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 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon ] The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August. The gold medal was won by Jessica Ennis. She bettered Eunice Barber's World Heptathlon Best in the 100 metres hurdles by .08 of a second. Many others in the field also achieved their personal bests in the same event. 2004 silver medalist Austra Skujytė outperformed Ennis by 6 cm in the high jump, clearing 1m 92, and in the shot put, where both athletes scored personal