93 - 2:07.26 )
8 6955 Image 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 Image 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 Image 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 Image 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 Image 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 Image Anouk Vetter (NED) 17–18 July 2022 Eugene [21]
( 13.30/+0.7 - 1.80 - 16.25 - 23.73/+1.4 / 6.52/+0.3 - 58.29 - 2:20.09 )
14 6859 Image 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 Image 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 Image 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 Image Carolin Schäfer (GER) 27–28 May 2017 Götzis [19]
( 13.09/+1.0 - 1.86 - 14.76 - 23.36/+0.7 / 6.57/+0.9 - 49.80 - 2:14.73 )
18 6832 Image 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 Image 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 6819 Image Annik Kälin (SUI) 27–28 June 2026 Ratingen [22]
( 12.60/+0.4 - 1.75 - 14.00 - 23.00/+0.2 / 6.75/-1.1 - 47.8 - 2:11.93 )
21 6815 Image Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT) 27–28 May 2017 Götzis [19]
( 13.10/+1.0 - 1.77 - 13.53 - 23.49/-2.9 / 6.64/+0.8 - 56.17 - 2:11.76 )
22 6808 Image 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 )
23 6803 Image 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 )
24 6778 Image 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 )
25 6765 Image 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 )

Notes

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

Annulled marks

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

Men

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Image
Former world record holder Ashton Eaton competing at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Rank Score Athlete Date Place Ref.
1 6670 Image Simon Ehammer (SUI) 20–21 March 2026 Toruń [24]
2 6645Image Ashton Eaton (USA) 9–10 March 2012 Istanbul
3 6639 A Image Kyle Garland (USA) 10–11 March 2023 Albuquerque [25]
4 6558 Image Sander Skotheim (NOR) 7–8 March 2025 Apeldoorn [26]
5 6518 A Image Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) 10–11 March 2023 Albuquerque [25]
6 6503 Image Peyton Bair (USA) 13–14 March 2026 Fayetteville [27]
7 6489 Image Damian Warner (CAN) 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade [28]
8 6479 Image Kevin Mayer (FRA) 4–5 March 2017 Belgrade [29]
9 6476Image Dan O'Brien (USA) 13–14 March 1993 Toronto
10 6438Image Roman Šebrle (CZE) 6–7 March 2004 Budapest
11 6437Image Johannes Erm (EST) 22-23 March 2025 Nanjing [30]
12 6424Image Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) 25–26 February 2000 Ghent
13 6418 Image Christian Plaziat (FRA) 28–29 February 1992 Genoa
14 6415Image Sebastian Chmara (POL) 28 February – 1 March 1998 Valencia
15 6412Image Lev Lobodin (RUS) 7–8 February 2003 Moscow
16 6388 Image Till Steinforth (GER) 7–8 March 2025 Apeldoorn [26]
17 6382Image Garrett Scantling (USA) 26–27 February 2022 Spokane [31]
18 6374Image Erki Nool (EST) 6–7 March 1999 Maebashi
19 6372Image Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) 2–3 March 2013 Gothenburg
20 6371 Image Bryan Clay (USA) 8–9 March 2008 Valencia
21 6362 Image Mikk Pahapill (EST) 7–8 March 2009 Turin
22 6361 Image Tom Pappas (USA) 15–16 March 2003 Birmingham
23 6353 Image Ilya Shkurenev (RUS) 7–8 March 2015 Prague
24 6347 Image Leo Neugebauer (GER) 8–9 March 2024 Boston [32]
25 6344 Image Ashley Moloney (AUS) 18–19 March 2022 Belgrade [28]

Notes

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Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6344 pts:

