Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon


The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.
The gold medal was won by Jessica Ennis.
She bettered Eunice Barber's World Heptathlon Best in the 100 metres hurdles by.08 of a second. Many others in the field also achieved their personal bests in the same event.
2004 silver medalist Austra Skujytė outperformed Ennis by 6 cm in the high jump, clearing 1.92m, and in the shot put, where both athletes scored personal bests.
In the 200 metres, Ennis regained the lead, tying with Dafne Schippers at 22.83 seconds, a personal best for both. Ennis ended this first day with a lead of 175 points.
On the second day, Ennis initially struggled with the long jump, but figured out her marks eventually posting a respectable 6.48m. Reigning World Champion Tatyana Chernova had the best mark in the event with 6.54m. Sofia Ifadidou came first in the javelin, setting a new Olympic best of 56.96m while Ennis was over 7 metres behind. Ennis went into the 800 metres with almost a 200-point lead over the slower Skujytė. Confident of a win, she led the race, doing the first 400 in 61.89sec. She paid for that fast pace, being overtaken by Lilli Schwarzkopf and Chernova who were battling over the silver medal. But on the home stretch, Ennis again showed her superiority, passing them both to win in 2:08.65. Chernova won the battle but could not make up the 35 point differential, so Schwarzkopf took silver and Chernova the bronze. Initially after the 800 metres, Schwarzkopf was disqualified for breaking lane, but this later turned out to be a mistake, Kristina Savitskaya in the neighbouring lane having done so, and Schwarzkopf was re-instated.
Ennis's final score was 6955 points, a British and Commonwealth record.
In 2013, Chernova was suspended over doping violations back to 2009. Subsequently, the IAAF filed a case with the Court of Arbitration questioning the selective suspension periods of her and five other Russian athletes that made them eligible between 2011 and 2013.

Competition format

The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven events. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon.

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201210:05
11:15
19:00
20:45
100 metres hurdles
High jump
Shot put
200 metres
Saturday, 4 August 201210:05
11:40
20:35
Long jump
Javelin throw
800 metres

Detailed results

100 metres hurdles

Wind: +0.7, −0.2, +2.0, +0.9, +1.3 m/s.
RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotes
15Jessica Ennis12.541195WHB, NR
25Jessica Zelinka12.651178PB
35Hyleas Fountain12.701170PB
45Sara Aerts12.941133PB
55Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida12.961130PB
61Karolina Tymińska13.221091
74Lyudmyla Yosypenko13.251087PB
84Lilli Schwarzkopf13.261086
95Brianne Theisen13.301080
103Hanna Melnychenko13.321077SB
113Ellen Sprunger13.351072PB
124Kristina Savitskaya13.371069PB
133Jennifer Oeser13.421062SB
145Uhunoma Osazuwa13.461056
155Tatyana Chernova13.481053
163Louise Hazel13.481053SB
174Dafne Schippers13.481053
184Katarina Johnson-Thompson13.481053=PB
194Chantae McMillan13.491052
204Grit Šadeiko13.501050
214Olga Kurban13.561041
223Sharon Day13.571040PB
232Nataliya Dobrynska13.571040SB
243Jessica Samuelsson13.581039PB
252Nadine Broersen13.641030PB
263Aiga Grabuste13.651028SB
273Laura Ikauniece13.711020
282Marisa De Aniceto13.741015SB
292Sofia Ifadidou13.821004
302Sarah Cowley13.95985
311Yana Maksimava13.97983PB
321Austra Skujytė14.00978SB
332Eliška Klučinová14.01977PB
341Ida Marcussen14.08967=SB
352Irina Karpova14.21949
361Györgyi Farkas14.33932
371Julia Mächtig14.54903
381Ivona Dadic14.58898PB
2Margaret Simpson0

