2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

The Women's Heptathlon at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Saturday August 6 and Sunday August 7. The winning margin was 63 points.

Medalists

Gold	Carolina Klüft Sweden (SWE)
Silver	Eunice Barber France (FRA)
Bronze	Margaret Simpson Ghana (GHA)

Schedule

Saturday, August 6, 2005

100 m hurdles
High Jump
Shot Put
200 m

Sunday, August 7, 2005

Long Jump
Javelin Throw
800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7128	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy

Results

Overall results

Points table after 7th event

Rank	Athlete	Overall points	100 mh	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
1	Carolina Klüft Sweden	6887 (SB)	1096 pts 13.19 s	1003 1.82	862 15.02	1010 23.70	1129 6.87	806 47.20	981 2:08.89
2	Eunice Barber France	6824	1133 pts 12.94 s	1119 1.91	741 13.20	980 24.01	1089 6.75	826 48.24	936 2:11.94
3	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6375	1043 pts 13.55 s	966 1.79	749 13.33	892 24.94	877 6.09	984 56.36	864 2:17.02
4	Austra Skujytė Lithuania	6360	947 pts 14.22 s	1003 1.82	969 16.61	859 25.31	887 6.12	837 48.82	858 2:17.48
5	Kelly Sotherton Great Britain	6325	1075 pts 13.33 s	1003 1.82	753 13.38	986 23.94	978 6.41	535 33.09	995 2:07.96
6	Marie Collonvillé France	6248 (SB)	1017 pts 13.73 s	1041 1.85	685 12.36	847 25.44	943 6.30	776 45.65	939 2:11.74
7	Naide Gomes Portugal	6189	995 pts 13.88 s	966 1.79	794 14.00	870 25.18	997 6.47	693 41.36	874 2:16.31
8	Karin Ruckstuhl Netherlands	6174	1053 pts 13.48 s	966 1.79	740 13.19	918 24.66	1014 6.52	607 36.84	876 2:16.17
9	Nataliya Dobrynska Ukraine	6144	976 pts 14.02 s	1041 1.85	874 15.20	806 25.90	843 5.98	754 44.51	850 2:18.05
10	Sonja Kesselschläger Germany	6113	981 pts 13.98 s	966 1.79	797 14.04	814 25.81	899 6.16	781 45.93	875 2:16.23
11	Jessica Zelinka Canada	6097	1047 pts 13.52 s	855 1.70	770 13.64	968 24.13	795 5.82	714 42.42	948 2:11.15
12	Hyleas Fountain United States	6055	1036 pts 13.60 s	966 1.79	658 11.95	924 24.60	1007 6.50	681 40.70	783 2:22.98
13	Lilly Schwarzkopf Germany	5993	985 pts 13.95 s	928 1.76	727 12.99	825 25.68	810 5.87	786 46.19	932 2:12.24
14	Irina Naumenko Kazakhstan	5991	968 pts 14.07 s	928 1.76	777 13.74	865 25.24	896 6.15	654 39.30	903 2:14.27
15	Kylie Wheeler Australia	5919	934 pts 14.32 s	928 1.76	725 12.96	876 25.12	905 6.18	620 37.53	931 2:12.33
16	Virginia Johnson United States	5911	1058 pts 13.45 s	855 1.70	695 12.51	963 24.19	825 5.92	632 38.14	883 2:15.69
17	Aryiro Strataki Greece	5884	984 pts 13.96 s	891 1.73	731 13.05	836 25.56	828 5.93	746 44.10	868 2:16.77
18	Simone Oberer Switzerland	5882	1011 pts 13.77 s	1003 1.82	658 11.96	840 25.52	846 5.99	617 37.39	907 2:14.02
19	Magdalena Szczepańska Poland	5880	947 pts 14.22 s	891 1.73	797 14.04	801 25.96	759 5.70	801 46.96	884 2:15.61
20	Yuki Nakata Japan	5735	980 pts 13.99 s	855 1.70	597 11.03	834 25.58	868 6.06	757 44.69	844 2:18.52
	Karin Ertl Germany	DNF	1001 pts 13.84 s	891 1.73	759 13.48	884 25.03	750 5.67
	Janice Josephs South Africa	DNF	1041 pts 13.56 s	712 1.58	665 12.06	963 24.19	816 5.89
	Yuliya Akulenko Ukraine	DNF	920 pts 14.42 s	783 1.64	782 13.82	850 25.41
	Juana Castillo Dominican Republic	DNF	936 pts 14.30 s	818 1.67	733 13.09	745 26.61
	Laurien Hoos Netherlands	DNF	1026 pts 13.67 s	855 1.70
	Tatsiana Alisevich Belarus	DNF	909 pts 14.50 s
	Tiia Hautala Finland	DNS
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