World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN Carolina Klüft was No. 1 for 6 straight years, then unexpectedly became a long jumper in ’08, never tackling the multi again 6 different Pent/Hept versions 1956 1956–60: Day 1 was SP, HJ, 200 1 .........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) Day 2 was 80H, LJ 2 .... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 1961–68: Day 1 was 80H, SP, HJ 3 ................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) Day 2 was LJ, 200 4 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 1969–76: Day 1 was 100H, SP, HJ 5 ......... Sofia Burdulenko (Soviet Union) Day 2 was LJ, 200 6 ............... Maria Sturm (West Germany) © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN 1977–80: Day 1 was 100H, SP, HJ 7 ........Klara Nikitinskaya (Soviet Union) Day 2 was LJ, 800 8 .....Galina Nozdracheva (Soviet Union) 1981–82: Day 1 was 100H, SP, HJ, 200 9 .......Yevgenia Gurevich (Soviet Union) Day 2 was LJ, JT, 800 10 .......... Galina Akimova (Soviet Union) 1983–present: Day 1 is 100H, HJ, SP, 200 Day 2 is LJ, JT, 800 © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1957 1961 1 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2 ............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 2 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 3 ...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 3 ... Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 4 .... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 4 ............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 5 .............. Vilve Maremäe (Soviet Union) 5 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 6 .......Zinaida Burenkova (Soviet Union) 6 ........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 7 .........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 7 ................Olga Kardash (Soviet Union) 8 ........Christa Buchner (West Germany) 8 ................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 9 ............ Galina Akimova (Soviet Union) 9 ... Antonina Kartasheva (Soviet Union) 10 .. Larisa Slobozhanina (Soviet Union) 10 .............Gundula Diel (East Germany) 1958 1962 1 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2 .........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 2 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 3 ...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 3 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4 ............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 4 ..................... Denise Guenard (France) 5 ............ Galina Grinvald (Soviet Union) 5 ........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 6 ..................Dinie Hobers (Netherlands) 6 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 7 ......... Olga Davidová (Czechoslovakia) 7 ............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 8 .......Zinaida Burenkova (Soviet Union) 8 ................Raisa Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 9 ...Anneliese Seonbuchner (West Germany) 9 ........Tatyana Talysheva (Soviet Union) 10 .................. Irina Press (Soviet Union) 10 .................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 1959 1963 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1 ... Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 2 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 2 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 3 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 3 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 4 ................Olga Kardash (Soviet Union) 5 ............ Galina Grinvald (Soviet Union) 5 ...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 6 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 6 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 7 ............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 7 ........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 8 ............. Lidia Vasilyeva (Soviet Union) 8 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 9 ......Gertrud Hantschk (West Germany) 9 ..................... Denise Guenard (France) 10 ..Margarita Golubyeva (Soviet Union) 10 ..............Karin Balzer (East Germany) 1960 1964 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2 ............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 2 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 3 .......... Galina Golunova (Soviet Union) 3 ............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 4 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 4 ...................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 5 ................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 5 .............. Draga Stamejčič (Yugoslavia) 6 ............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 6 ........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 7 ..............Alla Lazaryeva (Soviet Union) 7 .................................. Pat Winslow (US) 8 ........ Tamara Buyanova (Soviet Union) 8 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 9 ...............Tatyana Sobol (Soviet Union) 9 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 10 ....... Christa Gutsche (East Germany) 10 ..............Karin Balzer (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1965 1969 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1 ..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 2 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 2 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3 ... Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 3 ................. Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 4 ...Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 4 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 5 .................. Inge Bauer (East Germany) 5 .. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 6 ..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 6 .... Elisabeth Waldburger (Switzerland) 7 .........Galina Mitrokhina (Soviet Union) 7 ................Karen Mack (West Germany) 8 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 8 ........ Marian Ackermans (Netherlands) 9 .......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 9 ..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 10 ....................Fengyung Cheng (China) 10 .................... Sue Scott (Great Britain) 1966 1970 1 .................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1 ........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 2 ... Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 2 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3 .. Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 3 ...................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 4 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 4 .. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 5 ........ Gerda Uhlemann (East Germany) 5 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 6 .................. Inge Bauer (East Germany) 6 ..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 7 .....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 7 .... Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 8 ................... Ann Wilson (Great Britain) 8 ..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 9 .......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 9 .................... Mieke Sterk (Netherlands) 10 .................Annámaria Tóth (Hungary) 10 ................. Ann Wilson (Great Britain) 1967 1971 1 ...................Annámaria Tóth (Hungary) 1 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 2 .. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 2 ........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 3 .................................. Pat Winslow (US) 3 ..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 4 ........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 4 .. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 5 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 5 ................Karen Mack (West Germany) 6 .............Snezhana Yurukova (Bulgaria) 6 ...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 7 ...............Sashka Varbanova (Bulgaria) 7 ........... Monika Peikert (East Germany) 8 ........... Bärbel Lohnert (East Germany) 8 ............Debbie van Kiekebelt (Canada) 9 ...... Valentina Shapkina (Soviet Union) 9 ..........................Odette Ducas (France) 10 ............... Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 10 .. Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 1968 1972 1 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 1 ...................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 2 ............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 2 .......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3 ..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 3 ........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 4 ...................Annámaria Tóth (Hungary) 4 ...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 5 .. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 5 .. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 6 ...... Manon Bornholdt (West Germany) 6 .. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 7 .................................. Pat Winslow (US) 7 ..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 8 .................. Inge Bauer (East Germany) 8 ................Karen Mack (West Germany) 9 ................Galina Sofina (Soviet Union) 9 .................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 10 ............... Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 10 ......... Monika Peikert (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1973 1977 1 ........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 1 .. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2 .. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2 ..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 3 ............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 3 .................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 4 ..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 4 ...Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (Soviet Union) 5 .... Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 5 ............. Valentina Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 6 .................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 6 ....Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 7 ............. Christel Voss (West Germany) 7 .............................. Jane Frederick (US) 8 ..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 8 .........Natalya Gracheva (Soviet Union) 9 ..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 9 .............. Liesel Albert (West Germany) 10 ............Bärbel Müller (East Germany) 10 ..Nadezhda Karyakina (Soviet Union) 1974 1978 1 .. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 1 .. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2 ........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 2 .............................. Jane Frederick (US) 3 ...Zoya Spasovkhodskaya