Heptathlon consisting of the same events as the men's competition in a slightly different order, and the IAAF has begun keeping records for it, but the heptathlon remains the championship-level combined event for women. Nafissatou Thiam, representing Belgium, is the 2016 Olympic Gold Medallist and the 2017 World Champion. There is also a Tetradecathlon, which is a double heptathlon, consisting of 14 events, seven events per day. The heptathlon scoring system was devised by Dr Karl Ulbrich, a Viennese mathematician. The formulae are constructed so that, for each event, a designated "standard" performance (for example, approximately 1.82 m for the high
Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's heptathlon in meters:centimeters" Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's heptathlon The women's heptathlon event of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held the 25 and 26 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Jessica Zelinka of the Canada. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (4850) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011). "All distances