2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon explained

Event:Women's heptathlon
Competition:2017 World Championships
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:5–6 August
Competitors:31
Nations:20
Win Label:Points
Win Value:6784
Gold:Nafissatou Thiam
Goldnoc:BEL
Silver:Carolin Schäfer
Silvernoc:GER
Bronze:Anouk Vetter
Bronzenoc:NED
Prev:2015
Next:2019

The women's heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on .[1]

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,[2] 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.[3] 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 by 88 points.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[4]

Record Athlete Date Location
World7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States24 Sep 1988Seoul, South Korea
Championship7128Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States1 Sep 1987Rome, Italy
World leading7013Nafissatou Thiam BelgiumGötzis, Austria
African6423Margaret Simpson Ghana29 May 2005Götzis, Austria
Asian6942Ghada Shouaa Syrian Arab Republic26 May 1996Götzis, Austria
NACAC7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States24 Sep 1988Seoul, South Korea
South American6270Evelis Aguilar Colombia26 Jun 2016Cali, Colombia
European7032Carolina Klüft26 Aug 2007Osaka, Japan
Oceanian6695Jane Flemming Australia28 Jan 1990Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition:[5]

Record Athlete Date
Dutch6636Anouk Vetter6 Aug 2017
Cuban6594Yorgelis Rodríguez Cuba
Austrian6417Ivona Dadic Austria
Beninese6020Odile Ahouanwanou Benin-->
Championship heptathlon best – high jump1.95Nafissatou Thiam Belgium5 Aug 2017
Yorgelis Rodríguez Cuba
Championship heptathlon best – javelin throw58.41Anouk Vetter6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6200 points.[6]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[7]

DateTimeRound
5 August 10:05 100 metres hurdles
5 August 11:30 High jump
5 August 19:00 Shot put
5 August 21:00 200 metres
6 August 10:00 Long jump
6 August 11:45 Javelin throw
6 August 20:40 800 metres

Results

100 metres hurdles

The 100 metres hurdles took place on 5 August in four heats as follows:[8]

Heat 1 2 3 4
Start time10:05 10:13 10:24 10:33
Wind (m/s)+0.3 −0.3 0.0 0.0
Photo finishlinklinklinklink

The overall results were as follows:[9] [10]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes
1 4 12.85 1147
2 4 13.02 1121
3 4 13.09 1111
4 4 13.24 1089
5 3 13.31 1078
6 4 13.33 1075
7 3 13.37 1069
8 4 13.37 1069
9 4 13.46 1056
10 3 13.52 1047
11 3 13.54 1044
12 2 13.60 1036
13 2 13.68 1024
14 2 13.70 1021
15 3 13.71 1020
16 4 13.71 1020
17 2 13.79 1008
18 2 13.79 1008
19 1 13.80 1007
20 3 13.82 1004
21 3 13.94 987
22 3 13.95 985
23 1 14.03 974
24 2 14.03 974
25 2 14.03 974
26 2 14.05 971
27 1 14.14 959
28 1 14.16 956
29 1 14.32 934
30 1 14.47 913
31 1 14.94 850

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:[11] [12] [13]

Athlete Nationality Overall
1 A o o o o o xxx 1.95 1171 2215 1
2 A o o o o xo xxo xo 1.95 2207 2
3 A o o o o o xxo xo xxx 1.86 1054 2028 6
A o xo o xo o xo xxx 1.86 2165 3
5 A o o o o xo xxx 1.83 1016 2024 7
6 A xo o o xo xxx 1.83 1950 16
7 A o xxx 1.80 978 2053 5
8 A xo o o o o xxx 1.80 2002 10
9 A o o o xxo xxo xxx 1.80 1985 12
10 A o o o xxx 1.77 941 1912 20
11 A o o o xxo o xxx 1.77 1962 15
12 B o o xo xxx 1.77 1854 24
B o o o xo xxx 1.77 2019 9
14 B o o xo xo xxo xxx 1.77 2088 4
15 B o o o o o xxx 1.74 903 1950 16
B o o o o xxx 1.74 1859 23
17 A xo o xxx 1.74 1992 11
18 A o xo xxx 1.74 1907 21
19 A o xo xo xxx 1.74 2024 7
B o xo o xo xxx 1.74 1972 13
21 B o o xo o xxo xxx 1.74 1972 13
22 B o o xxo o xxo xxx 1.74 1923 18
23 B o o o o xxx 1.71 867 1875 22
A o o xxx 1.71 1826 27
25 B xo o xxx 1.71 1841 26
26 B o xxo xo xxx 1.71 1923 18
27 B o o o xxo xxx 1.71 1854 24
28 B o o o o xxx 1.68 830 1804 29
29 B o o o xo xxx 1.68 1680 30
30 B xo xxo xxx 1.68 1815 28
B 0

