Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon

The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.

The gold medal was won by Jessica Ennis. She bettered Eunice Barber's World Heptathlon Best in the 100 metres hurdles by 0.08 seconds. Many others in the field also achieved their personal bests in the same event.

2004 silver medalist Austra Skujytė outperformed Ennis by 6 cm in the high jump, clearing 1.92m, and in the shot put, where both athletes scored personal bests.

In the 200 metres, Ennis regained the lead, tying with Dafne Schippers at 22.83 seconds, a personal best for both. Ennis ended this first day with a lead of 175 points.

On the second day, Ennis initially struggled with the long jump but figured out her marks eventually posting a respectable 6.48m. Reigning World Champion Tatyana Chernova had the best mark in the event with 6.54m. Sofia Ifadidou came first in the javelin, setting a new Olympic best of 56.96m while Ennis was over 7 metres behind. Ennis went into the 800 metres with almost a 200-point lead over the slower Skujytė. Confident of a win, she led the race, completing her opening lap in 1:01.89. She paid for that fast pace, being overtaken by Lilli Schwarzkopf and Chernova who were battling over the silver medal but on the home stretch, Ennis again showed her superiority, passing them both to win in 2:08.65. Chernova won the battle but could not make up the 35-point differential, so Schwarzkopf took silver and Chernova the bronze. Initially after the 800 metres, Schwarzkopf was disqualified for breaking lane, but this later turned out to be a mistake, Kristina Savitskaya in the neighbouring lane having done so, and Schwarzkopf was re-instated.

Ennis's final score was 6955 points, a British and Commonwealth record.

In 2013, Chernova was suspended over doping violations back to 2009. Subsequently, the IAAF filed a case with the Court of Arbitration questioning the selective suspension periods of her and five other Russian athletes that made them eligible between 2011 and 2013.

Competition format The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven events. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon.

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record 7291 pts Seoul, South Korea 23–24 September 1988Olympic record2012 World leading6906 ptsGötzis, Austria26–27 May 2012Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics2012 World leading 6955 pts London, United Kingdom 3–4 August 2012World Heptathlon Best100m hurdles 12.54 NR, WHB London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012World Heptathlon BestShot put 17.31 WHB London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012Olympic Heptathlon BestJavelin throw 56.96 OHB London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundFriday, 3 August 2012 10:0511:1519:0020:45100 metres hurdlesHigh jumpShot put200 metresSaturday, 4 August 2012 10:0511:4020:35Long jumpJavelin throw800 metres

Detailed results KEY:WHBWorld Heptathlon BestOHBOlympic Heptathlon BestNRNational RecordPBPersonal BestSBSeasonal BestDQDisqualifiedDNSDid not startDNFDid not finish

100 metres hurdles Wind: +0.7, −0.2, +2.0, +0.9, +1.3 m/s.100 metres hurdles ResultsPoints after 1 event

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes 1 5 Jessica Ennis 12.54 1195 WHB, NR 2 5 Jessica Zelinka 12.65 1178 PB 3 5 Hyleas Fountain 12.70 1170 PB 4 5 Sara Aerts 12.94 1133 PB 5 5 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida 12.96 1130 PB 6 1 Karolina Tymińska 13.22 1091 7 4 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 13.25 1087 PB 8 4 Lilli Schwarzkopf 13.26 1086 9 5 Brianne Theisen 13.30 1080 10 3 Hanna Melnychenko 13.32 1077 SB 11 3 Ellen Sprunger 13.35 1072 PB 12 4 Kristina Savitskaya 13.37 1069 PB 13 3 Jennifer Oeser 13.42 1062 SB 14 5 Uhunoma Osazuwa 13.46 1056 15 5 Tatyana Chernova 13.48 1053 16 3 Louise Hazel 13.48 1053 SB 17 4 Dafne Schippers 13.48 1053 18 4 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.48 1053 =PB 19 4 Chantae McMillan 13.49 1052 20 4 Grit Šadeiko 13.50 1050 21 4 Olga Kurban 13.56 1041 22 3 Sharon Day 13.57 1040 PB 23 2 Nataliya Dobrynska 13.57 1040 SB 24 3 Jessica Samuelsson 13.58 1039 PB 25 2 Nadine Broersen 13.64 1030 PB 26 3 Aiga Grabuste 13.65 1028 SB 27 3 Laura Ikauniece 13.71 1020 28 2 Marisa De Aniceto 13.74 1015 SB 29 2 Sofia Ifadidou 13.82 1004 30 2 Sarah Cowley 13.95 985 31 1 Yana Maksimava 13.97 983 PB 32 1 Austra Skujytė 14.00 978 SB 33 2 Eliška Klučinová 14.01 977 PB 34 1 Ida Marcussen 14.08 967 =SB 35 2 Irina Karpova 14.21 949 36 1 Györgyi Farkas 14.33 932 37 1 Julia Mächtig 14.54 903 38 1 Ivona Dadic 14.58 898 PB 2 Margaret Simpson 0

