2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon


The women's heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on.

Summary

With the retirements of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa was the only returning medalist from 2015. Since both retirees were also on the Olympic podium, that left Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam as the clear favorite. She had scored the third best ever heptathlon score in Götzis at the end of May, her 7013 points getting close to the European Record. Ikauniece-Admidina and Carolin Schäfer had also both scored more than 6800 points with 6815 points and 6836 points respectably. Therefore three athletes had surpassed Thiam's winning score from Rio.
Nevertheless, Thiam's position was emphasized when Ikauniece-Admidiņa was injured in the first event and could not continue. Yorgelis Rodríguez provided surprise competition when she made three personal bests in the high jump to stay only 8 points behind Thiam. Both Rodríguez and Thiam tied at 1.95 metres which equaled the World Championship Heptathlon Best. Home favorite Katarina Johnson-Thompson was expected to be competitive, particularly in the high jump since she holds the British record, but she only made one clearance in the competition, at 1.80 metres, significantly below her personal best of 1.98 metres. Thiam separated from Rodríguez with a shot put 1.72 metres better. Carolin Schäfer was the next closest challenger after her personal best in the shot. Thiam's normally weak [|200 metres] was consistent, 24.57 is only 0.17 seconds off her personal best but it opened the door for Schäfer to be the overall leader after day one. Johnson-Thompson's 22.78 roared her back into contention in fourth place.
At the beginning of the second day, Johnson-Thompson produced a 6.56 metre long jump to move up in the rankings. Rodríguez and Schäfer lost some ground with 6.23 metre and 6.20 metre jumps. On her final attempt, Thiam gained ground on all of them with her 6.57 metre best jump of the day. In the javelin throw, Thiam and Schäfer were about even through the first two throws, with Rodríguez losing about two metres to both of them and Johnson-Thompson falling well behind. On the final throw, Schäfer edged a few centimetres past Thiam's earlier throw, but Thiam unleashed a 53.93 metre throw to pad her lead by another 76 points. But the best javelin throw of the day was a World Championship Heptathlon Best 58.41 metres by Anouk Vetter, which brought her into the medal chase, displacing Rodríguez. Going into the final event, Vetter and Schäfer were virtually tied with only 3 points separation. They knew their performance in the [|800 metres] would determine which medal they got. With 170 points to spare, it would take a weak 800 metres by Thiam to allow either a shot at gold. Schäfer's 800 metres record was about 3 seconds faster than Vetter coming in, and needing her best Schäfer managed at 2:15.34 while Vetter visibly struggled to a 2:19.43. While Thiam's 800 metres was the third from the bottom, it was still adequate for an easy overall win.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee24 Sep 1988Seoul, South Korea
Championship7128Jackie Joyner-Kersee1 Sep 1987Rome, Italy
World leading7013Nafissatou ThiamGötzis, Austria
African6423Margaret Simpson29 May 2005Götzis, Austria
Asian6942Ghada Shouaa26 May 1996Götzis, Austria
NACAC7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee24 Sep 1988Seoul, South Korea
South American6270Evelis Aguilar26 Jun 2016Cali, Colombia
European7032Carolina Klüft26 Aug 2007Osaka, Japan
Oceanian6695Jane Flemming28 Jan 1990Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Dutch6636Anouk Vetter6 Aug 2017
Cuban6594Yorgelis Rodríguez6 Aug 2017
Austrian6417Ivona Dadic6 Aug 2017
Championship heptathlon best – high jump1.95Nafissatou Thiam5 Aug 2017
Championship heptathlon best – high jump1.95Yorgelis Rodríguez5 Aug 2017
Championship heptathlon best – javelin throw58.41Anouk Vetter6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6200 points.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
5 August10:05[|100 metres hurdles]
5 August11:30High jump
5 August19:00Shot put
5 August21:00200 metres
6 August10:00Long jump
6 August11:45Javelin throw
6 August20:40800 metres