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:[14] [15] [16]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall
data-sort-type="number"1 !data-sort-type="number"2 !data-sort-type="number"3 !Pts Rank
1 A 15.17 14.76 14.99 15.17 872 3087 1
2 A 15.14 14.65 14.79 15.14 870 2777 9
3 A 13.92 15.09 15.09 867 2886 4
4 A 14.84 14.84 850 3015 2
5 A 14.80 14.76 14.80 848 2876 5
6 A 13.84 14.71 14.71 841 2764 11
7 A 14.61 14.61 835 2758 12
8 A 14.14 13.68 13.49 14.14 803 2765 10
9 A 13.46 13.91 14.09 14.09 800 2824 6
10 A 13.82 13.78 13.82 782 2784 8
11 A 13.63 13.39 13.75 13.75 777 2727 16
12 A 13.04 13.13 13.75 13.75 777 2689 17
13 A 13.68 13.69 13.25 13.69 773 2632 20
14 A 12.85 13.64 13.64 770 2585 25
15 A 13.08 13.48 13.16 13.48 759 2613 23
16 B 12.49 13.45 12.95 13.45 757 2964 3
17 B 13.39 12.64 13.34 13.39 753 2557 26
18 B 13.07 13.06 13.36 13.36 751 2736 14
19 A 13.16 13.05 12.7313.16 738 2613 23
20 B 12.22 12.76 12.96 12.96 725 2813 7
21 B 12.66 12.84 12.84 717 2667 19
22 B 12.05 12.73 12.22 12.73 709 2733 15
23 B 11.65 12.55 12.55 698 2670 18
24 B 12.01 12.47 12.36 12.47 692 2745 13
25 B 11.82 12.12 12.12 669 2349 30
26 B 11.84 11.75 11.84 651 2623 21
27 B 10.96 11.71 11.80 11.80 648 2502 27
28 B 11.41 11.31 11.19 11.41 622 2614 22
29 B 10.49 10.82 10.82 583 2424 28
30 B 7.33 10.81 10.81 583 2409 29
B 0

200 metres

The 200 metres took place on 5 August in four heats as follows:[17]

Heat 1 2 3 4
Start time20:59 21:07 21:15 21:23
Wind (m/s)−0.3 0.0 −0.4 −0.2
Photo finishlinklinklinklink

The overall results were as follows:[17] [18] [19]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall
Pts Rank
1 4 22.86 1093 3838 4
2 4 23.58 1021 4036 1
3 4 23.66 1014 362817
4 4 23.73 1007 3820 6
5 4 23.92 988 365513
6 3 24.09 972 37369
7 4 24.11 970 37548
8 4 24.29 953 368611
9 3 24.35 947 3504 24
10 3 24.36 946 3832 5
11 3 24.42 941 3905 3
12 3 24.44 939 355219
13 2 24.56 928355121
14 2 24.57 927 4014 2
15 2 24.60 924 359418
16 2 24.64 920 355220
17 3 24.64 920 350523
18 2 24.72 913 37897
19 2 24.84 902 363815
20 1 24.97 890 366712
21 1 24.98 889 371310
22 3 25.15 873 322229
23 1 25.15 873 3638 14
24 2 25.17 871 362916
25 1 25.38 852 354122
26 1 25.38 852 346526
27 2 25.38 852 3276 28
28 3 25.43 848 3350 27
29 1 26.45 758 3167 30
30 1 26.59 746 347325

