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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3] On the second day, unusually for a heptathlon competition, Linda Züblin set a Swiss record in the javelin throw.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[6]

Medalists

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Jessica Ennis also had the world-leading mark before the Championships
Gold Jessica Ennis
  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Silver Jennifer Oeser
  Germany (GER)
Bronze Kamila Chudzik
  Poland (POL)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
World record   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7291 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988
Championship record   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7128 Rome, Italy 1 September 1987
World leading   Jessica Ennis (GBR) 6587 Desenzano del Garda, Italy 10 May 2009
African record   Margaret Simpson (GHA) 6423 Götzis, Austria 29 May 2005
Asian record   Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 6942 Götzis, Austria 26 May 1996
North American record   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7291 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988
South American record   Lucimara da Silva (BRA) 6076 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
European record   Carolina Klüft (SWE) 7032 Osaka, Japan 26 August 2007
Oceanian record   Jane Flemming (AUS) 6695 Auckland, New Zealand 28 January 1990

Qualification standards

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A standard B standard
6100pts 5900pts

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 15, 2009 10:10 100 metres hurdles
August 15, 2009 11:20 High jump
August 15, 2009 18:20 Shot put
August 15, 2009 21:10 200 metres
August 16, 2009 11:35 Long jump
August 16, 2009 18:05 Javelin throw
August 16, 2009 20:50 800 metres
August 16, 2009 20:50 Final standings

Results

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100 metres hurdles

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 1 Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 12.93 1135
2 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 13.44 1059 PB
3 1 Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) 13.45 1058
4 1 Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 13.50 1050 SB
4 1 Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 13.50 1050
6 4 Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 13.58 1039 SB
7 1 Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 13.60 1036
7 3 Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.60 1036 SB
9 1 Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 13.62 1033
10 4 Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 13.64 1030 PB
11 1 Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 13.66 1027 SB
12 3 Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) 13.67 1026 SB
13 4 Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 13.69 1023 PB
14 4 Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 13.75 1014 SB
15 1 Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 13.78 1010
15 4 Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 13.78 1010
17 2 Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 13.79 1008 PB
18 2 Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) 13.80 1007 SB
19 2 Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 13.85 1000 SB
20 2 Sharon Day   United States (USA) 13.90 993
21 3 Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 13.96 984 SB
22 2 Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 13.99 980
23 2 Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 14.17 954
24 4 Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 14.23 946
25 3 Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 14.40 923
25 3 Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 14.40 923
27 3 Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 14.51 907
28 2 Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 14.55 902
29 3 Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 14.89 856

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

High jump

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Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 B Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1.92 1132 SB
2 B Sharon Day   United States (USA) 1.89 1093
3 B Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 1.86 1054
4 B Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 1.83 1016 PB
4 B Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 1.83 1016
6 B Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 1.83 1016 SB
7 B Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 1.83 1016 SB
8 B Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 1.80 978
9 B Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 1.77 941
10 B Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 1.77 941
10 A Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 1.77 941 SB
10 A Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 1.77 941 PB
13 A Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 1.74 903
14 B Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) 1.74 903
15 B Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 1.74 903
16 B Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 1.71 867
16 A Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 1.71 867
18 B Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 1.71 867
18 A Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1.71 867 PB
20 A Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) 1.71 867
21 A Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 1.71 867
22 A Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 1.68 830
22 A Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 1.68 830
22 A Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 1.68 830
25 B Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) 1.68 830
26 A Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 1.68 830
27 A Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 1.65 795
28 A Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 1.62 759
29 A Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 1.62 759

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Shot put

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Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 B Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 15.82 916 SB
2 B Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 15.21 875
3 B Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 15.10 868 PB
4 B Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 14.29 813 PB
5 B Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 14.14 803 PB
6 B Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 14.04 797
7 B Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) 13.75 777
8 A Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 13.70 774 SB
9 B Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 13.56 765
10 B Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) 13.43 756
11 A Sharon Day   United States (USA) 13.42 755 PB
12 A Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 13.40 754
13 B Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 13.26 745
14 A Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 13.16 738 PB
15 A Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 13.01 728
16 A Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 12.93 723
17 B Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 12.92 722
18 B Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 12.92 722
19 A Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 12.83 716
20 A Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 12.71 708
21 B Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 12.53 696
22 A Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 12.43 690
23 B Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 12.40 688
24 A Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 12.21 675
25 A Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 11.62 636
26 A Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 11.15 605
27 A Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 11.07 600
B Bettie Wade   United States (USA) NM
A Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

200 metres

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 1 Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 23.25 1054 SB
2 1 Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 23.86 994
3 1 Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) 23.87 993
4 1 Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 24.11 970 PB
5 1 Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 24.13 968
6 3 Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 24.19 963 SB
7 3 Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 24.30 952 PB
8 3 Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 24.33 949 PB
9 3 Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 24.39 944 SB
10 3 Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 24.60 924
11 1 Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 24.62 922
12 1 Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 24.71 914
13 2 Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 24.75 910 SB
14 1 Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 24.78 907
15 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 24.83 902 SB
16 2 Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 24.92 894 PB
17 4 Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 24.98 889 SB
18 3 Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 25.02 885
19 3 Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 25.04 883
20 4 Sharon Day   United States (USA) 25.15 873
21 2 Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 25.32 858
22 4 Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 25.49 842
23 2 Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 25.59 833
24 4 Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 25.65 828
25 2 Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 25.93 803
26 2 Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 26.07 791
27 4 Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 26.17 782
2 Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) DNS
4 Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Long jump

