Heptathlon (indoor), men

What to remember

Seven events over two days, four on the first and three on the second, with points awarded for each performance and added up: that is the men's heptathlon, an indoor competition. On March 21, 2026, at the World Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, Switzerland's Simon Ehammer turned it into 6,670 points.

The name comes from the Greek hepta, "seven", and athlon, "competition". For men, the heptathlon is the combined event of the indoor season; for women it is held outdoors, where it plays the role of the decathlon, and it has been on the Olympic programme since 1984.

Ehammer is an all-rounder: decathlon, heptathlon, long jump and 110 m hurdles. Before this record he had won the long jump at the 2021 European U23 Championships, then taken bronze in the same event at the 2022 World Championships.