Heptathlon Calculator

Are you 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 Calculator'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 heptathlon points are calculated, heptathlon events, and more! 💡

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-meter 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 a 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 out the Omni race time improvement calculator and running calorie calculator, respectively.

Women's heptathlon events are held outdoors. Similar to men's heptathlon, the competition lasts for two days. Most of the events in which women heptathletes compete are similar to men's, with different distance coverages. However, the women's heptathlon does not include pole vaulting but does include 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

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:

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.

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

where:

• M — Height or distance in centimeters.

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

where:

• D — Distance in meters.

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.

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

Men's heptathlon scoring table:

Women's heptathlon scoring table: