2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

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

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, 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. 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:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee24 Sep 1988Seoul, South KoreaChampionship7128Jackie Joyner-Kersee1 Sep 1987Rome, ItalyWorld leading7013Nafissatou ThiamGötzis, AustriaAfrican6423Margaret Simpson29 May 2005Götzis, AustriaAsian6942Ghada Shouaa26 May 1996Götzis, AustriaNACAC7291Jackie Joyner-Kersee24 Sep 1988Seoul, South KoreaSouth American6270Evelis Aguilar26 Jun 2016Cali, ColombiaEuropean7032Carolina Klüft26 Aug 2007Osaka, JapanOceanian6695Jane Flemming28 Jan 1990Auckland, New Zealand

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Dutch6636Anouk Vetter6 Aug 2017Cuban6594Yorgelis RodríguezAustrian6417Ivona DadicChampionship heptathlon best – high jump1.95Nafissatou Thiam5 Aug 2017Yorgelis RodríguezChampionship heptathlon best – javelin throw58.41Anouk Vetter6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6200 points.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: Date Time Round5 August 10:05 100 metres hurdles5 August 11:30 High jump5 August 19:00 Shot put5 August 21:00 200 metres6 August 10:00 Long jump6 August 11:45 Javelin throw6 August 20:40 800 metres

Results 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles took place on 5 August in four heats as follows:

Heat 1 2 3 4 Start time 10:05 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:

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes 1 4 Nadine Visser 12.85 1147 2 4 Kendell Williams 13.02 1121 3 4 Carolin Schäfer 13.09 1111 4 4 Erica Bougard 13.24 1089 5 3 Anouk Vetter 13.31 1078 6 4 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.33 1075 7 3 Grit Šadeiko 13.37 1069 8 4 Kateřina Cachová 13.37 1069 9 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou 13.46 1056 10 3 Claudia Salman-Rath 13.52 1047 11 3 Nafissatou Thiam 13.54 1044 12 2 Yorgelis Rodríguez 13.60 1036 13 2 Ivona Dadic 13.68 1024 14 2 Xénia Krizsán 13.70 1021 15 3 Odile Ahouanwanou 13.71 1020 16 4 Laura Ikauniece-Admidina 13.71 1020 17 2 Nadine Broersen 13.79 1008 18 2 Verena Preiner 13.79 1008 19 1 Géraldine Ruckstuhl 13.80 1007 20 3 Sharon Day-Monroe 13.82 1004 21 3 Lecabela Quaresma 13.94 987 22 3 Caroline Agnou 13.95 985 23 1 Evelis Aguilar 14.03 974 24 2 Alysbeth Felix 14.03 974 25 2 Eliška Klučinová 14.03 974 26 2 Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 14.05 971 27 1 Swapna Barman 14.14 959 28 1 Tamara de Sousa 14.16 956 29 1 Alina Shukh 14.32 934 30 1 Hanne Maudens 14.47 913 31 1 Vanessa Chefer 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:

Athlete Nationality Overall 1 A Nafissatou Thiam o o o o o xxx 1.95 1171 2215 1 2 A Yorgelis Rodríguez o o o o xo xxo xo 1.95 2207 23 A Eliška Klučinová o o o o o xxo xo xxx 1.86 1054 2028 6 A Carolin Schäfer o xo o xo o xo xxx 1.86 2165 3 5 A Nadine Broersen o o o o xo xxx 1.83 1016 2024 7 6 A Alina Shukh xo o o xo xxx 1.83 1950 16 7 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson o xxx 1.80 978 2053 5 8 A Ivona Dadic xo o o o o xxx 1.80 2002 10 9 A Géraldine Ruckstuhl o o o xxo xxo xxx 1.80 1985 12 10 A Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas o o o xxx 1.77 941 1912 20 11 A Xénia Krizsán o o o xxo o xxx 1.77 1962 1512 B Hanne Maudens o o xo xxx 1.77 1854 24 B Anouk Vetter o o o xo xxx 1.77 2019 9 14 B Nadine Visser o o xo xo xxo xxx 1.77 2088 415 B Claudia Salman-Rath o o o o o xxx 1.74 903 1950 16 B Tamara de Sousa o o o o xxx 1.74 1859 23 17 A Erica Bougard xo o xxx 1.74 1992 11 18 A Sharon Day-Monroe o xo xxx 1.74 1907 2119 A Kendell Williams o xo xo xxx 1.74 2024 7 B Grit Šadeiko o xo o xo xxx 1.74 1972 13 21 B Kateřina Cachová o o xo o xxo xxx 1.74 1972 13 22 B Odile Ahouanwanou o o xxo o xxo xxx 1.74 1923 1823 B Verena Preiner o o o o xxx 1.71 867 1875 22 A Swapna Barman o o xxx 1.71 1826 27 25 B Alysbeth Felix xo o xxx 1.71 1841 26 26 B Antoinette Nana Djimou o xxo xo xxx 1.71 1923 18 27 B Lecabela Quaresma o o o xxo xxx 1.71 1854 24 28 B Evelis Aguilar o o o o xxx 1.68 830 1804 29 29 B Vanessa Chefer o o o xo xxx 1.68 1680 30 30 B Caroline Agnou xo xxo xxx 1.68 1815 28 B Laura Ikauniece-Admidina 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:

