2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Heptathlon

The Women's Heptathlon
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...

was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Helsinki Olympic Stadium

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...

on Saturday August 6 and Sunday August 7.

Medalists

Gold	Carolina Klüft Carolina Klüft Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004... Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... (SWE)
Silver	Eunice Barber Eunice Barber Eunice Barber is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards... France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... (FRA)
Bronze	Margaret Simpson Margaret Simpson (athlete) Margaret Simpson is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process... Ghana Ghana Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south... (GHA)

Schedule

Saturday August 6, 2005
1. 100 m hurdles
2. High Jump
3. Shot Put
4. 200 m

Sunday August 7, 2005
2. Long Jump
3. Javelin Throw
4. 800 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...		7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Event Record		7128	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy

Overall results

Points table after 7th event

Rank	Athlete	Overall points	100 mh 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	HJ High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	SP Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	200 m	LJ Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	JT Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	800 m
1	Carolina Klüft Carolina Klüft Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004... 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 Eunice Barber Eunice Barber is a Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards... Early Modern 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 Margaret Simpson (athlete) Margaret Simpson is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process... 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 Austra Skujyte Austra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366.... 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 Kelly Sotherton Kelly Jade Sotherton is an English heptathlete and 400m sprinter. She was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and was fourth at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She also was a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, and was the heptathlon gold medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth... United Kingdom	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 Marie Collonvillé Marie Collonvillé is a French heptathlete. She was the first-ever IAAF-recognised world record holder in the women's decathlon; the event was officially recognised from 1 January 2005, and her mark of 8160 set in Talence on 26 September 2004 was broken by Austra Skujytė on 15 April... Early Modern 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 Naide Gomes Enezaide do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes, OIH, is a Portuguese heptathlete, born in São Tomé and Príncipe. She is also a top-class competitor in the long jump, and she competed in 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics... 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 Karin Ruckstuhl Karin Nathalie Ruckstuhl is a Dutch heptathlete.-Biography:Her first major championship was the 2002 European Athletics Championships and she finished 13th in the heptathlon... 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 Nataliya Dobrynska Nataliya Dobrynska is a Ukrainian heptathlete. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and also holds the Heptathlon best in the Shot Put.... 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 Sonja Kesselschläger Sonja Kesselschläger is a German heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:*... 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 Jessica Zelinka Jessica Zelinka is a Canadian pentathlete and heptathlete. Her personal best score is 6490 points, which was achieved at 2008 Summer Olympics and is the Canadian record for the event... 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 Hyleas Fountain Hyleas Fountain is an American heptathlete.-Early years:Fountain attended Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she was under the coaching of Al Moten, and continued her career at the University of Georgia under coach Wayne Norton... 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 Lilly Schwarzkopf Lilli Schwarzkopf is a German heptathlete.Her first major global competition was the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where she finished in 13th place. She won the bronze medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg... 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 Irina Naumenko -Achievements:Naumenko was 2nd at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting in 2005 www.hexham-meeting.org-External links:*... 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 Kylie Wheeler Kylie Wheeler is a retired Australian heptathlete.Wheeler is a four-times Australia national champion in heptathlon in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006... 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 Aryiro Strataki -Achievements:-Personal bests:-External links:... 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 Yuki Nakata Yuki Nakata is a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the women's heptathlon. She represented Japan at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and has competed twice at the World Championships in Athletics... 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 Karin Ertl Karin Ertl, née Specht is a German heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:... Germany	DNF	1001 pts 13.84 s	891 1.73	759 13.48	884 25.03	750 5.67
	Janice Josephs Janice Josephs Janice Josephs is a South African heptathlete.She finished nineteenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the latter in a personal best score of 6181 points. On the regional level she won a silver medal at the 2004 African Championships and the gold at the 2006... 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 Laurien Hoos Laurien Hoos is a Dutch athlete mainly active at the heptathlon and as a hurdler.-Biography:Laurien Hoos was born out of a total athletics family. Almost everybody from her mothers side of the family has been active in the sport as well. After she got her swimming degrees at the age of six she was... Netherlands	DNF	1026 pts 13.67 s	855 1.70
	Tatsiana Alisevich Belarus	DNF	909 pts 14.50 s
	Tiia Hautala Tiia Hautala Tiia Erika Hautala is a former Finnish heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:... Finland	DNS

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