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

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 Australia Melbourne Continental championships
2–3 May Multistars Italy Firenze Challenge event
31 May-1 June 40th Hypo-Meeting Austria Gotzis Challenge event
14–15 June TNT - Fortuna Meeting Czech Republic Kladno Challenge event
26–29 June United States Championships United States Sacramento National championships
28–29 June Erdgas Mehrkampf-Meeting Germany Ratingen Challenge event
5–6 July European Cup Combined Events Ukraine Donetsk
|Poland Torun		 Continental championships
17–18 July Pan American Combined Events Cup Canada Ottawa Continental championships
27 July - 2 August Commonwealth Games Scotland Glasgow International games
12–14 August African Athletics Championships Morocco Marrakech Continental championships
12–17 August European Athletics Championships Switzerland Zurich Continental championships
20-21 September Décastar France Talence Challenge event
26 September - 3 October Asian Games Switzerland Zurich Continental games

Results

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

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

Overall

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

Men

Rank Athlete Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Hans Van Alphen (BEL) 25259
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Pascal Behrenbruch (GER) 25117
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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

Rank Athlete Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Tatyana Chernova (RUS) 19717
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) 19510
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Austra Skujyte (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

  1. ↑ "Oceania Combined Events Championships 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Multistars 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 [url=http://www.meeting-goetzis.at/ |Gotzis 2014 Results ]
  4. ↑ "TNT Express Meeting 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "USA Championships 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Erdgas Mehrkampf Meeting 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "European Combined Events Cup Super League 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "European Combined Events Cup 1st League 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "European Combined Events Cup 2nd League 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Panamerican Combined Events Cup 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "African Championships 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "European Athletics Championships 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "Decastar 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Asian Games 2014 Decathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  16. ↑ "US Championships 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "Erdgas Mehrkampf Meeting 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  18. ↑ "European Combined Events Cup Super League 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  19. ↑ "European Combined Events Cup 1st League 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "European Combined Events Cup 2nd League 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Panamerican Combined Events Cup 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "African Championships 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  24. ↑ "European Championships 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  25. ↑ "Decastar 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  26. ↑ "Asian Games 2014 Heptathlon Results". IAAF Website. IAAF. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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