2014 IAAF Combined Events Challenge
# 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 | Melbourne | Continental championships |
| 2–3 May | Multistars | Firenze | Challenge event |
| 31 May-1 June | 40th Hypo-Meeting | Gotzis | Challenge event |
| 14–15 June | TNT – Fortuna Meeting | Kladno | Challenge event |
| 26–29 June | United States Championships | Sacramento | National championships |
| 28–29 June | Erdgas Mehrkampf-Meeting | Ratingen | Challenge event |
| 5–6 July | European Cup Combined Events | Donetsk | Toruń | Continental championships |
| 17–18 July | Pan American Combined Events Cup | Ottawa | Continental championships |
| 27 July – 2 August | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow | International games |
| 12–14 August | African Athletics Championships | Marrakech | Continental championships |
| 12–17 August | European Athletics Championships | Zürich | Continental championships |
| 20-21 September | Décastar | Talence | Challenge event |
| 26 September – 3 October | Asian Games | Zürich | Continental games |

## Results

### Medal summary

**Men**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Melbourne | Jake Stein (AUS) | Stephen Cain (AUS) | Kyle Cranston (AUS) |
| Firenze | Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) | Ashley Bryant (GBR) | Pieter Braun (NED) |
| Gotzis | Trey Hardee (USA) | Kai Kazmirek (GER) | Rico Freimuth (GER) |
| Kladno | Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE) | Eduard Mikhan (BLR) |
| Sacramento | Trey Hardee (USA) | Wesley Bray (USA) | Thomas Fitzsimons (USA) |
| Ratingen | Rico Freimuth (GER) | Kévin Mayer (FRA) | Arthur Abele (GER) |
| Toruń | Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) | Eduard Mikhan (BLR) | Ingmar Vos (NED) |
| Ribeira Brava | Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE) | Jiří Sýkora (CZE) | Fabian Rosenquist (SWE) |
| Ribeira Brava | Niels Pittomvils (BEL) | Ionel Irinel Cojan (ROU) | Michael Bowler (IRL) |
| Ottawa | Yordani García (CUB) | José Angel Mendieta (CUB) | James Turner (CAN) |
| Glasgow | Damian Warner (CAN) | Ashley Bryant (GBR) | Kurt Felix (GRN) |
| Marrakech | Larbi Bourrada (ALG) | Guillaume Thierry (MRI) | Atsu Nyamadi (GHA) |
| Zurich | Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | Ilya Shkurenyov (RUS) |
| Talence | Mikk Pahapill (EST) | Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | Yordani García (CUB) |
| Incheon | Keisuke Ushiro (JPN) | Leonid Andreev (UZB) | Akihiko Nakamura (JPN) |

**Women**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Melbourne | Sophie Stanwell (AUS) | Portia Bing (NZL) | Ashleigh Hamilton (AUS) |
| Firenze | Morgan Lake (GBR) | Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva (BLR) | Jessica Zelinka (CAN) |
| Gotzis | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) | Brianne Theisen Eaton (CAN) | Dafne Schippers (NED) |
| Kladno | Eliska Klucinova (CZE) | Katsiaryna Netsviatayeva (BLR) | Lucia Mokrášová (SVK) |
| Sacramento | Sharon Day-Monroe (USA) | Barbara Nwaba (USA) | Erica Bougard (USA) |
| Ratingen | Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER) | Claudia Rath (GER) | Karolina Tymińska (POL) |
| Toruń | Nadine Broersen (NED) | Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) | Yana Maksimava (BLR) |
| Ribeira Brava | Eliška Klučinová (CZE) | Alina Fyodorova (UKR) | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR) |
| Ribeira Brava | Sofia Yfantidou (GRE) | Lucia Mokrášová (SVK) | Sveinbjörg Zophoníasdóttir (ISL) |
| Ottawa | Jillian Drouin (CAN) | Natasha Jackson (CAN) | Lindsay Schwartz (USA) |
| Glasgow | Brianne Theisen-Eaton (CAN) | Jessica Zelinka (CAN) | Jessica Taylor (GBR) |
| Marrakech | Marthe Koala (BUR) | Elizabeth Dadzie (GHA) | Biance Erwee (RSA) |
| Zurich | Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) | Nadine Broersen (NED) | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) |
| Talence | Carolin Schäfer (GER) | Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (UKR) | Yana Maksimava (BLR) |
| Incheon | 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 |
| - | - | - |
| | Hans Van Alphen (BEL) | 25259 |
| | Pascal Behrenbruch (GER) | 25117 |
| | 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 |
| - | - | - |
| | Nadine Broersen (NED) | 19717 |
| | Antoinette Nana Djimou (FRA) | 19510 |
| | Austra Skujytė (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 |