High jump

RankGroupNameNationality1.561.591.621.651.681.711.741.771.801.831.861.891.921.95ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall Rank
1AAustra Skujytėooooxoxxoxxooxxx1.921132PB21104
2AKatarina Johnson-Thompsonoooxooxoxoxxx1.891093PB21463
3AYana Maksimavaooooxoxxoxxx1.891093207611
4AHyleas Fountainoooooxxx1.86105422242
5ANadine Broersenooxooxxoxxx1.861054SB208410
5AJessica Ennisooxooxxoxxx1.86105422491
7ALilli Schwarzkopfxoooxooxxx1.831016=PB21027
7AKristina Savitskayaoxoxoooxxx1.83101620859
9ALaura Ikaunieceoxooxoxxx1.831016203615
10ANataliya Dobrynskaoxooxoxoxxx1.831016205612
11ABrianne Theisenoooxoxxoxxx1.83101620968
12BLyudmyla Yosypenkoooxooxoxxoxxx1.831016SB21036
13AJennifer Oeseroooxxx1.80978204014
13AHanna Melnychenkoooooxxx1.80978205513
13AEliška Klučinováooooxxx1.80978195525
16ATatyana Chernovaooxoxxx1.80978203116
17BIvona Dadicoooooxoxoxxx1.80978187633
18ASarah Cowleyooxxoxxx1.80978196324
19AAntoinette Nana Djimou Idaooxoxxoxxx1.8097821085
20AOlga Kurbanooxxoxxoxxx1.80978201918
21BGyörgyi Farkasoxoxoxoxxoxxx1.80978191030
21BDafne Schippersoooxoxxoxxoxxx1.80978PB203117
23BAiga Grabusteoooxoxxx1.77941SB196923
24BJessica Samuelssonooooxxoxoxx–r1.77941=PB198022
25ASharon Dayxoxxoxxx1.77941198121
26AUhunoma Osazuwaooxxoxxoxxx1.77941199720
27BGrit Šadeikooooxoxxx1.74903195326
28BEllen Sprungerxooxoxoxxx1.71867193927
29BMarisa De Anicetoooxoxxoxxx1.71867SB188231
30BIrina Karpovaooxxx1.68830177936
30BSofia Ifadidouoooooxxx1.68830183434
30BJessica Zelinkaooxxx1.68830200819
30BIda Marcussenoooxxx1.68830179735
34BJulia Mächtigxooxxx1.68830173338
35BChantae McMillanooooxoxxx1.68830188232
36BKarolina Tymińskaxooxxoxxx1.68830192129
37BSara Aertsoxoxxx1.65795SB192828
38BLouise Hazelooxxx1.59724177737

Shot put

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall Rank
1AAustra Skujytė15.96X17.3117.311016WHB, SB31261
2ANataliya DobrynskaXX15.0515.0586429205
3AJulia Mächtig14.99XX14.99860259333
4AChantae McMillan14.2414.0314.9214.92856273823
5AJessica Zelinka14.0314.8113.7014.81848SB285610
6BKristina Savitskaya14.7714.20X14.7784529304
7ALilli Schwarzkopf13.9413.8614.7714.77845SB29473
8BSara Aerts13.6014.43X14.43823PB275121
9ASharon Day13.7213.9114.2814.28813=PB279417
10AJessica Ennis13.8514.2813.0214.2881330622
11AAntoinette Nana Djimou Ida13.1014.2613.8914.2681129196
12AJessica Samuelsson14.1814.1113.7114.18806278618
13ATatyana Chernova13.56X14.1714.17805SB283613
14BJennifer Oeser13.6714.1613.8114.16805SB284512
15AYana Maksimava13.8813.7714.0914.0980028769
16ALyudmyla Yosypenko13.90X13.4013.9078728907
17AKarolina Tymińska13.3113.7413.4613.74777269826
18AOlga Kurban13.7113.2513.2613.71775279416
19ADafne Schippers13.3313.67X13.67772280315
20BNadine Broersen12.1613.2413.5713.57765284911
21BGyörgyi Farkas13.5513.49X13.55764267428
22AAiga Grabuste12.2813.52X13.52762273124
23BIda Marcussen12.7013.1713.4613.46758SB255535
24BMarisa De Aniceto12.2312.5213.0913.09733PB261532
25AHanna Melnychenko12.8512.7512.9612.96725278019
26BSofia Ifadidou12.7812.96X12.96725255934
27AEliška Klučinová12.93XX12.93723267827
28BBrianne Theisen12.8912.6212.8412.84720PB281614
29BLouise Hazel11.6912.4112.8112.81715249237
30BUhunoma Osazuwa12.2112.7712.0512.77712270925
31BLaura Ikauniece11.6711.4812.6412.64704274022
32BEllen Sprunger11.4811.5812.6212.62702264131
33BGrit Šadeiko12.4312.19X12.43690264330
34BSarah Cowley12.2311.9712.3712.37686264929
35BIvona Dadic12.1911.13X12.19674255036
36BHyleas Fountain11.9911.8411.4011.9966028848
37AIrina Karpova11.68X11.3911.68640241938
38BKatarina Johnson-Thompson11.2910.8811.3211.32616276220

