1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

The heptathlon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 26 and 27, 1991. The winning margin was 179 points.

Medalists

Gold Germany Sabine Braun
Germany (GER)
Silver Romania Liliana Năstase
Romania (ROU)
Bronze Soviet Union Irina Belova
Soviet Union (URS)

Schedule

Monday, August 26, 1991
  1. 100 m hurdles
  2. High Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. 200 m
Tuesday, August 27, 1991
  1. Long Jump
  2. Javelin Throw
  3. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7291 September 24, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Event Record  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7128 September 1, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy

Results

Overall results

Points table after 7th event

Rank Athlete,
country
Overall
points
Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
100 mh HJ SP 200m LJ JT 800m
1 Sabine Braun
 Germany
6672 1077 pts
13.32 s
1119
1.91
769
13.62
934
24.49
1062
6.67
834
48.66
877
2:16.09
2 Liliana Năstase
 Romania
6493 1121 pts
13.02 s
928
1.76
762
13.52
983
23.98
1020
6.54
736
43.58
943
2:11.48
3 Irina Belova
 Soviet Union
6448 1021 pts
13.70 s
1041
1.85
743
13.23
968
24.13
953
6.33
686
40.96
1036
2:05.23
4 Satu Ruotsalainen
 Finland
6404 1044 pts
13.54 s
1080
1.88
692
12.46
962
24.20
905
6.18
803
47.04
918
2:13.24
5 Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab
 Algeria
6392 (AR) 1074 pts
13.34 s
966
1.79
888
15.40
950
24.32
896
6.15
756
44.62
862
2:17.17
6 Urszula Włodarczyk
 Poland
6391 1071 pts
13.36 s
928
1.76
818
14.36
976
24.05
908
6.19
750
44.28
940
2:11.72
7 Peggy Beer
 Germany
6380 1063 pts
13.41 s
966
1.79
725
12.97
957
24.25
956
6.34
738
43.66
975
2:09.32
8 Tatyana Zhuravlyova
 Soviet Union
6370 1011 pts
13.77 s
1003
1.82
802
14.12
963
24.18
943
6.30
697
41.56
951
2:10.91
9 Maria Kamrowska
 Poland
6237 1083 pts
13.28 s
818
1.67
846
14.78
977
24.04
828
5.93
707
42.08
978
2:09.06
10 Cindy Greiner
 United States
6216 1043 pts
13.55 s
966
1.79
841
14.70
931
24.52
994
6.46
583
35.62
858
2:17.47
11 Rita Ináncsi
 Hungary
6198 993 pts
13.90 s
966
1.79
826
14.48
881
25.06
934
6.27
758
44.74
840
2:18.81
12 Zhu Yuqing
 China
6124 1097 pts
13.18 s
1003
1.82
807
14.19
994
23.86
813
5.88
696
41.50
714
2:28.34
13 Tina Rättyä
 Finland
6086 981 pts
13.98 s
928
1.76
719
12.88
890
24.96
862
6.04
769
45.30
937
2:11.90
14 Ragne Kytölä
 Finland
6062 966 pts
14.09 s
966
1.79
664
12.05
866
25.23
985
6.43
713
42.40
902
2:14.36
15 Ifeoma Ozoeze
 Italy
6056 994 pts
13.89 s
928
1.76
725
12.97
914
24.71
934
6.27
762
44.92
799
2:21.85
16 Clova Court
 Great Britain
6022 1072 pts
13.35 s
678
1.55
790
13.94
995
23.85
762
5.71
963
55.30
762
2:24.61
17 Odile Lesage
 France
6002 1013 pts
13.76 s
1041
1.85
739
13.17
829
25.64
786
5.79
662
39.70
932
2:12.24
18 Joanne Henry
 New Zealand
5999 953 pts
14.18 s
928
1.76
671
12.15
887
25.00
924
6.24
679
40.60
957
2:10.53
19 Sharon Jaklofsky
 Australia
5992 1013 pts
13.76 s
966
1.79
747
13.30
850
25.41
899
6.16
714
42.44
803
2:21.51
20 Kym Carter
 United States
5909 976 pts
14.02 s
966
1.79
815
14.31
915
24.70
783
5.78
482
30.26
972
2:09.52
21 Ingrid Didden
 Belgium
5855 970 pts
14.09 s
783
1.64
715
12.81
841
25.50
819
5.90
871
50.58
860
2:17.32
22 Petra Văideanu
 Romania
5744 920 pts
14.42 s
855
1.70
805
14.16
755
26.49
777
5.76
813
47.58
819
2:20.33
23 Ana María Comaschi
 Argentina
5617 970 pts
14.06 s
712
1.58
699
12.57
910
24.75
783
5.78
663
39.76
880
2:15.89
24 Ghada Shouaa
 Syria
5066 783 pts
15.45 s
783
1.64
558
10.44
788
26.11
700
5.50
663
39.76
791
2:22.44
  Yu Long Nyu
 Singapore
DNF 750 pts
15.71 s
747
1.61
0
NM
781
26.18
637
5.28
432
27.66
 
 
  Fu Xiuhong
 China
DNF 1010 pts
13.78 s
1003
1.82
734
13.10
884
25.03
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Heike Tischler
 Germany
DNF 984 pts
13.96 s
928
1.76
794
14.00
921
24.63
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States
DNF 1130 pts
12.96 s
1119
1.91
881
15.30
0
DNF
 
 
 
 
 
 
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

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