2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
Introduction The '''Women's Heptathlon''' at the '''2009 World Championships in Athletics''' was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17.A number of high-profile heptathletes did not feature at the competition, including defending champion Carolina Klüft and 2007 bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton, who were both injured, and Olympic silver medallist Hyleas Fountain, who failed to qualify at the national championships.Nataliya Dobrynska, the 2008 Olympic champion, was highly favoured to win the event, while Great Britain's Jessica Ennis was predicted to improve upon her own world leading mark of 6587 points. Tatyana Chernova, Ukrainians Hanna Melnychenko and Lyudmyla Yosypenko, and Germans Jennifer Oeser and Lilli Schwarzkopf were cited as medal contenders.After the first day, Ennis had built up a considerable lead, winning three of the four events and ending the day more than three hundred points ahead of second-ranked Dobrynska. Ennis' first day total of 4124 points was the third highest ever first day score in the heptathlon, behind Kluft and world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee. On the second day, unusually for a heptathlon competition, Linda Züblin set a Swiss record in the javelin throw. Ennis maintained her lead with competitive marks in the long jump and javelin throw (her weaker events) and she won the final 800 metres race, gaining her first major championship gold medal and setting a world leading mark and much improved personal best of 6731 points. Olympic champion Dobrynska faded into fourth place on the final day, while Jennifer Oeser set a personal best for the silver medal and Kamila Chudzik took bronze, Poland's first ever heptathlon medal at the competition.The competition represented a breakthrough for Ennis, who had missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics through injury and whose previous best result was fourth place at the 2007 World Championships. She was Great Britain's first gold medallist of the tournament, and she became the country's third woman multi-eventer to win a major global championship, after former Olympic champions Mary Peters and Denise Lewis.
Medalists Jessica Ennis also had the world-leading mark before the Championships'''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
Records Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships'''World record''''''7291'''Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988'''Championship record''''''7128'''Rome, Italy1 September 1987'''World leading''''''6587'''Desenzano del Garda, Italy10 May 2009'''African record''''''6423'''Götzis, Austria29 May 2005'''Asian record''''''6942'''Götzis, Austria26 May 1996'''North American record''''''7291'''Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988'''South American record''''''6076'''Beijing, China16 August 2008'''European record''''''7032'''Osaka, Japan26 August 2007'''Oceanian record''''''6695'''Auckland, New Zealand28 January 1990
Qualification standards A standardB standard 6100pts 5900pts
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009  '''10:10'''   '''100 metres hurdles'''August 15, 2009  '''11:20'''   '''High jump'''August 15, 2009  '''18:20'''   '''Shot put'''August 15, 2009  '''21:10'''   '''200 metres'''August 16, 2009  '''11:35'''   '''Long jump'''August 16, 2009  '''18:05'''   '''Javelin throw'''August 16, 2009  '''20:50'''   '''800 metres'''August 16, 2009  '''20:50'''   '''Final standings'''
Results ===100 metres hurdles===Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Points  Notes 1   1  Jessica Ennis    12.93  1135   2   4  Antoinette Nana Djimou     13.44   1059  PB 3   1  Sara Aerts   13.45  1058  4   1  Kamila Chudzik   13.50 1050 SB 4   1  Diana Pickler    13.50  1050   6   4  Tatyana Chernova     13.58  1039  SB 7   1  Hanna Melnychenko    13.60  1036   7   3  Louise Hazel    13.60   1036  SB 9   1  Jennifer Oeser    13.62  1033   10  4  Lyudmyla Yosypenko    13.64  1030  PB 11   1  Yvonne Wisse    13.66  1027  SB 12   3  Karolina Tymińska     13.67  1026  SB 13   4  Brianne Theisen    13.69  1023  PB 14  4  Linda Züblin    13.75  1014  SB 15   1  Aiga Grabuste    13.78  1010   15   4  Marisa De Aniceto    