Current season, competition or edition: 2025 World Athletics Combined Events Tour | |
| Sport | Decathlon andheptathlon |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Organising body | World Athletics |
| Most recent champions |  Johannes Erm (men) Michelle Atherley (women)(2024) |
| Official website | Combined Events |
TheWorld Athletics Combined Events Tour (formerlyIAAF Combined Events Challenge andWorld Athletics Challenge – Combined Events) is an annual series ofcombined track and field events meetings, organised since 1998 byWorld Athletics, withheptathlon for women anddecathlon for men. The winners are decided by totalling the number of points that the athletes have scored in each of three combined events competitions during the season. Points scored are determined by the World Athletics combined events scoring tables. The series includes annual independent combined events meetings as well as championship level combined events competitions, such as theWorld Athletics Championships andOlympic Games. It is the premier seasonal competition for decathletes and heptathletes, as combined events are not held for theDiamond League.
The total prize money available is US$202,000, split evenly between male and female athletes. The male and female winners each receive $30,000, while second and third placed athletes are entitled to $20,000 and $15,000 respectively. Smaller prizes are given to the rest of the top eight finishers.[1]
All events of the 2020 season were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2]
| Ed. | Year | Start date | End date | Meets | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | ||||
| 2 | 1999 | ||||
| 3 | 2000 | 13 May | 28 September | [3] | |
| 4 | 2001 | 12 May | 16 September | 9 | [4] |
| 5 | 2002 | 11 May | 10 October | 12 | [5] |
| 6 | 2003 | 10 May | 14 October | 9 | [6] |
| 7 | 2004 | 8 May | 26 September | 9 | [7] |
| 8 | 2005 | 7 May | 18 September | 11 | [8] |
| 9 | 2006 | 20 March | 17 September | 12 | [9] |
| 10 | 2007 | 5 May | 23 September | 13 | [10] |
| 11 | 2008 | 30 April | 14 September | 10 | [11] |
| 12 | 2009 | 9 May | 13 November | 12 | [12] |
| 13 | 2010 | 8 May | 25 November | 12 | [13] |
| 14 | 2011 | 16 April | 18 September | 11 | [14] |
| 15 | 2012 | 13 April | 16 September | 11 | [15] |
| 16 | 2013 | 2 May | 15 September | 14 | [16] |
| 17 | 2014 | 3 April | 1 October | 13 | [17] |
| 18 | 2015 | 8 May | 20 September | 12 | [18] |
| 19 | 2016 | 31 March | 18 September | 11 | [19] |
| 20 | 2017 | 28 April | 17 September | 8 | [20] |
| 21 | 2018 | 27 April | 16 September | 8 | [21] |
| 22 | 2019 | 27 April | 4 October | 11 | [22] |
| 23 | 2021 | 24 April | 5 August | 6 | [23] |
| 24 | 2022 | 30 April | 18 September | 6 | [24] |
| 25 | 2023 | 29 April | 24 September | 6 | [25] |
| 26 | 2024 | 27 January | 15 September | 13 | [26] |
| 27 | 2025 | 25 January | 10 August | 11 | [27] |
Since the 2022 season the Tour calendar has been expanded and divided into three levels – Gold, Silver and Bronze.[28]
| # | Meeting | Place | Country | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis | Austria | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 2 | Décastar | Talence | France | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 3 | Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen | Ratingen | Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 4 | Multistars | Brescia* | Italy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| 5 | Meeting International d'Arles | Arles | France | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | TNT – Fortuna Meeting | Kladno | Czech Republic | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Meeting Internacional Arona | Arona | Spain | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial | Nakło nad Notecią** | Poland | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Meeting de la Réunion | Réunion | France | X |
* The Multistars meet was held inDesenzano del Garda until 2012 and in 2023, 2013–2018 inFlorence, 2019–2021 inLana, 2022 inGrosseto and 2024 inBrescia.
** 2022–2023 was held inBydgoszcz.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 details | Erki Nool Estonia | 25967 | Jón Arnar Magnússon Iceland | 25708 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25604 |
| 1999 details | Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic | 26476 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25184 | Chris Huffins United States | 25067 |
| 2000 details | Erki Nool Estonia | 26089 | Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic | 26018 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25591 |
| 2001 details | Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic | 25943 | Erki Nool Estonia | 25839 | Lev Lobodin Russia | 25044 |
| 2002 details | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 26301 | Tom Pappas United States | 25506 | Lev Lobodin Russia | 25179 |
| 2003 details | Tom Pappas United States | 26119 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 26047 | Laurent Hernu France | 2424 |
| 2004 details | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25952 | Bryan Clay United States | 25602 | Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan | 25336 |
| 2005 details | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25381 | Bryan Clay United States | 25199 | Attila Zsivoczky Hungary | 25185 |
| 2006 details | Dmitriy Karpov Kazakhstan | 25145 | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25029 | Attila Zsivoczky Hungary | 24950 |
| 2007 details | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 25261 | Maurice Smith Jamaica | 25220 | Aleksey Drozdov Russia | 24972 |
| 2008 details | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus | 25448 | Leonel Suárez Cuba | 25344 | Aleksandr Pogorelov Russia | 24804 |
| 2009 details | Trey Hardee United States | 25567 | Yordanis García Cuba | 25231 | Oleksiy Kasyanov Ukraine | 25056 |
| 2010[29] | Romain Barras France | 25063 | Leonel Suárez Cuba | 24857 | Jake Arnold United States | 24627 |
| 2011 details | Leonel Suárez Cuba | 25172 | Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands | 24772 | Mikk Pahapill Estonia | 24746 |
| 2012 details | Hans Van Alphen Belgium | 25259 | Pascal Behrenbruch Germany | 25117 | Oleksiy Kasyanov Ukraine | 24822 |
| 2013 details | Andrei Krauchanka Belarus | 25084 | Damian Warner Canada | 24980 | Pascal Behrenbruch Germany | 24768 |
| 2014 details | Rico Freimuth Germany | 24981 | Eelco Sintnicolaas Netherlands | 24795 | Yordanis García Cuba | 24423 |
| 2015 details | Ilya Shkurenyov Russia | 25259 | Michael Schrader Germany | 25252 | Damian Warner Canada | 25247 |
| 2016 details | Kai Kazmirek Germany | 25221 | Jeremy Taiwo United States | 24928 | Adam Helcelet Czech Republic | 24498 |
| 2017 details | Rico Freimuth Germany | 25592 | Damian Warner Canada | 25152 | Kai Kazmirek Germany | 24986 |
| 2018 details | Arthur Abele Germany | 25222 | Pieter Braun Netherlands | 24412 | Martin Roe Norway | 24376 |
| 2019 details | Damian Warner Canada | 25753 | Maicel Uibo Estonia | 25138 | Pierce LePage Canada | 25059 |
| 2021 details | Kai Kazmirek Germany | 24500 | Adam Helcelet Czech Republic | 24087 | Martin Roe Norway | 23934 |
| 2022 details | Lindon Victor Grenada | 3608 | Simon Ehammer Switzerland | 3578 | Marcus Nilsson Sweden | 3436 |
| 2023 details | Karel Tilga Estonia | 3622 | Sander Skotheim Norway | 3572 | Lindon Victor Grenada | 3539 |
| 2024 details | Johannes Erm Estonia | 3661 | Sander Skotheim Norway | 3624 | Heath Baldwin USA | 3614 |
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