Editing Heptathlon (section)

== Men's heptathlon ==
{{anchor|Men's}} <!--[[Men's heptathlon]] redirects here -->
The other version is an indoor competition, normally contested by men only. It is the men's combined event in the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics]]. The men's indoor heptathlon consists of the following events, with the first four contested on the first day, and remaining three on day two:

* [[60 metres]]
* [[long jump]]
* [[shot put]]
* [[high jump]]
* [[60 metres hurdles]]
* [[pole vault]]
* [[1000 metres]]

The scoring is similar for both versions. In each event, the athlete scores points for his performance in each event according to scoring tables issued by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF).<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/ScoringTables_CE_744.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910115455/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/ScoringTables_CE_744.pdf|date=September 10, 2008}}</ref> The athlete accumulating the highest number of points wins the competition.

===Benchmarks===
The following table shows the minimum benchmark levels required to earn 1000 points in each event.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Event !! 1000pts !! Units
|-
| 60 m || 6.68 || Seconds
|-
| Long jump || 7.76 || Metres
|-
| Shot put || 18.40 || Metres
|-
| High jump || 2.21 || Metres
|-
| 60 m hurdles || 7.69 || Seconds
|-
| Pole vault || 5.29 || Metres
|-
| 1000 m || 2:29.00 || Minutes:Seconds
|}

===Men's world records compared with heptathlon bests===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+World indoor records (WR) compared with heptathlon bests (HB)
! style="width:100px;" | Event
! style="width:35px;" | Type
! Athlete
! Record
! style="width:60px;" | Score
! style="width:70px;" | Difference in points value
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! rowspan="3" | 60 m
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian Coleman]] || 6.34 [[Second|s]] || 1130 ||
|-
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Chris Huffins]] || 6.61 s || 1026 || −104
|-
! rowspan="3" | Long jump
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Carl Lewis]] || 8.79 [[Metre|m]] || 1268 ||
|-
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Simon Ehammer]] || 8.26 m || 1128 || −140 || <ref>{{cite news |date=29 January 2022 |title=Simon Ehammer Sets Long Jump World Record in Heptathlon of 8.26m |website=watchathletics.com |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/video/track-and-field/5932/simon-ehammer-sets-long-jump-world-record-in-heptathlon-of-8-26m/ |access-date=29 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="3" | Shot put
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ryan Crouser]] || 22.82 m || 1276 ||
|-
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Aleksey Drozdov]] || 17.17 m || 924 || −352
|-
! rowspan="3" | High jump
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Javier Sotomayor]] || 2.43 m || 1223 ||
|- valign="top"
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Derek Drouin]] || 2.30 m || 1091 || −132 || <ref name="IDS">{{cite news |last=Krajewski |first=Casey |date=February 22, 2013 |title=Drouin Jumps to World Record in Heptathlon |newspaper=Indiana Daily Student |url=http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/hoosierhype/?p=21792 |url-status=dead |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215848/http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/hoosierhype/?p=21792 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="3" | 60 m hurdles
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Grant Holloway]]|| 7.29 s || 1168 ||
|-
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ashton Eaton]] || 7.60 s || 1085 || −83
|-
! rowspan="3" | Pole vault
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Armand Duplantis]] || 6.27 m || 1321 ||
|-
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Alex Averbukh]] || 5.60 m || 1100 || −221
|-
! rowspan="3" | 1000 m
|-
| WR
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Ayanleh Souleiman]] || 2:14.20 [[Minute|min]]:s || 1182 ||
|-
| HB
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Curtis Beach]] || 2:23.63 min:s || 1064 || −118
|-
! rowspan="2" | Total
! colspan="3" | World record || 8568 ||
|-
! colspan="3" | Heptathlon bests || 7418 || −1150
|}