13.78  1010   17   2  Bettie Wade    13.79  1008  PB 18   2  Lilli Schwarzkopf    13.80  1007  SB 19   2  Nataliya Dobrynska    13.85  1000  SB 20   2  Sharon Day    13.90  993   21   3  Jessica Samuelsson    13.96  984  SB 22   2  Kaie Kand    13.99   980   23   2  Aryiro Strataki    14.17  954   24  4  Yuliya Tarasova     14.23  946   25   3  Julia Mächtig    14.40  923   25   3  Nadja Casadei    14.40  923   27   3  Ida Marcussen    14.51  907  28   2  Sushmitha Singha Roy    14.55  902   29   3  Eliška Klučinová    14.89  856  '''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===High jump===Rank  Group   Name  Nationality  Result  Points  Notes 1   B  Jessica Ennis   1.92  1132  SB 2   B  Sharon Day   1.89 1093   3  B  Lyudmyla Yosypenko   1.86 1054   4   B  Julia Mächtig   1.83 1016 PB 4   B  Hanna Melnychenko   1.83 1016   6   B  Nataliya Dobrynska   1.83 1016 SB  7   B  Jennifer Oeser   1.83 1016 SB  8   B  Bettie Wade   1.80 978   9  B  Marisa De Aniceto   1.77 941   10  B  Diana Pickler   1.77 941   10  A  Antoinette Nana Djimou    1.77 941 SB   10  A  Brianne Theisen   1.77 941 PB  13   A  Kamila Chudzik   1.74 903   14   B  Lilli Schwarzkopf   1.74 903   15   B  Tatyana Chernova    1.74 903   16   B  Eliška Klučinová   1.71 867   16   A  Kaie Kand   1.71 867   18   B  Aiga Grabuste   1.71 867   18   A  Louise Hazel   1.71 867 PB  20  A  Karolina Tymińska    1.71 867   21   A  Aryiro Strataki   1.71 867   22   A  Yvonne Wisse   1.68 830   22   A  Nadja Casadei   1.68 830   22   A  Jessica Samuelsson   1.68 830  25   B  Sara Aerts   1.68 830   26   A  Yuliya Tarasova    1.68 830   27   A  Ida Marcussen   1.65 795  28  A  Sushmitha Singha Roy   1.62 759  29  A  Linda Züblin   1.62 759  '''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===Shot put===Rank  Group   Name  Nationality  Result  Points  Notes   B  Nataliya Dobrynska   15.82 916 SB    B  Julia Mächtig   15.21 875     B  Kamila Chudzik   15.10 868 PB    B  Jennifer Oeser   14.29 813 PB     B  Jessica Ennis   14.14 803 PB    B  Antoinette Nana Djimou    14.04 797      B  Karolina Tymińska    13.75 777     A  Hanna Melnychenko   13.70 774 SB    B  Jessica Samuelsson   13.56 765   10  B  Lilli Schwarzkopf   13.43 756   11  A  Sharon Day   13.42 755 PB  12  A  Eliška Klučinová   13.40 754   13  B  Aiga Grabuste   13.26 745   14  A  Linda Züblin   13.16 738 PB 15  A  Lyudmyla Yosypenko   13.01 728   16  A  Aryiro Strataki   12.93 723   17  B  Yuliya Tarasova    12.92 722   18  B  Nadja Casadei   12.92 722   19  A  Kaie Kand   12.83 716   20  A  Ida Marcussen   12.71 708  21  B  Yvonne Wisse   12.53 696   22  A  Tatyana Chernova    12.43 690   23  B  Diana Pickler   12.40 688   24  A  Marisa De Aniceto   12.21 675   25  A  Louise Hazel   11.62 636  26   A  Sushmitha Singha Roy   11.15 605  27  A  Brianne Theisen   11.07 600      B  Bettie Wade          A  Sara Aerts      DNS'''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===200 metres===Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Points  Notes   1  Jessica Ennis   23.25 1054 SB    1  Lyudmyla Yosypenko   23.86 994     1  Karolina Tymińska    23.87 993     1  Hanna Melnychenko   24.11 970 PB    1  Tatyana Chernova    24.13 968     3  Louise Hazel   24.19 963 SB    3  Jennifer Oeser   24.30 952 PB    3  Kamila Chudzik   24.33 949 PB    3  Julia Mächtig   24.39 944 SB  10  3  Yuliya Tarasova    24.60 924   11  1  Brianne Theisen   24.62 922   12  1  Jessica Samuelsson   24.71 914   13  2  Diana Pickler   24.75 910 SB  14  1  Yvonne Wisse   24.78 907   15  4  Antoinette Nana Djimou    24.83 902 SB  16  2  Nadja Casadei   24.92 894 PB  17  4  Bettie Wade   24.98 889 SB  18  3  Nataliya Dobrynska   25.02 885   19  3  Linda Züblin   25.04 883   20  4  Sharon Day   25.15 873   21  2  Marisa De Aniceto   25.32 858   22  4  Aiga Grabuste   25.49 842   23  2  Ida Marcussen   25.59 833  24  4  Sushmitha Singha Roy   25.65 828  25  2  Aryiro Strataki   25.93 803   26  2  Kaie Kand   26.07 791   27  4  Eliška Klučinová   26.17 782      2  Lilli Schwarzkopf       DNS    4  Sara Aerts       DNS'''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===Long jump===Rank  Group   Name  Nationality  Result  Points  Notes 1  B  Kamila Chudzik   6.55 1023 PB  2  B  Tatyana Chernova    6.50 1007 SB  3  