Medalists

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Women's Olympic medalists

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

Women's World Championships medalists

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details		 Image Ramona Gohler-Neubert (GDR) Image Sabine Mobius-Paetz (GDR) Image Anke Vater (GDR)
1987 Rome
details		 Image Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Image Larisa Nikitina (URS) Image Jane Frederick (USA)
1991 Tokyo
details		 Image Sabine Braun (GER) Image Liliana Năstase (ROU) Image Irina Belova (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
details		 Image Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) Image Sabine Braun (GER) Image Svetlana Buraga (BLR)
1995 Gothenburg
details		 Image Ghada Shouaa (SYR) Image Svetlana Moskalets (RUS) Image Rita Ináncsi (HUN)
1997 Athens
details		 Image Sabine Braun (GER) Image Denise Lewis (GBR) Image Remigija Nazarovienė (LTU)
1999 Seville
details		 Image Eunice Barber (FRA) Image Denise Lewis (GBR) Image Ghada Shouaa (SYR)
2001 Edmonton
details		 Image Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) Image Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) Image Shelia Burrell (USA)
2003 Saint-Denis
details		 Image Carolina Klüft (SWE) Image Eunice Barber (FRA) Image Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)
2005 Helsinki
details		 Image Carolina Klüft (SWE) Image Eunice Barber (FRA) Image Margaret Simpson (GHA)
2007 Osaka
details		 Image Carolina Klüft (SWE) Image Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR) Image Kelly Sotherton (GBR)
2009 Berlin
details		 Image Jessica Ennis (GBR) Image Jennifer Oeser (GER) Image Kamila Chudzik (POL)
2011 Daegu
details		 Image Jessica Ennis (GBR) Image Jennifer Oeser (GER) Image Karolina Tymińska (POL)
2013 Moscow
details		 Image Hanna Melnychenko (UKR) Image Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) Image Dafne Schippers (NED)
2015 Beijing
details		 Image Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR) Image Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) Image Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT)
2017 London
details		 Image Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) Image Carolin Schäfer (GER) Image Anouk Vetter (NED)
2019 Doha
details		 Image Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) Image Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) Image Verena Preiner (AUT)
2022 Eugene
details		 Image Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) Image Anouk Vetter (NED) Image Anna Hall (USA)
2023 Budapest
details		 Image Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) Image Anna Hall (USA) Image Anouk Vetter (NED)
2025 Tokyo
details		 Image Anna Hall (USA) Image Kate O'Connor (IRL) Image Taliyah Brooks (USA)
Image Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Image Great Britain (GBR)5229
2Image United States (USA)3148
3Image Sweden (SWE)3003
4Image Germany (GER)2406
5Image Belgium (BEL)2103
6Image France (FRA)1203
7Image East Germany (GDR)1113
8Image Russia (RUS)1102
Image Ukraine (UKR)1102
10Image Syria (SYR)1012
11Image Canada (CAN)0202
12Image Netherlands (NED)0134
13Image Belarus (BLR)0123
14Image Soviet Union (URS)0112
15Image Ireland (IRL)0101
Image Romania (ROU)0101
17Image Poland (POL)0022
18Image Austria (AUT)0011
Image Ghana (GHA)0011
Image Hungary (HUN)0011
Image Latvia (LAT)0011
Image Lithuania (LTU)0011
Totals (22 entries)20202161

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Barcelona
details		 Image Christian Plaziat (FRA) Image Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) Image Henrik Dagård (SWE)
1997 Paris
details		 Image Robert Změlík (CZE) Image Erki Nool (EST) Image Jón Magnússon (ISL)
1999 Maebashi
details		 Image Sebastian Chmara (POL) Image Erki Nool (EST) Image Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2001 Lisbon
details		 Image Roman Šebrle (CZE) Image Jón Magnússon (ISL) Image Lev Lobodin (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
details		 Image Tom Pappas (USA) Image Lev Lobodin (RUS) Image Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2004 Budapest
details		 Image Roman Šebrle (CZE) Image Bryan Clay (USA) Image Lev Lobodin (RUS)
2006 Moscow
details		 Image André Niklaus (GER) Image Bryan Clay (USA) Image Roman Šebrle (CZE)
2008 Valencia
details		 Image Bryan Clay (USA) Image Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) Image Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ)
2010 Doha
details		 Image Bryan Clay (USA) Image Trey Hardee (USA) Image Aleksey Drozdov (RUS)
2012 Istanbul
details		 Image Ashton Eaton (USA) Image Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) Image Artem Lukyanenko (RUS)
2014 Sopot
details		 Image Ashton Eaton (USA) Image Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) Image Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
2016 Portland
details		 Image Ashton Eaton (USA) Image Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) Image Mathias Brugger (GER)
2018 Birmingham
details		 Image Kevin Mayer (FRA) Image Damian Warner (CAN) Image Maicel Uibo (EST)
2022 Belgrade
details		 Image Damian Warner (CAN) Image Simon Ehammer (SUI) Image Ashley Moloney (AUS)
2024 Glasgow
details		 Image Simon Ehammer (SUI) Image Sander Skotheim (NOR) Image Johannes Erm (EST)
2025 Nanjing
details		 Image Sander Skotheim (NOR) Image Johannes Erm (EST) Image Till Steinforth (GER)
2026 Toruń
details		 Image Simon Ehammer (SUI) Image Heath Baldwin (USA) Image Kyle Garland (USA)

