Women's heptathlonat the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Podium
Venue Olympic Stadium Date 3–4 August Competitors 39 from 25 nations Winning points 6955
Winner Jessica Ennis
Official Video 800 Highlights, Interviews full 100 metres hurdles Day 1 Highlights full 200m Long Jump and Javelin Highlights full 800m
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.[ 1]
The gold medal was won by Jessica Ennis .[ 2]
She bettered Eunice Barber 's World Heptathlon Best in the 100 metres hurdles by 0.08 seconds.[ 3] 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.[ 4] [ 5]
Ennis's final score was 6955 points, a British and Commonwealth record.[ 6]
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.
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.[ 7]
Records
Prior to the competition[update] , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1 )
Date
Time
Round
Friday, 3 August 2012
10:05 11:15 19:00 20:45
100 metres hurdles High jump Shot put 200 metres
Saturday, 4 August 2012
10:05 11:40 20:35
Long jump Javelin throw 800 metres
Detailed results
KEY:
WHB
World Heptathlon Best
OHB
Olympic Heptathlon Best
NR
National Record
PB
Personal Best
SB
Seasonal Best
DQ
Disqualified
DNS
Did not start
DNF
Did not finish
100 metres hurdles
Wind: +0.7, −0.2, +2.0, +0.9, +1.3 m/s.[ 8] [ 9]
High jump
[ 10] [ 11]
Shot put
[ 12] [ 13]
200 metres
Wind: +0.8, +0.9, +0.3, +0.6, -0.3 m/s.[ 14] [ 15]
Long jump
[ 16] [ 17]
Javelin throw
[ 18] [ 19]
800 metres
[ 20]
Overall results
Start of heat 4 in 100 m hurdles
The final results of the event are in the following table.[ 21]
Key
♦ The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow with a diamond symbol.
Rank
Athlete
Points
100 h
HJ
SP
200 m
LJ
JT
800 m
Jessica Ennis (GBR )
6955 (WL, NR )
1195 12.54 s ♦
1054 1.86 m
813 14.28 m
1096 22.83 s ♦
1001 6.48 m ♦
812 47.49 m
984 2:08.65 ♦
Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER )
6649 (PB)
1086 13.26 s
1016 1.83 m
845 14.77 m
908 24.77 s
943 6.30 m
894 51.73 m
957 2:10.50
Austra Skujytė (LTU )
6599 (PB)
978 14.00 s
1132 1.92 m ♦
1016 17.31 m ♦
848 25.43 s
927 6.25 m
882 51.13 m
816 2:20.59
4
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (FRA )
6576 (PB)
1130 12.96 s
978 1.80 m
811 14.26 m
913 24.72 s
890 6.13 m
974 55.87 m
912 2:13.62
5
Jessica Zelinka (CAN )
6480
1178 12.65 s
830 1.68 m
848 14.81 m
1047 23.32 s
822 5.91 m
778 45.75 m
977 2:09.15
6
Kristina Savitskaya (RUS )
6452
1069 13.37 s
1016 1.83 m
845 14.77 m
937 24.46 s
915 6.21 m
738 43.70 m
932 2:12.27
7
Laura Ikauniece (LAT )
6414 (=NR )
1020 13.71 s
1016 1.83 m
704 12.64 m
965 24.16 s
890 6.13 m
885 51.27 m
934 2:12.13
8
Hanna Melnychenko (UKR )
6392
1077 13.32 s
978 1.80 m
725 12.96 m
972 24.09 s
975 6.40 m
742 43.86 m
923 2:12.90
9
Brianne Theisen (CAN )
6383
1080 13.30 s
1016 1.83 m
720 12.89 m
947 24.35 s
853 6.01 m
792 46.47 m
975 2:09.27
10
Dafne Schippers (NED )
6324
1053 13.48 s
978 1.80 m
772 13.67 m
1096 22.83 s ♦
937 6.28 m
603 36.63 m
885 2:15.52
11
Nadine Broersen (NED )
6319 (PB)
1030 13.64 s
1054 1.86 m
765 13.57 m
875 25.13 s
831 5.94 m
899 51.98 m