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:[20] [21] [22]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall
data-sort-type="number"1 !data-sort-type="number"2 !data-sort-type="number"3 !Pts Rank
1 B 6.20 6.33 6.57 6.57 1030 5044 1
2 B 6.56 6.45 6.56 1027 4865 3
3 B 6.50 6.46 6.55 6.55 1023 4678 8
4 A 5.99 6.32 6.32 949 4781 5
5 A 5.97 6.00 6.30 6.30 943 4763 6
6 B 5.77 6.23 4.40 6.23 921 4826 4
7 B 6.05 6.22 6.22 918 4423 19
8 B 6.10 6.20 6.20 912 4948 2
9 B 5.94 5.84 6.19 6.19 908 4594 10
10 B 5.78 6.16 6.13 6.16 899 4688 7
11 B 6.03 6.15 6.15 896 4447 16
12 B 5.80 6.15 5.88 6.15 896 4246 26
13 B 6.01 4.53 6.09 6.09 877 4505 13
14 B 6.04 5.99 6.05 6.05 865 4494 14
15 A 6.00 5.72 6.00 850 4444 17
16 B 5.90 5.75 5.98 5.98 843 4597 9
17 A 5.98 5.79 5.55 5.98 843 4395 21
18 A 5.89 5.95 5.77 5.95 834 4547 12
19 B 5.94 5.94 831 4372 22
20 A 5.93 5.93 828 4466 15
21 A 5.38 5.92 5.46 5.92 825 4561 11
22 A 5.88 5.84 5.88 813 4278 24
23 A 5.85 5.86 5.86 807 4083 27
24 A 5.80 5.85 5.85 804 4277 25
25 A 5.37 5.69 5.82 5.82 795 4433 18
26 A 5.69 5.40 5.69 756 4308 23
27 A 5.49 5.61 5.61 732 4399 20
28 A 5.48 5.53 5.49 5.53 709 3876 28
29 A 5.22 5.23 5.23 623 3845 29
B 0

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:[23] [24] [25]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall
data-sort-type="number"1 !data-sort-type="number"2 !data-sort-type="number"3 !Pts Rank
1 B 55.32 58.41 58.41 1024 5805 3
2 B 49.93 48.68 53.93 53.93 936 5980 1
3 B 49.91 52.93 49.62 52.93 917 5194 16
4 A 47.51 52.29 52.29 905 5502 6
5 B 52.15 51.16 46.78 52.15 902 5335 12
6 B 49.55 50.36 51.25 51.25 884 5350 11
7 B 49.68 49.27 49.99 49.99 860 5808 2
8 B 46.84 46.16 47.47 47.47 811 5255 15
9 B 47.41 47.41 810 5636 4
10 B 41.45 46.43 46.43 791 5385 9
11 B 43.13 45.27 43.79 45.27 769 5164 18
12 A 44.22 44.53 44.95 44.95 763 5135 20
13 B 44.94 43.93 44.94 762 5256 14
14 B 43.67 43.29 43.38 43.67 738 5185 17
15 A 42.85 43.54 41.77 43.54 735 5158 19
16 A 38.84 43.49 43.37 43.49 734 4610 27
17 A 37.92 43.16 43.16 728 5289 13
18 A 38.82 42.26 42.26 711 5474 7
19 A 41.91 39.24 41.91 704 5392 8
20 A 41.72 40.27 41.65 41.72 700 5565 5
21 B 39.43 40.02 40.74 40.74 681 5080 21
22 A 40.36 37.76 40.70 40.70 681 5359 10
23 A 39.86 40.65 36.11 40.65 680 4988 23
24 A 39.56 38.82 39.56 659 4742 26
25 A 38.04 39.36 39.36 655 4500 29
26 A 35.79 36.71 36.71 604 4882 24
27 A 35.44 35.41 33.98 35.44 580 4826 25
28 A 33.76 33.76 548 5053 22
B 0
B 0

800 metres

The 800 metres took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:[26]

Heat 1 2 3
Start time20:41 20:51 21:02
Photo finishlinklinklink

The overall results were as follows:[26] [27] [28]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall
Pts Rank
1 2 2:07.17 1006 6356 9
2 3 2:07.37 1003 6362 8
3 3 2:08.10 993 6558 5
4 1 2:08.77 983 6036 18
5 3 2:10.48 958 6594 4
6 1 2:12.64 926 6006 20
7 1 2:12.87 923 5749 23
8 3 2:13.00 921 6313 10
9 1 2:13.44 915 6050 17
10 3 2:13.44 915 6417 6
11 1 2:14.06 906 5788 22
12 3 2:14.74 896 6370 7
13 2 2:14.85 895 6230 11
14 3 2:15.34 888 6696 2
15 2 2:15.58 885 6070 15
16 2 2:15.84 881 6075 14
17 2 2:18.57 843 6001 21
18 1 2:18.68 842 5584 25
19 2 2:18.88 839 6094 13
20 3 2:19.15 835 6220 12
21 3 2:19.43 831 6636 3
22 1 2:20.17 821 5431 26
23 2 2:21.14 808 6064 16
24 3 2:21.42 804 6784 1
25 2 2:27.00 731 6020 19
26 1 2:34.03 643 5631 24
1 0 4500 29
2 0

