The women's heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.
Summary Hanna Kasyanova (née Melnychenko) of Ukraine entered the competition as defending champion, although the favourite for the competition was the silver medalist of 2013 World Championships Brianne Theisen-Eaton who is the world leader by a margin of more than 250 points. Other potential winners and medalists were 2009 World and 2012 Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, returning from giving birth to her first child, 2015 European pentathlon champion and 2014 world number one Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Nadine Broersen, Carolin Schäfer, Barbara Nwaba, Nadine Visser and Nafissatou Thiam.Lurking in fourth place after day one was world leader Theisen-Eaton.
The returning champion Kasyanova did not start. The American champion Nwaba fell out of contention from the gun of the first race, misstepping the first hurdle and falling at the next. Meanwhile, Olympic champion Ennis-Hill made it clear she was intending to take this championship. Visser started strongly with two personal bests, her 12.81 hurdles just missing the national record that is almost six years older than she is. Johnson-Thompson joined her hyphenated British teammate in the medal hunt with a 1.89 high jump and a 200 metres win and personal bests in the other two events. Lurking in fourth place after the first day was returning silver medalist and world leader Theisen-Eaton who had been struggling through her last couple of events.
As the second day began, Theisen-Eaton excelled in the long jump while Johnson-Thompson was unable to land a legal jump, taking her out of the hunt and reshuffling the top athletes. Also joining the medal hunt was the top long jumper of the day, Claudia Rath. Anastasiya Mokhnyuk moved into the third-place position while Ennis-Hill's lead was over a hundred points. The javelin throw is not a strong event for any of the jumpers allowing strong throwers Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa and the other Dutch Nadine Broersen to move up into the top four. Theisen-Eaton injured her groin during the javelin but made it to the start line of the final event intending to run for a medal. Theisen-Eaton ran hard at the front of the final group, chased only by Ennis-Hill, the pair clearly out-distancing the rest of the leader group. But Ennis-Hill was not just satisfied by winning on points, she stamped an exclamation point on the win by marking Theisen-Eaton to the final straight then sprinting past. Ikauniece-Admidiņa held on to third place with her Latvian National Record while Boersen and Mokhnyuk suffered several seconds further back.
The result was that Ennis-Hill won gold by 115 points. This was her narrowest winning margin in a World Athletics Championships heptathlon. She didn't win any individual events but she placed second in the 100 metres hurdles, high jump, 200 metres and 800 metres as well as placing fourth in the long jump.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record7291Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988Championship record7128Rome, Italy1 September 1987World leading6808Götzis, Austria31 May 2015African record6423Götzis, Austria29 May 2005Asian record6942Götzis, Austria26 May 1996North, Central American and Caribbean record7291Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988South American record6160Barquisimeto, Venezuela10 June 2012European record7032Osaka, Japan26 August 2007Oceanian record6695Auckland, New Zealand28 January 1990
Qualification standards Points 6075 pts
Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 09:00 100 metres hurdles22 August 2015 10:20 High jump22 August 2015 18:30 Shot put22 August 2015 20:15 200 metres23 August 2015 09:00 Long jump23 August 2015 10:50 Javelin throw23 August 2015 19:40 800 metres
Results KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles was held on 22 August at 09:00.
