Heptathlon
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Barcelona details Christian Plaziat ( FRA ) Tomáš Dvořák ( CZE ) Henrik Dagård ( SWE )
1997 Paris details Robert Změlík ( CZE ) Erki Nool ( EST ) Jón Magnússon ( ISL )
1999 Maebashi details Sebastian Chmara ( POL ) Erki Nool ( EST ) Roman Šebrle ( CZE )
2001 Lisbon details Roman Šebrle ( CZE ) Jón Magnússon ( ISL ) Lev Lobodin ( RUS )
2003 Birmingham details Tom Pappas ( USA ) Lev Lobodin ( RUS ) Roman Šebrle ( CZE )
2004 Budapest details Roman Šebrle ( CZE ) Bryan Clay ( USA ) Lev Lobodin ( RUS )
2006 Moscow details André Niklaus ( GER ) Bryan Clay ( USA ) Roman Šebrle ( CZE )
2008 Valencia details Bryan Clay ( USA ) Andrei Krauchanka ( BLR ) Dmitriy Karpov ( KAZ )
2010 Doha details Bryan Clay ( USA ) Trey Hardee ( USA ) Aleksey Drozdov ( RUS )
2012 Istanbul details Ashton Eaton ( USA ) Oleksiy Kasyanov ( UKR ) Artem Lukyanenko ( RUS )
2014 Sopot details Ashton Eaton ( USA ) Andrei Krauchanka ( BLR ) Thomas van der Plaetsen ( BEL )
2016 Portland details Ashton Eaton ( USA ) Oleksiy Kasyanov ( UKR ) Mathias Brugger ( GER )
2018 Birmingham details Kevin Mayer ( FRA ) Damian Warner ( CAN ) Maicel Uibo ( EST )
Medalists -- Men 's World Indoor Championships medalists
Bryan Clay celebrating his 2010 world title win in Doha
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta (seven) and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning feat). A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete. There are two heptathlons - the women's heptathlon and the men's - composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is held indoors, while the women's is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984.