Sports Technology and Performance, 2014 (March) , 11-14
the current and conventional scoring system for the heptathlon, like that for the men’s decathlon, both infringes a fundamental principle of all sporting competitions and is inequitable in relation to the multiple disciplines involved. The fundamental principle breached is that only the relative performance of the competitors on the day (or days) is relevant to the outcome. Inequity arises when the best performer in each of the multiple disciplines is not rewarded equally and the disciplines are therefore not weighted equally.