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes 1 4 Nadine Visser 12.81 1153 2 4 Jessica Ennis-Hill 12.91 1138 3 4 Brianne Theisen-Eaton 12.98 1127 4 4 Anastasiya Mokhnyuk 13.07 1114 5 4 Akela Jones 13.17 1099 6 3 Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 13.21 1093 7 4 Erica Bougard 13.28 1083 8 3 Grit Šadeiko 13.36 1071 9 3 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.37 1069 10 3 Carolin Schäfer 13.40 1065 11 4 Sharon Day-Monroe 13.42 1062 12 3 Claudia Rath 13.44 1059 13 2 Karolina Tymińska 13.52 1047 14 3 Nadine Broersen 13.55 1043 15 2 Portia Bing 13.59 1037 16 3 Anouk Vetter 13.61 1034 17 2 Jennifer Oeser 13.67 1026 18 2 Xénia Krizsán 13.70 1021 19 1 Yorgelis Rodríguez 13.73 1017 20 3 Uhunoma Osazuwa 13.75 1014 21 1 Sofia Yfantidou 13.77 1011 22 2 Nafissatou Thiam 13.83 1003 23 1 Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 13.85 1000 24 2 Caroline Agnou 13.93 988 25 2 Valérie Reggel 13.94 987 26 2 Salcia Slack 13.98 981 27 1 Eliška Klučinová 14.06 970 28 2 Alina Fyodorova 14.17 954 29 1 Vanessa Spínola 14.28 939 30 1 Ida Marcussen 14.47 913 31 1 Lyubov Tkach 15.05 835 32 1 Ekaterina Voronina 15.09 830 3 Barbara Nwaba 0 4 Marthe Koala 0 4 Hanna Kasyanova 0 1 Evelis Aguilar 0
High jump The high jump was started on 22 August at 10:20.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson 1.89 1093 2166 2 2 A Jessica Ennis-Hill 1.86 1054 2192 1 3 A Eliška Klučinová 1.86 1054 2024 17 3 A Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 1.86 1054 2054 11 5 A Alina Fyodorova 1.86 1054 2008 20 5 A Nadine Broersen 1.86 1054 2097 6 7 A Yorgelis Rodríguez 1.86 1054 2071 9 8 A Nafissatou Thiam 1.86 1054 2057 10 9 A Uhunoma Osazuwa 1.83 1016 2030 16 9 A Jennifer Oeser 1.83 1016 2040 13 11 B Anastasiya Mokhnyuk 1.83 1016 2130 4 12 A Erica Bougard 1.83 1016 2097 6 13 A Carolin Schäfer 1.80 978 2043 12 13 A Akela Jones 1.80 978 2077 8 15 A Brianne Theisen-Eaton 1.80 978 2105 5 15 B Claudia Rath 1.80 978 2037 14 17 B Xénia Krizsán 1.80 978 1999 22 18 B Nadine Visser 1.80 978 2131 3 19 B Ekaterina Voronina 1.80 978 1808 27 20 B Portia Bing 1.80 978 = 2015 18 21 A Barbara Nwaba 1.77 941 941 33 22 A Sharon Day-Monroe 1.77 941 2003 21 23 A Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 1.77 941 2034 15 24 B Anouk Vetter 1.77 941 1975 23 24 B Grit Šadeiko 1.77 941 2012 19 26 A Lyubov Tkach 1.74 903 1738 32 27 B Vanessa Spínola 1.68 830 1769 28 28 B Sofia Yfantidou 1.68 830 1841 25 28 B Caroline Agnou 1.68 830 1818 26 30 B Ida Marcussen 1.68 830 1743 30 31 B Karolina Tymińska 1.65 795 1842 24 32 B Valérie Reggel 1.62 759 1746 29 33 B Salcia Slack 1.62 759 1740 31 B Evelis Aguilar 0 0 B Hanna Kasyanova 0 0 B Marthe Koala 0 0
Shot put The shot put was held on 22 August at 18:30.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 A Nafissatou Thiam 15.24 877 2934 2 2 A Alina Fyodorova 14.98 860 2868 7 3 A Sharon Day-Monroe 14.85 851 2854 10 4 A Barbara Nwaba 14.64 837 1778 33 5 A Nadine Broersen 14.59 833 2930 3 6 B Caroline Agnou 14.49 827 2645 24 7 A Anouk Vetter 14.24 810 2785 17 8 A Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 14.13 803 2857 9 9 A Xénia Krizsán 14.12 802 2801 14 10 A Lyubov Tkach 13.99 793 2531 28 11 A Anastasiya Mokhnyuk 13.83 783 2913 4 12 A Jennifer Oeser 13.81 781 2821 12 13 A Karolina Tymińska 13.79 780 2622 25 14 A Eliška Klučinová 13.79 780 2804 13 15 B Jessica Ennis-Hill 13.73 776 2968 1 16 B Brianne Theisen-Eaton 13.70 774 2879 5 17 B Portia Bing 13.60 767 2782 18 18 A Yorgelis Rodríguez 13.54 763 2834 11 19 A Salcia Slack 13.53 763 2503 30 20 B Ekaterina Voronina 13.52 762 2570 26 21 A Vanessa Spínola 13.44 757 2526 29 22 B Valérie Reggel 13.32 749 2495 31 23 B Carolin Schäfer 13.31 748 2791 15 24 B Nadine Visser 13.16 738 2869 6 25 B Claudia Rath 13.09 733 2770 19 26 B Sofia Yfantidou 12.94 723 2564 27 27 B Ida Marcussen 12.86 718 2461 32 28 A Akela Jones 12.73 709 2786 16 29 B Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 12.71 708 2742 20 30 B Katarina Johnson-Thompson 12.47 692 2858 8 31 B Grit Šadeiko 12.05 664 2678 22 32 B Uhunoma Osazuwa 11.79 647 2677 23 33 B Erica Bougard 11.40 621 2718 21
200 metres The 200 metres were held on 22 August at 20:15.
