2026-03 SM-hallit | Miesten 7-ottelu

The competition

Aleksi Savolainen won the men's heptathlon at the Finnish indoor championships with 5526 points, 97 above his own PB series and a personal best. He took the lead in the sixth of the seven events and never held it before that.

Tarmo Savola led the first three events and did not finish the competition. Ville Toivonen took over at the high jump and held the lead through the hurdles. Savolainen went ahead in the pole vault and closed 127 clear.

Savolainen was second overnight on 3038 and 43 points up on his series, a figure built almost entirely on one throw: 14.87 in the shot was worth 782 points and 84 above his own, against 53 lost at 1.90 in the high jump. The pole vault settled the competition. His 5.06 was worth 929 points and 122 above his series, enough to turn a 77-point deficit into a lead of 104. The 1000m cost 61 against the series and nothing against the field. His 5526 beats the 5429 he scored at Tampere two years earlier.

Ville Toivonen led on 3070 at the day break, 75 points above his series, having taken 92 from 13.91 in the shot and 71 from 1.96 in the high jump after losing 88 in the long jump. Day 2 was worth 2329 and 90 under his series, the pole vault and the 1000m taking most of it, and he finished second on 5399, 15 short of the series that made his best.

Juuso Toivonen went the other way. He was fifth after day 1 on 2815 and 238 points under his series, most of it lost in the long jump and the shot, then produced the best day 2 of the three at 2504 and 95 above his own marks. It moved him to third on 5319.

Four more personal bests came from further down: Aleksi Hakanen took fourth 112 above his series, Leo Rautiainen sixth 8 above, Jere Liskojärvi seventh 12 above, and Olavi Halonen eighth 253 above his, the largest gain of the competition.

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