Jackie Joyner-Kersee

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

American Athlete

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

It's impossible in heptathlon to have a proper rivalry - you're spending two days together and seven events and dedicate your life to it. It's like a marathon: two days of mental and physical exhaustion.

English Athlete

Thankfully, I found athletics. My mum didn't like it at first, but the funny thing is that, now, she's the biggest athletics fan out there. She's a real expert, and she's got all the heptathlon books.

Ashton Eaton

The heptathlon world record is nice, but the decathlon is the event. I think the heptathlon is more like a practice. There is something completely different about the decathlon.

Denise Lewis

In heptathlon, if one day goes extremely well, you've got to go to bed and start the next one completely fresh - lose what you did yesterday.

British Athlete

In the heptathlon, you can be any shape. Some of the girls are more built than others, and their strong events are the shot put and javelin.

There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.

I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.

The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.

Heptathlon is primarily associated with female athletes, while men typically compete in the decathlon.

Women's Domain

The 'heptathlon' consists of 7 track and field events including hurdles, high jump, shot put, and more.

Seven Challenges

The heptathlon is featured in the Olympics, making it a prestigious event for athletes worldwide.

Olympic Highlight

 you might describe it with granular, practical clarity. And this is what a near win does. It gets us to focus on what, right now, we plan to do to address that mountain in our sights. It's Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who in 1984 missed taking the gold in the heptathlon