2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon

Women's heptathlon
at the 2019 World Championships

Event winner Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads bronze medalist Verena Preiner in the 800 metres run

Venue

Khalifa International Stadium

Dates

2–4 October

Competitors

20 from 12 nations

Winning points

6981

Medalists

	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain
	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium
	Verena Preiner	Austria

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Events at the 2019 World Championships

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
	mixed
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men	women
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
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The women's heptathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 4 October 2019. The winning margin was 304 points.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	24 Sep 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Championship	7128	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	1 Sep 1987	Rome, Italy
World leading	6819	Nafissatou Thiam	BEL	23 Jun 2019	Talence, France
African	6423	Margaret Simpson	GHA	29 May 2005	Götzis, Austria
Asian	6942	Ghada Shouaa	SYR	26 May 1996	Götzis, Austria
NACAC	7291	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	USA	24 Sep 1988	Seoul, South Korea
South American	6285	Evelis Aguilar	COL	1 Aug 2018	Barranquilla, Colombia
European	7032	Carolina Klüft	SWE	26 Aug 2007	Osaka, Japan
Oceanian	6695	Jane Flemming	AUS	28 Jan 1990	Auckland, New Zealand

For the current records in each discipline see Women's heptathlon.

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Discipline	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
World Leading		6981 pts	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	GBR	4 Oct 2019
Championship heptathlon best	100 metres hurdles	12.58sec	Kendell Williams	USA	2 Oct 2019
Championship heptathlon best	High jump	1.95m	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	GBR	2 Oct 2019
Championship heptathlon best	High jump	1.95m	Nafissatou Thiam	BEL	2 Oct 2019

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:

Date	Time	Round
2 October	17:05	100 metres hurdles
	18:15	High jump
	20:30	Shot put
	21:50	200 metres
3 October	18:15	Long jump
3 October	20:10	Javelin throw
4 October	00:05	800 metres

Results

100 metres hurdles

The 100 metres hurdles event was started on 2 October at 17:05.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	3	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	12.58	1189	CHB
2	3	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	12.90	1140
3	3	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	13.01	1123
4	3	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	13.05	1117	NR
5	2	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.09	1111	PB
6	3	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	13.23	1090
7	2	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	13.25	1087	PB
8	2	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	13.27	1084	PB
9	3	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)	13.32	1077
10	2	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	13.36	1071	SB
11	3	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	13.45	1058
12	1	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	13.47	1055	SB
13	1	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	13.55	1043	SB
14	2	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	13.58	1039
15	2	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	13.61	1034
16	1	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	13.65	1028
17	1	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	13.84	1001
18	1	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	13.90	993	PB
19	1	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	14.64	890
	2	Ivona Dadic	Austria (AUT)	DQ	0	168.7(b)

High jump

The high jump event was started on 2 October at 18:15.

Rnk	Grp	Athlete	Nationality	1.56	1.59	1.62	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.77	1.80	1.83	1.86	1.89	1.92	1.95	1.98	Res	Pts	Nts	Overall
Rnk	Grp	Athlete	Nationality	1.56	1.59	1.62	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.77	1.80	1.83	1.86	1.89	1.92	1.95	1.98	Res	Pts	Nts	Pts	Rnk
1	A	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	o	xxx	1.95	1171	CHB	2282	1
2	A	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	o	xo	o	xo	xxx	1.95	1171	CHB	2242	2
3	A	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	xxo	o	xo	xxx				1.86	1054		2177	3
4	A	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	xo	o	xxx					1.83	1016		2093	5
5	A	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.83	1016	SB	2050	7
6	B	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	o	xxx						1.80	978	SB	2062	6
7	A	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx						1.80	978		1868	17
8	B	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxx							1.77	941		2031	8
8	A	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx							1.77			1980	13
10	B	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx							1.77			2028	9
10	A	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	xxx							1.77			2130	4
12	B	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx							1.77		SB	1999	12
13	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx							1.77		PB	1969	14
14	B	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx								1.74	903		2020	10
15	B	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	–	o	o	xo	o	xo	xo	xxx								1.74		SB	1958	15
16	B	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	–	–	–	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx								1.74			1946	16
17	A	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	xxx									1.71	867		1868	17
18	B	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	–	–	o	xo	xo	o	xxx									1.71			2007	11
19	B	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	–	–	–	o	o	xo	xxx									1.71			1860	19
	A	Ivona Dadic	Austria (AUT)																DNS	0		DNF

