2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With 18 participating athletes, including two non-finishers and one non-starter, the competition is notable for having the lowest number of competitors in the World Championships history. The competition started on Saturday August 4, 2001 and ended on Sunday August 5, 2001.

Medalists

Gold Yelena Prokhorova
Russia (RUS)
Silver Natallia Sazanovich
Belarus (BLR)
Bronze Shelia Burrell
United States (USA)

Schedule

Saturday, August 4
  1. 100 m hurdles
  2. High Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. 200 m
Sunday, August 5
  1. Long Jump
  2. Javelin Throw
  3. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)7291September 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea
Event Record Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)7128September 1, 1987 Rome, Italy
Season Best Eunice Barber (FRA)6736May 27, 2001 Götzis, Austria

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Heptathlon Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)13.771.8813.1523.736.6150.732:11.536694
 Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)13.291.7615.9023.876.5046.722:20.876539
 Shelia Burrell (USA)13.051.6712.8722.926.4548.742:14.246472
4  Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS)14.121.7914.7423.416.0244.042:15.566294
5  Karin Ertl (GER)13.561.8213.8324.916.2845.892:18.546283
6  Austra Skujytė (LTU)14.371.7916.0625.526.0046.042:20.786112
7  LeShundra Nathan (USA)13.681.7014.6825.166.0446.122:19.056073
8  Irina Belova (RUS)13.861.7314.1224.665.8638.732:07.446061
9  Gertrud Bacher (ITA)13.941.7014.0325.105.6945.382:09.856010
10  Tiia Hautala (FIN)13.791.7913.3225.525.9445.402:18.986002
11  Marie Collonvillé (FRA)13.871.7911.8925.595.9341.612:13.705887
12  Nicole Haynes (CAN)14.481.7314.9426.415.8746.372:24.455786
13  Margaret Simpson (GHA)14.071.7611.1425.115.5750.762:23.545748
14  Tia Hellebaut (BEL)14.601.8512.8426.545.6544.372:23.205680
15  G. Pramila Ganapathy (IND)14.411.7311.4325.045.9234.602:22.895492
 Eunice Barber (FRA)12.781.88NMDNSDNSDNSDNSDNF
 Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ)15.021.76NM25.695.73DNSDNSDNF
 Denise Lewis (GBR)DNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS

References

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