heptathlon

English

Etymology

From hepta- +‎ -athlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛpˈtæθlɒn/

Noun

heptathlon (plural heptathlons or heptathla)

1. (athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.
   • 2008 January 26, Frank Litsky, “Swedish Star Finds Motivation in Variety”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     [Carolina Kluft] has won her last 19 heptathlons. Only the legendary Jackie Joyner-Kersee has scored higher.

   • 2021 July 6, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.

Related terms

• heptathlete

Translations

athletic contest

• Bulgarian: седмобой m (sedmoboj)
• Catalan: heptatló m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 七項全能／七项全能 (zh) (qīxiàng quánnéng)

• Czech: sedmiboj m
• Danish: syvkamp c
• Dutch: zevenkamp (nl) m
• Finnish: seitsenottelu (fi)
• French: heptathlon (fr) m
• German: Siebenkampf (de) m
• Hungarian: hétpróba (hu)
• Icelandic: sjöþraut f
• Italian: eptathlon m, eptatlon m, heptathlon m
• Korean: 칠종경기 (chiljonggyeonggi)
• Macedonian: седмобој m (sedmoboj), хептатлон m (heptatlon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjukamp m

  Nynorsk: sjukamp m

• Polish: siedmiobój (pl) m
• Portuguese: heptatlo m
• Romanian: heptatlon (ro) n
• Spanish: heptatlón m
• Swedish: sjukamp (sv) c
• Turkish: heptatlon

Italian

Noun

heptathlon m (invariable)

1. (athletics) Alternative spelling of eptathlon