Heptathlon

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.

Athletics Heptathlon
2023 World Athletics Championships day 2 heptathlon finalists
World records
Men	Ashton Eaton 6645 pts (2012)
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
Olympic records
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
World Championship records
Women	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7128 pts (1987)
World Indoor Championship records
Men	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 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

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:

• 100 metres hurdles
• High jump
• Shot put
• 200 metres
• Long jump
• Javelin throw
• 800 metres

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 2024 Olympic Gold Medallist, after successfully defending her previous 2016 and 2020 titles. 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

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):

${\displaystyle P=INT(a\cdot (b-T)^{c}}$)

Jumping events (high jump and long jump):

${\displaystyle P=INT(a\cdot (M-b)^{c}}$)

Throwing events (shot put and javelin):

${\displaystyle P=INT(a\cdot (D-b)^{c}}$)

P is for points, T is for time in seconds, M is for height or distance in centimeters and D is distance 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

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

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	Yaroslava Mahuchikh	2.10 m	1373
	HB	Nafissatou Thiam	2.02 m	1264	−109	22 June 2019	Talence	[7]
Shot put	WR	Natalya Lisovskaya	22.63 m	1378
	HB	Austra Skujytė	17.31 m[note 1]	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 2]	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	Anna Hall	2:01.23 min:s	1097	−127	1 June 2025	Götzis	[7]
Total	World record			9133
	Heptathlon bests			8058	−1075

Men's heptathlon

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:

• 60 metres
• long jump
• shot put
• high jump
• 60 metres hurdles
• pole vault
• 1000 metres

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

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

World indoor 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	22.82 m	1276
	HB	Aleksey Drozdov	17.17 m	924	−352
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	6.27 m	1321
	HB	Alex Averbukh	5.60 m	1100	−221
1000 m
	WR	Ayanleh Souleiman	2:14.20 min:s	1182
	HB	Curtis Beach	2:23.63 min:s	1064	−118
Total	World record			8568
	Heptathlon bests			7418	−1150

All-time top 25

Women

See also: Women's heptathlon world record progression

• As of June 2025^[update][13]

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 )
	7032	Anna Hall (USA)	31 May – 1 June 2025	Götzis	[14]
	( 13.19/-1.0 - 1.95 - 14.86 - 23.37/+0.5 / 6.44/-0.1 - 46.16 - 2:01.23 )
4	7013	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	27–28 May 2017	Götzis	[15]
	( 13.34/-0.7 - 1.98 - 14.51 - 24.40/-1.6 / 6.56/+0.8 - 59.32 - 2:15.24 )
5	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 )
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	[15]
	( 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	[15]
	( 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

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

• Jackie Joyner-Kersee also scored 7215 (1988), 7158 (1986), 7148 (1986), 7128 (1987), 7044 (1992), 6979 (1987), 6910 (1986), 6878 (1991).
• Carolina Klüft also scored 7001 (2003), 6952 (2004), 6887 (2005).
• Anna Hall also scored 6988 (2023).
• Nafissatou Thiam also scored 6947 (2022), 6880 (2024).
• Jessica Ennis also scored 6906 (2012).
• Sabine Paetz also scored 6897 (1988).
• Larisa Nikitina also scored 6875 (1989).

Annulled marks

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

Men

See also: Men's heptathlon world record progression

World record holder Ashton Eaton competing at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships

• As of March 2025^[update][19]

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	6558	Sander Skotheim (NOR)	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn	[21]
4	6518 A	Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR)	10–11 March 2023	Albuquerque	[20]
5	6506	Simon Ehammer (SUI)	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn	[21]
6	6489	Damian Warner (CAN)	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade	[22]
7	6479	Kevin Mayer (FRA)	4–5 March 2017	Belgrade	[23]
8	6476	Dan O'Brien (USA)	13–14 March 1993	Toronto
9	6438	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	6–7 March 2004	Budapest
10	6437	Johannes Erm (EST)	22-23 March 2025	Nanjing	[24]
11	6424	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	25–26 February 2000	Ghent
12	6418	Christian Plaziat (FRA)	28–29 February 1992	Genoa
13	6415	Sebastian Chmara (POL)	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
14	6412	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	7–8 February 2003	Moscow
15	6388	Till Steinforth (GER)	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn	[21]
16	6382	Garrett Scantling (USA)	26–27 February 2022	Spokane	[25]
17	6374	Erki Nool (EST)	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
18	6372	Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
19	6371	Bryan Clay (USA)	8–9 March 2008	Valencia
20	6362	Mikk Pahapill (EST)	7–8 March 2009	Turin
21	6361	Tom Pappas (USA)	15–16 March 2003	Birmingham
22	6353	Ilya Shkurenev (RUS)	7–8 March 2015	Prague
23	6347	Leo Neugebauer (GER)	8–9 March 2024	Boston	[26]
24	6344	Ashley Moloney (AUS)	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade	[22]
25	6320	Artem Makarenko (RUS)	16–17 February 2020	Kirov	[27]

Notes

Below is a list of all other scores equal or superior to 6320 pts:

• Ashton Eaton also scored 6632 (2014), 6568 (2011), 6499 (2010), 6470 (2016).
• Sander Skotheim also scored 6484 (2025), 6475 (2025), 6407 (2024).
• Roman Šebrle also scored 6420 (2001), 6358 (2000), 6350 (2004).
• Simon Ehammer also scored 6418 (2024), 6363 (2022).
• Kyle Garland also scored 6415 (2023).
• Kevin Mayer also scored 6392 (2021), 6348 (2018, 2023).
• Sebastian Chmara also scored 6386 (1999).
• Johannes Erm also scored 6380 (2025), 6340 (2024).
• Bryan Clay also scored 6365 (2004).
• Damian Warner also scored 6343.
• Eelco Sintnicolaas also scored 6341 (2013).