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall1 2 3 Pts Rank 1 A Nafissatou Thiam 15.17 14.76 14.99 15.17 872 3087 1 2 A Sharon Day-Monroe 15.14 14.65 14.79 15.14 870 2777 9 3 A Anouk Vetter 13.92 15.09 15.09 867 2886 4 4 A Carolin Schäfer 14.84 14.84 850 3015 2 5 A Eliška Klučinová 14.80 14.76 14.80 848 2876 5 6 A Odile Ahouanwanou 13.84 14.71 14.71 841 2764 11 7 A Antoinette Nana Djimou 14.61 14.61 835 2758 12 8 A Xénia Krizsán 14.14 13.68 13.49 14.14 803 2765 10 9 A Nadine Broersen 13.46 13.91 14.09 14.09 800 2824 6 10 A Ivona Dadic 13.82 13.78 13.82 782 2784 8 11 A Alina Shukh 13.63 13.39 13.75 13.75 777 2727 16 12 A Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 13.04 13.13 13.75 13.75 777 2689 17 13 A Tamara de Sousa 13.68 13.69 13.25 13.69 773 2632 20 14 A Caroline Agnou 12.85 13.64 13.64 770 2585 25 15 A Lecabela Quaresma 13.08 13.48 13.16 13.48 759 2613 23 16 B Yorgelis Rodríguez 12.49 13.45 12.95 13.45 757 2964 3 17 B Evelis Aguilar 13.39 12.64 13.34 13.39 753 2557 26 18 B Géraldine Ruckstuhl 13.07 13.06 13.36 13.36 751 2736 14 19 A Verena Preiner 13.16 13.05 12.73 13.16 738 2613 23 20 B Nadine Visser 12.22 12.76 12.96 12.96 725 2813 7 21 B Claudia Salman-Rath 12.66 12.84 12.84 717 2667 19 22 B Kendell Williams 12.05 12.73 12.22 12.73 709 2733 15 23 B Grit Šadeiko 11.65 12.55 12.55 698 2670 18 24 B Katarina Johnson-Thompson 12.01 12.47 12.36 12.47 692 2745 13 25 B Vanessa Chefer 11.82 12.12 12.12 669 2349 30 26 B Kateřina Cachová 11.84 11.75 11.84 651 2623 21 27 B Hanne Maudens 10.96 11.71 11.80 11.80 648 2502 27 28 B Erica Bougard 11.41 11.31 11.19 11.41 622 2614 22 29 B Alysbeth Felix 10.49 10.82 10.82 583 2424 28 30 B Swapna Barman 7.33 10.81 10.81 583 2409 29 B Laura Ikauniece-Admidina 0

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

Heat 1 2 3 4 Start time 20:59 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:

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Pts Rank 1 4 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 22.86 1093 3838 4 2 4 Carolin Schäfer 23.58 1021 4036 1 3 4 Erica Bougard 23.66 1014 362817 4 4 Nadine Visser 23.73 1007 3820 6 5 4 Claudia Salman-Rath 23.92 988 3655 13 6 3 Odile Ahouanwanou 24.09 972 37369 7 4 Ivona Dadic 24.11 970 37548 8 4 Kendell Williams 24.29 953 368611 9 3 Evelis Aguilar 24.35 947 3504 24 10 3 Anouk Vetter 24.36 946 3832 5 11 3 Yorgelis Rodríguez 24.42 941 3905 3 12 3 Verena Preiner 24.44 939 355219 13 2 Kateřina Cachová 24.56 928 355121 14 2 Nafissatou Thiam 24.57 927 4014 2 15 2 Grit Šadeiko 24.60 924 359418 16 2 Tamara de Sousa 24.64 920 355220 17 3 Caroline Agnou 24.64 920 350523 18 2 Eliška Klučinová 24.72 913 37897 19 2 Géraldine Ruckstuhl 24.84 902 3638 15 20 1 Sharon Day-Monroe 24.97 890 3667 12 21 1 Nadine Broersen 24.98 889 371310 22 3 Vanessa Chefer 25.15 873 3222 29 23 1 Xénia Krizsán 25.15 873 3638 14 24 2 Antoinette Nana Djimou 25.17 871 3629 16 25 1 Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 25.38 852 354122 26 1 Lecabela Quaresma 25.38 852 3465 26 27 2 Alysbeth Felix 25.38 852 3276 28 28 3 Hanne Maudens 25.43 848 3350 27 29 1 Swapna Barman 26.45 758 3167 30 30 1 Alina Shukh 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: