Heptathlon

Heptathlon

Event	Heptathlon
Wrmen	Simon Ehammer 6670 pts (2026)
Wrwomen	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
Orwomen	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7291 pts (1988)
Crwomen	Jackie Joyner-Kersee 7128 pts (1987)
Icrmen	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

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. 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

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):

P = INT (a \cdot (b - T)^c)

Jumping events (high jump and long jump):

P = INT (a \cdot (M - b)^c)

Throwing events (shot put and javelin):

P = INT (a \cdot (D - b)^c)

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:

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	1000 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	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	1150	−101	15 July 1988	Indianapolis	[7]
Long jump	WR	Galina Chistyakova	7.52 m	1351
	HB	Jackie Joyner Kersee	7.27 m	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

Indoor heptathlon

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:

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

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

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

Event	1000pts	Units
60 m	6.67	Seconds
Long jump	7.76	Metres
Shot put	18.40	Metres
High jump	2.21	Metres
60 m hurdles	7.92	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	[12]
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	[13]
60 m hurdles
	WR	Grant Holloway	7.27 s	1174
	HB	Simon Ehammer	7.52 s	1106	−68	[14]
Pole vault
	WR	Armand Duplantis	6.31 m	1335
	HB	Alex Averbukh	5.60 m	1100	−235
1000 m
	WR	Ayanleh Souleiman	2:14.20 min:s	1182
	HB	Curtis Beach	2:23.63 min:s	1064	−118
Total	World record			8588
	Heptathlon bests			7418	−1170

Area records

• Updated 20 May 2026.^[15][16]

Women's heptathlon

Area	Score	Season	Athlete
World	7291	1988	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)
Area records
Africa (records)	6423	2005	Margaret Simpson (Ghana)
Asia (records)	6942	1996	Ghada Shouaa (Syria)
Europe (records)	7032	2007	Carolina Klüft (Sweden)
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	7291	1988	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)
Oceania (records)	6695	1990	Jane Flemming (Australia)
South America (records)	6475	2025	Martha Araújo (Colombia)

Men's indoor heptathlon

Area	Score	Season	Athlete
World	6670	2026	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)
Area records
Africa (records)	5911	2010	Larbi Bourrada (Algeria)
Asia (records)	6229	2008	Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan)
Europe (records)	6670	2026	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	6645	2012	Ashton Eaton (United States)
Oceania (records)	6344	2022	Ashley Moloney (Australia)
South America (records)	6010	2025	José Fernando Ferreira (Brazil)

All-time top 25

Women

• As of June 2025^[17]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
1	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	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 (Sweden)	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 (United States)	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	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	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	Larisa Nikitina (Soviet Union)	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 (Germany)	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 (United Kingdom)	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	Jessica Ennis (United Kingdom)	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 (East Germany)	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 (Syria)	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 (East Germany)	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 (France)	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 (Netherlands)	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	Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union)	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 (East Germany)	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 (Russia)	1–2 August 1992	Barcelona
	( 13.25/ - 1.88 - 13.77 - 23.34/ / 6.82/ - 41.90 - 2:05.08 )
17	6836	Carolin Schäfer (Germany)	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	Lyudmila Blonska (Ukraine)	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 (United Kingdom)	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 (Latvia)	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 )
21	6808	Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada)	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 (United States)	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 (Ukraine)	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 (Russia)	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 (Cuba)	26–27 May 2018	Götzis	[22]
	( 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) and 6878 (1991).
• Carolina Klüft also scored 7001 (2003), 6952 (2004) and 6887 (2005).
• Anna Hall also scored 6899 (2025), 6988 (2023) and 6888 (2025).
• Nafissatou Thiam also scored 6947 (2022) and 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

• As of March 2026^[23]

