2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

The Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high-profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were both injured, and Olympic silver medallist Hyleas Fountain, who failed to qualify at the national championships.

Nataliya Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, was highly favoured to win the event, while Great Britain's Jessica Ennis was predicted to improve upon her own world leading mark of 6587 points. Tatyana Chernova, Ukrainians Hanna Melnychenko and Lyudmyla Yosypenko, and Germans Jennifer Oeser and Lilli Schwarzkopf were cited as medal contenders.Jalaka, Mirko (2009-08-09). Women's Heptathlon - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.

After the first day, Ennis had built up a considerable lead, winning three of the four events and ending the day more than three hundred points ahead of second-ranked Dobrynska.Butcher, Pat (2009-08-15). Berlin 2009 - Day 1 WRAP - 15 Aug . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Ennis' first day total of 4124 points was the third highest ever first day score in the heptathlon, behind Kluft and world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee.Ennis closes in on heptathlon win . BBC Sport (2009-08-15). Retrieved on 2009-08-15. On the second day, unusually for a heptathlon competition, Linda Züblin set a Swiss record in the javelin throw.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Heptathlon - Javelin Throw . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17. Ennis maintained her lead with competitive marks in the long jump and javelin throw (her weaker events) and she won the final 800 metres race, gaining her first major championship gold medal and setting a world leading mark and much improved personal best of 6731 points to win by 238 points. Olympic champion Dobrynska faded into fourth place on the final day, while Jennifer Oeser set a personal best for the silver medal and Kamila Chudzik took bronze, Poland's first ever heptathlon medal at the competition.Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16).Event Report - Women's 800 Metres - Heptathlon . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.Brown, Matthew (2009-08-17). Ennis’ PB Put puts her to gold in Berlin . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

The competition represented a breakthrough for Ennis, who had missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics through injury and whose previous best result was fourth place at the 2007 World Championships. She was Great Britain's first gold medallist of the tournament, and she became the country's third woman multi-eventer to win a major global championship, after former Olympic champions Mary Peters and Denise Lewis.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze

Records Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record7291Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988Championship record7128Rome, Italy1 September 1987World leading6587Desenzano del Garda, Italy10 May 2009African record6423Götzis, Austria29 May 2005Asian record6942Götzis, Austria26 May 1996North American record7291Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988South American record6076Beijing, China16 August 2008European record7032Osaka, Japan26 August 2007Oceanian record6695Auckland, New Zealand28 January 1990

Qualification standards A standardB standard 6100pts 5900pts

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009 10:10 100 metres hurdlesAugust 15, 2009 11:20 High jumpAugust 15, 2009 18:20 Shot putAugust 15, 2009 21:10 200 metresAugust 16, 2009 11:35 Long jumpAugust 16, 2009 18:05 Javelin throwAugust 16, 2009 20:50 800 metresAugust 16, 2009 20:50 Final standings

Results

100 metres hurdles Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes 1 1 Jessica Ennis 12.93 1135 2 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou 13.44 1059 PB 3 1 Sara Aerts 13.45 1058 4 1 Kamila Chudzik 13.50 1050 SB 4 1 Diana Pickler 13.50 1050 6 4 Tatyana Chernova 13.58 1039 SB 7 1 Hanna Melnychenko 13.60 1036 7 3 Louise Hazel 13.60 1036 SB 9 1 Jennifer Oeser 13.62 1033 10 4 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 13.64 1030 PB 11 1 Yvonne Wisse 13.66 1027 SB 12 3 Karolina Tymińska 13.67 1026 SB 13 4 Brianne Theisen 13.69 1023 PB 14 4 Linda Züblin 13.75 1014 SB 15 1 Aiga Grabuste 13.78 1010 15 4 Marisa De Aniceto 13.78 1010 17 2 Bettie Wade 13.79 1008 PB 18 2 Lilli Schwarzkopf 13.80 1007 SB 19 2 Nataliya Dobrynska 13.85 1000 SB 20 2 Sharon Day 13.90 993 21 3 Jessica Samuelsson 13.96 984 SB 22 2 Kaie Kand 13.99 980 23 2 Aryiro Strataki 14.17 954 24 4 Yuliya Tarasova 14.23 946 25 3 Julia Mächtig 14.40 923 25 3 Nadja Casadei 14.40 923 27 3 Ida Marcussen 14.51 907 28 2 Sushmitha Singha Roy 14.55 902 29 3 Eliška Klučinová 14.89 856

