The pentathlon or women's pentathlon is a combined track and field event in which each woman competes in five separate events over one day. The distance or time for each event is converted to points via scoring tables, with the overall ranking determined by total points. Since 1949 the events have been sprint hurdling, high jump, shot put, long jump, and a flat race. The sprint hurdles distance was 80 m outdoors until 1969 and thereafter 100 m; in indoor pentathlon the distance is 60 m. The flat race was 200 m until 1976 and thereafter 800 m. In elite-level outdoor competition, the pentathlon was superseded in 1981 by the heptathlon, which has seven events, with both 200 m and 800 m, as well as the javelin throw. Pentathlon is still contested at school and masters level and indoors.
The 35th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 30 and 31 May 2009 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2009 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 34th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 31 and June 1, 2008 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2008 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 33rd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 26 May and 27 May 2007 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2007 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 32nd edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 27 and May 28, 2006 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2006 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 31st edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 28 May and 29 May 2005 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2005 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 30th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 29 and May 30, 2004 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event was part of the 2004 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 29th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on 31 May and 1 June 2003 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2003 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 28th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on June 1 and June 2, 2002 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2002 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 27th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 26 and May 27, 2001 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2001 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. Roman Šebrle set a world record in the men's decathlon with 9026 points.
The 26th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on June 3 and June 4, 2000 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2000 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.
The 25th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 29 and May 30, 1999 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 1999 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. Tomáš Dvořák set a new meet record with a total number of 8738 points in the men's decathlon.
The 23rd annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 31 and June 1, 1997 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event.
The 21st annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 27 and May 28, 1995 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event.
The 20th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 28 and May 29, 1994 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon event. Eduard Hämäläinen set a new meeting record with a total number of 8735 points.
The 19th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 29 and May 30, 1993 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event.
The 18th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 30 and May 31, 1992 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon. It was the highest level combined events meet prior to the start of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
The 17th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on June 15 and June 16, 1991 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon. The meeting was the most major combined events competition prior to the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
The 17th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on June 16 and June 17, 1990 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event.
The 13th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 24 and May 25, 1986 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition featured a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon event.
