2014 IAAF Combined Events Challenge

The 2014 IAAF Combined Events Challenge was a series of combined events for decathletes and heptathletes consisting of five stand alone challenge events, a series of continental combined events championships, and the combined events portions of a series of international athletics championships and multi-sports games. The challenge is organised under the auspices of the world governing body of athletics, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Elite level competitors were crowned champions based on the aggregate points scored in three of the events. 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.

Calendar

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The 2014 challenge takes in five challenge events, a number of regional combined events championships, and the combined events portions of a series of regional and international athletics championships.

Date Event Location Status
3–4 April Oceania Combined Events Championships   Melbourne Continental championships
2–3 May Multistars   Firenze Challenge event
31 May-1 June 40th Hypo-Meeting   Gotzis Challenge event
14–15 June TNT – Fortuna Meeting   Kladno Challenge event
26–29 June United States Championships   Sacramento National championships
28–29 June Erdgas Mehrkampf-Meeting   Ratingen Challenge event
5–6 July European Cup Combined Events   Donetsk
|  Toruń
Continental championships
17–18 July Pan American Combined Events Cup   Ottawa Continental championships
27 July – 2 August Commonwealth Games   Glasgow International games
12–14 August African Athletics Championships   Marrakech Continental championships
12–17 August European Athletics Championships   Zürich Continental championships
20-21 September Décastar   Talence Challenge event
26 September – 3 October Asian Games   Zürich Continental games

Results

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Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Melbourne[1]   Jake Stein (AUS)   Stephen Cain (AUS)   Kyle Cranston (AUS)
  Firenze[2]   Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)   Ashley Bryant (GBR)   Pieter Braun (NED)
  Gotzis[3]   Trey Hardee (USA)   Kai Kazmirek (GER)   Rico Freimuth (GER)
  Kladno[4]   Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)   Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE)   Eduard Mikhan (BLR)
  Sacramento[5]   Trey Hardee (USA)   Wesley Bray (USA)   Thomas Fitzsimons (USA)
  Ratingen[6]   Rico Freimuth (GER)   Kévin Mayer (FRA)   Arthur Abele (GER)
  Toruń[7]   Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED)   Eduard Mikhan (BLR)   Ingmar Vos (NED)
  Ribeira Brava[8]   Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE)   Jiří Sýkora (CZE)   Fabian Rosenquist (SWE)
  Ribeira Brava[9]   Niels Pittomvils (BEL)   Ionel Irinel Cojan (ROU)   Michael Bowler (IRL)
  Ottawa[10]   Yordani García (CUB)   José Angel Mendieta (CUB)   James Turner (CAN)
  Glasgow[11]   Damian Warner (CAN)   Ashley Bryant (GBR)   Kurt Felix (GRN)
  Marrakech[12]   Larbi Bourrada (ALG)   Guillaume Thierry (MRI)   Atsu Nyamadi (GHA)
  Zurich[13]   Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)   Kevin Mayer (FRA)   Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS)
  Talence[14]   Mikk Pahapill (EST)   Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR)   Yordani García (CUB)
  Incheon[15]   Keisuke Ushiro (JPN)   Leonid Andreev (UZB)   Akihiko Nakamura (JPN)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Melbourne   Sophie Stanwell (AUS)   Portia Bing (NZL)   Ashleigh Hamilton (AUS)
  Firenze   Morgan Lake (GBR)   Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva (BLR)   Jessica Zelinka (CAN)
  Gotzis[3]   Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)   Brianne Theisen Eaton (CAN)   Dafne Schippers (NED)
  Kladno   Eliska Klucinova (CZE)   Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva (BLR)   Lucia Mokrášová (SVK)
  Sacramento[16]   Sharon Day-Monroe (USA)   Barbara Nwaba (USA)   Erica Bougard (USA)
  Ratingen[17]   Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER)   Claudia Rath (GER)   Karolina Tymińska (POL)
  Toruń[18]   Nadine Broersen (NED)   Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA)   Yana Maksimava (BLR)
  Ribeira Brava[19]   Eliška Klučinová (CZE)   Alina Fyodorova (UKR)   Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR)
  Ribeira Brava[20]   Sofia Yfantidou (GRE)   Lucia Mokrášová (SVK)   Sveinbjörg Zophoníasdóttir (ISL)
  Ottawa[21]   Jillian Drouin (CAN)   Natasha Jackson (CAN)   Lindsay Schwartz (USA)
  Glasgow[22]   Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN)   Jessica Zelinka (CAN)   Jessica Taylor (GBR)
  Marrakech[23]   Marthe Koala (BUR)   Elizabeth Dadzie (GHA)   Biance Erwee (RSA)
  Zurich[24]   Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA)   Nadine Broersen (NED)   Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
  Talence[25]   Carolin Schäfer (GER)   Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR)   Yana Maksimava (BLR)
  Incheon[26]   Ekaterina Voronina (UZB)   Wang Qingling (CHN)   Yuliya Tarasova (UZB)

Overall

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These are the overall rankings for all athletes who participated in three or more events.

Rank Athlete Points
    Hans Van Alphen (BEL) 25259
    Pascal Behrenbruch (GER) 25117
    Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) 24822
4   Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) 24481
5   Dmitry Karpov (KAZ) 24271
6   Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE) 24106
7   Yordanis Garcia (CUB) 24022
8   Ashley Bryant (GBR) 23194
9   Einar Daði Lárusson (ISL) 23141
10   Ali Kamé (MAD) 22080
11   Guillaume Thierry (MRI) 21593

Women

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Rank Athlete Points
    Nadine Broersen (NED) 19717
    Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) 19510
    Austra Skujytė (LTU) 19408
4   Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (LAT) 19031
5   Jessica Samuelsson (SWE) 18790
6   Sharon Day-Monroe (USA) 18731
7   Eliška Klučinová (CZE) 18543
8   Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) 18522
9   Yana Maksimava (BLR) 18341
10   Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (HUN) 17917
11   Ida Marcussen (NOR) 17795
12   Julia Machtig (GER) 17793
13   Marisa De Aniceto (FRA) 16335

References

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