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. The winning margin was 155 points.

Medalists

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

Schedule

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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

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

Results

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  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) 13.77 1.88 13.15 23.73 6.61 50.73 2:11.53 6694
    Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) 13.29 1.76 15.90 23.87 6.50 46.72 2:20.87 6539
    Shelia Burrell (USA) 13.05 1.67 12.87 22.92 6.45 48.74 2:14.24 6472
4   Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS) 14.12 1.79 14.74 23.41 6.02 44.04 2:15.56 6294
5   Karin Ertl (GER) 13.56 1.82 13.83 24.91 6.28 45.89 2:18.54 6283
6   Austra Skujytė (LTU) 14.37 1.79 16.06 25.52 6.00 46.04 2:20.78 6112
7   LeShundra Nathan (USA) 13.68 1.70 14.68 25.16 6.04 46.12 2:19.05 6073
8   Irina Belova (RUS) 13.86 1.73 14.12 24.66 5.86 38.73 2:07.44 6061
9   Gertrud Bacher (ITA) 13.94 1.70 14.03 25.10 5.69 45.38 2:09.85 6010
10   Tiia Hautala (FIN) 13.79 1.79 13.32 25.52 5.94 45.40 2:18.98 6002
11   Marie Collonvillé (FRA) 13.87 1.79 11.89 25.59 5.93 41.61 2:13.70 5887
12   Nicole Haynes (CAN) 14.48 1.73 14.94 26.41 5.87 46.37 2:24.45 5786
13   Margaret Simpson (GHA) 14.07 1.76 11.14 25.11 5.57 50.76 2:23.54 5748
14   Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 14.60 1.85 12.84 26.54 5.65 44.37 2:23.20 5680
15   G. Pramila Ganapathy (IND) 14.41 1.73 11.43 25.04 5.92 34.60 2:22.89 5492
  Eunice Barber (FRA) 12.78 1.88 NM DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
  Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) 15.02 1.76 NM 25.69 5.73 DNS DNS DNF
  Denise Lewis (GBR) DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS

References

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