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> –
Combined track and field events (double decathlon) for men and the tetradecathlon for women. Indoors, both men and women compete in the tetradecathlon, with slightly different events to the women's outdoor version. Combined track and field events Combined events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events are the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. Due to stadium limitations, indoor combined events competition have a reduced number of events, resulting in the men's heptathlon and the women's pentathlon.