2013 World Championships Statistics - Women’s by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Moskva: 1) Will the winning score be the lowest (6651) in the World Championships history?

All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 7128 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1 Roma 1987 2 2 7032 Carolina Klüft SWE 1 2007 3 7001 Carolina Klüft 1 2003 4 6887 Carolina Klüft 1 2005 5 3 6880 RUS 1 2011 6 4 6861 FRA 1 Sevilla 1999 7 6837 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 1993 8 5 6832 Lyudmila Blonska UKR 2 Osaka 2007 9 6824 Eunice Barber 2 Helsinki 2005 10 6 6797 GER 2 Stuttgart 1993 11 7 6770* GDR 1 Helsinki 1983 12 6755 Eunice Barber 2 Paris 2003 13 8 6751 Jessica Ennis GBR 2 Daegu 2011 14 6739 Sabine Braun GER 1 Athinai 1997 15 6731 Jessica Ennis GBR 1 2009 16 9 6724 GBR 2 Sevilla 1999 17 10 6713* Sabine Paetz GDR 2 Helsinki 1983 18 11 6694 RUS 1 2001 19 6672 Sabine Braun 1 1991 20 6654 Denise Lewis 2 Athinai 1997 21 12 6651 SYR 1 Göteborg 1995 22 13 6635 Svetlana Buraga BLR 3 Stuttgart 1993 23 14 6575 Svetlana Moskalets RUS 2 Göteborg 1995 24 15 6572 GER 3 Daegu 2011 25 16 6566 Remigija Nazaroviene LTU 3 Athinai 1997 26 17 6564 Larisa Nikitina URS 2 Roma 1987 27 18 6544 Karolina Tyminska POL 4 Daegu 2011 28 19 6542 Urszula Wlodarczyk POL 4 Athinai 1997 29 20 6539 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 2 Edmonton 2001 29 20 6539 Natalya Dobrynska UKR 5 Daegu 2011 31 22 6525* Anke Vater GDR 3 Helsinki 1983 32 6524 Natalya Sazanovich 3 Paris 2003 33 23 6522 Rita Inancsi HUN 3 Göteborg 1995 34 24 6510 GBR 3 Osaka 2007 35 25 6508 Svetlana Dimitrova BUL 4 Stuttgart 1993 36 26 6502 USA 3 Roma 1987 37 6500 Ghada Shouaa 3 Sevilla 1999 38 6497 Sabine Braun 4 Sevilla 1999 39 27 6493 Liliana Nastase ROU 2 Tokyo 1991 39 6493 Jennifer Oeser 2 Berlin 2009 41 28 6472 Sheila Burrell USA 3 Edmonton 2001 42 29 6471 Kamila Chudzik POL 3 Berlin 2009 43 6469 Jessican Ennis 4 Osaka 2007 44 6460 (Vater) 4 Roma 1987 45 6452 Yelena Prokhorova 4 Paris 2003 46 30 6448 Irina Belova URS 3 Tokyo 1991 47 6444 Natalya Dobrynska 4 Berlin 2009 48 31 6439 GER 5 Osaka 2007 49 6428 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 5 Athinai 1997 50 32 6416 Lyudmila Yosypenko UKR 5 Berlin 2009 51 33 6414 UKR 6 Berlin 2009 52 34 6406 Mona Steigauf GER 6 Athinai 1997 53 35 6404 Satu Ruotsalainen FIN 4 Tokyo 1991 Note: 1983 scores (6714,6662,6532) are converted to points according to 1984 table (6770,6713,6525)

Lowest winning score: 6651 by Ghada Shouaa (SYR) from 1995

Margin of Victory Difference Points Name Nat Venue Year Max 564 7128 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Roma 1987 246 7001 Carolina Kluft SWE Paris 2003 Min 40 6837 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Stuttgart 1993 57* 6770* Romona Neubert GDR Helsinki 1983

Difference between first and third Diff Winning points 3rd place points Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 626 7128 6502 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Roma 1987 Min 129 6651 6522 Ghada Shouaa SYR Göteborg 1995

Difference between third and fourth place (Medal versus no medal) Difference Score Name Nat Venue Year Max 182 6522 Rita Inancsi HUN Göteborg 1995 Min 3 6500 Ghada Shouaa SYR Sevilla 1999

LJ – Heptathlon double medalist in the same championships Name Nat LJ Heptathlon Year Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Gold Gold 1987 Eunice Barber FRA Gold Silver 2003 Bronze Silver 2005

