Tetradecathlon

Tetradecathlon

Tetradecathlon

Athletic track and field competition consisting of fourteen events

This article is about the track and field event. For other uses, see Tetradecathlon (disambiguation).

The tetradecathlon, also called double heptathlon, is an ultra combined events of track and field competition consisting of 14 events. The word "tetradecathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "decathlon", from Greek Τετράδέκα (tetradéka, meaning "fourteen") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or “prize”).

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Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event.

Outdoor competition of tetradecathlon is only contested by female athletes, while male athletes compete in the icosathlon. The International Association for Ultra Multievents (IAUM) is in charge of it and runs the World Championships for it alongside the Icosathlon. There is an indoor variant for men and women as well as a one-day variant.

Formats

Women's outdoor tetradecathlon

The vast majority of women's tetradecathlons are divided into a two-day competition, with the track and field events held in the order below.

Each event is scored according to the heptathlon scoring tables or, for non-heptathlon events, the World Athletics points tables.

Men and women's indoor tetradecathlon

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In winter season, the ultra multi-event competitions are declined into indoor tetradecathlon for both men and women. They are also organized into a two-day competition, with the track and field events held in the order below.

Each event is scored according to the pentathlon scoring tables for women and the heptathlon scoring tables for men, and for the specifics events, the World Athletics points tables. Also run by the IAUM, its world championship is held yearly starting from 2012.

World Records

Outdoor Tetradecathlon

  • Women : 10798 points -  Milla Kelo (FIN) - 2002 (Turku, Finland)
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Indoor Tetradecathlon

  • Men : 8831 points -  Baptiste Scalabrino (FRA) - 2022 (Miramas, France)
  • Women : 8388 points -  Lauren Kuntz (USA) - 2024 (Boston, USA)
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This table of records is not officially acknowledged by the World Athletics but is considered by the International Association for Ultra Multievents (IAUM) as the best performance of all time since the foundation of the discipline in 1981.[1]

Area Records (outdoor)

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National Records (outdoor)

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World Championships (outdoor)

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World Championships (indoor)

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Other IAUM events

Icosathlon

References

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    International Association for Ultra Multievents
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