Combined events at the Olympics Combined events at the Olympics Combined events at the Summer Olympics have been contested in several formats at the multi-sport event. There are two combined track and field events in the current Olympic athletics programme: a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon. The first men's events came at the 1904 Summer Olympics: a triathlon had long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash events, while an all-around championship saw athletes compete over ten events, forming the basis for the decathlon. No combined events were held at the subsequent games, but the 1912 Summer Olympics saw the introduction of the modern decathlon
Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medal for Singapore in the women's team event against South Korea. Singapore has qualified one athlete for the women's events. This is the first time a Singaporean canoeist has qualified for the Olympic games. Geraldine managed to qualify for the semi-finals for the K-1 500 m event. She was eventually placed twenty-first out of 24 competitors in the event, beating her own target of bettering at least one other country. Lim Heem Wei is the only Singaporean gymnast to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympic games, and the first ever Singaporean gymnast to qualify for an Olympic games.