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

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

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

A standard	B standard
6100pts	5900pts

Schedule

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

100 metres hurdles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

General

Heptathlon results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.

Specific

^ Jalaka, Mirko (2009-08-09). Women's Heptathlon - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
^ 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.
^ Ennis closes in on heptathlon win . BBC Sport (2009-08-15). Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.

[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.

[Gold-6] 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.

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