LJ – Heptathlon double gold medalist in the different championships Name Nat LJ Heptathlon Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1987, 1991 1987, 1993 Eunice Barber FRA 2003 1999

Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning score 6871 6880 6731 7032 6887 7001 6694 Winning Medal 6487 6572 6471 6510 6375 6524 6472 8th place 6214 6297 6288 6327 6174 6134 6061

Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Points Name Nat Venue Year 1 7128 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Roma 1987 2 6832 Lyudmila Blonska UKR Osaka 2007 6824 Eunice Barber FRA Helsinki 2005 3 6635 Svetlana Buraga BLR Stuttgart 1993 4 6544 Karolina Tyminska POL Daegu 2011 6542 Urszula Wlodarczyk POL Athinai 1997 5 6539 Natalya Dobrynska UKR Daegu 2011 6439 Lili Schwarzkopf GER Osaka 2007 6 6414 Anna Milnychenko UKR Berlin 2009 7 6380 GER Tokyo 1991 8 6370 Tatyana Zhuravlyova URS Tokyo 1991

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Points Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 7291 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA OG - Seoul 24 Sept 1988 2 6897 GDR OG – Seoul 24 Sept 1988 6845 Irina Belova RUS 2 Aug 1992 3 6858 Anke Behmer GDR OG – Seoul 24 Sept 1988 6775 Anke Behmer GDR Potsdam 21 July 1984 4 6678 Jane Frederick USA Potsdam 21 July 1984 6618 Lyudmila Yosipenko UKR 4 Aug 2012 5 6599 Austra Skujyte LTU London - OG 4 Aug 2012 6539 UKR Daegu - WC 30 Aug 2011 6 6576 Antoinette Nan Djimou Ida FRA London – OG 4 Aug 2012 6465 RUS OG – 16 Aug 2008 7 6480 CAN London – OG 4 Aug 2012 6428 Karolina Tyminska POL OG – Beijing 16 Aug 2008 8 6452 Kristina Savitskaya RUS London – OG 4 Aug 2012 6379 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER OG – Beijing 16 Aug 2008

Multiple Gold Medalists: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1987, 1993 Sabine Braun (GER): 1991, 1997 Carolina Klüft (SWE): 2003, 2005, 2007

Multiple Medalists: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1987 Gold, 1993 Gold Sabine Braun (GER): 1991 Gold, 1993 Silver; 1997 Gold Ghada Shouaa (SYR): 1995 Gold; 1999 Bronze Denise Lewis (GBR): 1997 Silver; 1999 Silver Eunice Barber (FRA): 1999 Gold; 2003 Silver; 2005 Silver Carolina Klüft (SWE): 2003 Gold, 2005 Gold, 2007 Gold Natalya Sazanovich (BLR): 2001 Silver; 2003 Bronze

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze USA 1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jane Frederick GDR 1983 Romona Neubert Sabine Paetz Anke Vater

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event (Decathlon & Heptathlon) Nation Men Women Venue Year USA Dan O’Brien Jackie Joyner-Kersee Stuttgart 1993

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze SWE 3 RUS 3 1 GER 2 2 2 USA 2 2 GBR 1 4 1 FRA 1 2 GDR 1 1 1 SYR 1 1 BLR 1 2 URS 1 1 ROU 1 UKR 1 HUN 1 LTU 1 GHA 1 POL 1

World Championships Gold medalists with Olympic Name Nat World Championships Olympics Carolina Klüft SWE 2003, 2005, 2007 2004 Ghada Shouaa SYR 1995 1996 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA 1987, 1993 1988, 1992

World Champion with World Indoor Championships Gold medal (in ) Name Nat World Championships World Indoor Championships Sabine Braun GER 1991, 1997 1997 Carolina Klüft SWE 2003, 2005, 2007 2003 Jessica Ennis GBR 2009 2010

World Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal Name Nat World Championships World Junior Championships Tatyana Cheronova RUS 2011 2006 Carolina Klüft SWE 2003, 2005, 2007 2000, 2002

World Champion who previously won World Youth gold medal: Name Nat World Championships World Youth Championships Tatyana Cheronova RUS 2011 2006

World Championships Gold medalists with European Championships Gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Romona Neubert GDR 1983 1982 Sabine Braun GER 1991, 1997 1990, 1994 Carolina Klüft SWE 2003, 2005, 2007 2002, 2006 Jessica Ennis GBR 2009 2010

