European Athletics Championships 2002 / women's heptathlon

18th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Heptathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	26 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Munich
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	9/10 August
	Medalists
	Carolina Klüft ( SWE )
	Sabine Braun ( GER )
	Natallja Sasanowitsch ( BLR )

Munich Olympic Stadium

The heptathlon for women in the 2002 European Athletics Championships was on 9 and 10 August 2002 at the Munich Olympic Stadium held.

The Swedish Carolina Klüft became the European champion . Second place finished the German Olympic bronze medalist from 1992 , double world champion ( 1991 / 1997 ) and two-time European champion ( 1990 / 1994 ) Sabine Braun . Like four years ago, bronze went to the Belarusian Olympic third party from 2000 and Vice World Champion from 2001 Natallja Sasanowitsch .

Existing records

World record	7291 P	United States Jackie Joyner	OS Seoul , South Korea	23/24 September 1988
European record	7007 P	Soviet Union Larissa Nikitina	Bryansk , Soviet Union , (now Russia )	10/11 June 1989
EM record	6717 P	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Anke Behmer	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	29./30. August 1986

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

execution

The seven disciplines of the heptathlon took place over two days.
Day 1 - August 9: 100-meter hurdles , high jump , shot put , 200-meter run
Day 2 - August 10: long jump , javelin , 800-meter run

The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today.

