Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon


The women's heptathlon competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was won by Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 12–13 August.

Summary

The defending 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Champion, Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill ranked second on the years rankings with 6733 points. The 2015 World runner-up Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada topped the season's lists with 32 points more. Katarina Johnson-Thompson had one of the highest personal best scores, though her fitness for the two-day event was in question, ranking 17th in the world. Other strong entrants included 2016 European Champion Anouk Vetter and world medallist Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa. While South American Champion Evelis Aguilar from Colombia did not reach the top 10 she improved her personal best in 5 events during the competition.

Day one

In the first event Ennis-Hill was the expected top finisher with 12.84 seconds. Theisen-Eaton was off her best at 13.18 and Johnson-Thompson was a tenth off her own. The top three performers were rounded out by Barbadian Akela Jones and Dutchwoman Nadine Visser.
World heptathlon bests came in the high jump, courtesy of Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam and Johnson-Thompson's clearances of 1.98 m. The pair led the rankings after the second event. Jones was short of her best but still cleared 1.89 m to place fourth. Ennis-Hill and Theisen-Eaton performed close to their best and remained in the top five overall.
Despite an elbow injury, Thiam topped the shot put with 14.91 m to take the lead in the third round. Solid marks from Ennis-Hill, Theisen-Eaton and Jones saw them remain in the top five. Her weakest event, Johnson-Thompson slid to out of the lead and into sixth place after a poor 11.68 m. Germany's Carolin Schafer moved into the top five with a personal best. Barbara Nwaba and Visser placed in the top three of this event but remained outside the top eight.
In the last event of the day, Johnson-Thompson was best in the 200 m, winning in 23.26 seconds to lift herself back to fourth. Ennis-Hill was the next best, moving into the lead as a result, and Thiam was in second after delivering her best first-day performance. Jones and Schafer made up the top five, while a slow run from Theisen-Eaton saw her drop to sixth.

Day two

Thiam regained the lead as a result of a 6.58 m personal best in the long jump. Britain's Ennis-Hill and Johnson-Thompson both were a little short of their best with 6.34 m and 6.51 m, respectively, but remained in the top three. Akela Jones stayed in fourth place. Theisen-Eaton scored over 1000 points in the event, but remained nearly 150 points off the lead in fifth. Claudia Rath was the second best performer of the round with 6.55 m but was down the order in 14th.
Despite carrying an elbow injury, Thiam excelled in the javelin with a personal best of 53.13 m. Ennis-Hill remained in second through her throw of 46.06 m, while Theisen-Eaton's 47.36 m put her ahead of fourth-placed Schäfer. A poor throw of 36.36 m pushed Johnson-Thompson out of medal contention. Latvia's Laura Ikauniece-Admidina was the best of the round with 55.93 m, moving into fifth before the final event. Sofía Yfantídou of Greece was the other strong performer of the event with 54.57 m, moving her out of last place.
At the start of the seventh event, Thiam had a 142-point lead worth nearly ten seconds for the 800 m. In the final race, Ennis-Hill took to the front and was on for a personal best at the halfway point, trailed by Theisen-Eaton, Johnson-Thompson and Ikauniece-Admidina. The Briton finished the race in first with 2:09.07 minutes. Latvia's Ikauniece-Admidina had a personal best to finish second, but with Theisen-Eaton, close behind, she retained her bronze medal spot. Thiam ran her fifth lifetime best of the competition ended with 2:16.54 minutes. She remained 35 points clear at the top of the leaderboard and won the gold medal in a Belgian national record of 6810 points. Ennis-Hill relinquished her title with a 6775-point silver medal performance while Theisen-Eaton made her first Olympic podium in 6653 points. The standard of the performances in the field was high, with six women going beyond 6500 points in a heptathlon for the first time and best ever score for placings across the field from sixth onwards. The event would ultimately prove to be Ennis-Hill's final major competition, as she announced her retirement from athletics two months later.
The medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, IOC member, Belgium and Sylvia Barlag, Council Member of the IAAF.

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 components. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon.