Results

100 metres hurdles

The 100 metres hurdles took place on 5 August in four heats as follows:
Heat1234
Start time10:0510:1310:2410:33
Wind +0.3−0.30.00.0
Photo finish

The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotes
14Nadine Visser12.851147
24Kendell Williams13.021121
34Carolin Schäfer13.091111
44Erica Bougard13.241089
53Anouk Vetter13.311078
64Katarina Johnson-Thompson13.331075
73Grit Šadeiko13.371069
84Kateřina Cachová13.371069
94Antoinette Nana Djimou13.461056
103Claudia Salman-Rath13.521047
113Nafissatou Thiam13.541044
122Yorgelis Rodríguez13.601036
132Ivona Dadic13.681024
142Xénia Krizsán13.701021
153Odile Ahouanwanou13.711020
164Laura Ikauniece-Admidina13.711020
172Nadine Broersen13.791008
182Verena Preiner13.791008
191Géraldine Ruckstuhl13.801007
203Sharon Day-Monroe13.821004
213Lecabela Quaresma13.94987
223Caroline Agnou13.95985
231Evelis Aguilar14.03974
242Alysbeth Felix14.03974
252Eliška Klučinová14.03974
262Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas14.05971
271Swapna Barman14.14959
281Tamara de Sousa14.16956
291Alina Shukh14.32934
301Hanne Maudens14.47913
311Vanessa Chefer14.94850

High jump

The high jump took place on 5 August in two groups with Group A starting at 11:29 and Group B starting at 11:30. The results were as follows:

Shot put

The shot put took place on 5 August in two groups with Group A starting at 18:59 and Group B starting at 19:00. The results were as follows:

200 metres

The 200 metres took place on 5 August in four heats as follows:
Heat1234
Start time20:5921:0721:1521:23
Wind −0.30.0−0.4−0.2
Photo finish

The overall results were as follows:

Long jump

The long jump took place on 6 August in two groups with Group A starting at 09:59 and Group B starting at 10:00. The results were as follows:

Javelin throw

The javelin throw took place on 6 August in two groups with Group A starting at 11:54 and Group B starting at 13:07. The results were as follows:

800 metres

The 800 metres took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:
Heat123
Start time20:4120:5121:02
Photo finish

The overall results were as follows:

Final standings

The final standing were as follows:
RankAthleteNationalityTotalNotes
Nafissatou Thiam1044117187292710309368046784
Carolin Schäfer1111105485010219128608886696
Anouk Vetter107894186794694910248316636'
4Yorgelis Rodríguez103611717579419218109586594'
5Katarina Johnson-Thompson1075978692109310277009936558
6Ivona Dadic10249787829708439059156417'
7Nadine Visser114794172510079437118966370
8Claudia Salman-Rath1047903717988102368110036362
9Xénia Krizsán102194180387382888410066356
10Eliška Klučinová97410548489138997049216313
11Géraldine Ruckstuhl10079787519027959028956230
12Kendell Williams11219037099539087918356220
13Grit Šadeiko10699036989248508118396094
14Alina Shukh93410167777468049178816075
15Kateřina Cachová10699036519288967388856070
16Antoinette Nana Djimou10568678358718657628086064
17Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas9719417778528317639156050
18Erica Bougard108990362210148775489836036
19Odile Ahouanwanou10209038419728257287316020
20Sharon Day-Monroe10049038708907326819266006
21Caroline Agnou9858307709209187358436001
22Lecabela Quaresma9878677598528136049065788
23Hanne Maudens9139416488488965809235749
24Tamara de Sousa9569037739207566806435631
25Alysbeth Felix9748675838528076598425584
26Swapna Barman9598675837587097348215431
29Vanessa Chefer85083066987362365504500
Verena Preiner10088677389398437690'
Nadine Broersen100810168008898340'
Evelis Aguilar97483075394700'
Laura Ikauniece-Admidina102000