2019 World Championships Statistics - Women’s Heptathlon by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Doha: 1) Can Thiam become third heptathlete (after JJK and Kluft) to go over 7000? 2) Can Thiam break Heptathlon HJ record of 1.95? 3) Can Thiam become fifth Heptathlete to win this event multiple times at WC? Summary: 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 Osaka 2007 3 7001 Carolina Klüft 1 Paris 2003 4 6887 Carolina Klüft 1 Hel sinki 2005 5 3 6880 Tatyana Chernova RUS 1 Daegu 20 11 6 4 6861 Eunice Barber FRA 1 Sevilla 1999 7 6837 Jackie Joyner -Kersee 1 Stuttgart 1993 8 5 6832 Lyudmila Blonska UKR 2 Osaka 2007 9 6824 Eunice Barber 2 Helsinki 2005 10 6 6797 Sabine Braun GER 2 Stuttgart 1993 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 56 6586 Ganna Melnichenko UKR Moskva 2013 57* 6770* Romona Neubert GDR Helsinki 1983 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 6636 Anouk Ve tter NED London 2017 6635 Svetlana Buraga BLR Stuttgart 1993 Best performances in seven events of Heptathlon at the World Championships Event Name Nat Venue Year 100m H 12.78 Eunice Barber FRA Edmonton 2001 HJ 1. 95 m Carolina Klüft SWE Osaka 2007 Nafissatou Thiam BEL London 2017 Yorgelis Rodriguez CUB London 2017 SP 17.03 m Austra Skujyte LTU Osaka 2007 200m 22.84 Dafne Schippers NED Moskva 2013 22.86 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR London 2017 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 58.41 Anouk Vetter NED London 2017 56.36 Margaret Simpson GHA Helsinki 2005 800m 2:05. 17 Nadine Debois FRA Roma 1987 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 Osaka 2007 3 7001 Carolina Klüft 1 Paris 2003 4 6887 Carolina Klüft 1 Helsinki 2005 5 3 6880 Tatyana Chernova RUS 1 Daegu 20 11 6 4 6861 Eunice Barber FRA 1 Sevilla 1999 7 6837 Jackie Joyner -Kersee 1 Stuttgart 1993 8 5 6832 Lyudmila Blonska UKR 2 Osaka 2007 9 6824 Eunice Barber 2 Helsinki 2005 10 6 6797 Sabine Brau n GER 2 Stuttgart 1993 11 7 6784 Nafissatou Thiam BEL 1 London 2017 12 8 6770* Ramona Neubert GDR 1 Helsinki 1983 13 6755 Eunice Barber 2 Paris 2003 14 9 6751 Jessica Ennis GBR 2 Daegu 2011 15 6739 Sabine Braun GER 1 Athinai 1997 16 6731 Jessi ca Ennis GBR 1 Berlin 2009 17 10 6724 Denise Lewis GBR 2 Sevilla 1999 18 11 6713* Sabine Paetz GDR 2 Helsinki 1983 19 12 6696 Carolin Schäfer GER 2 London 2017 20 13 6694 Yelena Prokhorova RUS 1 Edmonton 2001 21 6672 Sabine Braun 1 Tokyo 1991 22 6669 Jessica Ennis -Hill 1 Beijing 2015 23 6654 Den ise Lewis 2 Athinai 1997 24 14 6651 Ghada Shouaa SYR 1 Göteborg 1995 25 15 6636 Anouk Vetter NED 3 London 2017 26 16 6635 Svetlana Buraga BLR 3 Stuttgart 1993 27 17 6594 Yorgelis Rodriguez CU B 4 London 2017 28 18 6586 Ganna Melnichenko UKR 1 Mos kva 2013 29 19 6575 Svetlana Moskalets RUS 2 Göteborg 1995 30 20 6572 Jennifer Oeser GER 3 Daegu 2011 31 21 6566 Remigija Nazaroviene LTU 3 Athinai 1997 32 22 6564 Larisa Nikitina URS 2 Roma 198 7 33 23 6558 Katarina Johnson -Thompson GBR 5 London 20 17 34 24 6554 Brianne Theisen -Eaton CAN 2 Beijing 2015 35 25 6544 Karolina Tyminska POL 4 Daegu 2011 36 26 6542 Urszula Wlodarczyk POL 4 Athinai 1997 37 27 6539 Natalya Sazanovich BLR 2 Edmont on 2001 37 28 6539 Natalya Dobrynska UKR 5 Daegu 2011 39 6530 Brianne Theisen Eaton 2 Moskva 2013 40 29 6525* Anke Vater GDR 3 Helsinki 1983 41 6524 Natalya Sazanovich 3 Paris 2003 42 30 6522 Rita Inancsi HUN 3 Göteborg 1995 43 31 6516 Laura A dminina LAT 3 Beijing 2015 44 32 6510 Kelly Sotherto n GBR 3 Osaka 2007 45 33 6508 Svetlana Dimitrova BUL 4 Stuttgart 1993 46 34 6502 Jane Frederick USA 3 Roma 1987 47 6500 Ghada Shouaa 3 Sevilla 1999 48 64 97 Sabine Braun 4 