Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - Heptathlon (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Heptathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	38 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	3rd / 4th August 2012
Medalists Jessica Ennis ( GBR )   Lilli Schwarzkopf ( GER )   Austra Skujytė ( LTU )

The heptathlon for women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 3 and 4 August 2012 at London's Olympic Stadium held. 39 athletes took part in the competition.

The British Jessica Ennis became Olympic champion . The German Lilli Schwarzkopf won the silver medal, bronze went to Austra Skujytė from Lithuania.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Natalja Dobrynska ( Ukraine )	6733 points	Beijing 2008
world champion	Tatiana Chernova ( Russia )	6880 points	Daegu 2011
European champion	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida ( France )	6544 points	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion	Gretchen Quintana ( Cuba )	5704 points	Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion	Vanessa Spínola ( Brazil )	5428 points	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Wassana Winatho ( Thailand )	5710 points	Kobe 2011
African champion	Yasmina Omrani ( Algeria )	5924 points	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion	Competition not in the championship program		Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA )	7291 points	Seoul ( South Korea )	September 23-24, 1988
Olympic record			Seoul Heptathlon ( South Korea )

Conducting the competition

The heptathlon was played according to the same regulations that are still valid today. The following disciplines were on the first day of the competition: 100-meter hurdles , high jump , shot put and 200-meter run . On the second day the long jump , javelin throw and 800-meter run were carried out. The rating was based on the 1985 point table, which is still valid today

doping

In the heptathlon from London two doping cases occurred:

• The fourth-placed Ukrainian Ljudmyla Jossypenko was subsequently disqualified in 2013 for doping abuse and suspended for five years.
• On November 29, 2016, the original bronze medalist Tatyana Chernova also lost her medal for violating doping regulations.

Participants

The following norms had been set for participation, which had to be achieved between January 1, 2011 and July 8, 2012:

• A-Standard: 6150 points
• B standard: 5950 points

39 female athletes from 25 countries were registered for the Olympic competition.

The start list:

Athlete	nation	SB 2012 (points)	PB (points)
Sara Aerts	Belgium	6077	6084
Julia Mighty	Germany	6345	6345
Jennifer Oeser	Germany	6345	6683
Lilli Schwarzkopf	Germany	6461	6536
Grit Šadeiko	Estonia	-	6134
Marisa De Aniceto	France	6182	6182
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	France	6544	6544
Margaret Simpson	Ghana	6245	6423
Sofia Yfandidou	Greece	6109	6109
Jessica Ennis	Great Britain	6906	6906
Louise Hazel	Great Britain	-	6156
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6248	6248
Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Canada	6440	6440
Jessica Zelinka	Canada	6599	6599
Irina Karpova	Kazakhstan	5995	6140
Aiga Grabuste	Latvia	6325	6414
Laura Ikauniece	Latvia	6335	6335
Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	6493	6493
Sarah Cowley	New Zealand	6135	6135
Nadine Broersen	Netherlands	6298	6298
Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	6360	6360
Uhunoma Osazuwa	Nigeria	6049	6049
Ida Marcussen	Norway	6073	6226
Ivona Dadic	Austria	5959	5959
Karolina Tymińska	Poland	-	6544
Tatiana Chernova - DOP	Russia	6774	6880
Olga Kurban	Russia	6528	6559
Kristina Savitskaya	Russia	6681	6681
Ellen Sprunger	Switzerland	6124	6124
Jessica Samuelsson	Sweden	6262	6262
Eliška Klučinová	Czech Republic	6283	6283
Natalia Dobrynska	Ukraine	6311	6778
Hanna Melnytschenko	Ukraine	6407	6445
Lyudmyla Yossypenko - DOP	Ukraine	6501	6501
Győrgyi Farkas	Hungary	6030	6068
Sharon Day	United States	6343	6343
Hyleas Fountain	United States	6419	6667
Chantae McMillan	United States	6188	6188
Jana Maksimawa	Belarus	6103	6103

Partial results

100 meter hurdles

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis started the competition with the fastest hurdle time

August 3, 2012, 11:05 am

Jennifer Ennis ran the best time ever in a heptathlon over the 100 meter hurdles . Her 12.54 s were also the British record.

