# Heptathlon Calculator

Created by Mariamy Chrdileli
Reviewed by Hanna Pamuła, PhD and Steven Wooding
Last updated: Nov 11, 2022

Are you are a heptathlete who has been looking for the most user-friendly heptathlon calculator to bookmark for your events? 🥇 Or a curious mind who stumbled upon this topic? In both cases, Omni's heptathlon calculator is here to help.

A heptathlon is a demanding athletic competition comprised of seven track and field discipline events. There are two separate heptathlons for men and women athletes 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️, and they consist of different events and gain points.

If you are wondering how heptathlon points are calculated, come along, Omni's heptathlon calculator will take you through the point system of the heptathlon and help you calculate the exact scores for both men's and women's heptathlon events. Read on to find out more about heptathlon scoring, how are heptathlon points calculated, heptathlon events, and more! 💡

## Men's heptathlon events

There are two separate heptathlons for men and women athletes. Men's heptathlon is usually an indoor 🏠 competition held over two consecutive days. During the first day, athletes participate in the following heptathlon events:

• 60 meters: a sprint event where athletes run a 60-meter distance at a predetermined notice (usually a gunshot).
• Long jump: an event where athletes perform horizontal jumps, with an attempt to jump as far as possible from the takeoff board without crossing the foul line.
• Shot-put: an event where athletes throw a weighted spherical ball from shoulder height while inside a marked circle. An athlete with the furthest distance thrown from inside the designated throw area gets the highest points 🏆.
• High jump: an event where the athletes jump vertically over a horizontal bar set at a listed height. The jump is deemed successful it is performed without dislodging the bar.

On the second day, events are composed of:

• 60 meters hurdles: an event similar to the 60-meter sprint, where athletes run a 60-meter distance while hurdling over horizontal obstacles (hurdles).
• Pole vault: an event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar using a flexible pole.
• 1000 meters: a middle-distance running event where athletes have to utilize high endurance in order to cover 1000 meter distance as fast as possible. If you're an athlete and want to check percentage improvements in your running time or calories burned during running, check Omni race time improvement calculator and running calorie calculator, respectively.

## Women's heptathlon events

Women's heptathlon events are held outdoors. Similar to men's heptathlon, the competition lasts for two days. Most of the events women heptathletes compete in are similar to men's, with different distance coverages. Although, women's heptathlon does not include pole vaulting and includes the javelin throw event.

On the first day, heptathletes compete in:

• 100 meters hurdles
• High jump
• Shot-put
• 200 meters

On the second day, events are composed of:

• Long jump
• Javeline throw: an event where athletes throw a light spear overhanded while facing forward before crossing a foul line. The throw only counts if the spear sticks into the ground 📌 as opposed to dropping flat.
• 800 meters

## How to calculate heptathlon scores? – Heptathlon scoring system

Now you're probably wondering how heptathlon points are calculated 🤔. During the competition, heptathletes should meet the set benchmarks to obtain around 1000 points in each event. If a heptathlete does not meet the threshold, they get 0 points. In the end, earned points are summed up for a total score.

The heptathlon scores are calculated using three different formulas for running, jumping, and throwing events. Although the formulas are the same for both women's and men's heptathlon events, point indicators are different, regardless of whether the event is similar or not.

The formula for running events (e.g., 100m, 200m, and 800m hurdles) is as follows:

$\quad P = A \cdot (B - T) ^ C$

where:

• P – Points obtained in a heptathlon event;
• T – Time in seconds; and
• A, B, and C – Indicator scores for each event found in the heptathlon table below.

Want to predict how fast you can expect to finish your next race based on your previous running scores? Then check race predictor calculator.

The formula for jumping events (high and long jump) is as follows:

$\quad P = A \cdot (M - B) ^ C$

where:

• M – Height or distance in centimeters.

The formula for throwing events (shot-put and javelin) is as follows:

$\quad P = A \cdot (D-B) ^ C$

where:

• D – Distance in meters.

💡 The points obtained P are rounded down to the nearest whole number.

## Examples on converting heptathlon points

Let's see examples of how heptathlon points are converted in the case of running, jumping, and throwing events.

• If you're a male heptathlete and ran a 60-meter sprint event in 6.50 seconds, your calculation for points earned would be:
58.015 × (11.5 - 6.50) ^ 1.81 = 1068
• If you're a female heptathlete and your long-jump amounted to 648 centimeters, your calculation for points earned would be:
0.188807 × (648 - 210) ^ 1.41 = 1001
• If you are a male heptathlete participating in shot-put and you managed to throw a ball at a distance of 22.82 meters (world record), your calculation for points earned would be:
51.39 × (22.82 - 1.5) ^ 1.05 = 1276

Note that scores from all seven events are summed up at the end. The heptathlon world record for women's heptathlon is 7291, held by Jackie Joyner-Kersee. She achieved the record in 1988, and no woman heptathlete has been able to break it since 💪. The heptathlon world record for men's heptathlon is 6645, which was achieved by Ashton Eaton in 2012.

## Heptathlon scoring tables

Below you'll find heptathlon tables both for men's and women's events:

Men's heptathlon scoring table:

Event

A

B

C

60 m

58.015

11.5

1.81

Long jump

0.14354

220

1.4

Shot-put

51.39

1.5

1.05

High jump

0.8465

75

1.42

60 m hurdles

20.5173

15.5

1.92

Pole vault

0.2797

100

1.35

1000 m

0.08713

305.5

1.85

Women's heptathlon scoring table:

Event

A

B

C

100 m hurdles

9.23076

26.7

1.835

High jump

1.84523

75

1.348

Shot-put

56.0211

1.5

1.05

200 m

4.99087

42.5

1.81

Long jump

0.188807

210

1.41

Javelin throw

15.9803

3.8

1.04

800 m

0.11193

254

1.88

🙋 If you're using manual timing for running events up to 400 meters, you should add 0.24 seconds to the time taken. Check out our calculator's Advanced mode, in case you want to use the manual timing function. 🕒

Mariamy Chrdileli
Heptathlon type
Women's outdoor
Time taken for 100 meters hurdles
sec
Height jumped in high jump
cm
Distance thrown in shot-put
m
Time taken for 200 meters
sec
Length jumped in long jump
cm
Time taken for 800 meters
min
sec
Distance thrown in javelin throw
m
Women's heptathlon event scores
100 meters hurdles
High jump
Shot-put
200 meters
Long jump
800 meters
Javelin throw
Total points
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