2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon explained

The women's heptathlon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place from August 25–26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The competition is notable for having the highest number of competitors (39) in the World Championships history. The winning margin was 200 points.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Schedule

August 25, 2007

August 26, 2007

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
			7291	September 24, 1988
			7128	September 1, 1987

Overall results

Points table after final event :

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
										800 m
			7032	1102 pts 13.15	1171 1.95	848 14.81	1041 23.38	1122 6.85	821 47.98	927 2:12.56
			6832	1087 pts 13.25	1132 1.92	823 14.44	972 24.09	1132 6.88	817 47.77	869 2:16.68
			6510	1093 pts 13.21	1054 1.86	803 14.14	1039 23.40	1066 6.68	513 31.90	942 2:11.58
4			6469	1129 pts 12.97	1093 1.89	656 11.93	1064 23.15	953 6.33	630 38.07	944 2:11.39
5			6439	1044 pts 13.54	1016 1.83	727 13.00	879 25.08	902 6.17	946 54.44	925 2:12.76
6			6380	931 pts 14.34	978 1.80	997 17.03	851 25.39	937 6.28	911 52.63	775 2:23.64
7			6378	1049 pts 13.51	1016 1.83	808 14.21	942 24.41	927 6.25	727 43.10	909 2:13.85
8			6327	994 pts 13.89	941 1.77	949 16.31	895 24.91	887 6.12	787 46.22	874 2:16.35
9			6244	1031 pts 13.63	1016 1.83	669 12.12	886 25.01	1062 6.67	654 39.32	926 2:12.68
10			6243	1020 pts 13.71	1016 1.83	749 13.33	887 25.00	994 6.46	666 39.91	911 2:13.72
11			6226	956 pts 14.16	830 1.68	727 13.00	925 24.59	997 6.47	880 51.02	911 2:13.69
12			6184	997 pts 13.87	978 1.80	727 13.00	939 24.44	981 6.42	638 38.49	924 2:12.81
13			6149	1043 pts 13.55	978 1.80	811 14.25	842 25.49	912 6.20	723 42.91	840 2:18.81
14			6102	1003 pts 13.83	941 1.77	809 14.23	940 24.43	819 5.90	734 43.48	856 2:17.61
15			6092	966 pts 14.09	867 1.71	744 13.25	979 24.02	956 6.34	590 35.97	990 2:08.27
16			6056	1043 pts 13.55	978 1.80	697 12.54	943 24.40	843 5.98	624 37.73	928 2:12.52
17			6019	1001 pts 13.84	941 1.77	730 13.04	889 24.98	856 6.02	778 45.76	824 2:19.97
18			5999	976 pts 14.02	830 1.68	798 14.06	863 25.26	896 6.15	758 44.73	878 2:16.06
19			5998	993 pts 13.90	867 1.71	738 13.16	938 24.45	912 6.20	678 40.55	872 2:16.48
20			5995	1031 pts 13.63	795 1.65	690 12.43	910 24.75	843 5.98	857 49.85	869 2:16.72
21			5926	941 pts 14.27	867 1.71	748 13.31	887 25.00	801 5.84	899 52.03	783 2:23.03
22			5922	1033 pts 13.62	978 1.80	674 12.20	827 25.66	862 6.04	679 40.60	869 2:16.67
23			5869	1004 pts 13.82	903 1.74	616 11.31	861 25.28	899 6.16	730 43.26	856 2:17.61
24			5848	947 pts 14.22	903 1.74	721 12.90	888 24.99	915 6.21	658 39.53	816 2:20.52
25			5838	1074 pts 13.34	903 1.74	610 11.22	923 24.61	853 6.01	660 39.62	815 2:20.63
26			5813	1030 pts 13.64	903 1.74	811 14.25	818 25.76	810 5.87	822 48.03	619 2:36.05
27			5805	964 pts 14.10	903 1.74	771 13.65	846 25.45	759 5.70	662 39.75	900 2:14.46
28			5745	1014 pts 13.75	867 1.71	756 13.43	881 25.06	840 5.97	709 42.19	678 2:31.23
29			5745	954 pts 14.17	795 1.65	765 13.56	886 25.01	813 5.88	616 37.30	916 2:13.34
30			5616	947 pts 14.22	830 1.68	707 12.69	811 25.84	774 5.75	635 38.33	912 2:13.63
31			5601	1014 pts 13.75	903 1.74	553 10.36	874 25.14	837 5.96	626 37.87	794 2:22.16
32			4954	1011 pts 13.77	830 1.68	708 12.71	960 24.22	887 6.12	558 34.31	0 DQ
—				1084 pts 13.27	724 1.59	751 13.36	1003 23.77	915 6.21
—				1027 pts 13.66	941 1.77	680 12.29	968 24.13	0 NM
—				1083 pts 13.28	903 1.74	793 13.99	942 24.41
—				1020 pts 13.71	978 1.80	760 13.49	808 25.88
—				997 pts 13.87	867 1.71	757 13.44	850 25.41
—				1023 pts 13.69	903 1.74
—				0 pts DNF

References

Results

• 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin, 800 m - IAAF.org
• Final standings - IAAF.org

Event reports

• 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin throw, 800 m - IAAF.org