This is the development of an idea, from the actual completion of the first Dodecathlon in 1984, where 3 athletes chose 4 sports each and competed in 12 sports over 30 days to determine a winner, to the beginning of the Hecathlon, where 4 athletes chose 25 sports each, and then started competing in 100 sports.

The Hecathlon
At the conclusion of the dodecathlon, they planned a hecathlon, 100 events from 25 sports, for 1985. They competed in 19 sports; it was never completed. But, then again, it has never been equaled. It is time for others to try.