The 38th edition of the annual

Hypo-Meeting The Hypo-Meeting is an annual athletics (sport), athletics competition that takes place in the Mösle stadium in Götzis in Vorarlberg (Austria) held in the spring (late May, early June). In its history, a total of three world records have been se ...

took place on 26 and 27 May

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Götzis Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs to the district of Feldkirch. Population Events The town is well known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so-called ...

, Austria. The

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

competition, featuring a men's

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

and a

women's heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

event was part of the 2012 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.

Hans van Alphen Hans Van Alphen (born 12 January 1982, in Turnhout) is a Belgium, Belgian decathlete. Van Alphen won the silver medal at the Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade, 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eleventh at the 2007 World Championships i ...

and

Jessica Ennis Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (née Ennis; born 28 January 1986) is a British retired athlete who specialised in the heptathlon and 100 metres hurdles. As a competitor in heptathlon, she is the 2012 Olympic champion, a three-time world champion (2 ...

led the men's and women's competition, respectively, after the first day. Ennis (6906 points) and van Alphen (8516 points) were the winners of the events overall. Ennis' score was a British record.

Men's Decathlon

Schedule

:May 26 : :May 27 :

Records

Results

Women's heptathlon

Schedule

:May 26 : :May 27 :

Records

Results

References

; Results ;
Women's Event by Event Heptathlon Scores
;
Men's Event by Event Decathlon Scores
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