Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon Sylvia Barlag, Council Member of the IAAF. The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven components. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon. , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows. The following national records were established during the competition: Wind:<br>Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s Wind: -0.7, +0.4, +0.0, -0.1 m/s. The final results of the event are in the following table. <nowiki>*</nowiki> –
African Combined Events Championships African Combined Events Championships The African Combined Events Championships () is an international athletics competition between African athletes in the disciplines of men's decathlon and women's heptathlon. It became part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge circuit in 2011. The two-day event was established in 1999, when it was held in the Algerian capital of Algiers. A second edition was scheduled for 2003, to be held in Réduit, Mauritius, but this plan was abandoned. The second edition of the event was held in Tunis two years later and it was held along with the African Race Walking Championships. Réduit has