What is the difference between pentatlon, heptathlon, and decathlon??

Question

My coach says that he thinks I would be best at the heptatlon, but because of my age, I have to do the pentathlon...I've done the decathlon before and I was just doing a bunch of events...Can any one tell me the difference between these 3???

Answer 1

1. The Decathlon is a men's event and consists of four track and six field events held on two consecutive days in this sequence: 100m, long jump, shot, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500m. The athlete is allowed three trials in the long jump and throwing events. Placings are determined by the total number of points scored per the IAAF scoring tables.



2. The Heptathlon is a women's event and consists of three track and four field events held on two consecutive days in this sequence - First day: 100m hurdles, shot, high jump, 200m; second day: long jump, javelin and 800m. Placings are determined by the total number of points scored per the IAAF scoring tables.



3. The athletics Pentathlon for women consists of five events and shall be held on one day in the following order: 60m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump, 800m.

The Pentathlon for junior men consists of five events, which shall be held on one day in the following order: 60m Hurdles, Long Jump, Shot Put, High Jump, 1000m.

Answer 2

If your talking about a Junior athletic program then they consist of the amount of events in each sport. Pentathlon (five), heptathlon (seven), and decathlon (ten).



In a Olympic or World Championship Level. Decathlon, consists of ten events contested by males. Heptathlon which is a seven event program and is contested by females. They are part of the athletic program.



Modern pentathlon consists of a range of sports, fencing swimming, pistol shooting, running and equestrian. It takes its roots from the military of a soldier in a war zone who has to deliver a message. Open to females and males and a team event. The individual sport is now completed in a day.



They use to have a Winter Modern Pentathlon as a demonstration sport but now it has been discontinued.

Answer 3

Pentathlon is 5 events

Heptatlon is 7

Decathlon is 10

Answer 4

What Is Decathlon

Answer 5

#1- pentatlon (Pentathlon) consists of 5 events what one did you want Athletic or Modern?



Athletic Pentathlon-1. 200 meter run

2. 1,500 meter run

3. Long Jump

4. Discuss

5. Javelin



http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pentathlon



Heptathlon 7 events- Outdoor Held over 2 days.

Day 1- 100m hurdles, shot put, high jump, 200m.

Day 2- long jump, javelin, and 800m.



Indoor over 2 consecutive Days- 60m , long jump, shot put, high jump, 60m, hurdles, pole vault, and 1000m.



http://www.iaaf.org/theSport/whatisathletics/TrackandField/disc=hep/index.html



Decathlon- consists of 4 track and 6 field events held over 2 consecutive days



100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500m.



http://www.iaaf.org/theSport/whatisathletics/TrackandField/disc=dec/index.html

Answer 6

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