0 a competition in which athletes compete in seven sports events
1 a competition in which women athletes compete in seven sporting events
The prior world records in individual men's and women's javelin were invalidated, but the prior records in decathlon and heptathlon were not.
She competed in the long jump but her specialism was the heptathlon.
Outdoors, the most common combined events are the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
She nearly missed out of medal contention, when she finished sixth in the women's heptathlon with a total score of 5,120 points.
She also competed in the discus throw and the heptathlon during her career.
Pentathlon is sometimes contested instead of heptathlon even today because of facility limitations.
This is commonly raced as an indoor men's heptathlon event, or as an indoor high school event.
Six area (continental) indoor records were broken at the competition, as well as two men's heptathlon championship bests and numerous indoor national records in athletics.
