| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,519,823,876 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
heptathlon |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia, Hutchinson | 0.13 sec. |
|
heptathlon: see under decathlon heptathlon is the equivalent modern event for women, consisting of seven track-and-field events. Begun as an Olympic pentathlon in 1964, it was expanded in 1984 and now includes the long jump; the high jump; the shot put; the javelin throw; the 200- and 800-meter races; and the ..... Click the link for more information. . heptathlonWomen'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. heptathlon an athletic contest for women in which each athlete competes in seven different events |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
Olympians Sheena Johnson and Michelle Perry, and heptathletes Eunice Barber of France and Canada's Nicole Haynes. Our decathletes and heptathletes train at different times. Nobody was going to touch Sweden's Carolina Kluft,who sprinted easily away from the world's other best 30 heptathletes,including two former UCLA Bruins, to win by 517 points Saturday at Olympic Stadium. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|