2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The Women's Heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. A number of high-profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were both injured, and Olympic silver medallist Hyleas Fountain, who failed to qualify at the national championships.
Nataliya Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, was highly favoured to win the event, while Great Britain's Jessica Ennis was predicted to improve upon her own world leading mark of 6587 points. Tatyana Chernova, Ukrainians Hanna Melnychenko and Lyudmyla Yosypenko, and Germans Jennifer Oeser and Lilli Schwarzkopf were cited as medal contenders.[1]
After the first day, Ennis had built up a considerable lead, winning three of the four events and ending the day more than three hundred points ahead of second-ranked Dobrynska.[2] Ennis' first day total of 4124 points was the third highest ever first day score in the heptathlon, behind Kluft and world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee.[3] On the second day, unusually for a heptathlon competition, Linda Züblin set a Swiss record in the javelin throw.[4] Ennis maintained her lead with competitive marks in the long jump and javelin throw (her weaker events) and she won the final 800 metres race, gaining her first major championship gold medal and setting a world leading mark and much improved personal best of 6731 points. Olympic champion Dobrynska faded into fourth place on the final day, while Jennifer Oeser set a personal best for the silver medal and Kamila Chudzik took bronze, Poland's first ever heptathlon medal at the competition.[5][6]
The competition represented a breakthrough for Ennis, who had missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics through injury and whose previous best result was fourth place at the 2007 World Championships. She was Great Britain's first gold medallist of the tournament, and she became the country's third woman multi-eventer to win a major global championship, after former Olympic champions Mary Peters and Denise Lewis.[6]
Medalists
| Gold |  Jessica Ennis (GBR) |
| Silver |  Jennifer Oeser (GER) |
| Bronze |  Kamila Chudzik (POL) |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7291 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
| Championship record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7128 | Rome, Italy | 1 September 1987 |
| World leading | Jessica Ennis (GBR) |
6587 | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 10 May 2009 |
| African record |  Margaret Simpson (GHA) |
6423 | Götzis, Austria | 29 May 2005 |
| Asian record |  Ghada Shouaa (SYR) |
6942 | Götzis, Austria | 26 May 1996 |
| North American record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
7291 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
| South American record |  Lucimara da Silva (BRA) |
6076 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2008 |
| European record |  Carolina Klüft (SWE) |
7032 | Osaka, Japan | 26 August 2007 |
| Oceanian record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jane Flemming (AUS) |
6695 | Auckland, New Zealand | 28 January 1990 |
Qualification standards
| A standard | B standard |
|---|---|
| 6100pts | 5900pts |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2009 | 10:10 | 100 metres hurdles |
| August 15, 2009 | 11:20 | High jump |
| August 15, 2009 | 18:20 | Shot put |
| August 15, 2009 | 21:10 | 200 metres |
| August 16, 2009 | 11:35 | Long jump |
| August 16, 2009 | 18:05 | Javelin throw |
| August 16, 2009 | 20:50 | 800 metres |
| August 16, 2009 | 20:50 | Final standings |
Results
100 metres hurdles
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Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
High jump
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
Shot put
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
200 metres
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
Long jump
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
Javelin throw
Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
800 metres
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Tatyana Chernova |  Russia (RUS) | 2:09.11 | 978 | SB |
| 2 | 2 | Jessica Samuelsson | Sweden (SWE) | 2:10.34 | 960 | |
| 3 | 2 | Kaie Kand |  Estonia (EST) | 2:11.92 | 937 | |
| 4 | 4 | Jessica Ennis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:12.22 | 932 | |
| 5 | 2 | Brianne Theisen |  Canada (CAN) | 2:12.62 | 927 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Nadja Casadei | Sweden (SWE) | 2:12.66 | 926 | |
| 7 | 4 | Hanna Melnychenko |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2:12.85 | 923 | PB |
| 8 | 4 | Nataliya Dobrynska | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:13.22 | 918 | |
| 9 | 1 | Ida Marcussen |  Norway (NOR) | 2:13.81 | 910 | |
| 10 | 3 | Sharon Day | United States (USA) | 2:13.84 | 909 | |
| 11 | 4 | Jennifer Oeser | Germany (GER) | 2:14.34 | 902 | |
| 12 | 4 | Lyudmyla Yosypenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:14.64 | 898 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | Marisa De Aniceto |  France (FRA) | 2:14.80 | 896 | |
| 14 | 1 | Yvonne Wisse |  Netherlands (NED) | 2:15.58 | 885 | |
| 15 | 3 | Diana Pickler | United States (USA) | 2:15.60 | 884 | PB |
| 16 | 3 | Louise Hazel | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:15.85 | 881 | PB |
| 17 | 2 | Aryiro Strataki |  Greece (GRE) | 2:16.72 | 869 | |
| 18 | 2 | Linda Züblin |  Switzerland (SUI) | 2:17.01 | 865 | |
| 19 | 4 | Julia Mächtig | Germany (GER) | 2:17.07 | 864 | |
| 20 | 3 | Aiga Grabuste |  Latvia (LAT) | 2:17.43 | 859 | SB |
| 21 | 4 | Antoinette Nana Djimou | France (FRA) | 2:17.72 | 855 | SB |
| 22 | 4 | Kamila Chudzik | Poland (POL) | 2:18.58 | 843 | |
| 23 | 1 | Eliška Klučinová |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 2:23.79 | 773 | |
| 24 | 1 | Bettie Wade | United States (USA) | 2:25.50 | 750 | |
| 25 | 2 | Yuliya Tarasova |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2:35.05 | 631 | |
| 26 | 1 | Sushmitha Singha Roy |  India (IND) | 2:36.13 | 618 |
Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
Final standings
Key: DNF = Did not finish, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
References
- General
- Heptathlon results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
- Specific
- Jalaka, Mirko (2009-08-09). Women's Heptathlon - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. Archived 2009-09-08.
- Butcher, Pat (2009-08-15). Berlin 2009 - Day 1 WRAP - 15 Aug Archived 2009-09-08 at WebCite. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
- Ennis closes in on heptathlon win . BBC Sport (2009-08-15). Retrieved on 2009-08-15.
- Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Heptathlon - Javelin Throw Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
- Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16).Event Report - Women's 800 Metres - Heptathlon Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
- Brown, Matthew (2009-08-17). Ennis’ PB Put puts her to gold in Berlin Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.