World Champion with /Asian Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships Asian Games Asian Championships Ghada Shouaa SYR 1995 1994 1993

World Championships medalists with All-Africa Games /African Championships Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Year All-Africa Games African Championships GHA Bronze 2005 2003, 2007 2002, 2004

World Championships medalists with medal Name Nat World Championships Year Pan American Games Year Sheila Burrell USA Bronze 2001 Silver 1999

World Championships medalists with Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Year Commonwealth Games Denise Lewis GBR Silver 1997, 1999 1994, 1998 Kelly Sotherton GBR Bronze 2007 2006

Best performances in seven events of Heptathlon at the World Championships Event Name Nat Venue Year 100mH 12.78 Eunice Barber FRA Edmonton 2001 HJ 1.95m Carolina Klüft SWE Osaka 2007 SP 17.03m Austra Skujyte LTU Osaka 2007 200m 22.95 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Roma 1987 22.92w Shiela Burrell USA Edmonton 2001 LJ 7.14 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Roma 1987 JT 56.36 Margaret Simpson GHA Helsinki 2005 800m 2:05.17 Nadine Debois FRA Roma 1987

Best performances in seven events of Heptathlon (All Competitions) Event Name Nat Venue DMY 100mH 12.54 Jessica Ennis GBR London - OG 3 Aug 2012 HJ 1.97m BEL Götzis 27 May 2006 SP 17.31m Austra Skujyte LTU London – OG 3 Aug 2012 17.29m Nataliya Dobrynska UKR Beijing - OG 15 Aug 2008 200m 22.30 Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Indianapolis 15 July 1988 LJ 7.27m Jackie Joyner Kersee USA Seoul - OG 24 Sept 1988 JT 60.90m (new) Barbora Spotakova CZE Talence 16 Sept 2012 64.64m (old) GBR Bruxelles 12 July 1981 800m 2:01.84 Nadine Debois FRA Talence 27 Sept 1987

Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat Score Bronze Nat score 2011 Tatyana Chernova RUS 6880 Jessica Ennis GBR 6751 Jennifer Oeser GER 6572 2009 Jessica Ennis GBR 6731 Jennifer Oeser GER 6493 Kamila Chudzik POL 6471 2007 Carolina Klüft SWE 7032 Lyudmila Blonska UKR 6832 Kelly Sotherton GBR 6510 2005 Carolina Klüft SWE 6887 Eunice Barber FRA 6824 Margaret Simpson GHA 6375 2003 Carolina Klüft SWE 7001 Eunice Barber FRA 6755 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 6524 2001 Yelena Prokhorova RUS 6694 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 6539 Sheila Burrell USA 6472

Last four Olympics: Year Gold Nat Score Silver Nat Score Bronze Nat score 2012 Jessica Ennis GBR 6955 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER 6649 Tatyana Chernova RUS 6628 2008 Natalya Dobrynska UKR 6733 USA 6619 Tatyana Chernova RUS 6591 2004 Carolina Klüft SWE 6952 Austra Skujyte LTU 6435 Kelly Sotherton GBR 6424 2000 Denise Lewis GBR 6584 Yelena Prokhorova RUS 6531 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 6527

Last six World Indoor (Pentathlon) Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2012 Nataliya Dobrynska UKR 5013 Jessica Ennis GBR 4965 Austra Skujyte LTU 4802 2010 Jessica Ennis GBR 4937 Natalya Dobrynska UKR 4851 Tatyana Chemova RUS 4762 2008 Tia Hellebaut BEL 4867 Kelly Sotherton GBR 4852 Anna Bogdanova RUS 4753 2006 Lyudmila Blonska UKR 4685 NED 4607 Olga Levenkova RUS 4579 2004 POR 4759 Natalya Dobrynska UKR 4727 Austra Skujyte LTU 4679 2003 Carolina Klüft SWE 4933 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 4715 Marie Collonville FRA 4644 2001 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 4850 Yelena Prokhorova RUS 4711 GER 4678

Last six World Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2012 Yorgelis Rodriguez CUB 5966 Xenia Krizsan HUN 5957 Tamara de Sousa BRA 5900 2010 Dafne Schippers NED 5967 Sara Gambelta GER 5770 Helga Thorsteinsdottir ISL 5706 2008 Carolin Schäfer GER 5833 Yana Maksimava BLR 5766 Grit Sadeiko EST 5765 2006 Tatyana Chernova RUS 6227 Ida Marcussen NOR 6020 Yana Panteleyeva RUS 5979 2004 RSA 5868 Viktorija Zemaityte LTU 5810 Julia Mächtig GER 5679 2002 Carolina Klüft SWE 6470 Olga Alekseyeva KAZ 5727 Olga Levenkova RUS 5712