Final standings

The final standing were as follows.[28]

The best score for each event is highlighted.

data-sort-type="number"Rank !Athlete Nationality Total Notes
align=left align=left 1044 1171 872 927 1030 936 804 6784
align=left align=left 1111 1054 850 1021 912 860 888 6696
align=left align=left 1078 941 867 946 949 1024 831 6636
4 align=left align=left 1036 1171 757 941 921 810 958 6594
5 align=left align=left 1075 978 692 1093 1027 700 993 6558
6 align=left align=left 1024 978 782 970 843 905 915 6417
7 align=left align=left 1147 941 725 1007 943 711 896 6370
8 align=left align=left 1047 903 717 988 1023 681 1003 6362
9 align=left align=left 1021 941 803 873 828 884 1006 6356
10 align=left align=left 974 1054 848 913 899 704 921 6313
11 align=left align=left 1007 978 751 902 795 902 895 6230
12 align=left align=left 1121 903 709 953 908 791 835 6220
13 align=left align=left 1069 903 698 924 850 811 839 6094
14 align=left align=left 934 1016 777 746 804 917 881 6075
15 align=left align=left 1069 903 651 928 896 738 885 6070
16 align=left align=left 1056 867 835 871 865 762 808 6064
17 align=left align=left 971 941 777 852 831 763 915 6050
18 align=left align=left 1089 903 622 1014 877 548 983 6036
19 align=left align=left 1020 903 841 972 825 728 731 6020
20 align=left align=left 1004 903 870 890 732 681 926 6006
21 align=left align=left 985 830 770 920 918 735 843 6001
22 align=left align=left 987 867 759 852 813 604 906 5788
23 align=left align=left 913 941 648 848 896 580 923 5749
24 align=left align=left 956 903 773 920 756 680 643 5631
25 align=left align=left 974 867 583 852 807 659 842 5584
26 align=left align=left 959 867 583 758 709 734 821 5431
29 align=left align=left 850 830 669 873 623 655 0 4500
align=left align=left 1008 867 738 939 843 769 0
align=left align=left 1008 1016 800 889 834 0
align=left align=left 974 830 753 947 0 0
align=left align=left 1020 0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list.
  2. Web site: Ergebnisarchiv - Meeting Götzis. 9 September 2017. 9 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909142245/https://meeting-goetzis.at/meeting/ergebnisarchiv/. dead.
  3. Web site: Rio 2016 heptathlon women Results - Olympic athletics.
  4. Web site: Heptathlon – Records . IAAF. 1 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Records Set - Final. IAAF. 14 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Qualification System and Entry Standards. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Heptathlon − Timetable. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Heptathlon − 100 Metres Hurdles − Results. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Heptathlon − 100 Metres Hurdles − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  10. Web site: Heptathlon − Summary After 1 Event. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Heptathlon − High Jump − Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  12. Web site: Heptathlon − High Jump − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  13. Web site: Heptathlon − Summary After 2 Events. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  14. Web site: Heptathlon − Shot Put − Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  15. Web site: Heptathlon − Shot Put − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  16. Web site: Heptathlon − Summary After 3 Events. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  17. Web site: Heptathlon − 200 Metres − Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  18. Web site: Heptathlon − 200 Metres − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  19. Web site: Heptathlon − Summary After 4 Events. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  20. Web site: Heptathlon − Long Jump − Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  21. Web site: Heptathlon − Long Jump − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  22. Web site: Heptathlon − Summary After 5 Events. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  23. Web site: Heptathlon − Javelin Throw − Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  24. Web site: Heptathlon − Javelin Throw − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  25. Web site: Heptathlon − Summary After 6 Events. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  26. Web site: Heptathlon − 800 Metres − Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  27. Web site: Heptathlon − 800 Metres − Summary. IAAF. 7 August 2017.
  28. Web site: Heptathlon − Final Results. IAAF. 7 August 2017.

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