High jump High jump ResultsPoints after 2 events

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.56 1.59 1.62 1.65 1.68 1.71 1.74 1.77 1.80 1.83 1.86 1.89 1.92 1.95 Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 A Austra Skujytė – – – – – o o o o xo xxo xxo o xxx 1.92 1132 PB 2110 4 2 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson – – – – – o o o xo o xo xo xxx 1.89 1093 PB 2146 3 3 A Yana Maksimava – – – – – – o o o o xo xxo xxx 1.89 1093 2076 11 4 A Hyleas Fountain – – – – – – o o o o o xxx 1.86 1054 2224 2 5 A Nadine Broersen – – – – – – o o xo o xxo xxx 1.86 1054 SB 2084 10 5 A Jessica Ennis – – – – – – o o xo o xxo xxx 1.86 1054 2249 1 7 A Lilli Schwarzkopf – – – – – xo o o xo o xxx 1.83 1016 =PB 2102 7 7 A Kristina Savitskaya – – – – – o xo xo o o xxx 1.83 1016 2085 9 9 A Laura Ikauniece – – – – – – o xo o xo xxx 1.83 1016 2036 15 10 A Nataliya Dobrynska – – – – – o xo o xo xo xxx 1.83 1016 2056 12 11 A Brianne Theisen – – – – – o o o xo xxo xxx 1.83 1016 2096 8 12 B Lyudmyla Yosypenko – – – – o o xo o xo xxo xxx 1.83 1016 SB 2103 6 13 A Jennifer Oeser – – – – – – o o o xxx 1.80 978 2040 14 13 A Hanna Melnychenko – – – – – o o o o xxx 1.80 978 2055 13 13 A Eliška Klučinová – – – – – o o o o xxx 1.80 978 1955 25 16 A Tatyana Chernova – – – – – – o o xo xxx 1.80 978 2031 16 17 B Ivona Dadic – – o o o o o xo xo xxx 1.80 978 1876 33 18 A Sarah Cowley – – – – – – o o xxo xxx 1.80 978 1963 24 19 A Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida – – – – – o o xo xxo xxx 1.80 978 2108 5 20 A Olga Kurban – – – – – o o xxo xxo xxx 1.80 978 2019 18 21 B Györgyi Farkas – – – o – xo xo xo xxo xxx 1.80 978 1910 30 21 B Dafne Schippers – – – o o o xo xxo xxo xxx 1.80 978 PB 2031 17 23 B Aiga Grabuste – – – – o o o xo xxx 1.77 941 SB 1969 23 24 B Jessica Samuelsson – – o o o o xxo xo xx– – r 1.77 941 =PB 1980 22 25 A Sharon Day – – – – – – xo xxo xxx 1.77 941 1981 21 26 A Uhunoma Osazuwa – – – – o o xxo xxo xxx 1.77 941 1997 20 27 B Grit Šadeiko – – – o o o xo xxx 1.74 903 1953 26 28 B Ellen Sprunger – – xo o xo xo xxx 1.71 867 1939 27 29 B Marisa De Aniceto – – o o xo xxo xxx 1.71 867 SB 1882 31 30 B Irina Karpova – – – o o xxx 1.68 830 1779 36 30 B Sofia Ifadidou o o o o o xxx 1.68 830 1834 34 30 B Jessica Zelinka – – – o o xxx 1.68 830 2008 19 30 B Ida Marcussen – – o o o xxx 1.68 830 1797 35 34 B Julia Mächtig – – – xo o xxx 1.68 830 1733 38 35 B Chantae McMillan o o o o xo xxx 1.68 830 1882 32 36 B Karolina Tymińska – – xo o xxo xxx 1.68 830 1921 29 37 B Sara Aerts – – o xo xxx 1.65 795 SB 1928 28 38 B Louise Hazel o o xxx 1.59 724 1777 37