Result

9/10 August 2002

space	Surname	nation	Points	100 m hurdles	High jump	Bullet poking	200 m	Status after day 1 (P)	Long jump	javelin throw	800 m
1	Carolina Klüft	Sweden Sweden	6542 WL	13.33 s 1075 p	1.89 m 1093 p	13.16 m 738 p	23.71 s 1009 P.	3915	6.36 m 962 p	47.61 m 814 p	2: 17.99 min 851 P.
2	Sabine Braun	Germany Germany	6434	13.58 s 1039 P.	1.80 m 978 P	14.56 m 831 p	24.69 s 915 P.	3763	6.50 m 1007 p	51.23 m 884 p	2: 23.24 min 780 p
3	Natallia Sasanovich	Belarus 1995 Belarus	6341	13.64 s 1030 p	1.80 m 978 P	15.86 m 919 p	24.42 s 941 P.	3878	6.33 m 953 P.	47.13 m 805 P.	2: 28.25 min 715 p
4th	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania 1989 Lithuania	6275	14.08 s 967 P.	1.80 m 978 P	16.72 m 976 p	25.01 s 886 P.	3807	6.14 m 893 P	46.72 m 797 p	2: 23.38 min 778 P.
5	Svetlana Sokolova	Russia Russia	6150	14.05 s 971 P.	1.80 m 978 P	14.25 m 811 p	24.73 s 912 p	3672	6.11 m 883 P.	45.30 m 769 P	2: 19.78 min 826 P.
6th	Kathleen Gutjahr	Germany Germany	6106	13.52 s 1047 P.	1.77 m 941 p	12.93 m 723 p	24.78 s 907 P.	3618	6.13 m 890 p	44.41 m 752 p	2: 18.35 min 846 p
7th	Michaela Hejnová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	6032	13.59 s 1037 P.	1.68 m 830 p	12.47 m 692 p	24.91 s 895 P	3454	5.98 m 843 p	49.60 m 852 P	2: 15.67 min 883 P.
8th	Līga Kļaviņa	Latvia Latvia	5996	13.95 s 982 P.	1.86 m 1054 p	13.98 m 793 p	24.83 s 902 P.	3734	6.39 m 972 p	40.28 m 673 p	2: 36.18 min 617 P.
9	Sonja Kesselschläger	Germany Germany	5973	13.48 s 1053 P.	1.83 m 1016 p	13.63 m 769 p	24.72 s 913 P.	3751	5.91 m 822 p	40.32 m 673 p	2: 27.34 min, 727 P.
10	Magdalena Szczepańska	Poland Poland	5966	14.05 s 971 P.	1.77 m 941 p	12.74 m 710 p	25.11 s 877 P.	3499	5.94 m 831 p	44.36 m 751 P.	2: 15.55 min 885 p
11	Tiia Hautala	Finland Finland	5960	14.06 s 970 p	1.77 m 941 p	13.23 m 743 p	25.39 s 851 P.	3505	6.25 m 927 p	42.66 m 718 p	2: 21.03 min 810 p
12	Larisa Netšeporuk	Estonia Estonia	5953	14.06 s 970 p	1.74 m 903 p	13.07 m 732 p	25.47 s 844 P.	3449	6.06 m 868 p	48.73 m 836 p	2: 21.77 min 800 p
13	Lyudmyla Blonska	Ukraine Ukraine	5865	14.21 s 949 p	1.80 m 978 P	11.62 m 636 p	25.61 s 832 p	3395	6.32 m 949 p	45.40 m 771 P	2: 25.53 min 750 p
14th	Karin Ruckstuhl	Netherlands Netherlands	5858	14.09 s 966 P.	1.74 m 903 p	12.36 m 685 p	25.21 s 868 P.	3422	6.31 m 946 p	41.16 m 690 p	2: 21.77 min 800 p
15th	Svetlana Gnezdilov	Israel Israel	5830	13.60 s 1036 P.	1.65 m 795 p	12.20 m 674 p	24.56 s 928 P.	3433	6.13 m 890 p	36.30 m 596 p	2: 13.68 min 911 P.
16	Aryiró Stratáki	Greece Greece	5795	14.14 s 959 P.	1.74 m 903 p	12.34 m 684 P.	25.25 s 864 P.	3410	6.08 m 874 P.	40.44 m 676 p	2: 21.79 min 799 p
17th	Maria Peinado	Spain Spain	5552	14.06 s 970 p	1.62 m 759 p	12.43 m 690 p	24.75 s 910 p	3329	5.97 m 840 p	35.39 m 579 p	2: 21.47 min 804 P.
18th	Naide Gomes	Portugal Portugal	5142	13.89 s 994 P.	1.77 m 941 p	13.54 m 763 p	24.96 s 890 p	3588	6.35 m 959 P.	36.24 m 595 p	DNF 0 P
19th	Lauretta Derhemi	Albania Albania	5119	15.18 s 818 p	1.71 m 867 p	10.44 m 558 p	26.40 s 763 P.	3006	5.70 m 759 p	37.44 m 618 p	2: 26.62 min 736 P.
20th	Gertrud Bacher	Italy Italy	5093	14.23 s 946 p	1.68 m 830 p	13.46 m 758 p	25.13 s 875 p	3409	NM 0 P	44.48 m 753 p	2: 12.35 min 931 P.
21st	Salla Käppi	Finland Finland	4894	13.91 s 991 P.	1.71 m 867 p	11.85 m 651 P.	25.33 s 857 P.	3366	5.55 m 715 P.	47.54 m 813 p	DNS
22nd	Simone Oberer	Switzerland Switzerland	4890	14.06 s 970 p	1.77 m 941 p	12.13 m 670 p	25.21 s 868 P.	3449	5.99 m 846 p	36.22 m 595 p	DNS
DNF	Iryna Butar	Belarus 1995 Belarus		14.19 s 952 P.	1.74 m 903 p	12.19 m 674 p	25.31 s 859 P.	3388	4.73 m 487 p	DNS
	Anzhela Atroshchenko	Turkey Turkey		13.94 s 987 P.	1.71 m 867 p	12.80 m 717 p	24.85 s 901 P.	3472	NM 0 P	DNS
	Julie Hollman	United Kingdom Great Britain		14.33 s 931 p	1.71 m 867 p	12.25 m 678 p	DNS
	Remigija Nazarovienė	Lithuania 1989 Lithuania		13.73 s 1017 P.	1.68 m 830 p	DNS

European champion Carolina Klüft - with her track record as three-time world champion, 2004 Olympic champion and two-time European champion, she is one of the best heptathletes of all time
Austra Skujytė reached number four - 2004, she was Olympic silver medalist, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist
Sonja Kesselschläger came in ninth

Ljudmyla Blonska came in thirteenth place - she was later given a life ban for multiple doping offenses
Karin Ruckstuhl reached place fourteen - in 2006 she became vice European champion
Naide Gomes was eighteenth

Web links

European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 12, 2019
Women Heptathlon European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed on November 12, 2019
Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 12, 2019
European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Heptathlon European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 488 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 12, 2019
Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, heptathlon women on sportschau.de, accessed on November 12, 2019
18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on November 12, 2019

Video

Women's Heptathlon European Champs Munich 2002 , published on February 10, 2015 on youtube.com (English), accessed on November 12, 2019

References and comments

↑ IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on November 12, 2019
↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 73, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on November 12, 2019
^ IOC sanctions Liudmyla Blonska on olympic.org (English), August 22, 2008, accessed on November 12, 2019

[1] IAAF world records. Heptathlon women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on November 12, 2019

[2] Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Pentathlon , p. 73, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB) accessed on November 12, 2019

[3] IOC sanctions Liudmyla Blonska on olympic.org (English), August 22, 2008, accessed on November 12, 2019