Classification space Athlete Time (s) Points 01 Ennis 12.54 NO 1195 02 Zelinka 12.65 1178 03 Fountain 12.70 1170 04th Aerts 12.94 1133 05 Nana Djimou Ida 12.96 1130 06th Tymińska 13.22 1091 07th Black Head 13.26 1086 08th Theisen-Eaton 13.30 1080 09 Melnichenko 13.32 1077 10 Jumpers 13.35 1072 11 Savitskaya 13.37 1069 12 Oeser 13.42 1062 13 Osazuwa 13.46 1056 14th Hazel 13.48 1053 Johnson-Thompson Schippers 17th McMillan 13.49 1052 18th Šadeiko 13.50 1050 19th Kurban 13.56 1041 20th Dobrynska 13.57 1040 Day 22nd Samuelsson 13.58 1039 23 Broersen 13.64 1030 24 Graveyard 13.65 1028 25th Ikauniece 13.71 1020 26th De Aniceto 13.74 1015 27 Yfandidou 13.82 1004 28 Cowley 13.95 985 29 Maksimawa 13.97 983 30th Skujytė 14.00 978 31 Klučinová 14.01 977 32 Marcussen 14.08 967 33 Karpova 14.21 949 34 Farkas 14.33 932 35 Powerful 14.54 903 36 Dadic 14.58 898 DOP Yossypenko Chernova

Intermediate result space Athlete Points 01 Ennis 1195 02 Zelinka 1178 03 Fountain 1170 04th Aerts 1133 05 Nana Djimou Ida 1130 06th Tymińska 1091 07th Black Head 1086 08th Theisen-Eaton 1080 09 Melnichenko 1077 10 Jumpers 1072 11 Savitskaya 1069 12 Oeser 1062 13 Osazuwa 1056 14th Hazel 1053 Johnson-Thompson Schippers 17th McMillan 1052 18th Šadeiko 1050 19th Kurban 1041 20th Dobrynska 1040 Day 22nd Samuelsson 1039 23 Broersen 1030 24 Graveyard 1028 25th Ikauniece 1020 26th De Aniceto 1015 27 Yfandidou 1004 28 Cowley 985 29 Maksimawa 983 30th Skujytė 978 31 Klučinová 977 32 Marcussen 967 33 Karpova 949 34 Farkas 932 35 Powerful 903 36 Dadic 898 DOP Yossypenko Chernova

high jump

The British Katerina Johnson-Thompson achieved a personal best with 1.89 m as the second best heptathlete

August 3, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

Jessica Ennis jumped 1.86 m on the third attempt and failed just 1.89 m. Austra Skujytė - 1.92 m - and Katarina Johnson-Thompson - 1.89 m - each set personal records.

Classification space Athlete Height (m) Points 01 Skujytė 1.92 1132 02 Maksimawa 1.89 1093 Johnson-Thompson 04th Ennis 1.86 1054 Fountain Broersen 07th Black Head 1.83 1016 Theisen-Eaton Savitskaya Dobrynska Ikauniece 12 Cowley 1.80 978 Klučinová Farkas Dadic Nana Djimou Ida Melnichenko Oeser Schippers Kurban 21st Osazuwa 1.77 941 Day Samuelsson Graveyard 25th Šadeiko 1.74 903 26th De Aniceto 1.71 867 Jumpers 28 Karpova 1.68 830 Marcussen Powerful Zelinka Tymińska McMillan Yfandidou 35 Aerts 1.65 795 36 Hazel 1.59 724 DOP Yossypenko Chernova

Intermediate result space Athlete Points 01 Ennis 2249 02 Fountain 2224 03 Johnson-Thompson 2146 04th Skujytė 2110 05 Nana Djimou Ida 2108 06th Black Head 2102 07th Theisen-Eaton 2096 08th Savitskaya 2085 09 Broersen 2084 10 Maksimawa 2076 11 Dobrynska 2056 12 Melnichenko 2055 13 Oeser 2040 14th Ikauniece 2036 15th Schippers 2031 16 Kurban 2019 17th Zelinka 2008 18th Osazuwa 1997 19th Day 1981 20th Samuelsson 1980 21st Graveyard 1969 22nd Cowley 1963 23 Klučinová 1955 24 Šadeiko 1953 25th Jumpers 1939 26th Aerts 1928 27 Tymińska 1921 28 Farkas 1910 29 McMillan 1882 30th De Aniceto 1882 31 Dadic 1876 32 Yfandidou 1834 33 Marcussen 1797 34 Karpova 1779 35 Hazel 1777 36 Powerful 1733 DOP Yossypenko Chernova

Shot put

The Ukrainian Natalja Dobrynska reached 15.05 m in the shot put, with which she achieved the second best performance in this competition

August 3, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

Austra Skujytė achieved the largest distance ever achieved in a heptathlon with 17.31 m.

Classification space Athlete Width (m) Points 01 Skujytė 17.31 1016 02 Dobrynska 15.05 864 03 Powerful 14.99 860 04th McMillan 14.92 856 05 Zelinka 14.81 848 06th Savitskaya 14.77 845 Black Head 08th Aerts 14.43 823 09 Day 14.28 813 Ennis 11 Nana Djimou Ida 14.26 811 12 Samuelsson 14.18 806 13 Oeser 14.17 805 14th Maksimawa 14.09 800 15th Tymińska 13.74 777 16 Kurban 13.71 775 17th Schippers 13.67 772 18th Broersen 13.57 765 19th Farkas 13.55 764 20th Graveyard 13.52 762 21st Marcussen 13.46 758 22nd De Aniceto 13.09 733 23 Melnichenko 12.96 725 Yfandidou 25th Klučinová 12.93 723 26th Theisen-Eaton 12.89 720 27 Hazel 12.81 715 28 Osazuwa 12.77 712 29 Ikauniece 12.64 704 30th Jumpers 12.62 702 31 Šadeiko 12.43 690 32 Cowley 12.37 686 33 Dadic 12.19 674 34 Fountain 11.99 660 35 Karpova 11.68 640 36 Johnson-Thompson 11.32 616 DOP Chernova Yossypenko

Intermediate result space Athlete Points 01 Skujytė 3126 02 Ennis 3062 03 Black Head 2947 04th Savitskaya 2930 05 Dobrynska 2920 06th Nana Djimou Ida 2919 07th Fountain 2884 08th Maksimawa 2876 09 Zelinka 2856 10 Broersen 2849 11 Oeser 2845 12 Theisen-Eaton 2816 13 Schippers 2803 14th Kurban 2794 15th Day 2794 16 Samuelsson 2786 17th Melnichenko 2780 18th Johnson-Thompson 2762 19th Aerts 2751 20th Ikauniece 2740 21st McMillan 2738 22nd Graveyard 2731 23 Osazuwa 2709 24 Tymińska 2698 25th Klučinová 2678 26th Farkas 2674 27 Cowley 2649 28 Šadeiko 2643 29 Jumpers 2641 30th De Aniceto 2615 31 Powerful 2593 32 Yfandidou 2559 33 Marcussen 2555 34 Dadic 2550 35 Hazel 2492 36 Karpova 2419 DOP Yossypenko Chernova

200 metres

Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands - fastest over 200 meters in 22.83 s together with Jessica Ennis

August 3, 2012, 9:45 p.m.

Jessica Ennis took the lead again with her second personal best in the competition.

