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
2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon The men's heptathlon at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016. The 60 metres was started on March 18 at 11:30. The long jump was started on March 18 at 12:20. The shot put was started on March 18 at 17:15. The high jump was started on March 18 at 18:45. The 60 metres hurdles was started on March 19 at 11:00. The pole vault was started on March 19 at 12:00. The 1000 metres was started on March 19 at 19:35. After all events.