The women's heptathlon at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, will take place in the Scotstoun Stadium on 28 and 29 July 2026.
The event was won by Northern Ireland's World Championships silver medalist Kate O'Connor, who dominated the competition, winning five of the seven events and winning by 291 points. England's Jade O'Dowda claimed silver, having won bronze in 2022, and Australian Tori West took the bronze. It was Northern Ireland's first gold medal of the 2026 Games, and the first in athletics since 1986.
Two-time champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson of England withdrew on the eve of the Games, citing injury.
Background
The event initially marked the return of current world bronze medalist, Olympic silver medalist, two-time world champion and back-to-back Commonwealth Games champion, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, seeking a unique three successive women's multi-event titles to match the feats of fellow English multi-eventer Daley Thompson, the only man to win three successive Commonwealth decathlons in 1978, 1982 and 1986 in addition to one world and two Olympic titles. However, injury forced Johnson-Thompson to withdraw on the eve of the event to prepare for the upcoming 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, to be replaced by 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Niamh Emerson, returning from a long period of injury.
This left Northern Ireland's world silver medalist (representing Ireland) and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist, Kate O'Connor as favourite entering the event, seeking to replicate the gold-medal winning feats of fellow Northern Ireland multi-eventer and Commonwealth Games champion Mary Peters.
Other favourites include England's Jade O'Dowda, the 2022 Commonwealth bronze medalist, and Welsh heptathlete Abigail Pawlett, former European under 23 silver medalist, both of whom have represented Great Britain globally. Pawlett, however, withdrew from the heptathlon on the eve of the event to focus on the 200 metres due to injury concerns that also forced her to withdraw from the European Championships.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: Records - HeptathlonWorld record7291 ptsSeoul, Korea24 Sep 1988Commonwealth record6981 ptsDoha, Qatar4 October 2019Games record6695 ptsAuckland, New Zealand18 January 1990
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round 28 July 2026 morning 100 metres hurdles High jump evening Shot put 200 metres 29 July 2026 morning Long jump evening Javelin throw 800 metres
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Results Competitors contest a series of 7 events over two days, with their results being converted into points. The final standings are decided by their cumulative points tallies.
100 metres hurdles The two heats of the heptathlon 100 metres hurdles took place at 10:09 a.m. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Points Notes 1 2 3 12.99 11262 2 2 13.22 1077 3 2 7 13.54 1044 4 2 6 13.55 1043 5 2 8 13.67 10.26 6 1 8 13.70 1021PB7 1 4 13.74 10.15PB 8 1 2 13.93 9889 2 5 14.03 974 10 1 3 14.05 971PB 11 2 4 14.05 97112 1 5 14.20 950PB 13 2 1 14.24 945 14 1 7 14.28 939151614.80868