200 metres

Wind: +0.8, +0.9, +0.3, +0.6, -0.3 m/s.
RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotesOverallOverall Rank
15Dafne Schippers22.83109638996
25Jessica Ennis22.831096PB41581
35Jessica Zelinka23.321047PB39033
43Ellen Sprunger23.591020PB366123
54Hyleas Fountain23.641016SB39005
65Tatyana Chernova23.67101338499
74Lyudmyla Yosypenko23.681012=PB39024
81Karolina Tymińska23.711009370721
95Katarina Johnson-Thompson23.731007PB376914
105Olga Kurban23.88992378613
114Hanna Melnychenko24.09972PB375216
123Laura Ikauniece24.16965PB370522
134Grit Šadeiko24.25957360026
144Jessica Samuelsson24.25957374317
154Ivona Dadic24.29953350328
165Brianne Theisen24.35947376315
174Sharon Day24.36946374018
183Jennifer Oeser24.39944SB378912
193Kristina Savitskaya24.46937PB38677
202Louise Hazel24.48935SB342734
214Uhunoma Osazuwa24.62922363124
222Nataliya Dobrynska24.69915SB383510
233Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida24.72913383211
242Lilli Schwarzkopf24.77908SB38558
253Eliška Klučinová25.00887356527
261Nadine Broersen25.13875PB372420
272Ida Marcussen25.15873342833
283Chantae McMillan25.25864360225
291Marisa De Aniceto25.26863SB347831
302Julia Mächtig25.38852344532
312Irina Karpova25.42849326836
322Austra Skujytė25.4384839742
331Yana Maksimava25.43848SB372419
342Sarah Cowley25.60833348230
351Györgyi Farkas25.72822349629
361Sofia Ifadidou25.91805336435
5Sara Aerts0275137
3Aiga Grabuste0

Long jump

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall Rank
1BTatyana Chernova6.446.546.406.54102048693
2BJessica Ennis5.956.406.486.48100151591
3BHanna Melnychenko6.40X6.306.4097547279
4BLyudmyla Yosypenko6.206.316.096.31946SB48484
5ALilli Schwarzkopf6.30X6.306.30943SB47986
6BDafne Schippers6.276.28X6.2893748365
7BAustra SkujytėX6.256.176.2592749012
8AKristina Savitskaya6.21XX6.2191547827
9BKatarina Johnson-Thompson6.036.196.016.19908467712
10AJessica Samuelsson6.106.036.186.18905=SB464814
11BLaura Ikauniece6.106.086.136.13890459516
12BEliška Klučinová6.105.796.136.13890445523
13BAntoinette Nana Djimou Ida5.966.136.076.13890472211
14AGrit Šadeiko5.976.11X6.11883SB448321
15BJennifer OeserX6.076.006.07871466013
16AGyörgyi Farkas5.885.456.076.07871=SB436725
17BHyleas FountainX6.05X6.0586547658
18ABrianne Theisen5.966.014.866.01853PB461615
19AIvona Dadic6.005.905.926.00850435326
20ASarah Cowley5.56X6.006.00850433227
21AYana MaksimavaX5.885.995.99846457018
22ANadine BroersenX5.94X5.94831455519
23AJessica Zelinka5.855.875.915.91822SB472510
24AEllen Sprunger5.615.885.765.88813447422
25ASharon DayX5.835.855.85804454420
26BOlga Kurban5.72X5.835.83798458417
27BIda MarcussenX5.82X5.82795422330
28ASofia Ifadidou5.815.53X5.81792415632
29ALouise Hazel5.455.565.775.77780SB420731
30AMarisa De AnicetoX5.76X5.76777425529
31BUhunoma OsazuwaX5.74X5.74771440224
32AIrina Karpova5.705.46X5.70759402734
33AChantae McMillan5.105.215.375.37663426528
34BJulia MächtigXX4.064.06322376735
35BNataliya DobrynskaXX3.703.70242407733
BKarolina TymińskaXXXNM0370736
ASara Aerts0

