2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

The women's heptathlon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place from August 25–26, 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The competition is notable for having the highest number of competitors (39) in the World Championships history. The winning margin was 200 points.

800 m event

Medalists

Gold	Carolina Klüft  Sweden (SWE)
Silver	Lyudmila Blonska  Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Kelly Sotherton  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)

Schedule

August 25, 2007

1. 100 m hurdles
2. High Jump
3. Shot Put
4. 200 m

August 26, 2007

5. Long Jump
6. Javelin Throw
7. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States (USA)	7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States (USA)	7128	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy

Overall results

Points table after final event :

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
				100 mh	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m
	Carolina Klüft	Sweden (SWE)	7032 WL AR	1102 pts 13.15	1171 1.95	848 14.81	1041 23.38	1122 6.85	821 47.98	927 2:12.56
	Lyudmila Blonska	Ukraine (UKR)	6832 NR	1087 pts 13.25	1132 1.92	823 14.44	972 24.09	1132 6.88	817 47.77	869 2:16.68
	Kelly Sotherton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6510 SB	1093 pts 13.21	1054 1.86	803 14.14	1039 23.40	1066 6.68	513 31.90	942 2:11.58
4	Jessica Ennis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6469 PB	1129 pts 12.97	1093 1.89	656 11.93	1064 23.15	953 6.33	630 38.07	944 2:11.39
5	Lilli Schwarzkopf	Germany (GER)	6439 PB	1044 pts 13.54	1016 1.83	727 13.00	879 25.08	902 6.17	946 54.44	925 2:12.76
6	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania (LTU)	6380 SB	931 pts 14.34	978 1.80	997 17.03	851 25.39	937 6.28	911 52.63	775 2:23.64
7	Jennifer Oeser	Germany (GER)	6378 PB	1049 pts 13.51	1016 1.83	808 14.21	942 24.41	927 6.25	727 43.10	909 2:13.85
8	Nataliya Dobrynska	Ukraine (UKR)	6327 SB	994 pts 13.89	941 1.77	949 16.31	895 24.91	887 6.12	787 46.22	874 2:16.35
9	Marie Collonvillé	France (FRA)	6244 SB	1031 pts 13.63	1016 1.83	669 12.12	886 25.01	1062 6.67	654 39.32	926 2:12.68
10	Anna Bogdanova	Russia (RUS)	6243	1020 pts 13.71	1016 1.83	749 13.33	887 25.00	994 6.46	666 39.91	911 2:13.72
11	Ida Marcussen	Norway (NOR)	6226 NR	956 pts 14.16	830 1.68	727 13.00	925 24.59	997 6.47	880 51.02	911 2:13.69
12	Kylie Wheeler	Australia (AUS)	6184 SB	997 pts 13.87	978 1.80	727 13.00	939 24.44	981 6.42	638 38.49	924 2:12.81
13	Sonja Kesselschläger	Germany (GER)	6149	1043 pts 13.55	978 1.80	811 14.25	842 25.49	912 6.20	723 42.91	840 2:18.81
14	Jolanda Keizer	Netherlands (NED)	6102	1003 pts 13.83	941 1.77	809 14.23	940 24.43	819 5.90	734 43.48	856 2:17.61
15	Karolina Tymińska	Poland (POL)	6092	966 pts 14.09	867 1.71	744 13.25	979 24.02	956 6.34	590 35.97	990 2:08.27
16	Yvonne Wisse	Netherlands (NED)	6056	1043 pts 13.55	978 1.80	697 12.54	943 24.40	843 5.98	624 37.73	928 2:12.52
17	Aiga Grabuste	Latvia (LAT)	6019 PB	1001 pts 13.84	941 1.77	730 13.04	889 24.98	856 6.02	778 45.76	824 2:19.97
18	Aryiro Strataki	Greece (GRE)	5999	976 pts 14.02	830 1.68	798 14.06	863 25.26	896 6.15	758 44.73	878 2:16.06
19	Olga Kurban	Russia (RUS)	5998	993 pts 13.90	867 1.71	738 13.16	938 24.45	912 6.20	678 40.55	872 2:16.48
20	Linda Züblin	Switzerland (SUI)	5995 PB	1031 pts 13.63	795 1.65	690 12.43	910 24.75	843 5.98	857 49.85	869 2:16.72
21	Kamila Chudzik	Poland (POL)	5926	941 pts 14.27	867 1.71	748 13.31	887 25.00	801 5.84	899 52.03	783 2:23.03
22	Simone Oberer	Switzerland (SUI)	5922	1033 pts 13.62	978 1.80	674 12.20	827 25.66	862 6.04	679 40.60	869 2:16.67
23	Yuki Nakata	Japan (JPN)	5869 SB	1004 pts 13.82	903 1.74	616 11.31	861 25.28	899 6.16	730 43.26	856 2:17.61
24	Irina Naumenko	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5848 SB	947 pts 14.22	903 1.74	721 12.90	888 24.99	915 6.21	658 39.53	816 2:20.52
25	Diana Pickler	United States (USA)	5838	1074 pts 13.34	903 1.74	610 11.22	923 24.61	853 6.01	660 39.62	815 2:20.63
26	Salla Rinne	Finland (FIN)	5813	1030 pts 13.64	903 1.74	811 14.25	818 25.76	810 5.87	822 48.03	619 2:36.05
27	Sylvie Dufour	Switzerland (SUI)	5805	964 pts 14.10	903 1.74	771 13.65	846 25.45	759 5.70	662 39.75	900 2:14.46
28	Vasiliki Delinikola	Greece (GRE)	5745	1014 pts 13.75	867 1.71	756 13.43	881 25.06	840 5.97	709 42.19	678 2:31.23
29	Jessica Samuelsson	Sweden (SWE)	5745	954 pts 14.17	795 1.65	765 13.56	886 25.01	813 5.88	616 37.30	916 2:13.34
30	Kaie Kand	Estonia (EST)	5616	947 pts 14.22	830 1.68	707 12.69	811 25.84	774 5.75	635 38.33	912 2:13.63
31	Lucimara da Silva	Brazil (BRA)	5601	1014 pts 13.75	903 1.74	553 10.36	874 25.14	837 5.96	626 37.87	794 2:22.16
32	Gretchen Quintana	Cuba (CUB)	4954	1011 pts 13.77	830 1.68	708 12.71	960 24.22	887 6.12	558 34.31	0 DQ
—	Virginia Johnson	United States (USA)	DNF	1084 pts 13.27	724 1.59	751 13.36	1003 23.77	915 6.21
—	Hyleas Fountain	United States (USA)	DNF	1027 pts 13.66	941 1.77	680 12.29	968 24.13	0 NM
—	Karin Ruckstuhl	Netherlands (NED)	DNF	1083 pts 13.28	903 1.74	793 13.99	942 24.41
—	Tatyana Chernova	Russia (RUS)	DNF	1020 pts 13.71	978 1.80	760 13.49	808 25.88
—	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	France (FRA)	DNF	997 pts 13.87	867 1.71	757 13.44	850 25.41
—	Margaret Simpson	Ghana (GHA)	DNF	1023 pts 13.69	903 1.74
—	Hanna Melnychenko	Ukraine (UKR)	DNF	0 pts DNF

References

Results

• 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin, 800 m - IAAF.org
• Final standings - IAAF.org

Event reports

• 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin throw, 800 m - IAAF.org