Decathlon

The heptathlon and decathlon are both multidisciplinary events. The heptathlon consists of seven events and is usually competed by women. The decathlon consits of ten events and is nearly alway competed by men.

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Im guessing 10 separate events. From the root word "deka" which is Greek for 10. The decathlon is a ten event competition spread over two days:

First Day: 100 meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meter run

Second Day: 110 meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1500 meter run

an athletic event taking place over two days, in which each competitor takes part in the same prescribed ten events (100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1,500-meter run).

The athletes in a decathlon only run about a mile and a half (including some runways in field events). It is not an event about long distance running (that would be a marathon), but about a combination of skills. Sprinting (100m), long and high jumping, throwing shot put, discus and javelin, long sprinting (400m), hurdling (110H), pole vault and finally they finish with a 1500 m. Above the skills it takes to do a decathlon, it is an extraordinary athlete to develop a body that can both run fast, jupm, throw weights and do the endurance of a 1500. Usually the 1500 is the event they train the least for and it shows. As the points are tallied over the first 9 events, many just slog through the 1500 trying to finish. Occasionally they have to run a competitive 1500 which either shows their true conditioning or reveals the lack of it.

The 400 meter dash.

The Olympics have a Decathlon every four years. After that, the World Championship of Athletics holds a Decathlon every 2 years on odd numbered years. There are numerous other Decathlons, perhaps the most prestigious international decathlon annually is the Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis, Austria.

Decathlon has also been used to name many other combined activities. The Academic Decathlon is such a test of for high school students.

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If you look at any Track and Field event as a test of skills (jumping, throwing, running short or long), in a Decathlon the test is versatility. The ten events include all the range of skills from the speed of the 100 meters, speed and jumping of the long jump, the strength or power of the shot put, the explosiveness and coordination of the high jump, then the speed endurance of the 400 meters. That's just the first day. Then you have to come back the following day to the skill events, 110 hurdles, discus throw, pole vault and javelin throw. The final event, the 1500 meters, less than a mile, might not seem that far to a distance runner, but to someone who has adapted to excel in the previous nine events, those 3 3/4 laps around the track are a long way to run.

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The easy answer is one, as in the Decathlon is a single event worth a single gold medal.

The more complex answer is also one. The Decathlon is comprised of ten events with all decathletes competing in all of them for points. Out of the decathletes in the 1976 competition Jenner only won one event, the Discus.

He was 8th in the 100 and Long Jump,

7th in the 110 hurdles,

4th in the Javelin and

2nd in the Shot Put, High Jump, 400, Pole Vault and 1500

A decathlon is a multiple event competition. There are four running races as part of the events, so after completing those events you will have run 2110 meters (and have gone over 10 hurdles), less than 1 1/3 miles. There are 4 other events in the decathlon that involved running, as a set up to jump or throw. You get three attempts in each of those events and your distance to run up is your choice (averaging 25-30 meters each time for a long jump, a high jump significantly shorter). Then there are two events that are throws from a circle.

The main point is, the decathlon is not about long mileage like a marathon, it is about excellence over a variety of events, or tests. Further, it is difficult to train for all of those events at the same time. In particular, the body type that would be ideal for the Shot Put and the 1500 meters are about as opposite as possible.

Because the athlete performs many different events over a two day period that require different qualities which include speed, strength, and endurance. You will never see someone in a track meet that enters both a speed event and a strength event (such as the 100/200 meter dash and shot put). But the decathlete/heptathlete must perform both events. Add to that a middle distance event (1500 meter run in decathlon and 800 meter run in heptathlon) that is always run as the last event and you can add endurance to the speed and strength these athletes must have. Decathletes and hepathletes are considered the best athletes in the world.

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At the Olympic level yes but technically no. Women do compete in the Decathlon but not (yet) in the Olympics. With an age grading factor included, the highest point total ever is by masters athlete Nadine O'Connor. And indoors the men compete in a different heptathlon. I suggest these are evolving situations as it has taken decades to reach acceptance (into world championship and Olympic level events), but women outdoors and men indoors have advanced from pentathlon to heptathlon and continue to test further bounds. There is even an icosathlon (double decathlon).

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