Last seven World Youth Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2013 GER 5747 Emma Stenlöf SWE 5590 Louisa Grauvogel GER 5581 2011 Yusleidys Mendieta CUB 5697 Yorgelis Rodriguez CUB 5671 Marjolein Lindemans BEL 5532 2009 Katarina Thompson GBR 5750 LAT 5647 Kira Biesenbach GER 5423 2007 Katerina Cachova CZE 5641 Carolin Schäfer GER 5544 Elisa Sophie Döbel GER 5494 2005 Tatyana Chernova RUS 5875 Yana Panteleyeva RUS 5611 Diana Rach GER 5781 2003 Marisa de Anceto FRA 5458 Sarah Kern GER 5445 Marina Goncharova RUS 5338 2001 Annett Wichmann GER 5470 Christine Schulz GER 5346 Amandine Constantin FRA 5296

Last four European Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2012 FRA 6544 Lyudmila Yosypenko UKR 6387 Laura Ikauniece LAT 6335 2010 Jessica Ennis GBR 6823 Nataliya Dobrynska UKR 6778 Jennifer Oeser GER 6683 2006 Carolina Klüft SWE 6740 Karin Ruckstuhl NED 6423 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER 6420 2002 Carolina Klüft SWE 6542 Sabine Braun GER 6434 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 6341

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2010 UZB 5783 JPN 5606 Pramila Ganapathy IND 5415 2006 KAZ 5955 Soma Biswas IND 5675 Javur J Shobha IND 5662 2002 Shen Shengfei CHN 5911 Soma Biswas IND 5899 Javur J Shobha IND 5870

Last eight Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2013 THA 5818 Yekaterina Voronina UZB 5599 Chie Kiriyama JPN 5451 2011 Wassana WInatho THA 5710 Fumie Takehara JPN 5491 Chie Kiriyama JPN 5442 2009 Yuliya Tarasova UZB 5840 Yuki Nakata JPN 5582 Mei Yiduo CHN 5460 2007 Irina Naumenko KAZ 5617 Javur J Shobha IND 5356 Sushmita Singha Roy IND 5154 2005 Soma Biswas IND 5377 Sushmita Singha Roy IND 5308 Watcharaporn Masim THA 5279 2003 Irina Naumenko KAZ 5845 Yuki Nakata JPN 5723 Shen Shengfei CHN 5633 2002 Svetlana Kazanina KAZ 5841 Javur J Shobha IND 5775 Wang Hailan CHN 5635 2000 Svetlana Kazanina KAZ 6074 G Pramila Ganapahy IND 6016 Irina Naumenko KAZ 5937

Last three All Africa Games: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2011 Margaret Simpson GHA 6172 Gabriella Kouassi CIV 5714 Selloane Tsoaeli LES 5590 2007 Margaret Simpson GHA 6278 2003 Margaret Simpson GHA 6152 Justine Robbeson RSA 5697 Patience Okoro NGR 5436

Last five African Championships: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2012 ALG 5924 Gabriela Kouassi CIV 5481 Bianca Erwee RSA 5338 2010 Margaret Simpson GHA 6031 Janet Wienand RSA 5500 Selloane Tsoaeli LES 5302 2008 Patience Okoro NGR 4906 Florence Wasike KEN 4867 Nadege Essama Foe CMR 4470 2006 RSA 5876 Celine Laporte SEY 4932 Nadege Essama Foe CMR 3808 2004 Margaret Simpson GHA1587 6154 Janice Josephs RSA 5785 Celine Laporte SEY 5172 2002 Margaret Simpson GHA 6105 Stephanie Domaingue MRI 5206 Imene Chatbri TUN 5103

Last three Pan American Games: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2011 BRA 6133 Yasmiany Pedroso CUB 5710 Francia Manzanillo DOM 5644 2007 Jessica Zelinka CAN 6136 CUB 6000 Lucimara Silva BRA 5873 2003 Tiffany Lott Hogan USA 6064 Nicole Haynes CAN 5959 Magalys Garcia CUB 5864

Last three Commonwealth Games: Year Gold Nat score Silver Nat score Bronze Nat score 2010 ENG 6156 Jessica Zelinka CA 6100 Grace Clements ENG 5819 2006 Kelly Sotherton ENG 6396 AUSN 6298 Jessica Ennis ENG 6269 2002 AUS 6059 Kylie Wheeler AUS 5962 Margaret Simpson GHA 5906

Highest scores in Europe Performance Performer Score Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 7148 Jackie Joyner –Kersee USA 1 Moskva 7 July 1986 2 2 7128 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Roma 1 Sept 1987 3 3 7144 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Barcelona 2 Aug 1992 4 4 7007 Larisa Nikitina URS 1 Bryansk 11 June 1989

Russian All-Comer’s List Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 7148 Jackie Joyner –Kersee USA 1 Moskva 7 July 1986 2 2 7007 Larisa Nikitina URS 1 Bryansk 11 June 1989 3 3 6935 Ramona Neubert GDR 1 Moskva 19 June 1983 4 4 6765 Yelena Prokhorova RUS 1 Tula 23 July 2000

Best Performances in Moskva: Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 7148 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1 7 July 1986 2 2 6935 Ramona Neubert GDR 1 19 June 1983 3 3 6646 Natalya Grachova URS 1 2 Aug 1982 4 4 6635 Sibylle Thiele GDR 2 7 July 1986

Best Performances in August Performance Performer Points Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 7158 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA 1 Houston 2 Aug 1986 2 7044 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1 Barcelona 2 Aug 1992 3 2 7032 Carolina Klüft SWE 1 Osaka 26 Aug 2007

Combined 2012 & 2013 World List Performance Performer Score Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 6955 Jessica Ennis GBR 1 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 2 6906 Jessica Ennis 1 Götzis 27 May 2012 3 2 6774 Tatyana Chernova RUS 2 Götzis 27 May 2012 4 3 6681 Kristina Savitskaya RUS 1 Cheboksary 3 June 2012 5 4 6649 Lilli Schwarzkopf GER 2 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 6 6628 Tatyana Chernova 3 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 7 6623 Tatyana Chernova 1 – WUG 11 July 2013 8 5 6618 UKR 4 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 9 6 6599 Jessica Zelinka CAN 1 28 June 2012 10 7 6599 Austra Skujyte LTU 5 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 11 8 6576 Antoinette Nana Djimou FRA 6 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 12 9 6550 Sharon Day USA 1 Des Moines 21 June 2013 13 6544 Antoinette Nana Djimou 1 Helsinki – EC 30 June 2012 14 10 6528 RUS 2 Cheboksary 3 June 2012 15 6501 Lyudmyla Yosypenko 3 Götzis 27 May 2012 16 6593 Austra Skujyte 4 Götzis 27 May 2012 17 6480 Jessica Zelinka 7 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 18 11 6466 Yekaterina Bolshova RUS 3 Cheboksary 3 June 2012 19 6461 Lilli Schwarzkopf 5 Götzis 27 May 2012 20 6452 Kristina Savitskaya 8 London – OG 4 Aug 2012 21 12 6440 Brianne Theisen CAN 1 Des Moines 8 June 2012 22 13 6430 Julia Mächtig GER 1 Ratingen 16 June 2013

Gold Medal Contenders:

Sharon Day (USA) DOB: 9 June 1985 Personal Best: 6550 (2013); Season Best: 6550 Championships Highlights: 3rd in 2004 World Junior Championships at HJ Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Score Race Place Date 1 6550 Des Moines 1 21 June 2013 2 6343 Eugene 2 30 June 2012 3 6337 Santa Barbara 1 3 Apr 2012 4 6232 Lo ndon – OG 16 4 Aug 2012 5 6156 Götzis 16 27 May 2012 Top 4 Average 6324

Last 3 competitions :

Sharon Day (USA) score Race Place Date 1 DNF Chula Vista DNF 27 July 2013 2 6550 Des Moines 1 21 June 2013 3 DNF Götzis DNF 26 May 2013 Average 6550

Hanna Melnychenko (UKR) score Race Place Date 1 6260 2 30 June 2013 2 6416 Kladno 1 9 June 2013 3 6169 Götzis 7 26 May 2013 Average 6282

Julia Mächtig (GER) score Race Place Date 1 6430 Ratingen 1 16 June 2013 2 DNF Göt zis DNF 26 May 2013 3 5338 London – OG 31 4 Aug 2012 Average 5884

References: Athletics annual, Athletics International, All-Athletics.com, Alltime-athletics.com, gbrathletics.com, IAAF Statistics Handbooks, RRW, Tilastopaja OY and News etc.

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