Shot put

The shot put event was started on 2 October at 20:30.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	A	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	15.22	14.52	15.08	15.22	876		3118	1
2	A	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	14.21	14.39	14.75	14.75	844		2894	4
3	A	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	14.58	13.46	13.72	14.58	833	SB	2895	3
4	A	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	14.19	13.76	14.28	14.28	813		2681	16
5	A	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	14.21	13.69	13.73	14.21	808		2836	7
6	A	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	12.73	14.13	13.90	14.13	803		2802	8
7	A	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	14.10	14.05	14.10	14.10	801		2747	13
8	B	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.33	12.38	13.86	13.86	785	PB	3067	2
9	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	13.70	13.53	12.79	13.70	774	PB	2743	15
10	A	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	x	13.57	13.68	13.68	773		2780	10
11	B	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	12.81	13.61	13.66	13.66	771		2639	18
12	B	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	13.05	13.59	12.93	13.59	767	PB	2798	9
13	A	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	12.83	13.55	12.46	13.55	764		2744	14
14	B	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	12.97	13.28	12.83	13.28	746	SB	2766	12
15	B	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	x	12.71	13.12	13.12	735		2595	19
16	B	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	12.71	12.55	12.71	12.71	708		2838	6
17	B	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	12.04	12.58	12.07	12.58	700	SB	2658	17
18	B	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	12.36	12.17	12.33	12.36	685		2862	5
19	B	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)	10.96	11.44	12.21	12.21	675		2768	11
	A	Ivona Dadic	Austria (AUT)				DNS			DNF

200 metres

The 200 metres event was started on 2 October at 20:30.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	3	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	23.08	1071	SB	4138	1
2	3	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	23.62	1017	SB	3855	3
3	2	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	23.81	999	PB	3594	16
4	3	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	23.89	991		3853	4
5	3	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	23.96	985	PB	3821	6
6	3	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	24.05	976		3778	7
7	3	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	24.29	953		3719	10
8	2	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	24.34	948		3728	9
9	2	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	24.37	945		3840	5
10	2	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	24.43	940		3687	12
11	2	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	24.46	937		3681	13
12	1	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	24.60	924		4042	2
13	2	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)	24.72	913		3681	13
14	2	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	24.81	904		3702	11
15	1	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	24.95	891		3549	17
16	1	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	25.03	884		3523	19
17	1	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	25.10	878		3621	15
18	1	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	25.21	868		3549	17
19	1	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	25.28	861		3755	8
	3	Ivona Dadic	Austria (AUT)	DNS			DNF

Long jump

The long jump event was started on 3 October at 18:15.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	A	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6.32	6.77	x	6.77	1095		5233	1
2	A	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	6.44	x	6.30	6.44	988		4707	6
3	A	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	6.41	6.36	6.29	6.41	978		4572	11
4	A	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	6.25	6.35	6.40	6.40	975		5017	2
5	A	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	6.27	6.36	6.16	6.36	962	PB	4783	4
6	A	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	x	x	6.28	6.28	937		4792	3
7	B	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	6.22	6.10	x	6.22	918		4673	8
8	A	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	6.21	6.19	5.95	6.21	915		4768	5
9	B	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	6.08	6.12	6.20	6.20	912		4599	10
10	A	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	6.11	5.82	6.09	6.11	883		4564	13
11	B	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	5.34	6.00	x	6.00	850	PB	4628	9
12	A	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	5.98	x	5.97	5.98	843		4571	12
13	B	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	5.95	5.88	x	5.95	834		4536	14
14	B	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	5.75	x	5.95	5.95	834		4674	7
15	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	5.75	5.65	5.87	5.87	810		4431	15
16	B	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	x	5.83	5.82	5.83	798		4321	17
17	B	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	5.79	5.68	5.52	5.79	786		4335	16
18	B	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	5.51	5.73	5.54	5.73	768		4317	18
	A	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)				DNS			DNF

Javelin throw

The javelin throw event was started on 3 October at 18:15.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	52.50	53.20	55.35	55.35	964		5281	11
2	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	51.87	54.17	x	54.17	941		5540	6
3	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	54.01	52.51	51.96	54.01	938		5369	9
4	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	48.81	51.60	51.53	51.60	891		5212	13
5	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	49.82	49.34	50.41	50.41	868	SB	5541	5
6	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	x	48.04	–	48.04	822	SB	5839	2
7	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	46.74	41.69	x	46.74	797	PB	5425	8
8	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	43.39	45.30	46.68	46.68	796		5579	3
9	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	46.11	42.70	45.02	46.11	785		5120	17
10	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	x	41.91	45.12	45.12	766	SB	5558	4
11	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	42.21	43.93	40.55	43.93	743	PB	5976	1
12	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	40.34	43.48	42.76	43.48	734		5502	7
13	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	40.07	x	x	40.07	669		5205	14
14	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	x	34.55	37.62	37.62	622	PB	5193	15
15	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	37.59	x	x	37.59	621		5328	10
16	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	34.98	36.22	x	36.22	595		5167	16
17	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	x	35.36	27.47	35.36	579		5253	12
18	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	33.06	33.58	33.17	33.58	545		5109	18
	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)				DNS