865 2:16.98
12
Jessica Samuelsson (SWE )
6300 (PB)
1039 13.58 s
941 1.77 m
806 14.18 m
957 24.25 s
905 6.18 m
706 42.02 m
946 2:11.31
13
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR )
6267 (NJ)
1053 13.48 s
1093 1.89 m
616 11.32 m
1007 23.73 s
908 6.19 m
636 38.37 m
954 2:10.76
14
Sharon Day (USA )
6232
1040 13.57 s
941 1.77 m
813 14.28 m
946 24.36 s
804 5.85 m
742 43.90 m
946 2:11.31
15
Yana Maksimava (BLR )
6198 (PB)
983 13.97 s
1093 1.89 m
800 14.09 m
848 25.43 s
846 5.99 m
712 42.33 m
916 2:13.37
16
Eliška Klučinová (CZE )
6109
977 14.01 s
978 1.80 m
723 12.93 m
887 25.00 s
890 6.13 m
776 45.65 m
878 2:16.08
17
Ellen Sprunger (SUI )
6107
1072 13.35 s
867 1.71 m
702 12.62 m
1020 23.59 s
813 5.88 m
776 45.63 m
857 2:17.54
18
Olga Kurban (RUS )
6084
1041 13.46 s
978 1.80 m
775 13.71 m
992 23.88 s
798 5.83 m
674 40.36 m
826 2:19.82
19
Marisa De Aniceto (FRA )
6030
1015 13.74 s
867 1.71 m
733 13.09 m
863 25.26 s
777 5.76 m
899 51.98 m
876 2:16.20
20
Györgyi Farkas (HUN )
6013
932 14.33 s
978 1.80 m
764 13.55 m
822 25.72 s
871 6.07 m
793 46.52 m
853 2:17.83
21
Grit Šadeiko (EST )
6013
1050 13.50 s
903 1.74 m
690 12.43 m
957 24.25 s
883 6.11 m
747 44.12 m
783 2:23.01
22
Sofia Ifadidou (GRE )
5947
1004 13.82 s
830 1.68 m
725 12.96 m
805 25.91 s
792 5.81 m
995 56.96 m ♦
796 2:22.03
23
Ivona Dadic (AUT )
5935
898 14.58 s
978 1.80 m
674 12.19 m
953 24.29 s
850 6.00 m
702 41.82 m
880 2:15.90
24
Sarah Cowley (NZL )
5873
985 13.95 s
978 1.80 m
686 12.37 m
833 25.60 s
850 6.00 m
704 41.90 m
837 2:19.01
25
Louise Hazel (GBR )
5856
1053 13.48 s
724 1.59 m
715 12.81 m
935 24.48 s
780 5.77 m
809 47.38 m
840 2:18.78
26
Ida Marcussen (NOR )
5846
967 14.08 s
830 1.68 m
811 14.26 m
873 25.15 s
795 5.82 m
711 42.26 m
912 2:13.62
27
Chantae McMillan (USA )
5688
1052 13.49 s
830 1.68 m
856 14.92 m
864 25.25 s
663 5.37 m
856 49.78 m
567 2:40.55
28
Jennifer Oeser (GER )
5455
1062 13.42 s
978 1.80 m
805 14.16 m
944 24.39 s
871 6.07 m
795 46.61 m
0 DNF
29
Julia Mächtig (GER )
5338
903 14.54 s
830 1.68 m
860 14.99 m
852 25.38 s
322 4.06 m
752 44.40 m
819 2:20.34
30
Irina Karpova (KAZ )
5319
949 14.21 s
830 1.68 m
640 11.68 m
849 25.42 s
759 5.70 m
586 35.75 m
706 2:28.93
—
Hyleas Fountain (USA )
DNF
1170 12.70 s
1054 1.86 m
660 11.99 m
1016 23.64 s
865 6.05 m
319 21.60 m
DNS
—
Uhunoma Osazuwa (NGR )
DNF
1056 13.46 s
941 1.77 m
712 12.77 m
922 24.62 s
771 5.74 m
DNS
DNS
—
Karolina Tymińska (POL )
DNF
1091 13.22 s
830 1.68 m
777 13.74 m
1009 23.71 s
NM
DNS
DNS
—
Nataliya Dobrynska (UKR )
DNF
1040 13.57 s
1016 1.83 m
864 15.05 m
915 24.69 s
242 3.70 m
DNS
DNS
—
Sara Aerts (BEL )
DNF
1133 12.94 s
795 1.65 m
823 14.43 m
DNF
DNS
DNS
DNS
—
Aiga Grabuste (LAT )
DNF
1028 13.65 s
941 1.77 m
762 13.52 m
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
—
Margaret Simpson (GHA )
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
DQ [ 22]
Tatyana Chernova (RUS )
DQ 6628
1053 13.48 s
978 1.80 m
805 14.17 m
1013 23.67 s
1020 6.54 m♦
788 46.29 m
971 2:09.56
DQ
Lyudmyla Yosypenko (UKR )
DQ 6618
1087 13.25 s
1016 1.83 m
787 13.90 m
1012 23.68 s
946 6.31 m
853 49.63 m
917 2:13.28
References