Javelin throw

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall Rank
1BSofia Ifadidou54.5456.9654.7956.96995OHB, PB515125
2BAntoinette Nana Djimou Ida55.8753.7851.4855.87974PB56964
3BMarisa De Aniceto49.2351.9850.9851.98899PB515424
4BNadine Broersen50.1651.9848.6351.98899545412
5BLilli Schwarzkopf49.3751.73X51.7389456925
6BLaura Ikauniece48.0948.4451.2751.2788554809
7BAustra Skujytė48.64X51.1351.13882SB57832
8BChantae McMillan45.1249.5649.7849.78856512126
9BLyudmyla Yosypenko49.6347.70X49.63853SB57013
10BJessica Ennis46.6145.9947.4947.49812PB59711
11ALouise Hazel39.9042.1747.3847.38809PB501630
12BJennifer Oeser44.5946.6146.2946.61795545511
13AGyörgyi Farkas43.7443.4946.5246.52793SB516023
14BBrianne Theisen46.4745.1245.1346.47792PB540814
15BTatyana Chernova46.2945.0944.7646.2978856576
16AJessica Zelinka40.2241.8245.7545.7577855038
17BEliška Klučinová45.65XX45.65776523121
18BEllen Sprunger40.9841.2445.6345.63776525020
19BJulia MächtigX43.7944.4044.40752451933
20AGrit Šadeiko44.12X43.3144.12747523022
21ASharon Day42.5443.9043.6643.90742528617
22AHanna Melnychenko43.8640.0541.0143.86742SB546910
23BKristina Savitskaya39.4130.0443.7043.7073855207
24AYana Maksimava40.6042.3342.2442.33712SB528218
25BIda Marcussen42.2642.23X42.26711493431
26AJessica Samuelsson38.1539.9342.0242.02706PB535415
27ASarah Cowley41.9039.3236.0541.90704PB503629
28AIvona Dadic41.8236.11X41.82702PB505528
29AOlga Kurban38.5834.3440.3640.36674525819
30AKatarina Johnson-ThompsonX24.8438.3738.37636531316
31ADafne Schippers34.6335.8636.6336.63603543913
32AIrina Karpova35.7534.1130.9935.75586461332
33AHyleas FountainX21.60X21.60319508427
ANataliya Dobrynska0
AKarolina Tymińska0
AUhunoma Osazuwa0

800 metres

RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotes
14Jessica Ennis2:08.65984SB
24Jessica Zelinka2:09.15977SB
33Brianne Theisen2:09.27975PB
44Tatyana Chernova2:09.56971
54Lilli Schwarzkopf2:10.50957SB
63Katarina Johnson-Thompson2:10.76954PB
73Sharon Day2:11.31946PB
83Jessica Samuelsson2:11.31946
94Laura Ikauniece2:12.13934PB
104Kristina Savitskaya2:12.27932PB
113Hanna Melnychenko2:12.90923SB
124Lyudmyla Yosypenko2:13.28917SB
132Yana Maksimava2:13.37916SB
141Ida Marcussen2:13.62912
153Dafne Schippers2:15.52885PB
161Ivona Dadic2:15.90880
174Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida2:15.94880PB
182Eliška Klučinová2:16.08878SB
192Marisa De Aniceto2:16.20876SB
203Nadine Broersen2:16.98865PB
212Ellen Sprunger2:17.54857
222Györgyi Farkas2:17.83853
231Louise Hazel2:18.78840
241Sarah Cowley2:19.01837
252Olga Kurban2:19.82826
261Julia Mächtig2:20.34819
274Austra Skujytė2:20.59816
282Sofia Ifadidou2:22.03796
292Grit Šadeiko2:23.01783
301Irina Karpova2:28.93706
311Chantae McMillan2:40.55567
3Jennifer Oeser0
1Hyleas Fountain0