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

High jump Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes 1 B Jessica Ennis 1.92 1132 SB 2 B Sharon Day 1.89 1093 3 B Lyudmyla Yosypenko 1.86 1054 4 B Julia Mächtig 1.83 1016 PB 4 B Hanna Melnychenko 1.83 1016 6 B Nataliya Dobrynska 1.83 1016 SB 7 B Jennifer Oeser 1.83 1016 SB 8 B Bettie Wade 1.80 978 9 B Marisa De Aniceto 1.77 941 10 B Diana Pickler 1.77 941 10 A Antoinette Nana Djimou 1.77 941 SB 10 A Brianne Theisen 1.77 941 PB 13 A Kamila Chudzik 1.74 903 14 B Lilli Schwarzkopf 1.74 903 15 B Tatyana Chernova 1.74 903 16 B Eliška Klučinová 1.71 867 16 A Kaie Kand 1.71 867 18 B Aiga Grabuste 1.71 867 18 A Louise Hazel 1.71 867 PB 20 A Karolina Tymińska 1.71 867 21 A Aryiro Strataki 1.71 867 22 A Yvonne Wisse 1.68 830 22 A Nadja Casadei 1.68 830 22 A Jessica Samuelsson 1.68 830 25 B Sara Aerts 1.68 830 26 A Yuliya Tarasova 1.68 830 27 A Ida Marcussen 1.65 795 28 A Sushmitha Singha Roy 1.62 759 29 A Linda Züblin 1.62 759

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Shot put Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes B Nataliya Dobrynska 15.82 916 SB B Julia Mächtig 15.21 875 B Kamila Chudzik 15.10 868 PB B Jennifer Oeser 14.29 813 PB B Jessica Ennis 14.14 803 PB B Antoinette Nana Djimou 14.04 797 B Karolina Tymińska 13.75 777 A Hanna Melnychenko 13.70 774 SB B Jessica Samuelsson 13.56 765 10 B Lilli Schwarzkopf 13.43 756 11 A Sharon Day 13.42 755 PB 12 A Eliška Klučinová 13.40 754 13 B Aiga Grabuste 13.26 745 14 A Linda Züblin 13.16 738 PB 15 A Lyudmyla Yosypenko 13.01 728 16 A Aryiro Strataki 12.93 723 17 B Yuliya Tarasova 12.92 722 18 B Nadja Casadei 12.92 722 19 A Kaie Kand 12.83 716 20 A Ida Marcussen 12.71 708 21 B Yvonne Wisse 12.53 696 22 A Tatyana Chernova 12.43 690 23 B Diana Pickler 12.40 688 24 A Marisa De Aniceto 12.21 675 25 A Louise Hazel 11.62 636 26 A Sushmitha Singha Roy 11.15 605 27 A Brianne Theisen 11.07 600 B Bettie Wade A Sara Aerts

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

200 metres Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes 1 Jessica Ennis 23.25 1054 SB 1 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 23.86 994 1 Karolina Tymińska 23.87 993 1 Hanna Melnychenko 24.11 970 PB 1 Tatyana Chernova 24.13 968 3 Louise Hazel 24.19 963 SB 3 Jennifer Oeser 24.30 952 PB 3 Kamila Chudzik 24.33 949 PB 3 Julia Mächtig 24.39 944 SB 10 3 Yuliya Tarasova 24.60 924 11 1 Brianne Theisen 24.62 922 12 1 Jessica Samuelsson 24.71 914 13 2 Diana Pickler 24.75 910 SB 14 1 Yvonne Wisse 24.78 907 15 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou 24.83 902 SB 16 2 Nadja Casadei 24.92 894 PB 17 4 Bettie Wade 24.98 889 SB 18 3 Nataliya Dobrynska 25.02 885 19 3 Linda Züblin 25.04 883 20 4 Sharon Day 25.15 873 21 2 Marisa De Aniceto 25.32 858 22 4 Aiga Grabuste 25.49 842 23 2 Ida Marcussen 25.59 833 24 4 Sushmitha Singha Roy 25.65 828 25 2 Aryiro Strataki 25.93 803 26 2 Kaie Kand 26.07 791 27 4 Eliška Klučinová 26.17 782 2 Lilli Schwarzkopf 4 Sara Aerts

