Yes. This is an advancing situation. Sexism still exists in the history of the sport of Track and Field or Athletics if you are on the other side of the pond. Of course the sport started out just by men. When women were added, some of the further rationale dates to the 1928 Olympics, when the reports were that the competitors in the 800 metres were winded and exhausted. So this led to the thought that women were not as capable as men. Facts have proven this theory to be untrue, women excel in distance events, relative to the disparity between genders in strength and speed events. But what this caused over history is women being offered lesser events than men.
How this relates to the combined events is one of those legacy lesser events. Men did the decathlon in the modern Olympics since 1904 and it had a history in the male only Ancient games. Women first got to do a combined event in 1964 and they were offered the Pentathlon--5 events. It took twenty more years until it was converted into a 7 event, 2 day Heptathlon, which is what women do currently at the official Olympic event. All of these "advancements" toward equality have been slow and have been precipitated by women performing in the various events in lesser competitions to prove they are worthy of being included on the world stage. So women are participating in decathlons now. The women's world record is 8366 by Austra Skujytė of Lithuania. Even more impressive is the Masters women's world record, set by 65 year old Nadine O'Connor. Masters uses an age-grading conversion to score points. Her score is 10,234, almost 1200 points more than Ashton Eaton's men's world record.
anyone who is fit enough can train or take part in a decathlon
Men compete in decathlon, women compete in heptathlon. Men do not compete in heptathlon, women do not compete in decathlon.
Heptathlon includes seven events and only women compete. Decathlon is the male version.
Decathlon.
Daley Thompson took part in the decathlon. This sport is a combination of ten track and field events.
Women do not compete for a gold medal in the decathlon yet. The women do a 7 event Heptathlon, which was won in 2012 by Jessica Ennis.
Women can take part in the olympics.
it depends every year
A decathlon is always ten events. If you take out the discus throw, then you have nine events.
When one is arranged as part of a games event or competition.
My Boys - 2006 Decathlon Part Deux 3-4 was released on: USA: 21 April 2009 Belgium: 5 June 2010
Day 1100 Meter DashDiscus ThrowPole VaultJavelin Throw400 Meter DashDay 2100 Meter Intermediate HurdlesLong JumpShot PutHigh Jump1500 Meter Run(Women compete in the Heptathlon as their primary multidisciplinary competition during champions but in 2001 scoring tables were compiled for a women's decathlon by the IAAF; in IAAF's re-edition of the scoring tables in 2004 they announced aspirations to bring a women's decathlon into their fold in the future.)