Classification space Athlete Time (s) Points 01 Schippers 22.83 1096 Ennis 03 Zelinka 23.32 1047 04th Jumpers 23.59 1020 05 Fountain 23.64 1016 06th Tymińska 23.71 1009 07th Johnson-Thompson 23.73 1007 08th Kurban 23.88 992 09 Melnichenko 24.09 972 10 Ikauniece 24.16 965 11 Šadeiko 24.25 957 Samuelsson 13 Dadic 24.29 953 14th Theisen-Eaton 24.35 947 15th Day 24.36 946 16 Oeser 24.39 944 17th Savitskaya 24.46 937 18th Hazel 24.48 935 19th Osazuwa 24.62 922 20th Dobrynska 24.69 915 21st Nana Djimou Ida 24.72 913 22nd Black Head 24.77 908 23 Klučinová 25.00 887 24 Broersen 25.13 875 25th Marcussen 25.15 873 26th McMillan 25.25 864 27 De Aniceto 25.26 863 28 Powerful 25.38 852 29 Karpova 25.42 849 30th Skujytė 25.43 848 Maksimawa 32 Cowley 25.60 833 33 Farkas 25.72 822 34 Yfandidou 25.91 805 DNF Aerts 0 DNS Graveyard DOP Chernova Yossypenko

Intermediate result space Athlete Points 01 Ennis 4158 02 Skujytė 3974 03 Zelinka 3903 04th Fountain 3900 05 Schippers 3899 06th Savitskaya 3867 07th Black Head 3855 08th Dobrynska 3835 09 Nana Djimou Ida 3832 10 Oeser 3789 11 Kurban 3786 12 Johnson-Thompson 3769 13 Theisen-Eaton 3763 14th Melnichenko 3752 15th Samuelsson 3743 16 Day 3740 17th Maksimawa 3724 Broersen 19th Tymińska 3707 20th Ikauniece 3705 21st Jumpers 3661 22nd Osazuwa 3631 23 McMillan 3602 24 Šadeiko 3600 25th Klučinová 3565 26th Dadic 3503 27 Farkas 3496 28 Cowley 3482 29 De Aniceto 3478 30th Powerful 3445 31 Marcussen 3428 32 Hazel 3427 33 Yfandidou 3364 34 Karpova 3268 35 Aerts 2751 DOP Chernova Yossypenko

Long jump

The Ukrainian Hanna Melnytschenko achieved the second largest distance of all heptathletes in the long jump with 6.40 seconds

August 4, 2012, 11:05 am

In changeable winds, Ennis maintained her lead, while Schwarzkopf made up ground on the leaders.

Classification space Athlete Width (m) Points 01 Ennis 6.48 1001 02 Melnichenko 6.40 975 03 Black Head 6.30 943 04th Schippers 6.28 937 05 Skujytė 6.25 927 06th Savitskaya 6.21 915 07th Johnson-Thompson 6.19 908 08th Samuelsson 6.18 905 09 Ikauniece 6.13 890 10 Klučinová 6.13 890 Nana Djimou Ida 12 Šadeiko 6.11 883 13 Oeser 6.07 871 Farkas 15th Fountain 6.05 865 16 Theisen-Eaton 6.01 853 17th Dadic 6.00 850 Cowley 19th Maksimawa 5.99 846 20th Broersen 5.94 831 21st Zelinka 5.91 822 22nd Jumpers 5.88 813 23 Day 5.85 804 24 Kurban 5.83 798 25th Marcussen 5.82 795 26th Yfandidou 5.81 792 27 Hazel 5.77 780 28 De Aniceto 5.76 777 29 Osazuwa 5.74 771 30th Karpova 5.70 759 31 McMillan 5.37 663 32 Powerful 4.06 322 33 Dobrynska 3.70 242 ogV Tymińska 0 DOP Chernova Yossypenko