800 metres

The 800 metres event was started on 4 October at 00:05.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Pts	Rank
1	2	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2.07.26	1005	PB	6981	1
2	2	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	2:08.88	981		6560	3
3	2	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	2:09.74	968		6470	4
4	1	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	2:12.98	921		6088	11
5	1	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2:15.40	887		6099	10
6	2	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	2:15.86	881		6250	7
7	1	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	2:15.94	880		5989	15
8	1	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	2:16.02	878		6159	9
9	1	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	2:16.78	868	SB	6073	12
10	1	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	2:16.85	867	SB	5987	16
11	2	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	2:17.54	857		6415	5
12	2	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	2:18.01	851		6392	6
13	1	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	2:18.75	841		6034	14
14	2	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	2:18.93	838	SB	6677	2
15	1	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	2:20.68	814		6067	13
16	2	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	2:22.89	785	SB	6210	8
	1	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	DNS			DNF
	2	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	DNS			DNF

Final standings

The final standings were as follows:

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100mh	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Total	Notes
	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.09	1.95	13.86	23.08	6.77	43.93	2:07.26	6981	WL
	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	13.36	1.95	15.22	24.60	6.40	48.04	2:18.93	6677
	Verena Preiner	Austria (AUT)	13.25	1.77	14.21	23.96	6.36	46.68	2:08.88	6560
4	Erica Bougard	United States (USA)	13.01	1.86	12.36	23.89	6.21	43.48	2:09.74	6470
5	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	12.58	1.77	12.71	23.62	6.28	45.12	2:17.54	6415
6	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands (NED)	13.61	1.83	14.75	25.28	6.22	50.41	2:18.01	6392
7	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	13.65	1.77	13.70	25.10	5.87	54.01	2:15.86	6250	PB
8	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	13.45	1.77	14.13	24.05	6.00	46.74	2:22.89	6210	NR
9	Géraldine Ruckstuhl	Switzerland (SUI)	13.84	1.71	14.28	25.21	5.73	55.35	2:16.02	6159
10	Ekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan (UZB)	14.64	1.80	13.66	25.03	5.83	51.60	2:15.40	6099
11	Hanne Maudens	Belgium (BEL)	13.90	1.71	13.12	23.81	6.41	36.22	2:12.98	6088
12	Chari Hawkins	United States (USA)	13.23	1.77	13.59	24.81	5.95	40.07	2:16.78	6073
13	Annie Kunz	United States (USA)	13.27	1.80	14.58	24.37	5.95	35.36	2:20.68	6067
14	Solène Ndama	France (FRA)	12.90	1.71	13.68	24.34	5.98	37.62	2:18.75	6034
15	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	13.58	1.77	13.55	24.46	6.11	33.58	2:15.94	5989
16	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic (CZE)	13.47	1.74	12.58	24.95	5.79	46.11	2:16.85	5987
	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	13.55	1.74	14.10	24.43	6.20	54.17	DNF	DNF
	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	13.05	1.74	13.28	24.29	6.44	37.59	DNS	DNF
	Maria Huntington	Finland (FIN)	13.32	1.83	12.21	24.72	DNS	–	–	DNF
	Ivona Dadic	Austria (AUT)	DQ	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

References

"Start list" (PDF).
"Heptathlon Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"Women's Heptathlon − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"100 metres hurdles results" (PDF).
"High jump summary" (PDF).
"High jump results" (PDF).
"Shot put summary" (PDF).
"Shot put results" (PDF).
"200 metres results" (PDF).
"Long jump results" (PDF).
"Long jump summary" (PDF).
"Javelin throw results" (PDF).
"800 metres results" (PDF).
"Final results" (PDF).

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v t e World champions in women's heptathlon
1983: Ramona Neubert (GDR) 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 1991: Sabine Braun (GER) 1993: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 1995: Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 1997: Sabine Braun (GER) 1999: Eunice Barber (FRA) 2001: Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) 2003: Carolina Klüft (SWE) 2005: Carolina Klüft (SWE) 2007: Carolina Klüft (SWE) 2009: Jessica Ennis (GBR) 2011: Jessica Ennis (GBR) 2013: Hanna Melnychenko (UKR) 2015: Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR) 2017: Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 2019: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) 2022: Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 2023: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR)

World champions in women's heptathlon

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