Combined event

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. 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.

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.

Various combined events

Composition of combined events

Event	Throws pentathlon	Women's indoor pentathlon	Men's indoor heptathlon	Women's heptathlon	Men's decathlon	Women's decathlon	Women's tetradecathlon	Men and women's indoor tetradecathlon	Men's icosathlon
60 m	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	N
100 m	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
200 m	N	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y
400 m	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
800 m	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y
1000 m	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
1500 m	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
3000 m	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y
5000 m	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y
10,000 m	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y
60 m hurdles	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	N
100 m hurdles	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N
110 m hurdles	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y
200 m hurdles	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y
400 m hurdles	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y
3000 m steeplechase	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Long jump	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Triple jump	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y
High jump	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Pole vault	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Shot put	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Discus throw	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Javelin throw	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Hammer throw	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Weight throw	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N

See also

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

Notes and references

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)