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
Hong Kong at the 2012 Summer Olympics of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Hong Kong has qualified four athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Tang Peng and Jiang Tianyi have qualified for the men's event; Tie Ya Na and Jiang Huajun have qualified for the women's. Hong Kong has qualified one athlete. Hong Kong at the 2012 Summer Olympics Hong Kong competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the territory's fifteenth appearance