combined event

noun
UK /kəmˈbaɪnd ɪˈvent/
US /kəmˈbaɪnd ɪˈvent/

A combined event is a sports competition where athletes do several different games and add up their scores.

The decathlon is a combined event with ten different track and field games.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A single occasion made by joining two or more separate happenings together.

The school fair was a combined event with a book sale and a bake-off.

3. In gymnastics, a contest where scores from several apparatus are added together.

She won the combined event after doing well on the vault and the beam.

4. Any program or activity that brings together parts from different groups or areas.

The festival was a combined event of music, food, and art.