page_title: Heptathlon
section_title: Season's bests
hierarchical_section_title: Heptathlon / Season's bests
caption_attribution_description: World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka - Jessica Ennis in the concluding 800 metres race of the women's heptathlon
context_page_description: A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and ἄθλος. A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.
  There are two heptathlons – the women's heptathlon and the men's – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is held indoors, while the women's is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984.
caption: Jessica Ennis in the Osaka World Athletics Championships 2007 women's heptathlon
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