World leading scores

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Women's heptathlon

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Men's indoor heptathlon

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National records

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Women's heptathlon

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Updated 4 July 2026.[17]

Equal or superior to 6200 pts:

Men's indoor heptathlon

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Updated March 2026.[23]

Equal or superior to 6000 pts:

Men's heptathlon under-20 records

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Key:
  Unratified by World Athletics

✕ = Inadequate doping control

Event Record N Athlete Nation Date Meet Place Age Ref.
Heptathlon (Senior implements) 6022 ✕ Gunnar Nixon Image United States 27–28 January 2012 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville 19 years, 15 days [35]
( 7.10 - 7.53 - 13.97 - 2.15 / 8.21 - 4.50 - 2:40.15 )
Heptathlon (U20 implements) 6062 Jente Hauttekeete Image Belgium 13–14 February 2021 Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20 Frankfurt 18 years, 337 days [36]
( 7.07 - 7.33 - 15.64 - 2.10 / 8.06 - 4.70 - 2:46.71 )

Men's heptathlon under-20 bests

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(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 Image Puerto Rico 8 March 2019 NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships Birmingham 18 years, 284 days [37]
Long jump 7.96 m 1050 Eusebio Cáceres Image Spain 6 March 2010 Spanish Junior Indoor Championships San Sebastián 18 years, 177 days [38]
Shot put 6 kg 16.51 m 883 Simon Pettersson Image Sweden 10 March 2012 Swedish Indoor Junior Combined Events Championships Gothenburg 18 years, 67 days [39]
7.26 kg 15.06 m 793 Matas Adamonis Image Lithuania 14 December 2017 Šiauliai 19 years, 171 days [40]
High jump 2.19 m 982 Yaroslav Rybakov Image Russia 13 February 1999 Russian U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Chelyabinsk 18 years, 83 days [41]
Andrei Krauchanka Image Belarus 5 February 2005 Reval Hotels Cup Tallinn 19 years, 32 days [42]
First-day score U20 implements 3476 Jente Hauttekeete Image Belgium 13 February 2021 Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20 Frankfurt 18 years, 336 days [36]
Senior implements 3466 Andrei Krauchanka Image Belarus 5 February 2005 Reval Hotels Cup Tallinn 19 years, 32 days [42]
60 m hurdles 0.991 m 7.68 1064 Maxime Moitie‑Charnois Image France 12 February 2023 French U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Val-de-Reuil 18 years, 303 days [43]
1.067 m 7.84 1022 Ayden Owens Image Puerto Rico 9 March 2019 NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships Birmingham 18 years, 285 days [44]
Pole vault 5.55 m 1083 Oleksandr Korchmid Image Ukraine 20 December 2001 Ukraine Junior ME Brovary 19 years, 332 days [45]
1000 m 2:30.67 980 Lukáš Souček [pl] Image Czech Republic 5 March 1994 Prague 18 years, 238 days [46]
Second-day score U20 implements 2713 Maxime Moitie-Charnois Image France 12 February 2023 French U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships Val-de-Reuil 18 years, 303 days [47]
Senior implements 2663 André Niklaus Image Germany 6 February 2000 Frankfurt-Kalbach Int. ME Meeting Frankfurt-Kalbach 18 years, 160 days [48]

See also

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Other multiple event contests include:

Summer sports
Winter sports
Other

Notes

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  1. ↑ In 1977, Eva Wilms threw 20.79 m during a pentathlon event, which is sometimes referred to as the heptathlon best.
  2. ↑ 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.