Sevilla 1999 49 35 6493 Liliana Nastase ROU 2 Tokyo 1991 50 6493 Jennifer Oeser 2 Berlin 2009 51 36 6491 Nadine Broersen NED 4 Beijing 2015 52 6477 Dafne Schippers 3 Moskva 2013 53 37 6472 Sheila Burrell USA 3 Edmonton 200 1 54 38 6471 Kamila Chudzik POL 3 Berli n 2009 Note: 1983 scores (6714,6662,6532) are converted to points according to 1984 table (6770,6713,6525) Lowest winning score: 6586 by Melnichenko (UKR) in 2013; 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 56 6586 Ganna Melnichenko UKR Moskva 2013 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 109 6586 6477 Ganna Melnichenko UKR Moskva 2013 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 nine (21 st century) World Championships Average 2017 2015 2013 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning score 6807 6784 6669 6586 6880 6731 7032 6887 7001 6694 Winning Medal 6506 6636 6516 6477 6572 6471 6510 6375 6524 6472 8th place 6257 6362 6344 6326 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 6636 Anouk Vetter NED London 2017 6635 Svetlana Buraga BLR Stuttgart 1993 4 6594 Yorgelis Rodriguez CUB London 2017 6544 Karolina Tyminska POL Daegu 2011 6542 Urszula Wlodarczyk POL Athinai 1997 5 6558 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR London 2017 6539 Natalya Dobrynska UKR Daegu 2011 6449 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR Moskva 2013 6441 Claudia Rath GER Beijing 2015 6439 Lili Schwarzkopf GER Osaka 2007 6 6417 Ivona Dadic AUT London 2017 6414 Anna Milnychenko UKR Berlin 2009 7 6380 Peggy Beer 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 Sabine John GDR OG – Seoul 24 Sept 1988 6845 Irina Belova RUS Barc elona 2 Aug 1992 3 6858 Anke Behmer GDR OG – Seoul 24 Sept 1988 6815 Laura Ikauniece-Admidina LAT Gotzis 28 May 2017 6775 Anke Behmer GDR Potsdam 21 July 1984 4 6691 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR Gotzis 28 May 2017 6678 Jane Frederick USA Potsdam 21 July 1984 6619 Liliana Nastase ROU Barcelona 2 Aug 1992 5 6580 Claudia Salman-Rath GER Gotzis 28 May 2017 6558 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR London 6 Aug 2017 6540 Carolin Schafer GER Rio de Janeiro 13 Aug 2016 6 6523 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR Rio de Janeiro 13 Aug 2016 6502 Erica Bougard USA Gotzis 28 May 2017 7 6497 Anouk Vetter NED Gotzis 28 May 2017 6481 Yorgelis Rodriguez CUB Rio de Janeiro 13 Aug 2016 6458 Cl audia Rath GER Götzis 31 May 2015 8 6446 Yorgelis Rodriguez CUB Gotzis 28 May 2017 6442 Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas HUN Rio de Janeiro 13 Aug 2016 6436 Laura Ikauniece-Admidina LAT Götzis 31 May 2015 Multiple Gold Medalists: Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA): 1987, 1993 Sabine Braun (GER): 1991, 1997 Carolina Klüft (SWE): 2003, 2005, 2007 Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR): 2009, 2011, 2015 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 Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR): 2009 Gold; 2011 Gold 2015 Gold 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 GBR 3 2 1 SWE 3 GER 2 4 USA 2 2 FRA 1 2 GDR 1 1 1 UKR 1 1 RUS 1 1 SYR 1 1 BEL 1 CAN 2 BLR 1 2 URS 1 1 ROU 1 POL 2 HUN 1 LTU 1 GHA 1 NED 2 LAT 1 World Championships Gold medalists with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Nafissatou Thiam BEL 2017 2016 Jessica Ennis-Hill GBR 2009, 2011, 2015 2012 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 Pentathlon) Name Nat World Championships World Indoor Championships Sabine Braun GER 1991, 1997 1997 Carolina Klüft SWE 2003, 2005, 2007 2003 Jessica Ennis GBR 2009, 2011, 2015 2010 World Champion who previously won