Rank	Score	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
1	6670	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)	20–21 March 2026	Toruń	[24]
2	6645	Ashton Eaton (United States)	9–10 March 2012	Istanbul
3	6639	Kyle Garland (United States)	10–11 March 2023	Albuquerque	[25]
4	6558	Sander Skotheim (Norway)	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn	[26]
5	6518	Ayden Owens-Delerme (Puerto Rico)	10–11 March 2023	Albuquerque	[25]
6	6503	Peyton Bair (United States)	13–14 March 2026	Fayetteville	[27]
7	6489	Damian Warner (Canada)	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade	[28]
8	6479	Kevin Mayer (France)	4–5 March 2017	Belgrade	[29]
9	6476	Dan O'Brien (United States)	13–14 March 1993	Toronto
10	6438	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	6–7 March 2004	Budapest
11	6437	Johannes Erm (Estonia)	22-23 March 2025	Nanjing	[30]
12	6424	Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic)	25–26 February 2000	Ghent
13	6418	Christian Plaziat (France)	28–29 February 1992	Genoa
14	6415	Sebastian Chmara (Poland)	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
15	6412	Lev Lobodin (Russia)	7–8 February 2003	Moscow
16	6388	Till Steinforth (Germany)	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn	[26]
17	6382	Garrett Scantling (United States)	26–27 February 2022	Spokane	[31]
18	6374	Erki Nool (Estonia)	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
19	6372	Eelco Sintnicolaas (Netherlands)	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
20	6371	Bryan Clay (United States)	8–9 March 2008	Valencia
21	6362	Mikk Pahapill (Estonia)	7–8 March 2009	Turin
22	6361	Tom Pappas (United States)	15–16 March 2003	Birmingham
23	6353	Ilya Shkurenev (Russia)	7–8 March 2015	Prague
24	6347	Leo Neugebauer (Germany)	8–9 March 2024	Boston	[32]
25	6344	Ashley Moloney (Australia)	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade	[28]

Notes

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

• Ashton Eaton also scored 6632 (2014), 6568 (2011), 6499 (2010) and 6470 (2016).
• Sander Skotheim also scored 6484 (2025), 6475 (2025) and 6407 (2024).
• Roman Šebrle also scored 6420 (2001), 6358 (2000) and 6350 (2004).
• Simon Ehammer also scored 6506 (2025), 6418 (2024), 6416 (2026) and 6363 (2022).
• Kyle Garland also scored 6415 (2023).
• Kevin Mayer also scored 6392 (2021) and 6348 (2018, 2023).
• Sebastian Chmara also scored 6386 (1999).
• Johannes Erm also scored 6380 (2025).
• Peyton Bair also scored 6371 (2026).
• Bryan Clay also scored 6365 (2004).

Medalists

Men's World Indoor Championships medalists

1995 Barcelona	Christian Plaziat (France)	Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic)	Henrik Dagård (Sweden)
1997 Paris	Robert Změlík (Czech Republic)	Erki Nool (Estonia)	Jón Magnússon (Iceland)
1999 Maebashi	Sebastian Chmara (Poland)	Erki Nool (Estonia)	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)
2001 Lisbon	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	Jón Magnússon (Iceland)	Lev Lobodin (Russia)
2003 Birmingham	Tom Pappas (United States)	Lev Lobodin (Russia)	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)
2004 Budapest	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	Bryan Clay (United States)	Lev Lobodin (Russia)
2006 Moscow	André Niklaus (Germany)	Bryan Clay (United States)	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)
2008 Valencia	Bryan Clay (United States)	Andrei Krauchanka (Belarus)	Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan)
2010 Doha	Bryan Clay (United States)	Trey Hardee (United States)	Aleksey Drozdov (Russia)
2012 Istanbul	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukraine)	Artem Lukyanenko (Russia)
2014 Sopot	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Andrei Krauchanka (Belarus)	Thomas van der Plaetsen (Belgium)
2016 Portland	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukraine)	Mathias Brugger (Germany)
2018 Birmingham	Kevin Mayer (France)	Damian Warner (Canada)	Maicel Uibo (Estonia)
2022 Belgrade	Damian Warner (Canada)	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)	Ashley Moloney (Australia)
2024 Glasgow	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)	Sander Skotheim (Norway)	Johannes Erm (Estonia)
2025 Nanjing	Sander Skotheim (Norway)	Johannes Erm (Estonia)	Till Steinforth (Germany)
2026 Toruń	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)	Heath Baldwin (United States)	Kyle Garland (United States)

