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Record 1 2017-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
  • Combined-Events Contests
DEF

A composite contest for female athletes that consists of the 100-meter hurdles, the high jump, the shot put, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, the javelin throw, and the 800-meter run.

OBS

Combined events - women only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
  • Compétitions à épreuves combinées
OBS

Épreuves combinées - femmes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Atletismo
  • Competiciones de pruebas combinadas
DEF

Competición atlética que consta de siete pruebas, realizadas por un mismo deportista.

OBS

heptatlón: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que los nombres en los que figura la voz griega "athlon", que significa "ejercicio", deben escribirse sin la "h": "decatlón" y "heptatlón" (con tilde en la última sílaba por ser voces agudas), no "decathlón" ni "heptathlón".

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