High jump The heptathlon high jump was held in two groups at 11:10 a.m. Rank Athlete 1.52 1.55 1.58 1.61 1.64 1.67 1.70 1.73 1.76 1.79 1.82 1.85 Mark Points Notes Overall 1 - - - - - o o o o o xxo xxx1.82 1003 2047 1 - - - - - - - o o o xxo xxx1.82 1003 1942 3 - - - - - o o xxo o o xxx 1.799661940 4 - - - - o o o o o xxo xxx 1.799662043 5 - - - - - o o o xxx 1.73 891 1879 5 - - - - o o o o xxx 1.73 891 1862 5 - - - - o - o o xxx 1.73 891 1917 8 - - - - o o o xo xxx 1.73 891 19129 - - -ooxooxxx1.708551723 10 - - - - o o xo xxx 1.70 855 1898 11 - o o o o o xxx 1.67 818 1763 14 - - - o o xo xxx 1.678181833 13 o - - o xo xxo xxx 1.67 818 1768 14 - - o xo o xxx 1.64 783 1909 15 xo o o xxo xo xxx 1.64 783 PB 1754 Shot put
Rank Athlete #1 #2 #3 Mark Points Notes Overall 1 13.37 13.87 x 13.87 785 2647 2 13.28 13.12 x 13.28 746 2789 3 13.11 13.17 12.49 13.17 739 2571 4 11.40 12.94 12.30 12.94 723 2663 5 12.80 12.85 12.67 12.85 717 2764 6 11.74 11.78 12.51 12.51 695 2593 7 12.13 11.44 9.41 12.13 670 2582 8 11.21 11.35 12.10 12.10 668 2610 9 11.96 11.55 10.76 11.96 658 2575 10 10.53 10.91 11.64 11.64 637 2400 11 11.33 11.07 9.69 11.33 617 2496 11 11.33 11.04 11.18 11.33 617 2371 13 10.89 10.87 11.21 11.21 609 25181410.1810.4510.5810.585672290 15 10.06 9.62 10.13 10.13 538 2306 200 metres
Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Points NotesOverall 1 2 3 24.14 9673731 2 1 2 24.55 9293511 3 1 3 24.60 9243517 4 1 6 24.71 9143489 4 1 7 24.71 9143486 6 1 1 24.72 9133560 7 1 8 24.74 9113429 8 1 4 24.93 8933682 9 2 6 24.95 8913554 10 1 5 25.16 8723272 11 2 2 25.35 8553465 12 2 5 25.25 864PB3235 13 2 8 26.01 796PB3102 14 2 4 26.26 7753271152726.517533043
Long jump The long jump in the heptathlon was held on the morning of 29 July. Rank Athlete #1 #2 #3 Mark Points Notes Overall 1 6.23 x 6.37 6.37 965 4696 2 6.29 6.14 6.12 6.29 940 4500 3 6.01 6.27 6.01 6.27 934 4206 4 6.16 6.17 6.26 6.26 930 4612 5 6.09 6.23 5.81 6.23 921 PB 4432 6 6.23 x x 6.23 921 4386 7 6.20 x 5.82 6.20 912 PB 4398 8 6.15 6.15 x 6.15 896 4325 9 5.74 6.13 x 6.13 890 PB 4407 10 5.77 x 6.04 6.04 862 4351 11 5.96 5.90 4.15 5.96 837 4391125.685.885.855.888133856 13 x 5.58 5.82 5.82 795 PB 4030 14 x 5.63 x 5.63 738 4009 15 4.98 5.46 5.15 5.46 688 3790 Javelin throw The Javelin event within the heptathlon was held on the morning of 29 July. Rank Athlete #1 #2 #3 Mark Points Notes Overall 1 52.85 50.58 - 52.85 915 GHB 5611 2 44.03 46.15 47.24 47.24 807 5214 3 42.66 42.21 43.85 43.85 741 5353 4 39.55 42.77 42.28 42.77 721 5119 5 42.21 38.92 37.16 42.21 710 5035 6 38.32 40.37 33.95 40.37 674 5060 7 39.21 39.91 35.69 39.91 666 5057 8 35.37 x 38.37 38.37 636 4426 9 36.99 36.63 36.98 36.99 610 5042 10 36.30 35.79 x 36.30 596 5096 11 30.33 35.19 32.45 35.19 575 4926 12 34.62 33.37 34.40 34.62 564 45941332.7133.8130.1133.815494405 14 31.88 30.06 31.53 31.88 512 4718 15 x 28.20 27.13 28.20 443 4452
800 metres
The final event of the heptathlon took place at 20:55 on the evening of 29 July.
Rank Athlete Time Points Notes 1 2:10.45 958GHB 2 2:10.86 952 3 2:11.34 945 4 2:11.37 945 5 2:11.94 936 6 2:12.29 931 7 2:12.73 925 8 2:13.27 917 9 2:14.52 900PB 10 2:15.23 890 11 2:15.35 888122:17.54857 13 2:19.30 833 14 2:22.35 792 - DNS -
Final standings
After 7of 7 events RankAthleteEvent pointsTotalpointsNotes 100mh HJ SP 200m LJ JT 800m 1044 1003 717 967 965 915 958 6569 1077 966 746 893 930 741 925 6278 1043 855 695 924 890 807 890 6104 4 1015 818 739 914 912 721 931 6050 5 939 1003 668 855 921 674 945 6005 6 974 966 723 891 837 666 945 6002 7 971 891 785 913 940 596 900 5996 8 1021 891 670 929 921 610 952 5994 9 1026 891 658 914 862 575 917 5843 10 1126 783 609 911 896 710 792 5827 11 945 818 637 872 934 512 833 5551 12 971 783 617 864 795 564 936 5530 13 988 891 617 775 738 443 888 5340 14 868 855 567 753 813 549 857 5262 - 950 818 538 796 688 636 - NM
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