2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon

The women's heptathlon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 and 18 July 2022.^[1] The winning margin was 80 points.

Women's heptathlon at the 2022 World Championships
The medalists shortly after the final discipline.
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	17 July (100 metres hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 metres) 18 July (long jump, javelin throw, 800 metres)
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning score	6947
Medalists
Nafissatou Thiam    Belgium   Anouk Vetter    Netherlands   Anna Hall    United States
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Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291 pts	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988
Championship record		7128 pts	Rome, Italy	1 September 1987
World Leading	Anouk Vetter (NED)	6693 pts	Götzis, Austria	29 May 2022
African Record	Margaret Simpson (GHA)	6423 pts	Götzis, Austria	29 May 2005
Asian Record	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	6942 pts	Götzis, Austria	26 May 1996
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291 pts	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988
South American Record	Evelis Aguilar (COL)	6346 pts	Ibagué, Colombia	14 March 2021
European Record	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	7032 pts	Osaka, Japan	26 August 2007
Oceanian record	Jane Flemming (AUS)	6695 pts	Auckland, New Zealand	28 January 1990

For the current records in each discipline see Women's heptathlon.

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Discipline	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
World Leading		6947 pts	Nafissatou Thiam	BEL	18 Jul 2022
Championship heptathlon best	High jump	1.95m	Nafissatou Thiam	BEL	17 Jul 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6420 points.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
17 July	10:35	100 metres hurdles
	11:35	High jump
	13:45	Shot put
	18:38	200 metres
18 July	10:55	Long jump
	12:05	Javelin throw
	18:55	800 metres

Results

100 metres hurdles

The 100 metres hurdles event was started on 17 July at 10:35.^[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	2	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	13.12	1106
2	2	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	13.17	1099	PB
3	2	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	13.20	1094
4	2	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	13.20	1094	SB
5	1	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	13.21	1093	PB
6	2	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	13.28	1083
7	2	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	13.30	1080
8	1	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	13.44	1059	SB
9	2	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)	13.46	1056
10	1	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	13.47	1055	SB
11	1	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)	13.51	1049	PB
12	2	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	13.54	1044
13	1	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.55	1043	SB
14	1	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	13.65	1028	PB
15	1	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	14.19	952
	1	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin (BEN)	DNS	0

High jump

The high jump event was started on 17 July at 13:25.^[5]

Rnk	Grp	Athlete	Nationality	1.59	1.62	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.77	1.80	1.83	1.86	1.89	1.92	1.95	1.98	Res	Pts	Nts	Overall
																					Pts	Rnk
1	A	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	o	xxx	1.95	1171	=CHB	2264	1
2	A	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.89	1093		2176	2
3	A	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx			1.89	1093	SB	2176	3
4	A	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx				1.86	1054	SB	2082	5
5	A	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx					1.83	1016	SB	2059	6
6	A	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	–	–	–	o	xo	xo	xo	o	xo	xxx					1.83	1016		2110	4
7	B	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx						1.80	978	SB	2058	7
8	A	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx							1.77	941		1996	10
9	A	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	xxx							1.77	941		1893	15
10	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	–	–	xxo	o	o	o	xo	xxx							1.77	941	SB	2000	9
11	B	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)	–	–	–	–	o	o	xxx								1.74	903		1952	13
12	B	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	–	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx								1.74	903		2002	8
13	B	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx								1.74	903		1959	12
14	B	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx									1.71	867		1973	11
15	B	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	–	xo	o	xxo	xxo	xxx									1.71	867		1911	14

Shot put

The shot put event took place on 17 July.^[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
				1	2	3				Pts	Rank
1	B	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	14.73	16.25	15.42	16.25	945	PB	3003	2
2	B	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	14.33	14.92	15.03	15.03	863	SB	3127	1
3	B	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	13.96	14.05	14.43	14.43	823	PB	2933	4
4	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	13.66	13.45	14.40	14.40	821		2821	6
5	A	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	14.06	14.11	14.13	14.13	803	PB	2979	3
6	B	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	13.96	12.68	14.08	14.08	799		2692	13
7	B	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)	13.79	14.08	13.95	14.08	799	SB	2758	10
8	B	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	13.71	13.43	12.61	13.71	775		2777	8
9	A	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	13.67	13.40	13.56	13.67	772	PB	2920	5
10	A	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)	13.57	x	x	13.57	765		2717	12
11	A	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	x	12.52	12.99	12.99	727		2723	11
12	A	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.65	12.74	12.92	12.92	722		2781	7
13	A	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	x	12.50	12.71	12.71	708		2619	15
14	A	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	11.57	11.64	12.56	12.56	698		2671	14
15	A	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	11.78	12.07	12.46	12.46	692		2774	9

200 metres

The 200 metres event was started on 17 July at 18:38.^[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
							Pts	Rank
1	1	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	23.08	1071	PB	3991	3
2	2	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	23.62	1017		3798	6
3	2	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	23.73	1007	SB	4010	2
4	2	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	23.77	1003	PB	3982	4
5	2	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	23.92	988	SB	3921	5
6	2	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	23.97	984		3655	12
7	1	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	24.05	976		3753	8
8	2	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)	24.06	975		3692	9
9	1	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	24.39	944		4071	1
10	1	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	24.43	940	SB	3761	7
11	1	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	24.65	919	PB	3611	13
12	1	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	24.77	908	PB	3682	10
13	1	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)	24.82	903		3661	11
14	1	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	25.15	873		3596	14
15	2	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	25.27	862		3481	15

Long jump

The long jump event was started on 18 July at 09:35.^[8]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
				1	2	3				Pts	Rank
1	A	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	6.49	x	6.59	6.59	1036		5107	1
2	A	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	6.56	x	x	6.56	1027		4780	6
3	A	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	x	6.17	6.52	6.52	1014	PB	5024	2
4	A	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	6.07	x	6.43	6.43	985	PB	4967	3
5	A	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	6.02	6.31	6.39	6.39	972		4963	4
6	A	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	6.07	6.33	x	6.33	953		4874	5
7	B	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	6.28	x	x	6.28	937		4735	7
8	B	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	6.00	x	5.91	6.00	850		4532	9
9	B	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	5.68	6.00	5.82	6.00	850		4505	10
10	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	5.95	x	5.87	5.95	834		4595	8
11	B	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	5.88	x	x	5.88	813		4424	11
12	B	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	x	5.69	x	5.69	756		4352	12
13	A	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	x	5.59	x	5.59	726		4207	13
	A	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)	x	x	x	NM	0		3692	14
	B	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)	x	x	x	NM	0		3661	15

Javelin throw

The javelin throw event took place on 18 July at 10:50.^[9]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Result	Points	Notes	Overall
				1	2	3				Pts	Rank
1	B	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	53.89	58.29	50.56	58.29	1021		6045	1
2	B	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	54.03	50.94	51.11	54.03	938	SB	5533	7
3	B	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	51.22	50.76	53.01	53.01	919	SB	6026	2
4	B	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	x	48.41	47.84	48.41	829		5181	11
5	B	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	48.25	x	47.03	48.25	826		5606	5
6	B	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	43.73	42.32	45.89	45.89	781		5205	10
7	A	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	42.85	45.75	x	45.75	778	PB	5741	3
8	B	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	41.60	44.26	44.69	44.69	757		5289	9
9	A	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	42.49	x	43.80	43.80	740	SB	4947	13
10	A	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	38.16	40.55	41.63	41.63	699	SB	5666	4
11	A	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	37.99	41.62	39.77	41.62	698	SB	5572	6
12	A	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	38.93	39.18	x	39.18	652		5387	8
13	A	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	27.53	26.32	32.33	32.33	521		5026	12
	A	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)				DNS			DNF
	B	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)				DNS			DNF

800 metres

The 800 metres event took place on 18 July at 19:00.^[10]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
						Pts	Rank
1	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	2:06.67	1014		6755	3
2	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	2:07.18	1006	PB	6672	4
3	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	2:08.50	987	PB	6559	5
4	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	2:12.16	933		5959	12
5	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	2:13.00	921	PB	6947	1
6	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	2:13.97	907	SB	6440	7
7	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	2:14.14	905		6194	9
8	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	2:15.36	888		6093	10
9	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	2:17.49	858	SB	6464	6
10	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:19.16	835	SB	6222	8
11	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	2:20.09	822	SB	6867	2
12	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	2:22.28	793		5974	11
	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	DNS			DNF

Final standings

The final standings were as follows:^[11]

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100mh	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Total	Notes
	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium (BEL)	13.21	1.95	15.03	24.39	6.59	53.01	2:13.00	6947	WL
	Anouk Vetter	Netherlands (NED)	13.30	1.80	16.25	23.73	6.52	58.29	2:20.09	6867	NR
	Anna Hall	United States (USA)	13.20	1.86	13.67	23.08	6.39	45.75	2:06.67	6755	PB
4	Adrianna Sułek	Poland (POL)	13.28	1.89	14.13	23.77	6.43	41.63	2:07.18	6672	NR
5	Noor Vidts	Belgium (BEL)	13.20	1.83	14.43	23.92	6.33	41.62	2:08.50	6559	SB
6	Annik Kälin	Switzerland (SUI)	13.17	1.74	13.71	24.05	6.56	48.25	2:17.49	6464	NR
7	Emma Oosterwegel	Netherlands (NED)	13.44	1.77	14.40	24.43	5.95	54.03	2:13.97	6440	SB
8	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.55	1.83	12.92	23.62	6.28	39.18	2:19.16	6222	SB
9	Claudia Conte	Spain (ESP)	13.65	1.86	12.46	24.77	6.00	44.69	2:14.14	6194	PB
10	Paulina Ligarska	Poland (POL)	14.19	1.77	14.08	24.65	5.88	45.89	2:15.36	6093
11	Ashtin Zamzow-Mahler	United States (USA)	13.47	1.77	12.99	25.15	5.69	48.41	2:22.28	5974
12	Michelle Atherley	United States (USA)	13.12	1.71	12.56	23.97	6.00	32.33	2:12.16	5959
	Kendell Williams	United States (USA)	13.54	1.71	12.71	25.27	5.59	43.80	DNS	DNF
	Sophie Weissenberg	Germany (GER)	13.51	1.74	13.57	24.06	NM	DNS		DNF
	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary (HUN)	13.46	1.74	14.08	24.82	NM	DNS		DNF