HEPTATHLON


Meaning of HEPTATHLON in English

n.

Women's athletics competition.

Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put , high jump , long jump , javelin throw , and 200-and 800-m runs. The two-day event replaced the women's pentathlon in the Olympic Games after 1981.

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