Events at the 2011 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The Women's Heptathlon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on 29 and 30 August.
Before the competition, reigning champion Jessica Ennis was top of the year's heptathlon rankings (6790 points) and was closely followed by Tatyana Chernova who had set a personal best. The 2009 silver medallist Jennifer Oeser was also in good form while Nataliya Dobrynska and Hyleas Fountain (first and second at the 2008 Olympics) were the other high-profile competitors. [1] [2] Tatyana Chernova won the gold medal finishing 129 points ahead of Jessica Ennis. [3] [4]
Hyleas Fountain started the event powerfully, looking like she was in it to win it. She squeezed out a .02 victory in the 100 metres hurdles and added a 3 cm advantage in the high jump, just a centimeter below her personal best, to give her a 39-point lead. Then things began to unravel. She gave up over 2 metres in the Shot put, where defending champion Jessica Ennis and returning silver medalist Tatyana Chernova powered through. Chernova was gaining from the beginning of the second day with a 10 cm advantage in the long jump. But the real break occurred when Chernova gained exactly 13 metres on Ennis in the javelin, a 250-point swing. Jennifer Oeser used her strong javelin throw to place herself firmly in third. Karolina Tyminska in fourth and Ennis tried to run themselves into an advanced position in the 800 metres. While Tyminska won the 800, Oeser was able to stay close enough to her to hold on to the bronze. Ennis was just 2.6 seconds behind Tyminska, but Chernova would not let Ennis gain even a quarter of a second, much less the gold medal. On 29 November 2016 the IAAF stripped Chernova of the title, as well as many of her others, due to doping and the results were adjusted accordingly. [5]
With only two non-finishers, this edition of the women's heptathlon is notable for having the lowest fraction of athletes not finishing the competition in the World Championships history.
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Jessica Ennis | Jennifer Oeser | Karolina Tymińska |
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
World record | 7291 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 | |
Championship record | 7128 | Rome, Italy | 1 September 1987 | |
World leading | 6790 | Götzis, Austria | 29 May 2011 | |
African record | 6423 | Götzis, Austria | 29 May 2005 | |
Asian record | 6942 | Götzis, Austria | 26 May 1996 | |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | 7291 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 | |
South American record | 6076 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2008 | |
European record | 7032 | Osaka, Japan | 26 August 2007 | |
Oceanian record | 6695 | Auckland, New Zealand | 28 January 1990 |
A standard | B standard |
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6150 pts | 5950 pts |
Date | Time | Round |
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29 August 2011 | 10:00 | 100 metres hurdles |
29 August 2011 | 11:00 | High jump |
29 August 2011 | 19:05 | Shot put |
29 August 2011 | 20:35 | 200 metres |
30 August 2011 | 10:00 | Long jump |
30 August 2011 | 12:50 | Javelin throw |
30 August 2011 | 20:00 | 800 metres |
30 August 2011 | 20:00 | Final standings |
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s, Heat 4: +1.7 m/s
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.59 | 1.62 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.92 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
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1 | A | Hyleas Fountain | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.89 | 1093 | SB | 2228 | |
2 | A | Austra Skujytė | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.86 | 1054 | 2038 | |||
3 | A | Jessica Ennis | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.86 | 1054 | 2187 | |||
4 | A | Nataliya Dobrynska | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.83 | 1016 | SB | 2076 | |||
5 | A | Anna Bogdanova | – | – | – | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xxx | 1.83 | 1016 | 2075 | ||||
6 | A | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | – | – | – | – | xo | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 1.83 | 1016 | SB | 2069 | |||
7 | A | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 1.83 | 1016 | SB | 2068 | |||
8 | A | Tatyana Chernova | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.83 | 1016 | SB | 2093 | |||
9 | A | Jennifer Oeser | – | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.83 | 1016 | SB | 2091 | |||
10 | A | Remona Fransen | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | 2018 | |||||
10 | B | Lilli Schwarzkopf | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | SB | 2006 | ||||
12 | A | Ruky Abdulai | – | – | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | SB | 2014 | ||||
12 | B | Margaret Simpson | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | SB | 2038 | ||||
14 | A | Alina Fyodorova | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | 1948 | |||||
15 | A | Sharon Day | – | – | – | – | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | 2001 | |||||
16 | B | Julia Mächtig | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | SB | 1935 | ||||
16 | B | Györgyi Farkas | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 1.80 | 978 | SB | 1912 | ||||
18 | A | Kateřina Cachová | – | – | o | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 1.77 | 941 | 1946 | ||||||
19 | B | Grit Šadeiko | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.74 | 903 | 1962 | |||||||
20 | B | Louise Hazel | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.74 | 903 | PB | 1992 | ||||||
21 | B | Karolina Tymińska | – | – | xo | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.74 | 903 | SB | 2009 | ||||||
22 | B | Sara Aerts | – | xo | o | xxo | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.74 | 903 | SB | 1971 | ||||||
23 | B | Ida Marcussen | – | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.71 | 867 | 1851 | ||||||||
24 | B | Aiga Grabuste | – | – | xo | xo | o | xxx | 1.71 | 867 | 1837 | ||||||||
25 | B | Francesca Doveri | o | xo | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.71 | 867 | SB | 1926 | |||||||
26 | B | Jessica Zelinka | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.68 | 830 | 1953 | |||||||||
26 | B | Jessica Samuelsson | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.68 | 830 | 1841 | |||||||||
28 | B | Wassana Winatho | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.68 | 830 | 1863 |
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
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1 | A | Austra Skujytė | 16.71 | 16.33 | 16.34 | 16.71 | 976 | 3014 | ||
2 | A | Nataliya Dobrynska | 15.62 | 16.14 | 15.67 | 16.14 | 937 | SB | 3013 | |
3 | A | Julia Mächtig | 12.20 | 14.67 | 15.24 | 15.24 | 877 | SB | 2812 | |
4 | A | Jessica Zelinka | 14.91 | 14.33 | 14.67 | 14.91 | 855 | SB | 2808 | |
5 | A | Lilli Schwarzkopf | 14.08 | 14.56 | 14.89 | 14.89 | 854 | PB | 2860 | |
6 | A | Karolina Tymińska | 14.53 | 14.40 | 14.70 | 14.70 | 841 | SB | 2850 | |
7 | A | Jessica Ennis | 14.67 | 14.51 | 14.57 | 14.67 | 839 | PB | 3026 | |
8 | A | Jessica Samuelsson | 14.12 | 14.30 | 14.52 | 14.52 | 829 | 2670 | ||
9 | A | Anna Bogdanova | 13.55 | 13.42 | 14.52 | 14.52 | 829 | SB | 2904 | |
10 | A | Aiga Grabuste | 12.13 | X | 14.46 | 14.46 | 825 | SB | 2662 | |
11 | B | Sharon Day | 14.28 | 12.74 | X | 14.28 | 813 | PB | 2814 | |
12 | A | Alina Fyodorova | 14.09 | 14.18 | X | 14.18 | 806 | 2754 | ||
13 | B | Tatyana Chernova | 13.47 | 13.84 | 14.17 | 14.17 | 805 | SB | 2898 | |
14 | A | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | 13.97 | 14.07 | 13.42 | 14.07 | 799 | 2868 | ||
15 | A | Jennifer Oeser | 13.30 | 13.70 | 13.56 | 13.70 | 774 | 2865 | ||
16 | A | Remona Fransen | 13.67 | 13.02 | 13.06 | 13.67 | 772 | 2790 | ||
17 | B | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | 11.99 | 13.02 | 13.16 | 13.16 | 738 | PB | 2806 | |
18 | B | Ida Marcussen | 12.15 | 12.09 | 12.81 | 12.81 | 715 | 2566 | ||
19 | B | Györgyi Farkas | 12.59 | 12.45 | 12.75 | 12.75 | 711 | 2623 | ||
20 | B | Sara Aerts | 11.84 | 11.55 | 12.49 | 12.49 | 694 | 2665 | ||
21 | B | Margaret Simpson | 12.47 | 12.48 | 12.39 | 12.48 | 693 | 2731 | ||
22 | B | Louise Hazel | 12.28 | X | 12.36 | 12.36 | 685 | SB | 2677 | |
23 | B | Hyleas Fountain | 11.73 | 12.20 | 12.19 | 12.20 | 674 | 2902 | ||
24 | B | Francesca Doveri | 11.30 | 11.25 | 11.76 | 11.76 | 645 | 2571 | ||
25 | B | Ruky Abdulai | 11.37 | 11.72 | 10.81 | 11.72 | 643 | PB | 2657 | |
26 | B | Kateřina Cachová | 11.23 | 11.64 | 10.97 | 11.64 | 637 | 2583 | ||
27 | B | Grit Šadeiko | 11.46 | X | 11.41 | 11.46 | 625 | 2587 | ||
B | Wassana Winatho | DNS | 0 | DNF |
Wind:
Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes | Overall |
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1 | 1 | Jessica Ennis | 23.27 | 1052 | 4078 | ||
2 | 1 | Tatyana Chernova | 23.50 | 1029 | PB | 3927 | |
3 | 1 | Karolina Tymińska | 23.87 | 993 | 3843 | ||
4 | 1 | Hyleas Fountain | 23.96 | 985 | 3887 | ||
5 | 1 | Jessica Zelinka | 24.06 | 975 | 3783 | ||
6 | 1 | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | 24.09 | 972 | 3778 | ||
7 | 2 | Louise Hazel | 24.25 | 957 | 3634 | ||
8 | 2 | Grit Šadeiko | 24.39 | 944 | PB | 3531 | |
9 | 2 | Ruky Abdulai | 24.50 | 933 | 3590 | ||
10 | 2 | Jessica Samuelsson | 24.55 | 929 | 3599 | ||
11 | 1 | Jennifer Oeser | 24.58 | 926 | 3791 | ||
12 | 2 | Aiga Grabuste | 24.83 | 902 | 3564 | ||
13 | 3 | Sharon Day | 25.01 | 886 | 3700 | ||
14 | 3 | Remona Fransen | 25.17 | 871 | 3661 | ||
15 | 2 | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | 25.19 | 869 | 3737 | ||
16 | 3 | Margaret Simpson | 25.23 | 866 | 3597 | ||
17 | 4 | Alina Fyodorova | 25.35 | 855 | PB | 3609 | |
17 | 3 | Nataliya Dobrynska | 25.35 | 855 | 3868 | ||
19 | 3 | Kateřina Cachová | 25.36 | 854 | 3437 | ||
20 | 2 | Francesca Doveri | 25.45 | 846 | 3417 | ||
21 | 4 | Julia Mächtig | 25.54 | 838 | SB | 3650 | |
22 | 4 | Anna Bogdanova | 25.64 | 829 | 3733 | ||
23 | 4 | Ida Marcussen | 25.74 | 820 | 3386 | ||
24 | 3 | Lilli Schwarzkopf | 25.82 | 813 | 3673 | ||
25 | 4 | Austra Skujytė | 26.04 | 794 | 3808 | ||
26 | 4 | Györgyi Farkas | 26.35 | 767 | 3390 | ||
4 | Sara Aerts | DNS | – | DNF |
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
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1 | A | Tatyana Chernova | 6.38 | 6.61 | X | 6.61 | 1043 | 4970 | ||
2 | A | Jessica Ennis | 6.27 | 6.51 | 6.30 | 6.51 | 1010 | PB | 5088 | |
3 | A | Aiga Grabuste | 6.31 | 5.96 | 6.45 | 6.45 | 991 | 4555 | ||
4 | A | Hyleas Fountain | 6.45 | X | 6.28 | 6.45 | 991 | 4878 | ||
5 | A | Karolina Tymińska | 6.39 | 6.32 | 6.28 | 6.39 | 972 | 4815 | ||