Overall results

The final results of the event are in the following table.
;Key:
RankAthletePoints100 hHJSP200 mLJJT800 m
1195
12.54 s
1054
1.86 m
813
14.28 m
1096
22.83 s
1001
6.48 m
812
47.49 m
984
2:08.65
1086
13.26 s
1016
1.83 m
845
14.77 m
908
24.77 s
943
6.30 m
894
51.73 m
957
2:10.50
6599
978
14.00 s
1132
1.92 m
1016
17.31 m
848
25.43 s
927
6.25 m
882
51.13 m
816
2:20.59
1130
12.96 s
978
1.80 m
811
14.26 m
913
24.72 s
890
6.13 m
974
55.87 m
912
2:13.62
64801178
12.65 s
830
1.68 m
848
14.81 m
1047
23.32 s
822
5.91 m
778
45.75 m
977
2:09.15
64521069
13.37 s
1016
1.83 m
845
14.77 m
937
24.46 s
915
6.21 m
738
43.70 m
932
2:12.27
1020
13.71 s
1016
1.83 m
704
12.64 m
965
24.16 s
890
6.13 m
885
51.27 m
934
2:12.13
63921077
13.32 s
978
1.80 m
725
12.96 m
972
24.09 s
975
6.40 m
742
43.86 m
923
2:12.90
1063831080
13.30 s
1016
1.83 m
720
12.89 m
947
24.35 s
853
6.01 m
792
46.47 m
975
2:09.27
1163241053
13.48 s
978
1.80 m
772
13.67 m
1096
22.83 s
937
6.28 m
603
36.63 m
885
2:15.52
121030
13.64 s
1054
1.86 m
765
13.57 m
875
25.13 s
831
5.94 m
899
51.98 m
865
2:16.98
131039
13.58 s
941
1.77 m
806
14.18 m
957
24.25 s
905
6.18 m
706
42.02 m
946
2:11.31
141053
13.48 s
1093
1.89 m
616
11.32 m
1007
23.73 s
908
6.19 m
636
38.37 m
954
2:10.76
1562321040
13.57 s
941
1.77 m
813
14.28 m
946
24.36 s
804
5.85 m
742
43.90 m
946
2:11.31
16983
13.97 s
1093
1.89 m
800
14.09 m
848
25.43 s
846
5.99 m
712
42.33 m
916
2:13.37
176109977
14.01 s
978
1.80 m
723
12.93 m
887
25.00 s
890
6.13 m
776
45.65 m
878
2:16.08
1861071072
13.35 s
867
1.71 m
702
12.62 m
1020
23.59 s
813
5.88 m
776
45.63 m
857
2:17.54
1960841041
13.46 s
978
1.80 m
775
13.71 m
992
23.88 s
798
5.83 m
674
40.36 m
826
2:19.82
2060301015
13.74 s
867
1.71 m
733
13.09 m
863
25.26 s
777
5.76 m
899
51.98 m
876
2:16.20
216013932
14.33 s
978
1.80 m
764
13.55 m
822
25.72 s
871
6.07 m
793
46.52 m
853
2:17.83
2260131050
13.50 s
903
1.74 m
690
12.43 m
957
24.25 s
883
6.11 m
747
44.12 m
783
2:23.01
2359471004
13.82 s
830
1.68 m
725
12.96 m
805
25.91 s
792
5.81 m
995
56.96 m
796
2:22.03
245935898
14.58 s
978
1.80 m
674
12.19 m
953
24.29 s
850
6.00 m
702
41.82 m
880
2:15.90
255873985
13.95 s
978
1.80 m
686
12.37 m
833
25.60 s
850
6.00 m
704
41.90 m
837
2:19.01
2658561053
13.48 s
724
1.59 m
715
12.81 m
935
24.48 s
780
5.77 m
809
47.38 m
840
2:18.78
275846967
14.08 s
830
1.68 m
811
14.26 m
873
25.15 s
795
5.82 m
711
42.26 m
912
2:13.62
2856881052
13.49 s
830
1.68 m
856
14.92 m
864
25.25 s
663
5.37 m
856
49.78 m
567
2:40.55
2954551062
13.42 s
978
1.80 m
805
14.16 m
944
24.39 s
871
6.07 m
795
46.61 m
0
DNF
305338903
14.54 s
830
1.68 m
860
14.99 m
852
25.38 s
322
4.06 m
752
44.40 m
819
2:20.34
315319949
14.21 s
830
1.68 m
640
11.68 m
849
25.42 s
759
5.70 m
586
35.75 m
706
2:28.93
1170
12.70 s
1054
1.86 m
660
11.99 m
1016
23.64 s
865
6.05 m
319
21.60 m
DNS
1056
13.46 s
941
1.77 m
712
12.77 m
922
24.62 s
771
5.74 m
DNSDNS
1091
13.22 s
830
1.68 m
777
13.74 m
1009
23.71 s
NMDNSDNS
1040
13.57 s
1016
1.83 m
864
15.05 m
915
24.69 s
242
3.70 m
DNSDNS
1133
12.94 s
795
1.65 m
823
14.43 m
DNFDNSDNSDNS
1028
13.65 s
941
1.77 m
762
13.52 m
DNSDNSDNSDNS
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS

1053
13.48 s
978
1.80 m
805
14.17 m
1013
23.67 s
1020
6.54 m
788
46.29 m
971
2:09.56

1087
13.25 s
1016
1.83 m
787
13.90 m
1012
23.68 s
946
6.31 m
853
49.63 m
917
2:13.28