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record7291 ptsSeoul, South Korea23–24 September 1988
Olympic record7291 ptsSeoul, South Korea23–24 September 1988
2016 World leading6765 ptsGötzis, Austria29–30 May 2016

The following national records were established during the competition:
CountryAthletePointsNotes
Belgium6810
Cuba6452=

CountryAthleteEventHeightNotes
Great BritainHigh jump1.98 m

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 12 August 201609:35
10:50
20:35
22:05
100 metres hurdles
High jump
Shot put
200 metres
Saturday, 13 August 201611:45
20:00
22:50
Long jump
Javelin throw
800 metres

Detailed results

100 metres hurdles

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotes
14Jessica Ennis-Hill12.841149
24Akela Jones13.001124
34Nadine Visser13.021121
44Kendell Williams13.041118
54Carolin Schafer13.121106
64Brianne Theisen Eaton13.181097
74Katerina Cachova13.191096
82Laura Ikauniece-Admidina13.331075
94Antoinette Nana Djimou13.371069
103Anouk Vetter13.471055
113Katarina Johnson-Thompson13.481053
122Nafissatou Thiam13.561041
122Nadine Broersen13.561041
123Heather Miller-Koch13.561041
153Yorgelis Rodríguez13.611034
163Claudia Rath13.631031
173Hanna Kasyanova13.661027
173Xénia Krizsán13.661027
192Jennifer Oeser13.691023
203Uhunoma Osazuwa13.751014
211Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas13.791008
222Barbara Nwaba13.811005
231Ivona Dadic13.841001
231Evelis Aguilar13.841001
252Sofia Yfantidou13.99980
261Eliska Klucinova14.07968
262Alysbeth Felix14.07968
281Alina Fyodorova14.10964
291Vanessa Chefer14.24945
301Ekaterina Voronina15.21814
2Grit Sadeiko0

High jump

RankGroupNameNationality1.561.591.621.651.681.711.741.771.801.831.861.891.921.951.982.01ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall rank
1ANafissatou Thiamooooxxooxxx1.981211, 22522
1AKatarina Johnson-Thompsonoooooxoxxx1.981211, 22641
3AJessica Ennis-Hillooooxoxoxxx1.89109322423
3AAkela Jonesoxoxxoxoxxooxxoxxx1.89109322174
5ABrianne Theisen Eatonoooxxooxxx1.86105421515
5AGyörgyi Zsivoczky-Farkasooxoooxxoxoxxx1.861054206210
5AYorgelis Rodríguezoooxxoxxx1.86105420888
5BJennifer Oeseroooooxxoxxx1.86105420779
9BCarolin Schaferoooooxxx1.83101621227
9ABarbara Nwabaooxoxoxxx1.831016201212
9AKendell Williamsoooxoxxoxxx1.83101621346
12AEliska Klucinovaoooooxxx1.80978194622
12AAlina Fyodorovaooooxxoxxx1.80978194224
12BHeather Miller-Kochxoooooxxoxxx1.80978201913
15AKaterina Cachovaooooxxx1.77941203711
15BHanna Kasyanovaxoxoxxooxxx1.77941196818
15BIvona Dadicoooxoxxx1.77941194223
15BAnouk Vetterxoooxxoxoxxx1.77941199616
15AUhunoma Osazuwaxoooxxoxxx1.77941195520
15ALaura Ikauniece-Admidinaxoxoxoxxoxxx1.77941201614
15BXénia Krizsánooooxxoxxx1.77941196818
15BAntoinette Nana Djimouooooxxoxxx1.77941201015
15BNadine Broersenoxoxxoxxx1.77941198217
24BClaudia Rathooooxxx1.74903193425
24BEvelis Aguilarxooooxoxoxxx1.74903190426
26AAlysbeth Felixoxxx1.68830179827
26BVanessa Cheferoooxxx1.68830177529
26BNadine Visserooxxoxxx1.68830195121
29BSofia Yfantidouooooxxx1.65795177528
29BEkaterina Voroninaxoxr1.65795160930
BGrit Sadeiko00