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4, Heat 2: −1.3, Heat 3: +0.8, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s.
Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 4 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 23.08 1071 3925 2 2 4 Jessica Ennis-Hill 23.42 1037 4005 1 3 4 Nadine Visser 23.78 1002 3871 3 4 4 Brianne Theisen-Eaton 23.94 986 3865 4 5 3 Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 23.97 984 3726 13 6 3 Portia Bing 24.00 981 3763 8 7 3 Karolina Tymińska 24.15 966 3588 24 8 3 Claudia Rath 24.15 966 3736 11 9 4 Carolin Schäfer 24.22 960 3751 9 10 3 Uhunoma Osazuwa 24.36 946 3623 22 11 2 Grit Šadeiko 24.41 942 3618 23 11 4 Erica Bougard 24.41 942 3662 20 13 4 Barbara Nwaba 24.47 936 2714 33 14 4 Anouk Vetter 24.53 930 3715 15 15 2 Anastasiya Mokhnyuk 24.60 924 3837 5 16 3 Lyubov Tkach 24.64 920 3451 26 17 4 Akela Jones 24.70 915 3701 18 18 3 Vanessa Spínola 24.73 912 3438 27 19 3 Salcia Slack 24.73 912 3415 28 20 2 Valérie Reggel 24.83 902 3397 29 21 1 Jennifer Oeser 25.03 884 3707 16 22 2 Yorgelis Rodríguez 25.04 883 3717 14 23 2 Sharon Day-Monroe 25.05 882 3736 10 24 1 Caroline Agnou 25.14 874 3519 25 25 2 Alina Fyodorova 25.22 867 3735 12 26 2 Xénia Krizsán 25.27 862 3663 19 27 1 Nafissatou Thiam 25.28 861 3795 6 28 2 Eliška Klučinová 25.39 851 3655 21 29 2 Nadine Broersen 25.41 850 3780 7 30 1 Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 25.43 848 3705 17 31 1 Ekaterina Voronina 25.77 817 3387 30 32 1 Sofia Yfantidou 25.93 803 3367 31 33 1 Ida Marcussen 26.27 774 3235 32
Long jump The long jump was started on 23 August at 09:00.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Overall Rank 1 A Claudia Rath 6.61 1043 4779 4 2 A Brianne Theisen-Eaton 6.55 1023 4888 2 3 A Anastasiya Mokhnyuk 6.51 1010 4847 3 4 A Jessica Ennis-Hill 6.43 985 4990 1 5 A Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa 6.32 949 4675 8 6 B Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 6.29 940 4645 9 7 A Grit Šadeiko 6.22 918 4536 18 8 B Uhunoma Osazuwa 6.21 915 4538 17 9 B Nadine Broersen 6.20 912 4692 6 10 A Erica Bougard 6.18 905 4567 15 11 A Jennifer Oeser 6.17 902 4609 10 12 B Xénia Krizsán 6.16 899 4562 16 13 A Nadine Visser 6.14 893 4764 5 14 A Nafissatou Thiam 6.14 893 4688 7 15 A Anouk Vetter 6.11 883 4598 12 16 A Eliška Klučinová 6.10 880 4535 19 17 A Akela Jones 6.09 877 4578 14 18 A Karolina Tymińska 6.08 874 4462 22 18 B Barbara Nwaba 6.08 874 3588 32 20 A Alina Fyodorova 6.06 868 4603 11 21 B Lyubov Tkach 6.01 853 4304 24 22 A Caroline Agnou 5.97 840 4359 23 23 B Portia Bing 5.95 834 4597 13 24 B Ida Marcussen 5.89 816 4051 29 25 B Yorgelis Rodríguez 5.83 798 4515 21 26 B Ekaterina Voronina 5.81 792 4179 25 27 B Sharon Day-Monroe 5.79 786 4522 20 28 B Sofia Yfantidou 5.75 774 4141 26 29 B Salcia Slack 5.54 712 4127 27 30 B Vanessa Spínola 5.40 671 4109 28 B Valérie Reggel 0 3397 33 B Carolin Schäfer 0 375131 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson 0 392530
Javelin throw The javelin throw was started on 23 August at 10:50.