World leading scores

Women's heptathlon

Year	Score	Athlete	Place
1980	6049	Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (Soviet Union)	Pyatigorsk
1981	6788	Ramona Neubert (East Germany)	Kyiv
1982	6845	Ramona Neubert (East Germany)	Halle
1983	6935	Ramona Neubert (East Germany)	Moscow
1984	6946	Sabine Paetz (East Germany)	Potsdam
1985	6718	Jackie Joyner (United States)	Baton Rouge
1986	7158	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	Houston
1987	7128	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	Rome
1988	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	Seoul
1989	7007	Larisa Nikitina (Soviet Union)	Bryansk
1990	6783	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	Seattle
1991	6878	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	New York City
1992	7044	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	Barcelona
1993	6837	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (United States)	Stuttgart
1994	6741	Heike Drechsler (Germany)	Talence
1995	6715	Ghada Shouaa (Syria)	Götzis
1996	6942	Ghada Shouaa (Syria)	Götzis
1997	6787	Sabine Braun (Germany)	Ratingen
1998	6559	Denise Lewis (United Kingdom)	Budapest
1999	6861	Eunice Barber (France)	Seville
2000	6842	Eunice Barber (France)	Götzis
2001	6736	Eunice Barber (France)	Götzis
2002	6542	Carolina Klüft (Sweden)	Munich
2003	7001	Carolina Klüft (Sweden)	Saint-Denis
2004	6952	Carolina Klüft (Sweden)	Athens
2005	6889	Eunice Barber (France)	Arles
2006	6740	Carolina Klüft (Sweden)	Gothenburg
2007	7032	Carolina Klüft (Sweden)	Osaka
2008	6733	Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine)	Beijing
2009	6731	Jessica Ennis (United Kingdom)	Berlin
2010	6823	Jessica Ennis (United Kingdom)	Barcelona
2011	6790	Jessica Ennis (United Kingdom)	Götzis
2012	6955	Jessica Ennis (United Kingdom)	London
2013	6623	Tatyana Chernova (Russia)	Kazan
2014	6682	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (United Kingdom)	Götzis
2015	6808	Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada)	Götzis
2016	6810	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	Rio de Janeiro
2017	7013	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	Götzis
2018	6816	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	Berlin
2019	6981	Katarina Johnson-Thompson (United Kingdom)	Doha
2020	6419	Ivona Dadic (Austria)	Götzis
2021	6791	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	Tokyo
2022	6947	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	Eugene
2023	6988	Anna Hall (United States)	Götzis
2024	6880	Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium)	Saint-Denis
2025	7032	Anna Hall (United States)	Götzis
2026	6726	Annik Kälin (Switzerland)	Götzis

Men's indoor heptathlon

Year	Score	Athlete	Place
1999	6386	Sebastian Chmara (Poland)	Maebashi
2000	6424	Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic)	Ghent
2001	6420	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	Lisbon
2002	6291	Frank Busemann (Germany)	Tallinn
2003	6412	Lev Lobodin (Russia)	Moscow
2004	6438	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	Budapest
2005	6232	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	Madrid
2006	6229	Aleksandr Pogorelov (Russia)	Moscow
2007	6196	Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic)	Birmingham
2008	6371	Bryan Clay (United States)	Valencia
2009	6362	Mikk Pahapill (Estonia)	Turin
2010	6499	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Fayetteville
2011	6568	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Tallinn
2012	6645	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Istanbul
2013	6372	Eelco Sintnicolaas (Netherlands)	Gothenburg
2014	6632	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Sopot
2015	6353	Ilya Shkurenyov (Russia)	Prague
2016	6470	Ashton Eaton (United States)	Portland
2017	6479	Kevin Mayer (France)	Belgrade
2018	6348	Kevin Mayer (France)	Birmingham
2019	6218	Jorge Ureña (SPA)	Glasgow
2020	6320	Artyom Makarenko (Russia)	Kirov
2021	6392	Kevin Mayer (France)	Toruń
2022	6489	Damian Warner (Canada)	Belgrade
2023	6639	Kyle Garland (United States)	Albuquerque
2024	6418	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)	Glasgow
2025	6558	Sander Skotheim (Norway)	Apeldoorn
2026	6670	Simon Ehammer (Switzerland)	Toruń