Shot put

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall rank
1BNafissatou Thiam14.4113.3014.9114.9185531071
2BAntoinette Nana Djimou Ida14.8814.7514.7414.88853286310
3ABarbara Nwaba13.5913.9614.8114.8184828699
4AAnouk Vetter14.78x14.4114.78846284212
5BCarolin Schafer13.8313.8614.5714.5783229544
6BEliska Klucinova14.41xx14.41821276715
7AGyörgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas14.39x13.9514.3982028828
8AAlina Fodorovaxx14.3814.38820276116
9BJennifer Oeser14.2813.6713.9114.2881328907
10AAkela Jones13.3114.0912.3414.0980030173
11ANadine Broersen13.84x14.0414.04797277913
12BJessica Ennis-Hill13.4413.3413.8613.8678530272
13BXénia Krizsán13.1413.6513.7813.78779274717
14BYorgelis Rodríguez12.5813.69x13.69773286111
15AEvelis Aguilar11.6613.6012.2313.60767267124
16BLaura Ikauniece-Admidina13.5213.3813.1513.52762277814
17ABrianne Theisen Eaton13.3613.4513.3613.4575729085
18AIvona Dadic13.0913.43x13.43756269822
19BHanna Kasyanova12.7312.4313.2513.25744271221
20BUhunoma Osazuwa11.6712.8613.1513.15737269223
21AVanessa Chefer13.04x13.0613.06731250627
22BSofia Yfantidoux12.9712.7512.97725250028
23AHeather Miller-Koch12.4512.9112.9112.91721274019
24BNadine Visser12.3112.8412.1112.84717266825
25AClaudia Rath12.8312.5412.7612.83716265026
26AKaterina Cachova11.5811.9512.3812.38686272320
27AKatarina Johnson-Thompsonx11.6811.1911.6864029046
28AAlysbeth Felix11.3610.8410.8811.36619241729
29BKendell Williams11.21xx11.21609274318
BEkaterina Voronina0160930
AGrit Sadeiko00

200 metres

Wind: -0.7, +0.4, +0.0, -0.1 m/s.
RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotesOverallOverall rank
14Katarina Johnson-Thompson23.26105339574
24Jessica Ennis-Hill23.49103040571
34Laura Ikauniece-Admidina23.76100437829
43Anouk Vetter23.9398738297
54Carolin Schäfer23.9998239365
64Kendell Williams24.09972371514
72Vanessa Chefer24.11970347627
84Evelis Aguilar24.12969364017
94Brianne Theisen Eaton24.1896338716
103Yorgelis Rodríguez24.2695638178
113Kateřina Cachová24.32950367315
121Nadine Visser24.34948361622
134Akela Jones24.3594739643
143Claudia Rath24.48935358526
153Ivona Dadic24.60924362220
152Hanna Kasyanova24.60924363618
173Uhunoma Osazuwa24.67917360924
182Alysbeth Felix24.74911332828
193Barbara Nwaba24.77908377711
201Nadine Broersen24.94892367116
213Heather Miller-Koch24.97890363019
222Jennifer Oeser24.99888377810
232Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida25.07880374312
241Nafissatou Thiam25.1087839852
252Xénia Krizsán25.24865361223
262Eliška Klučinová25.37853362021
271Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas25.38852373413
281Alina Fodorova25.44847360825
291Sofia Yfantidou26.32769326929
Ekaterina Voronina0160930
Grit Sadeiko00

Long jump

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall rank
1ANafissatou Thiamx6.186.586.58103350181
2BClaudia Rath6.396.526.556.551023460814
3BKatarina Johnson-Thompson6.51x6.476.51101049673
4BBrianne Theisen Eatonx6.486.356.48100148725
5BAntoinette Nana Djimou Ida6.326.176.436.4398547288
6BNadine Visser6.056.356.036.35959457515
7AJessica Ennis-Hill6.346.296.036.3495650132
8AKendell Williamsx6.316.306.31946466113
8BGyörgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas5.996.31x6.31946468011
10AAkela Jones6.206.266.306.3094349074
11AYorgelis Rodríguezx6.255.876.2592747447
12AEvelis Aguilar6.046.23x6.23921456118
13AAlysbeth Felix5.386.016.226.22918424628
14BCarolin Schäfer6.20xx6.2091248486
15AJennifer Oeser5.99x6.196.19908468610
16AHeather Miller-Koch6.16xx6.16899452919
17ANadine Broersen6.15x6.046.15896456717
18BLaura Ikauniece-Admidinax6.126.076.12887466912
19AAnouk Vetter6.036.105.946.1088047099
19BVanessa Chefer5.895.946.106.10880435627
21AXénia Krizsán6.026.08x6.08874448623
21BEliška Klučinová6.08xx6.08874449421
23BIvona Dadic5.986.056.056.05865448722
24AAlina Fodorova6.005.964.356.00850445824
25AKateřina Cachováx5.915.905.91822449520
26BHanna Kasyanova5.88x5.885.88813444925
27BBarbara Nwabaxx5.815.81792456916
28BUhunoma Osazuwa5.535.725.615.72765437426
29BSofia Yfantidouxx5.515.51703397229
Ekaterina Voronina0160930
Grit Sadeiko00