Intermediate result space Athlete Points 01 Ennis 5159 02 Skujytė 4901 03 Schippers 4836 04th Black Head 4798 05 Savitskaya 4782 06th Fountain 4765 07th Melnichenko 4727 08th Zelinka 4725 09 Nana Djimou Ida 4722 10 Johnson-Thompson 4677 11 Oeser 4660 12 Samuelsson 4648 13 Theisen-Eaton 4616 14th Ikauniece 4595 15th Kurban 4584 16 Maksimawa 4570 17th Broersen 4555 18th Day 4544 19th Šadeiko 4483 20th Jumpers 4474 21st Klučinová 4455 22nd Osazuwa 4402 23 Farkas 4367 24 Dadic 4353 25th Cowley 4332 26th McMillan 4265 27 De Aniceto 4255 28 Marcussen 4223 29 Hazel 4207 30th Yfandidou 4156 31 Dobrynska 4077 32 Karpova 4027 33 Powerful 3767 34 Tymińska 3707 DOP Chernova Yossypenko

Javelin throw

The French European Champion Antoinette Nana Djimou Dia worked her way back into the top group with a wide throw of the javelin

August 4, 2012, 12:40 p.m.

Sofia Yfandidou managed the longest javelin throw in a heptathlon at the Olympic Games with 56.96 m . Nana Djimou Ida also stayed above the old record of 55.70 m set by Ghada Shouaa at the 1996 Olympic Games .

Classification space Athlete Width (m) Points 01 Yfandidou 56.96 995 02 Nana Djimou Ida 55.87 974 03 De Aniceto 51.98 899 Broersen 05 Black Head 51.73 894 06th Ikauniece 51.27 885 07th Skujytė 51.13 882 08th McMillan 49.78 856 09 Ennis 47.49 812 10 Hazel 47.38 809 11 Oeser 46.61 795 12 Farkas 46.52 793 13 Theisen-Eaton 46.47 792 14th Zelinka 45.75 778 15th Klučinová 45.65 776 16 Jumpers 45.63 17th Powerful 44.40 752 18th Šadeiko 44.12 747 19th Day 43.90 742 20th Melnichenko 43.86 21st Savitskaya 43.70 738 22nd Maksimawa 42.33 712 23 Marcussen 42.26 711 24 Samuelsson 42.02 706 25th Cowley 41.90 704 26th Dadic 41.82 702 27 Kurban 40.36 674 28 Johnson-Thompson 38.37 636 28 Schippers 36.63 603 30th Karpova 35.75 586 31 Fountain 21.60 319 DNS Dobrynska 0 Osazuwa Tymińska DOP Yossypenko Chernova

Intermediate result space Athlete Points 01 Ennis 5971 02 Skujytė 5783 03 Nana Djimou Ida 5696 04th Black Head 5692 05 Savitskaya 5520 06th Zelinka 5503 07th Ikauniece 5480 08th Melnichenko 5469 09 Oeser 5455 10 Broersen 5454 11 Schippers 5439 12 Theisen-Eaton 5408 13 Samuelsson 5354 14th Johnson-Thompson 5313 15th Day 5286 16 Maksimawa 5282 17th Kurban 5258 18th Jumpers 5250 19th Klučinová 5231 20th Šadeiko 5230 21st Farkas 5160 22nd De Aniceto 5154 23 Yfandidou 5151 24 McMillan 5121 25th Fountain 5084 26th Dadic 5055 27 Cowley 5036 28 Hazel 5016 29 Marcussen 4934 30th Karpova 4613 31 Powerful 4519 DOP Yossypenko Chernova

800 meters

The Canadian Jessica Zelinka fought her way to fifth place in the final standings with a fast 800 meter time

August 4, 2012, 9:35 pm

Lilli Schwarzkopf was initially disqualified for touching the lane marking. After studying the video recordings of the run, which Schwarzkopf took with a referee at her request, it turned out that it was not Schwarzkopf, but the Russian Kristina Sawizkaja, who was running in front of her, who had touched the lane marking. A protest by the Ukrainian team, whose starter Jossypenko now went without a medal, was immediately rejected.