Shot put Shot put ResultsPoints after 3 events

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 A Austra Skujytė 15.96 X 17.31 17.31 1016 WHB, SB 3126 1 2 A Nataliya Dobrynska X X 15.05 15.05 864 2920 5 3 A Julia Mächtig 14.99 X X 14.99 860 2593 33 4 A Chantae McMillan 14.24 14.03 14.92 14.92 856 2738 23 5 A Jessica Zelinka 14.03 14.81 13.70 14.81 848 SB 2856 10 6 B Kristina Savitskaya 14.77 14.20 X 14.77 845 2930 4 7 A Lilli Schwarzkopf 13.94 13.86 14.77 14.77 845 SB 2947 3 8 B Sara Aerts 13.60 14.43 X 14.43 823 PB 2751 21 9 A Sharon Day 13.72 13.91 14.28 14.28 813 =PB 2794 17 10 A Jessica Ennis 13.85 14.28 13.02 14.28 813 3062 2 11 A Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida 13.10 14.26 13.89 14.26 811 2919 6 12 A Jessica Samuelsson 14.18 14.11 13.71 14.18 806 2786 18 13 A Tatyana Chernova 13.56 X 14.17 14.17 805 SB 2836 13 14 B Jennifer Oeser 13.67 14.16 13.81 14.16 805 SB 2845 12 15 A Yana Maksimava 13.88 13.77 14.09 14.09 800 2876 9 16 A Lyudmyla Yosypenko 13.90 X 13.40 13.90 787 2890 7 17 A Karolina Tymińska 13.31 13.74 13.46 13.74 777 2698 26 18 A Olga Kurban 13.71 13.25 13.26 13.71 775 2794 16 19 A Dafne Schippers 13.33 13.67 X 13.67 772 2803 15 20 B Nadine Broersen 12.16 13.24 13.57 13.57 765 2849 11 21 B Györgyi Farkas 13.55 13.49 X 13.55 764 2674 28 22 A Aiga Grabuste 12.28 13.52 X 13.52 762 2731 24 23 B Ida Marcussen 12.70 13.17 13.46 13.46 758 SB 2555 35 24 B Marisa De Aniceto 12.23 12.52 13.09 13.09 733 PB 2615 32 25 A Hanna Melnychenko 12.85 12.75 12.96 12.96 725 2780 19 26 B Sofia Ifadidou 12.78 12.96 X 12.96 725 2559 34 27 A Eliška Klučinová 12.93 X X 12.93 723 2678 27 28 B Brianne Theisen 12.89 12.62 12.84 12.84 720 PB 2816 14 29 B Louise Hazel 11.69 12.41 12.81 12.81 715 2492 37 30 B Uhunoma Osazuwa 12.21 12.77 12.05 12.77 712 2709 25 31 B Laura Ikauniece 11.67 11.48 12.64 12.64 704 2740 22 32 B Ellen Sprunger 11.48 11.58 12.62 12.62 702 2641 31 33 B Grit Šadeiko 12.43 12.19 X 12.43 690 2643 30 34 B Sarah Cowley 12.23 11.97 12.37 12.37 686 2649 29 35 B Ivona Dadic 12.19 11.13 X 12.19 674 2550 36 36 B Hyleas Fountain 11.99 11.84 11.40 11.99 660 2884 8 37 A Irina Karpova 11.68 X 11.39 11.68 640 2419 38 38 B Katarina Johnson-Thompson 11.29 10.88 11.32 11.32 616 2762 20

200 metres Wind: +0.8, +0.9, +0.3, +0.6, -0.3 m/s.200 metres ResultsPoints after 4 events

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 5 Dafne Schippers 22.83 1096 3899 6 2 5 Jessica Ennis 22.83 1096 PB 4158 1 3 5 Jessica Zelinka 23.32 1047 PB 3903 3 4 3 Ellen Sprunger 23.59 1020 PB 3661 23 5 4 Hyleas Fountain 23.64 1016 SB 3900 5 6 5 Tatyana Chernova 23.67 1013 3849 9 7 4 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 23.68 1012 =PB 3902 4 8 1 Karolina Tymińska 23.71 1009 3707 21 9 5 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 23.73 1007 PB 3769 14 10 5 Olga Kurban 23.88 992 3786 13 11 4 Hanna Melnychenko 24.09 972 PB 3752 16 12 3 Laura Ikauniece 24.16 965 PB 3705 22 13 4 Grit Šadeiko 24.25 957 3600 26 14 4 Jessica Samuelsson 24.25 957 3743 17 15 4 Ivona Dadic 24.29 953 3503 28 16 5 Brianne Theisen 24.35 947 3763 15 17 4 Sharon Day 24.36 946 3740 18 18 3 Jennifer Oeser 24.39 944 SB 3789 12 19 3 Kristina Savitskaya 24.46 937 PB 3867 7 20 2 Louise Hazel 24.48 935 SB 3427 34 21 4 Uhunoma Osazuwa 24.62 922 3631 24 22 2 Nataliya Dobrynska 24.69 915 SB 3835 10 23 3 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida 24.72 913 3832 11 24 2 Lilli Schwarzkopf 24.77 908 SB 3855 8 25 3 Eliška Klučinová 25.00 887 3565 27 26 1 Nadine Broersen 25.13 875 PB 3724 20 27 2 Ida Marcussen 25.15 873 3428 33 28 3 Chantae McMillan 25.25 864 3602 25 29 1 Marisa De Aniceto 25.26 863 SB 3478 31 30 2 Julia Mächtig 25.38 852 3445 32 31 2 Irina Karpova 25.42 849 3268 36 32 2 Austra Skujytė 25.43 848 3974 2 33 1 Yana Maksimava 25.43 848 SB 3724 19 34 2 Sarah Cowley 25.60 833 3482 30 35 1 Györgyi Farkas 25.72 822 3496 29 36 1 Sofia Ifadidou 25.91 805 3364 35 5 Sara Aerts 0 2751 37 3 Aiga Grabuste 0

Long jump Long jump ResultsPoints after 5 events