6 | A | Anna Bogdanova | 6.38 | 5.60 | 6.09 | 6.38 | 969 | 4702 | ||
7 | A | Ruky Abdulai | 6.11 | 6.30 | 5.99 | 6.30 | 943 | 4533 | ||
8 | A | Jennifer Oeser | X | 6.28 | 6.14 | 6.28 | 937 | 4728 | ||
9 | A | Grit Šadeiko | X | X | 6.28 | 6.28 | 937 | SB | 4468 | |
10 | A | Louise Hazel | 6.15 | 6.25 | 6.12 | 6.25 | 927 | 4561 | ||
11 | B | Nataliya Dobrynska | 6.18 | 6.10 | 6.10 | 6.18 | 905 | 4773 | ||
12 | B | Lilli Schwarzkopf | 6.18 | 6.04 | 5.95 | 6.18 | 905 | SB | 4578 | |
13 | B | Jessica Zelinka | 6.16 | 5.78 | X | 6.16 | 899 | SB | 4682 | |
14 | A | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | 6.13 | 6.02 | 5.86 | 6.13 | 890 | 4627 | ||
15 | B | Francesca Doveri | 6.09 | X | 5.82 | 6.09 | 877 | 4294 | ||
16 | A | Remona Fransen | 6.06 | X | X | 6.06 | 868 | 4529 | ||
17 | B | Jessica Samuelsson | 6.01 | 6.05 | X | 6.05 | 865 | 4464 | ||
18 | A | Austra Skujytė | X | 6.05 | 5.85 | 6.05 | 865 | 4673 | ||
19 | B | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | 6.03 | 5.97 | 5.87 | 6.03 | 859 | 4637 | ||
20 | A | Julia Mächtig | 5.98 | 5.92 | X | 5.98 | 843 | 4493 | ||
21 | B | Alina Fyodorova | 5.98 | 5.44 | 5.63 | 5.98 | 843 | PB | 4452 | |
22 | B | Kateřina Cachová | 5.65 | 5.49 | 5.97 | 5.97 | 840 | 4277 | ||
23 | B | Ida Marcussen | 5.70 | X | 5.88 | 5.88 | 813 | 4199 | ||
24 | B | Margaret Simpson | 4.70 | X | 5.88 | 5.88 | 813 | 4410 | ||
25 | B | Sharon Day | 5.64 | X | 5.87 | 5.87 | 810 | 4510 | ||
26 | B | Györgyi Farkas | 5.58 | 5.78 | 5.58 | 5.78 | 783 | 4173 |
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
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1 | A | Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida | 55.79 | 50.77 | 54.17 | 55.79 | 973 | PB | 5600 | |
2 | A | Margaret Simpson | 53.13 | 52.53 | 51.37 | 53.13 | 921 | 5331 | ||
3 | A | Tatyana Chernova | 46.63 | 52.95 | X | 52.95 | 917 | SB | 5887 | |
4 | A | Jennifer Oeser | 51.30 | – | – | 51.30 | 885 | PB | 5613 | |
5 | A | Lilli Schwarzkopf | 49.69 | 47.81 | 43.97 | 49.69 | 854 | 5432 | ||
6 | A | Austra Skujytė | 49.19 | 47.57 | 48.90 | 49.19 | 844 | SB | 5517 | |
7 | A | Nataliya Dobrynska | 48.00 | X | 46.74 | 48.00 | 821 | SB | 5594 | |
8 | A | Ruky Abdulai | 44.48 | 45.67 | 46.35 | 46.35 | 790 | 5323 | ||
9 | A | Aiga Grabuste | 43.46 | 44.71 | 45.82 | 45.82 | 779 | 5334 | ||
10 | A | Ida Marcussen | 44.90 | X | 40.38 | 44.90 | 762 | 4961 | ||
11 | B | Kateřina Cachová | 43.89 | 36.66 | 43.98 | 43.98 | 744 | 5021 | ||
12 | A | Julia Mächtig | 43.74 | 42.26 | 42.31 | 43.74 | 739 | 5232 | ||
13 | B | Hyleas Fountain | 42.09 | 42.85 | 43.42 | 43.42 | 733 | SB | 5611 | |
14 | A | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | 42.94 | X | 42.49 | 42.94 | 724 | 5361 | ||
15 | A | Grit Šadeiko | 41.23 | 42.84 | X | 42.84 | 722 | 5190 | ||
16 | A | Györgyi Farkas | 41.66 | 42.15 | X | 42.15 | 709 | 4882 | ||
17 | B | Louise Hazel | 40.53 | 41.75 | 39.37 | 41.75 | 701 | 5262 | ||
18 | B | Anna Bogdanova | 41.38 | 37.87 | 39.93 | 41.38 | 694 | PB | 5396 | |
19 | B | Karolina Tymińska | 39.87 | X | 41.32 | 41.32 | 693 | PB | 5508 | |
20 | B | Jessica Samuelsson | 41.32 | 38.12 | X | 41.32 | 693 | PB | 5157 | |
21 | B | Jessica Ennis | 38.17 | 39.95 | 39.14 | 39.95 | 666 | 5754 | ||
22 | B | Jessica Zelinka | 35.31 | 39.59 | 37.85 | 39.59 | 659 | 5341 | ||
23 | B | Sharon Day | 39.14 | 38.41 | 35.88 | 39.14 | 651 | 5161 | ||
24 | B | Remona Fransen | 38.03 | 37.66 | 33.38 | 38.03 | 630 | 5159 | ||
25 | B | Alina Fyodorova | 34.22 | 33.84 | 37.13 | 37.13 | 612 | PB | 5064 | |
26 | B | Francesca Doveri | 35.09 | 33.55 | X | 35.09 | 573 | SB | 4867 |
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