Classification

space	Athlete	Time (min)	Points
01	Ennis	2: 08.65	984
02	Zelinka	2: 09.15	977
03	Theisen-Eaton	2: 09.27	975
04th	Black Head	2: 10.50	957
05	Johnson-Thompson	2: 10.76	954
06th	Day	2: 11.31	946
07th	Samuelsson
08th	Ikauniece	2: 12.13	934
09	Savitskaya	2: 12.27	932
10	Melnichenko	2: 12.90	923
11	Maksimawa	2: 13.37	916
12	Marcussen	2: 13.62	912
13	Schippers	2: 15.52	885
14th	Dadic	2: 15.90	880
15th	Nana Djimou Ida	2: 15.94
16	Klučinová	2: 16.08	878
17th	De Aniceto	2: 16.20	876
18th	Broersen	2: 16.98	865
19th	Jumpers	2: 17.54	857
20th	Farkas	2: 17.83	853
21st	Hazel	2: 18.78	840
22nd	Cowley	2: 19.01	837
23	Kurban	2: 19.82	826
24	Powerful	2: 20.34	819
25th	Skujytė	2: 20.59	816
26th	Yfandidou	2: 22.03	796
27	Šadeiko	2: 23.01	783
28	Karpova	2: 28.93	706
29	McMillan	2: 40.55	567
DNF	Oeser		0
DNS	Fountain
DOP	Chernova
	Yossypenko

Starting position

The favorite was the two-time British world champion in 2009 and 2011 , European champion in 2010 and leader in the world's annual best list Jessica Ennis. With Natalja Dobrynska, Hyleas Fountain and Tatjana Tschernowa, who was later disqualified for doping abuse, all the medal winners from 2008 started here. The fiercest opponent, however, was the French European champion from 2012 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida. With good prospects, the two German Jennifer Oeser began as Vice World Champion in 2009 and Lilli Schwarzkopf as WM -Fünfte of 2011 and the silver medalist of 2004 Austra Skujytė from Lithuania. The 2010 African champion Margaret Simpson from Ghana was registered but did not take part in the competition.

Summary

With 12.54 s, Ennis started the competition furiously over the 100 meter hurdles . That was the British national record and at the same time the best time ever achieved in a heptathlon. The 12.65 s of the Canadian Jessica Zelinka were also strong. Only three other athletes undercut the 13-second mark, the American Hyleas Fountain with 12.70 s, the Belgian Sara Aerts with 12.94 s and Nana Djimou Ida with 12.96 s. After the first discipline, the world champion led by a clear margin over her strong competition.

Skujytė, who set a personal record with 1.92 m and jumped as the only heptathlon higher than 1.90 m, shone in the high jump. The closest to her came with 1.89 m the British Katarina Johnson-Thompson and the Belarusian Jana Maksimawa. Ennis, Fountain and Nadine Broersen from the Netherlands each achieved 1.86 m. After the second discipline, Ennis, who now had 2249 points in her account, led back before Fountain - 25 P, Johnson-Thompson - 103 P back, Skujytė - 139 P, Nana Djimou Ida - 142 P and Schwarzkopf - 147 P back.

Skujytė also impressed in the shot put, with 17.31 m, the largest distance ever achieved in a heptathlon. More than two meters behind her, Dobrynska had the second best result with 15.05 m. The German Julia Mächtig hit 14.99 m, then a tightly packed field followed. Ennis and Nana Djimou Ida stayed with widths of just over fourteen meters within their possibilities. Skujytė now took the lead with 3126 points ahead of Ennis, who was 64 p behind her. Then came Schwarzkopf - 179 P behind the front-runner, the Russian Kristina Sawizkaja - 196 P, Dobrynska - 206 P, Nana Djimou Ida - 207 P.