References

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  2. ↑ D'Andrea, Christian (August 12, 2016). "Here's how the heptathlon works". SBNation.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ Holders correct as of 2020. The European Games does not feature a heptathlon event.
  4. ↑ "London 2012: Jessica Ennis leads heptathlon after first day", The Guardian, 3 August 2012
  5. ↑ "IAAF Scoring Tables for Combined Events" (PDF). IAAF. April 2004. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon 100 Metres Hurdles Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "World Combined Best Performances". worldathletics.org. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon Shot Put Results". IAAF. August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  9. ↑ Hans van Kuijen (September 16, 2012). "Van Alphen and Yosypenko prevail in Talence – IAAF Combined Events Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  10. ↑ Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Arielle Himelbloom (February 11, 2024). "Track & Field: Eagle River's Jordyn Bruce places runner-up in indoor heptathlon debut, raises the bar for Alaska pole vaulting". alaskasportsreport.com. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Simon Ehammer Sets Long Jump World Record in Heptathlon of 8.26m". watchathletics.com. January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  13. ↑ Krajewski, Casey (February 22, 2013). "Drouin Jumps to World Record in Heptathlon". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Heptathlon – 60m Hurdles Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. March 21, 2026. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Men's Heptathlon Short Track | Records". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  17. 1 2 Heptathlon – women – senior – outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-25.
  18. ↑ "Results Heptathlon" (PDF). meeting-goetzis.at. June 1, 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
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  21. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
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  27. ↑ "Heptathlon Results". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). Retrieved March 16, 2026.
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  29. ↑ "Men's Heptathlon Results" (PDF). European Athletics. March 5, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Heptathlon Results" (PDF). World Athletics. March 23, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  31. ↑ "Scantling and Crouser book Belgrade places with world-leading victories at US Indoor Championships". World Athletics. February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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  33. ↑ "Ehammer and Kälin set world-leading Swiss records to win in Götzis". World Athletics. May 31, 2026. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  34. ↑ "Heptathlon Results". World Athletics. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  35. ↑ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 Statistics Handbook" (PDF). World Athletics. IAAF Athletics. February 21, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 29, 2020.
  36. 1 2 "Siebenkampf (Halle) Männliche Jugend U20 - Resultate Offiziell". Deutcher Leichtathletik Verband. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
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  38. ↑ Yoshiaki Oikawa (March 17, 2023). "All-time Indoor Heptathlon individual event lists" (PDF). DecaAmerica. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2024.
  39. ↑ "Resultat: ISM-IJSM-IUSM Mångkamp, Göteborg/FH 10-11.3.12 Inne". Svensk Friidrotts resultat- och statistikdatabas. Friidrottsstatistik. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  40. ↑ "7-kovė vyrai - Lithuanian LAF Cup Multi-Athletic Competition, Šiauliai, 2017 December 14-15". Lithuanian Athletics Federation. December 16, 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
  41. ↑ Yoshiaki Oikawa (March 17, 2023). "All-time Indoor Heptathlon individual event lists" (PDF). DecaAmerica. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2024.
  42. 1 2 "IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - Top Lists - Heptathlon 2005". IAAF. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  43. ↑ "les Résultats des Compétitions - 11/02/23 - Championnats de France d'épreuves combinées/marche en salle". Athlé. Fédération Française d'Athlétisme. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
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  45. ↑ Yoshiaki Oikawa (March 17, 2023). "All-time Indoor Heptathlon individual event lists" (PDF). DecaAmerica. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 1, 2024.
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