Javelin throw

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultPointsNotesOverallOverall rank
1BLaura Ikauniece-Admidina50.7455.9155.9355.9397556445
2BSofia Yfantidou48.5251.1554.5754.57949492127
3BNafissatou Thiam53.13x46.3753.1392159391
4BNadine Broersen47.92.1650.7750.8050.80876544313
5BXénia Krizsán48.02749.5349.7849.78856534217
6AYorgelis Rodríguez48.8943.77x48.8983955837
7BAntoinette Nana Djimou Ida48.2848.76x48.7683655649
8BAnouk Vetter43.3448.42x48.42830553910
9AGyörgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas48.0745.0146.0448.07823550311
10BCarolin Schafer47.3647.99x47.9982156694
11BBrianne Theisen Eaton47.3645.9443.8647.3680956813
12BJennifer Oeser47.2246.1146.5247.22806549212
13AEvelis Aguilar46.9040.4040.2046.90800536215
14BBarbara Nwaba46.8542.58x46.85799536814
15AEliska Klucinova45.9342.0446.7346.73797529118
16BIvona Dadic45.3946.0843.0146.08784527120
17BJessica Ennis-Hill45.9146.0642.1746.0678457972
18BVanessa Chefer45.05x42.8745.05764512023
19ANadine Visser37.6642.4840.4942.48715529019
20AAkela Jones40.9334.7542.0042.0070656136
21AKendell Williams38.8540.9338.4340.93685534616
22AHeather Miller-Koch40.1640.25x40.25672520122
23AAlysbeth Felix36.8339.6940.1740.17671491728
24AClaudia Rath36.2039.39x39.39656526421
25BHanna Kasyanovaxx39.1039.10631508025
26AKaterina Cachova37.7735.8436.9537.77625512024
27AKatarina Johnson-Thompson36.36x33.4236.3659855658
28AAlina Fodorova35.4435.2028.9735.44580503826
29AUhunoma Osazuwa33.4233.4130.2033.42542491629
Ekaterina Voronina0160930
Grit Sadeiko00

800 metres

RankHeatAthleteNationalityResultPointsNotes
11Heather Miller-Koch2:06.821012
21Claudia Rath2:07.221006
33Jessica Ennis-Hill2:09.07978
43Laura Ikauniece-Admidina2:09.43973
53Brianne Theisen Eaton2:09.50972
63Katarina Johnson-Thompson2:10.47958
72Barbara Nwaba2:11.61941
82Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas2:11.76939
92Xénia Krizsán2:13.46915
102Jennifer Oeser2:13.82909
111Vanessa Chefer2:14.20904
122Evelis Aguilar2:14.32902
132Nadine Visser2:14.47900
143Yorgelis Rodríguez2:14.65898
151Alysbeth Felix2:15.32888
161Ivona Dadic2:15.64884
172Kendell Williams2:16.24875
183Carolin Schafer2:16.52871
193Nafissatou Thiam2:16.54871
201Hanna Kasyanova2:16.58871
212Nadine Broersen2:17.55857
222Anouk Vetter2:17.71855
231Katerina Cachova2:18.95838
243Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida2:20.36819
252Eliska Klucinova2:22.81786
261Sofia Yfantidou2:30.08692
273Akela Jones2:41.12560
1Alina Fodorova0
1Uhunoma Osazuwa0
Ekaterina Voronina0
Grit Sadeiko0

Overall results

The final results of the event are in the following table.
;Key:
* – Ekaterina Voronina retired during the high jump and did not participate in the remaining events.