B  Hanna Melnychenko   6.43 985 PB  4  B  Jennifer Oeser   6.42 981   5  B  Nataliya Dobrynska   6.41 978   6  A  Aiga Grabuste   6.40 975 SB  7  B  Julia Mächtig   6.36 962   8  A  Antoinette Nana Djimou    6.32 949 SB   9  B  Jessica Ennis   6.29 940   10  B  Diana Pickler   6.24 924 SB  11  B  Yuliya Tarasova    6.23 921   12  B  Lyudmyla Yosypenko   6.20 912   13  B  Bettie Wade   6.18 905   14  B  Louise Hazel   6.13 890  15  A  Kaie Kand   5.99 846 SB  16  A  Marisa De Aniceto   5.97  840   17  A  Jessica Samuelsson   5.90  819   18  A  Aryiro Strataki   5.87 810   19  B  Yvonne Wisse   5.87  810   20  A  Brianne Theisen   5.82 795   21  B  Nadja Casadei   5.78 783   21  A  Eliška Klučinová   5.78  783   23  A  Sharon Day   5.69 756   24  A  Linda Züblin   5.69 756  25  A  Sushmitha Singha Roy   5.43 680     A  Ida Marcussen         B  Karolina Tymińska        DNS   B  Lilli Schwarzkopf       DNS    A  Sara Aerts   DNS '''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===Javelin throw===Rank  Group   Name  Nationality  Result  Points  Notes 1  A  Linda Züblin   53.01 919 '''NR''' 2  A  Ida Marcussen   50.02 861  3  A  Kamila Chudzik   48.72 835   4  A  Marisa De Aniceto   48.39 829 PB  5  A  Antoinette Nana Djimou    47.93 820    6  A  Lyudmyla Yosypenko   46.87 800   7  B  Jennifer Oeser   46.70 796 SB  8  B  Sharon Day   44.14 747 PB  9  A  Brianne Theisen   43.84 741   10  A  Jessica Ennis   43.54 735   11  A  Aiga Grabuste   43.52 735   12  B  Louise Hazel   43.51 735  13  A  Nataliya Dobrynska   43.29 731   14  B  Aryiro Strataki   42.87 722   15  A  Hanna Melnychenko   42.24 710   16  A  Tatyana Chernova    41.88 703   17  A  Eliška Klučinová   41.19 690   18  B  Diana Pickler   41.13 689   19  B  Yuliya Tarasova    40.88 684   20  A  Julia Mächtig   40.70 681   21  B  Kaie Kand   37.68 623   22  B  Jessica Samuelsson   37.15 613 SB  23  B  Bettie Wade   36.70 604 PB 24  B  Sushmitha Singha Roy   36.03 591  25  B  Yvonne Wisse   33.82 549   26  B  Nadja Casadei   32.30 520      A  Lilli Schwarzkopf  DNS     B  Sara Aerts   DNS     B  Karolina Tymińska    DNS '''Key''':  NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===800 metres===Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Points  Notes   3  Tatyana Chernova   2:09.11 978 SB    2  Jessica Samuelsson   2:10.34 960     2  Kaie Kand    2:11.92 937     4  Jessica Ennis   2:12.22 932     2  Brianne Theisen    2:12.62 927 PB    1  Nadja Casadei   2:12.66 926     4  Hanna Melnychenko   2:12.85 923 PB    4  Nataliya Dobrynska   2:13.22 918    1  Ida Marcussen   2:13.81 910  10  3  Sharon Day    2:13.84 909   11  4  Jennifer Oeser   2:14.34 902   12  4  Lyudmyla Yosypenko   2:14.64 898 SB  13  3  Marisa De Aniceto   2:14.80 896   14  1  Yvonne Wisse   2:15.58 885   15  3  Diana Pickler    2:15.60 884 PB  16  3  Louise Hazel   2:15.85 881 PB  17  2  Aryiro Strataki   2:16.72 869   18  2  Linda Züblin   2:17.01 865   19  4  Julia Mächtig   2:17.07 864   20  3  Aiga Grabuste   2:17.43 859 SB 21  4  Antoinette Nana Djimou   2:17.72 855 SB  22  4  Kamila Chudzik   2:18.58 843   23  1  Eliška Klučinová   2:23.79 773  24  1  Bettie Wade   2:25.50 750  25  2  Yuliya Tarasova   2:35.05 631   26  1  Sushmitha Singha Roy   2:36.13 618  '''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===Final standings=== Rank Athlete  Country Points Notes  Jessica Ennis    6731 '''WL'''  Jennifer Oeser    6493 PB  Kamila Chudzik    6471 SB  Nataliya Dobrynska    6444  Lyudmyla Yosypenko    6416 PB  Hanna Melnychenko    6414  Antoinette Nana Djimou    6323 PB  Tatyana Chernova    6288  Julia Mächtig    6265  Sharon Day    6126  Diana Pickler    6086  Marisa De Aniceto    6049  Aiga Grabuste    6033  Louise Hazel    6008  Brianne Theisen    5949  Linda Züblin    5934  Jessica Samuelsson    5885  Kaie Kand    5760  Aryiro Strataki    5748  Yvonne Wisse    5704  Yuliya Tarasova    5658  Nadja Casadei    5598  Eliška Klučinová    5505  Bettie Wade    5134  Ida Marcussen    5014  Sushmitha Singha Roy    4983  Karolina Tymińska     DNF  Sara Aerts     DNF  Lilli Schwarzkopf     DNF'''Key''':  DNF = Did not finish, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)
References ;General* Heptathlon results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15.;Specific