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.
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
!Event !Location !Status |
|---|
| 3–4 April
|Oceania Combined Events Championships |{{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne |Continental championships |
| 2–3 May
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Firenze |Challenge event |
| 31 May-1 June
|40th Hypo-Meeting |{{flagicon|AUT}} Gotzis |Challenge event |
| 14–15 June
|{{flagicon|CZE}} Kladno |Challenge event |
| 26–29 June
|{{flagicon|USA}} Sacramento |National championships |
| 28–29 June
|{{flagicon|GER}} Ratingen |Challenge event |
| 5–6 July
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Donetsk |Continental championships |
| 17–18 July
|Pan American Combined Events Cup |{{flagicon|CAN}} Ottawa |Continental championships |
| 27 July – 2 August
|{{flagicon|SCO}} Glasgow |International games |
| 12–14 August
|African Athletics Championships |{{flagicon|Morocco}} Marrakech |Continental championships |
| 12–17 August
|European Athletics Championships |{{flagicon|SUI}} Zürich |Continental championships |
| 20-21 September
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Talence |Challenge event |
| 26 September – 3 October
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Zürich |Continental games |
Results
=Medal summary=
== Men ==
== Women ==
Overall
These are the overall rankings for all athletes who participated in three or more events.
=Men=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" | ||
| Rank | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| {{Gold01}}
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Hans Van Alphen|BEL}} |align="center"|25259 | ||
| {{Silver02}}
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Pascal Behrenbruch|GER}} |align="center"|25117 | ||
| {{Bronze03}}
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Oleksiy Kasyanov|UKR}} |align="center"|24822 | ||
| 4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eelco Sintnicolaas|NED}} |align="center"|24481 | ||
| 5
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Dmitry Karpov|KAZ}} |align="center"|24271 | ||
| 6
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Adam Sebastian Helcelet|CZE}} |24106 | ||
| 7
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Yordanis Garcia|CUB}} |24022 | ||
| 8
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Ashley Bryant|GBR}} |23194 | ||
| 9
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Einar Daði Lárusson|ISL}} |23141 | ||
| 10
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Ali Kamé|MAD}} |22080 | ||
| 11
|align=left|{{Flagathlete|Guillaume Thierry|MRI}} |21593 |
=Women=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" | ||
| Rank | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| {{Gold01}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Nadine Broersen|NED}} |align="center"|19717 | ||
| {{Silver02}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Antoinette Nana Djimou|FRA}} |align="center"|19510 | ||
| {{Bronze03}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Austra Skujytė|LTU}} |align="center"|19408 | ||
| 4
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa|LAT}} |align="center"|19031 | ||
| 5
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Jessica Samuelsson|SWE}} |align="center"|18790 | ||
| 6
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sharon Day-Monroe|USA}} |18731 | ||
| 7
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Eliška Klučinová|CZE}} |18543 | ||
| 8
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Katarina Johnson-Thompson|GBR}} |18522 | ||
| 9
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yana Maksimava|BLR}} |18341 | ||
| 10
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas|HUN}} |17917 | ||
| 11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ida Marcussen|NOR}} |17795 | ||
| 12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Julia Machtig|GER}} |17793 | ||
| 13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|Marisa De Aniceto|FRA}} |16335 |