2024-02 NC-FIN Miesten 7-ottelu
Aleksi Savolainen won the men's heptathlon at the Finnish national championships on 17 February 2024 with 5429 points, 65 above the personal best he set in Kuortane in March 2023. He was the only man in the field to finish above his PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksi Savolainen (TampPy) | 5429 | +65 | |
| 2 | Juuso Toivonen (ÄhtärinU) | 5386 | -43 | -76 |
| 3 | Ville Toivonen (ÄhtärinU) | 5258 | -171 | -156 |
| 4 | Joni Heikkinen (OulunPy) | 4896 | -533 | -419 |
| 5 | Olavi Halonen (HyvinkSU) | 4722 | -707 | |
| 6 | Juuso Erkkilä (LohtVeikot) | 4568 | -861 | -254 |
| 7 | Jere Liskojärvi (HelTarmo) | 3515 | -1914 | -1488 |
| DNF | Ville Kattelus (YlihJu) |
The high jump decided the lead. Ville Toivonen had held it since the long jump and stood 2271 with 43 on Savolainen. Savolainen cleared 1.96 for 767 points, 97 more than the high jump in his PB series had been worth; Ville Toivonen cleared 1.87 for 687, and the lead changed by 37. Savolainen led after every remaining event, by 30 after the hurdles, 58 after the pole vault and 43 at the finish.
Savolainen was 67 under his own PB series after three events, having lost 27 in the 60m and 38 in the shot, and the high jump took him 30 above it at the day break on 2995. Day 2 gave 22 back in the hurdles and 12 in the pole vault, leaving him 4 under with one event to run. He closed with 2.49.41 in the 1000m for 772 points, 69 above his series mark, and finished 65 above the series.
Juuso Toivonen led after the opening 60m and was fourth at the day break on 2911, 142 under his PB series, with the long jump 60 of that at 6.88 against a 7.13 series mark. Day 2 returned 66: 12 in the hurdles, 12 in the pole vault and 42 in a 2.47.95 for 787 points that moved him from third to second. He finished 76 under the series and 43 behind.
Ville Toivonen led the long jump and the shot and was second at the day break on 2958, 37 under his PB series, the long jump 67 down and 13.05 in the shot 39 up. Day 2 turned against him in the pole vault: 4.16 for 662 points, 110 under his series mark, which dropped him from second to third and left him 195 down. The 1000m returned 39 and he finished 156 under.
Joni Heikkinen took fourth, 362 behind Ville Toivonen. The gap was 120 after the pole vault and the 1000m tripled it: Heikkinen ran 3.14.00 for 534 points, 206 under his own series mark, against Ville Toivonen's 776. That run, and 3.96 in the pole vault for 160 under the series, account for most of the 419 he finished under it. He had been 3 above the series after 13.99 in the shot for 728 points.
Savolainen was the only man in the field to beat his PB series, by 65, which is also a personal best on the 5364 he scored in Kuortane. Jere Liskojärvi, seventh, finished 1488 under his series, and Heikkinen 419 under.
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