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Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 B Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 6.55 1023 PB
2 B Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 6.50 1007 SB
3 B Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 6.43 985 PB
4 B Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 6.42 981
5 B Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 6.41 978
6 A Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 6.40 975 SB
7 B Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 6.36 962
8 A Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 6.32 949 SB
9 B Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 6.29 940
10 B Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 6.24 924 SB
11 B Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 6.23 921
12 B Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 6.20 912
13 B Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 6.18 905
14 B Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 6.13 890
15 A Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 5.99 846 SB
16 A Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 5.97 840
17 A Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 5.90 819
18 A Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 5.87 810
19 B Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 5.87 810
20 A Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 5.82 795
21 B Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 5.78 783
21 A Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 5.78 783
23 A Sharon Day   United States (USA) 5.69 756
24 A Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 5.69 756
25 A Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 5.43 680
A Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) NM
B Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) DNS
B Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) DNS
A Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Javelin throw

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Rank Group Name Nationality Result Points Notes
1 A Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 53.01 919 NR
2 A Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 50.02 861
3 A Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 48.72 835
4 A Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 48.39 829 PB
5 A Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 47.93 820
6 A Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 46.87 800
7 B Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 46.70 796 SB
8 B Sharon Day   United States (USA) 44.14 747 PB
9 A Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 43.84 741
10 A Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 43.54 735
11 A Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 43.52 735
12 B Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 43.51 735
13 A Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 43.29 731
14 B Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 42.87 722
15 A Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 42.24 710
16 A Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 41.88 703
17 A Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 41.19 690
18 B Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 41.13 689
19 B Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 40.88 684
20 A Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 40.70 681
21 B Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 37.68 623
22 B Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 37.15 613 SB
23 B Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 36.70 604 PB
24 B Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 36.03 591
25 B Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 33.82 549
26 B Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 32.30 520
A Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) DNS
B Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) DNS
B Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) DNS

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

800 metres

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 3 Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 2:09.11 978 SB
2 2 Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 2:10.34 960
3 2 Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 2:11.92 937
4 4 Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:12.22 932
5 2 Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 2:12.62 927 PB
6 1 Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 2:12.66 926
7 4 Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 2:12.85 923 PB
8 4 Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 2:13.22 918
9 1 Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 2:13.81 910
10 3 Sharon Day   United States (USA) 2:13.84 909
11 4 Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 2:14.34 902
12 4 Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 2:14.64 898 SB
13 3 Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 2:14.80 896
14 1 Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 2:15.58 885
15 3 Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 2:15.60 884 PB
16 3 Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:15.85 881 PB
17 2 Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 2:16.72 869
18 2 Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 2:17.01 865
19 4 Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 2:17.07 864
20 3 Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 2:17.43 859 SB
21 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 2:17.72 855 SB
22 4 Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 2:18.58 843
23 1 Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 2:23.79 773
24 1 Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 2:25.50 750
25 2 Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 2:35.05 631
26 1 Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 2:36.13 618

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Final standings

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Rank Athlete Country Points Notes
  Jessica Ennis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 6731 WL
  Jennifer Oeser   Germany (GER) 6493 PB
  Kamila Chudzik   Poland (POL) 6471 SB
4 Nataliya Dobrynska   Ukraine (UKR) 6444
5 Lyudmyla Yosypenko   Ukraine (UKR) 6416 PB
6 Hanna Melnychenko   Ukraine (UKR) 6414
7 Antoinette Nana Djimou   France (FRA) 6323 PB
8 Tatyana Chernova   Russia (RUS) 6288
9 Julia Mächtig   Germany (GER) 6265
10 Sharon Day   United States (USA) 6126
11 Diana Pickler   United States (USA) 6086
12 Marisa De Aniceto   France (FRA) 6049
13 Aiga Grabuste   Latvia (LAT) 6033
14 Louise Hazel   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 6008
15 Brianne Theisen   Canada (CAN) 5949
16 Linda Züblin   Switzerland (SUI) 5934
17 Jessica Samuelsson   Sweden (SWE) 5885
18 Kaie Kand   Estonia (EST) 5760
19 Aryiro Strataki   Greece (GRE) 5748
20 Yvonne Wisse   Netherlands (NED) 5704
21 Yuliya Tarasova   Uzbekistan (UZB) 5658
22 Nadja Casadei   Sweden (SWE) 5598
23 Eliška Klučinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 5505
24 Bettie Wade   United States (USA) 5134
25 Ida Marcussen   Norway (NOR) 5014
26 Sushmitha Singha Roy   India (IND) 4983
Karolina Tymińska   Poland (POL) DNF
Sara Aerts   Belgium (BEL) DNF
Lilli Schwarzkopf   Germany (GER) DNF

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

References

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  1. ^ Jalaka, Mirko (2009-08-09). Women's Heptathlon - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
  2. ^ Butcher, Pat (2009-08-15). Berlin 2009 - Day 1 WRAP - 15 Aug Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  3. ^ Ennis closes in on heptathlon win . BBC Sport (2009-08-15). Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
  4. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Heptathlon - Javelin Throw Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  5. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16).Event Report - Women's 800 Metres - Heptathlon Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  6. ^ a b Brown, Matthew (2009-08-17). Ennis’ PB Put puts her to gold in Berlin Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.