National records

Women's heptathlon

Updated 21 September 2025.^[17]

Equal or superior to 6200 pts:

Score	Country	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
7291		Jackie Joyner-Kersee	23–24 September 1988	Seoul
7032		Carolina Klüft	25–26 August 2007	Osaka
7013		Nafissatou Thiam	27–28 May 2017	Götzis
7007		Larisa Nikitina	10–11 June 1989	Bryansk
6985		Sabine Braun	30–31 May 1992	Götzis
6981		Katarina Johnson-Thompson	2–4 October 2019	Doha
6942	Syria	Ghada Shouaa	25–26 May 1996	Götzis
6889		Eunice Barber	4–5 June 2005	Arles
6867		Anouk Vetter	17–18 July 2022	Eugene
6832		Lyudmyla Blonska	25–26 August 2007	Osaka
6815		Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa	27–28 May 2017	Götzis
6808		Brianne Theisen-Eaton	30–31 May 2015	Götzis
6750		Ma Miaolan	11–12 September 1993	Beijing
6742		Yorgelis Rodríguez	26–27 May 2018	Götzis
6714		Kate O'Connor	19–20 September 2025	Tokyo
6695		Jane Flemming	27–28 January 1990	Auckland
6672		Adrianna Sułek	17–18 July 2022	Eugene
6658		Svetla Dimitrova	30–31 May 1992	Götzis
6651		Xénia Krizsán	29–30 May 2021	Götzis
6639		Annik Kälin	8–9 August 2024	Saint-Denis
6635		Svetlana Buraga	17–18 August 1993	Stuttgart
6619		Liliana Nastase	1–2 August 1992	Barcelona
6604		Remigija Nazaroviene	10–11 June 1989	Bryansk
6591		Verena Preiner	29–30 June 2019	Ratingen
6563		Saga Vanninen	19–20 July 2025	Bergen
6527		Diane Guthrie-Gresham	2–3 June 1995	Knoxville
6475		Martha Araújo	31 May – 1 June 2025	Götzis
6462		Eunice Barber	29–30 May 1999	Arles
6460		Eliška Klučinová	14–15 June 2014	Kladno
6423		Lyubov Ratsu	27–28 August 1983	Chişinău
6423		Margaret Simpson	28–29 May 2005	Götzis
6418		Tyra Gittens	13–14 May 2021	College Station
6392		Yasmina Azzizi	26–27 August 1991	Tokyo
6379		Sveva Gerevini	7–8 June 2024	Rome
6371		Akela Jones	10–11 June 2015	Eugene
6349		Yekaterina Voronina	28–29 May 2021	Tashkent
6304		María Vicente	24–25 April 2021	Lana
6293		Jana Koščak	27–28 May 2023	Götzis
6285		Pippi Lotta Enok	13–14 June 2025	Eugene	[33]
6278		Joanne Henry	28 February – 1 March 1992	Auckland
6274		Odile Ahouanwanou	19–20 June 2021	Ratingen
6272		Yelena Davydova	13–14 July 1987	Zagreb
6250		Marthe Koala	29–30 May 2021	Götzis
6235		Aryiro Strataki	27–28 May 2006	Götzis
6230		Naide Gomes	16–17 July 2005	Logroño
6226		Ida Marcussen	25–26 August 2007	Osaka
6211		Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha	16–17 March 2004	New Delhi

Men's indoor heptathlon

Updated March 2026.^[23]

Equal or superior to 6000 pts:

Score	Country	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref.
6670		Simon Ehammer	21–22 March 2026	Toruń
6645		Ashton Eaton	9–10 March 2012	Istanbul
6558		Sander Skotheim	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
6518		Ayden Owens-Delerme	10–11 March 2023	Albuquerque
6489		Damian Warner	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade
6479		Kevin Mayer	4–5 March 2017	Belgrade
6438		Roman Šebrle	6–7 March 2004	Budapest
6437		Johannes Erm	22–23 March 2025	Nanjing
6415		Sebastian Chmara	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
6412		Lev Lobodin	7–8 February 2003	Moscow
6388		Till Steinforth	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
6372		Eelco Sintnicolaas	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
6344		Ashley Moloney	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade
6340		Ken Mullings	26–27 January 2024	Champaign
6303		Andrei Krauchanka	7–8 March 2014	Sopot
6293		Jón Arnar Magnússon	6–7 March 1999	Maebashi
6259		Thomas van der Plaetsen	7–8 March 2014	Sopot
		Jente Hauttekeete	7–8 March 2025	Apeldoorn
6254		Oleksiy Kasyanov	30–31 January 2010	Zaporizhzhia
6249		Dezső Szabó	28 February – 1 March 1998	Valencia
6249		Jorge Ureña	28–29 January 2017	Prague
6229		Dmitriy Karpov	15–16 February 2008	Tallinn
6188		Timothy Duckworth	9–10 March 2018	College Station
6142		Henrik Dagård	11–12 March 1995	Barcelona
6121		Dario Dester	28 February – 1 March 2026	Ancona
6099		Mihail Dudaš	2–3 March 2013	Gothenburg
6065		Roland Schwarzl	20–21 February 2010	Vienna
6036		Darko Pešić	6–7 February 2021	Belgrade
6035		Maurice Smith	25–26 February 2005	Fayetteville
6032		Prodromos Korkizoglou	11–12 February 2000	Piraeus
6029		Lindon Victor	18–19 March 2022	Belgrade
6010		José Fernando Ferreira	22–23 March 2025	Nanjing

Men's heptathlon under-20 records

Key:

✕ = Inadequate doping control

Event	Record	N	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref.
Heptathlon (Senior implements)	6022	✕	style="background:pink; |Gunnar Nixon	style="background:pink; |United States	style="background:pink; |27–28 January 2012	style="background:pink; |Razorback Invitational	style="background:pink; |Fayetteville	style="background:pink; |	style="background:pink; |[34]
	( 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		[35]
	( 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		[36]
Long jump		7.96 m	1050	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	6 March 2010	Spanish Junior Indoor Championships	San Sebastián		[37]
Shot put	6 kg	16.51 m	883	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	10 March 2012	Swedish Indoor Junior Combined Events Championships	Gothenburg		[38]
	7.26 kg	15.06 m	793	Matas Adamonis	Lithuania	14 December 2017		Šiauliai		[39]
High jump		2.19 m	982	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	13 February 1999	Russian U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships	Chelyabinsk		[40]
				Andrei Krauchanka	Belarus	5 February 2005	Reval Hotels Cup	Tallinn		[41]
First-day score	U20 implements		3476	Jente Hauttekeete	Belgium	13 February 2021	Mehrkampf - Siebenkampf U20	Frankfurt		[35]
	Senior implements		3466	Andrei Krauchanka	Belarus	5 February 2005	Reval Hotels Cup	Tallinn		[41]
60 m hurdles	0.991 m	7.68	1064	Maxime MoitieCharnois	France	12 February 2023	French U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships	Val-de-Reuil		[42]
	1.067 m	7.84	1022	Ayden Owens	Puerto Rico	9 March 2019	NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships	Birmingham		[43]
Pole vault		5.55 m	1083	Oleksandr Korchmid	Ukraine	20 December 2001	Ukraine Junior ME	Brovary		[44]
1000 m		2:30.67	980	Lukáš Souček	Czech Republic	5 March 1994		Prague		[45]
Second-day score	U20 implements		2713	Maxime Moitie-Charnois	France	12 February 2023	French U20 Indoor Combined Events Championships	Val-de-Reuil		[46]
	Senior implements		2663	André Niklaus	Germany	6 February 2000	Frankfurt-Kalbach Int. ME Meeting	Frankfurt-Kalbach		[47]

See also

• Men's heptathlon world record progression
• Women's heptathlon world record progression
• 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.

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External links

• National Records
• IAAF combined events scoring tables and explanation
• IAAF list of heptathlon records in XML
• Heptathlon all-time list
• Heptathlon points counter (in Finnish)