Which combined events apply to each youth age group?
Rule- South Africa
- Athletics South Africa
- ASA Rules 2024 onwards
- World Athletics rules
- Youth athletics
- U16-U20
- 2026/27
- Coaches
From the ASA championship programme (ASA Rule 23.5) and World Athletics TR 39:
| Age group | Boys/men | Girls/women |
|---|---|---|
| U16 | Pentathlon | Pentathlon |
| U18 | Decathlon | Heptathlon |
| U20 | Decathlon | Heptathlon |
World Athletics event order:
- Decathlon: day 1: 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m. Day 2: 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1500m.
- Heptathlon (U18 and U20 women): day 1: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m. Day 2: long jump, javelin, 800m.
Each athlete uses the implements and hurdle heights for their own age group. Combined events are scored on the World Athletics scoring tables (ASA Rule 31). In combined events, long jump and each throw get three trials only, high jump bar rises are a uniform 3cm (pole vault 10cm), and one false start per race is allowed.
The ASA programme doesn't list the events that make up the U16 pentathlon.
Added 22 Oct 2026