All About COMBINED ATHLETICS EVENTS

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SEE ALSO: FIELD ATHLETICS AND TRACK ATHLETICS

OVERVIEW

Competitions to decide who is the best all-round athlete.

They each consist of a number of events. The usual order of events is this:

Biathlon
Skiing
Shooting

Triathlon
1500 metre swimming
40 kilometre cycling
10 kilometre running

Modern Pentathlon
Fencing
Swimming
Shooting
Cross-country running
Riding

Heptathlon
Day one Day two
100 metre hurdles Long jump
High jump Javelin
Shot putt 800 metres
200 metres

Decathlon
Day one Day two
100 metres 110 metre hurdles
Long jump Discus
Shot putt Pole vault
High jump Javelin
400 metres 1500 metres

DETAILED RULES

The events are completed in order, and there is usually at least a thirty minute break between events (not for biathlon or triathlon). For most athletics competitions, three false starts are permitted for combined events, as opposed to two for single events. For Olympic competition, however, two false starts are permitted for combined events, one for single events.

The combined events competition are different to other athletics competitions because the object is to score points rather than win every event. Points are awarded relative to the height, length, or time achieved. It is possible to win the competitions without winning the events individually, providing the scores are high enough when compared with the other competitors.

The rules for the events are the same as if the events were competed in individually. There are only a few differences. In the long jump and throwing events, each competitor has three chances only, with the best time being used, and for the running events, three, not two, false starts are permitted.

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