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Long jump Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes 1 B Kamila Chudzik 6.55 1023 PB 2 B Tatyana Chernova 6.50 1007 SB 3 B Hanna Melnychenko 6.43 985 PB 4 B Jennifer Oeser 6.42 981 5 B Nataliya Dobrynska 6.41 978 6 A Aiga Grabuste 6.40 975 SB 7 B Julia Mächtig 6.36 962 8 A Antoinette Nana Djimou 6.32 949 SB 9 B Jessica Ennis 6.29 940 10 B Diana Pickler 6.24 924 SB 11 B Yuliya Tarasova 6.23 921 12 B Lyudmyla Yosypenko 6.20 912 13 B Bettie Wade 6.18 905 14 B Louise Hazel 6.13 890 15 A Kaie Kand 5.99 846 SB 16 A Marisa De Aniceto 5.97 840 17 A Jessica Samuelsson 5.90 819 18 A Aryiro Strataki 5.87 810 19 B Yvonne Wisse 5.87 810 20 A Brianne Theisen 5.82 795 21 B Nadja Casadei 5.78 783 21 A Eliška Klučinová 5.78 783 23 A Sharon Day 5.69 756 24 A Linda Züblin 5.69 756 25 A Sushmitha Singha Roy 5.43 680 A Ida Marcussen B Karolina Tymińska

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Javelin throw Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes 1 A Linda Züblin 53.01 919 NR 2 A Ida Marcussen 50.02 861 3 A Kamila Chudzik 48.72 835 4 A Marisa De Aniceto 48.39 829 PB 5 A Antoinette Nana Djimou 47.93 820 6 A Lyudmyla Yosypenko 46.87 800 7 B Jennifer Oeser 46.70 796 SB 8 B Sharon Day 44.14 747 PB 9 A Brianne Theisen 43.84 741 10 A Jessica Ennis 43.54 735 11 A Aiga Grabuste 43.52 735 12 B Louise Hazel 43.51 735 13 A Nataliya Dobrynska 43.29 731 14 B Aryiro Strataki 42.87 722 15 A Hanna Melnychenko 42.24 710 16 A Tatyana Chernova 41.88 703 17 A Eliška Klučinová 41.19 690 18 B Diana Pickler 41.13 689 19 B Yuliya Tarasova 40.88 684 20 A Julia Mächtig 40.70 681 21 B Kaie Kand 37.68 623 22 B Jessica Samuelsson 37.15 613 SB 23 B Bettie Wade 36.70 604 PB 24 B Sushmitha Singha Roy 36.03 591 25 B Yvonne Wisse 33.82 549 26 B Nadja Casadei 32.30 520

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

800 metres Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes 3 Tatyana Chernova 2:09.11 978 SB 2 Jessica Samuelsson 2:10.34 960 2 Kaie Kand 2:11.92 937 4 Jessica Ennis 2:12.22 932 2 Brianne Theisen 2:12.62 927 PB 1 Nadja Casadei 2:12.66 926 4 Hanna Melnychenko 2:12.85 923 PB 4 Nataliya Dobrynska 2:13.22 918 1 Ida Marcussen 2:13.81 910 10 3 Sharon Day 2:13.84 909 11 4 Jennifer Oeser 2:14.34 902 12 4 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 2:14.64 898 SB 13 3 Marisa De Aniceto 2:14.80 896 14 1 Yvonne Wisse 2:15.58 885 15 3 Diana Pickler 2:15.60 884 PB 16 3 Louise Hazel 2:15.85 881 PB 17 2 Aryiro Strataki 2:16.72 869 18 2 Linda Züblin 2:17.01 865 19 4 Julia Mächtig 2:17.07 864 20 3 Aiga Grabuste 2:17.43 859 SB 21 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou 2:17.72 855 SB 22 4 Kamila Chudzik 2:18.58 843 23 1 Eliška Klučinová 2:23.79 773 24 1 Bettie Wade 2:25.50 750 25 2 Yuliya Tarasova 2:35.05 631 26 1 Sushmitha Singha Roy 2:36.13 618

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Final standings

Rank Athlete Country Points Notes Jessica Ennis 6731 WL Jennifer Oeser 6493 PB Kamila Chudzik 6471 SB Nataliya Dobrynska 6444 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 6416 PB Hanna Melnychenko 6414 Antoinette Nana Djimou 6323 PB Tatyana Chernova 6288 Julia Mächtig 6265 Sharon Day 6126 Diana Pickler 6086 Marisa De Aniceto 6049 Aiga Grabuste 6033 Louise Hazel 6008 Brianne Theisen 5949 Linda Züblin 5934 Jessica Samuelsson 5885 Kaie Kand 5760 Aryiro Strataki 5748 Yvonne Wisse 5704 Yuliya Tarasova 5658 Nadja Casadei 5598 Eliška Klučinová 5505 Bettie Wade 5134 Ida Marcussen 5014 Sushmitha Singha Roy 4983 Karolina Tymińska Lilli Schwarzkopf Sara Aerts

Key: DNF = Did not finish, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

References General Heptathlon results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Specific