2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

The Women's Heptathlon at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Saturday August 6 and Sunday August 7. The winning margin was 63 points.

Medalists

Gold Sweden Carolina Klüft
Sweden (SWE)
Silver France Eunice Barber
France (FRA)
Bronze Ghana Margaret Simpson
Ghana (GHA)

Schedule

Saturday, August 6, 2005
  1. 100 m hurdles
  2. High Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. 200 m
Sunday, August 7, 2005
  1. Long Jump
  2. Javelin Throw
  3. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 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 Overall points 100 mh HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m
1 Carolina Klüft
 Sweden
6887 (SB) 1096 pts
13.19 s
1003
1.82
862
15.02
1010
23.70
1129
6.87
806
47.20
981
2:08.89
2 Eunice Barber
 France
6824 1133 pts
12.94 s
1119
1.91
741
13.20
980
24.01
1089
6.75
826
48.24
936
2:11.94
3 Margaret Simpson
 Ghana
6375 1043 pts
13.55 s
966
1.79
749
13.33
892
24.94
877
6.09
984
56.36
864
2:17.02
4 Austra Skujytė
 Lithuania
6360 947 pts
14.22 s
1003
1.82
969
16.61
859
25.31
887
6.12
837
48.82
858
2:17.48
5 Kelly Sotherton
 Great Britain
6325 1075 pts
13.33 s
1003
1.82
753
13.38
986
23.94
978
6.41
535
33.09
995
2:07.96
6 Marie Collonvillé
 France
6248 (SB) 1017 pts
13.73 s
1041
1.85
685
12.36
847
25.44
943
6.30
776
45.65
939
2:11.74
7 Naide Gomes
 Portugal
6189 995 pts
13.88 s
966
1.79
794
14.00
870
25.18
997
6.47
693
41.36
874
2:16.31
8 Karin Ruckstuhl
 Netherlands
6174 1053 pts
13.48 s
966
1.79
740
13.19
918
24.66
1014
6.52
607
36.84
876
2:16.17
9 Nataliya Dobrynska
 Ukraine
6144 976 pts
14.02 s
1041
1.85
874
15.20
806
25.90
843
5.98
754
44.51
850
2:18.05
10 Sonja Kesselschläger
 Germany
6113 981 pts
13.98 s
966
1.79
797
14.04
814
25.81
899
6.16
781
45.93
875
2:16.23
11 Jessica Zelinka
 Canada
6097 1047 pts
13.52 s
855
1.70
770
13.64
968
24.13
795
5.82
714
42.42
948
2:11.15
12 Hyleas Fountain
 United States
6055 1036 pts
13.60 s
966
1.79
658
11.95
924
24.60
1007
6.50
681
40.70
783
2:22.98
13 Lilly Schwarzkopf
 Germany
5993 985 pts
13.95 s
928
1.76
727
12.99
825
25.68
810
5.87
786
46.19
932
2:12.24
14 Irina Naumenko
 Kazakhstan
5991 968 pts
14.07 s
928
1.76
777
13.74
865
25.24
896
6.15
654
39.30
903
2:14.27
15 Kylie Wheeler
 Australia
5919 934 pts
14.32 s
928
1.76
725
12.96
876
25.12
905
6.18
620
37.53
931
2:12.33
16 Virginia Johnson
 United States
5911 1058 pts
13.45 s
855
1.70
695
12.51
963
24.19
825
5.92
632
38.14
883
2:15.69
17 Aryiro Strataki
 Greece
5884 984 pts
13.96 s
891
1.73
731
13.05
836
25.56
828
5.93
746
44.10
868
2:16.77
18 Simone Oberer
  Switzerland
5882 1011 pts
13.77 s
1003
1.82
658
11.96
840
25.52
846
5.99
617
37.39
907
2:14.02
19 Magdalena Szczepańska
 Poland
5880 947 pts
14.22 s
891
1.73
797
14.04
801
25.96
759
5.70
801
46.96
884
2:15.61
20 Yuki Nakata
 Japan
5735 980 pts
13.99 s
855
1.70
597
11.03
834
25.58
868
6.06
757
44.69
844
2:18.52
  Karin Ertl
 Germany
DNF 1001 pts
13.84 s
891
1.73
759
13.48
884
25.03
750
5.67
 
 
 
 
  Janice Josephs
 South Africa
DNF 1041 pts
13.56 s
712
1.58
665
12.06
963
24.19
816
5.89
 
 
 
 
  Yuliya Akulenko
 Ukraine
DNF 920 pts
14.42 s
783
1.64
782
13.82
850
25.41
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Juana Castillo
 Dominican Republic
DNF 936 pts
14.30 s
818
1.67
733
13.09
745
26.61
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Laurien Hoos
 Netherlands
DNF 1026 pts
13.67 s
855
1.70
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Tatsiana Alisevich
 Belarus
DNF 909 pts
14.50 s
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Tiia Hautala
 Finland
DNS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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See also

References