Medalists

Women's Olympic medalists

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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	Nafissatou Thiam  Belgium	Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain	Noor Vidts  Belgium

Women's World Championships medalists

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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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	5	2	1	8
2	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	0	3
3	Germany (GER)	2	4	0	6
4	United States (USA)	2	1	3	6
5	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
6	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
7	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
8	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
10	Syria (SYR)	1	0	1	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	2	0	2
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	3	4
13	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	2	3
14	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
15	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
16	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
17	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		19	19	19	57

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

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)
2024 Glasgow details	Simon Ehammer (SUI)	Sander Skotheim (NOR)	Johannes Erm (EST)
2025 Nanjing details	Sander Skotheim (NOR)	Johannes Erm (EST)	Till Steinforth (GER)

Season's bests

Women's heptathlon

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	Anna Hall (USA)	Götzis
2024	6880	Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)	Saint-Denis

Men's indoor heptathlon

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
2024	6418	Simon Ehammer (SUI)	Glasgow

National records

Women's heptathlon

Updated 4 June 2025.^[13]

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
6639	Switzerland	Annik Kälin	8–9 August 2024	Saint-Denis
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
6563	Finland	Saga Vanninen	19–20 July 2025	Bergen
6527	Jamaica	Diane Guthrie-Gresham	2–3 June 1995	Knoxville
6475	Colombia	Martha Araújo	31 May – 1 June 2025	Götzis
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
6392	Algeria	Yasmina Azzizi	26–27 August 1991	Tokyo
6379	Italy	Sveva Gerevini	7–8 June 2024	Rome
6371	Barbados	Akela Jones	10–11 June 2015	Eugene
6349	Uzbekistan	Yekaterina Voronina	28–29 May 2021	Tashkent
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

Updated 16 April 2025.^[19]

Equal or superior to 6000 pts:

Score	Nation	Athlete	Date	Place
6645	United States	Ashton Eaton	9–10 March 2012	Istanbul
6558	Norway	Sander Skotheim	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
6518 A	Puerto Rico	Ayden Owens-Delerme	10–11 March 2023	Albuquerque
6506	Switzerland	Simon Ehammer	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
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
6437	Estonia	Johannes Erm	22–23 March 2025	Nanjing
6415	Poland	Sebastian Chmara	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
6412	Russia	Lev Lobodin	7–8 February 2003	Moscow
6388	Germany	Till Steinforth	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
6372	Netherlands	Eelco Sintnicolaas	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
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
		Jente Hauttekeete	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
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
6010	Brazil	José Fernando Ferreira	22–23 March 2025	Nanjing

Men's heptathlon under-20 records

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	[28]
	( 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	[29]
	( 7.07 - 7.33 - 15.64 - 2.10 / 8.06 - 4.70 - 2:46.71 )

Men's heptathlon under-20 bests

(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	[30]
Long jump		7.96 m	1050	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	6 March 2010	Spanish Junior Indoor Championships	San Sebastián	18 years, 177 days	[31]
Shot put	6 kg	16.51 m	883	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	10 March 2012	Swedish Indoor Junior Combined Events Championships	Gothenburg	18 years, 67 days	[32]
	7.26 kg	15.06 m	793	Matas Adamonis	Lithuania	14 December 2017		Šiauliai	19 years, 171 days	[33]
High jump		2.19 m	982	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	13 February 1999	Russian U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships	Chelyabinsk	18 years, 83 days	[34]
				Andrei Krauchanka	Belarus	5 February 2005	Reval Hotels Cup	Tallinn	19 years, 32 days	[35]
First-day score	U20 implements		3476	Jente Hauttekeete	Belgium	13 February 2021	Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20	Frankfurt	18 years, 336 days	[29]
	Senior implements		3466	Andrei Krauchanka	Belarus	5 February 2005	Reval Hotels Cup	Tallinn	19 years, 32 days	[35]
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	[36]
	1.067 m	7.84	1022	Ayden Owens	Puerto Rico	9 March 2019	NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships	Birmingham	18 years, 285 days	[37]
Pole vault		5.55 m	1083	Oleksandr Korchmid	Ukraine	20 December 2001	Ukraine Junior ME	Brovary	19 years, 332 days	[38]
1000 m		2:30.67	980	Lukáš Souček [pl]	Czech Republic	5 March 1994		Prague	18 years, 238 days	[39]
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	[40]
	Senior implements		2663	André Niklaus	Germany	6 February 2000	Frankfurt-Kalbach Int. ME Meeting	Frankfurt-Kalbach	18 years, 160 days	[41]

See also

• Sport of athletics portal

• Combined events at the Olympics

Other multiple event contests include:

Summer sports

• Biathle
• Duathlon
• Triathlon
• Quadrathlon
• Pentathlon (athletics)
• Pentathlon
• Modern pentathlon
• Hexathlon (primarily a youth or junior event)
• Octathlon (primarily a youth or junior event although logistical problems have seen senior octathlons contested, for example at the 2007 South Pacific Games)
• Decathlon

Winter sports

• Biathlon
• Nordic combined

Other

• Chess-boxing

Notes

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.