Over 200 meters there were two runners who stayed under 23 seconds. Dafne Schippers and Ennis from the Netherlands crossed the finish line in 22.83 seconds. Zelinka came closest to them with 23.32 seconds. Then followed the Swiss Ellen Sprunger with 23.59 s ahead of Fountain - 23.64 s. Here Dobrynska - 24.69 s, Nana Djimou Ida - 24.72 s, Schwarzkopf - 24.77 s and Skujytė - 25.43 s lost many important points. At the end of the first day, Ennis was leading with a very good 4158 points. Skujytė was already 184 P behind her in second place. Then followed Zelinka - residue 255 P, Fountain - 258 P, Schippers - 259 P, Sawizkaja - 292 P and Schwarzkopf - 303 P.

In the long jump , the first discipline of the second day, the athletes had to struggle with changing winds, so the very large distances were not achieved. With 6.48 m Ennis had the best result and thus extended their lead. The distances were not great, however, the Ukrainian Hanna Melnytschenko jumped 6.40 m, Schwarzkopf 6.30 m, Schippers 6.28 m and Skujytė 6.26 m. Fountain, on the other hand, was well behind with her 6.05 m. Ennis now led with 258 points ahead of Skujytė, who continued to run second. Schippers in third was 323 p behind Ennis, Schwarzkopf was now fourth with 361 p behind the Briton. Then Zavitskaya - 377 P - and Fountain - 394 P followed behind the leader.

In the penultimate exercise, the javelin throw , the level was extremely high. The Greek Sofia Yfandidou achieved the greatest distance in a heptathlon at the Olympic Games with 56.96 m. Nana Djimou Ida also stayed above the old record of 55.70 m of the Syrian Ghada Shouaa from 1996 . The French Marisa De Aniceto - 51.98 m, Broersen - also 51.98 m, Schwarzkopf - 51.73 m, the Latvian Laura Ikauniece - 51.27 m - and Skujytė - 51.13 m - exceeded the 50 meters -Brand. Ennis had a good throw for her possibilities with 47.49 m. Sawizkaja - 43.70 m - and especially Schippers - 38.63 m - and Fountain - 21.60 m gambled away their medal chances here. Ennis' lead remained a reassuring 198 points over Skujytė. Nana Djimou Ida was now third again, 83 P behind second. Schwarzkopf was only four points behind. Then came the medal places Zavizkaya and Zelinka with larger gaps of clearly more than 150 P.

Before the final 800-meter run , it was clear that Ennis, as a strong middle distance athlete, could only be prevented from winning the Olympic Games by a fall or an injury. The battle for silver and bronze had not yet been decided. Skujytė had a considerable lead over Nana Djimou Dia and Schwarzkopf, but was clearly the weakest 800m runner among the three, while Schwarzkopf was also stronger than the French European champion. Ennis finally achieved the fastest time with 2: 08.65 minutes. Zelinka ran 2: 09.15 min, the Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton 2: 09.27 min. Then Schwarzkopf came with 2: 10.50 min. That was clearly enough for the German for second place. Nana Djimou Dia scored 2: 15.94 min, Skujytė 2: 20.59 min.

After the race there was initially a lot of irritation. Schwarzkopf should be disqualified for touching the lane marking. The athlete then turned to the judge for an explanation. After studying the video recordings of the run, which Schwarzkopf made with a referee, it turned out that it was not Schwarzkopf but the Russian Kristina Savitskaya, who was running in front of her, who had touched the lane marking. A protest by the Ukrainian team, whose starter Jossypenko now went without a medal, was immediately rejected. Jossypenko's result was then completely annulled the following year because of doping abuse. However, it remains unclear why Zavizkaya was not disqualified and is still listed as sixth in the official rankings.

Jessica Ennis became Olympic champion by a clear margin and with her 6955 points achieved the highest number of points at the Olympic Games in twenty years. Lilli Schwarzkopf won 305 P behind her with 6649 P silver. Austra Skujytė's lead was enough to save the bronze medal. She scored 6599 P, Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida was fourth with 6576 P ahead of Jessica Zelinka - 6480 P - and Kristina Sawizkaja - 6452 P.

Final score

space	Athlete	country	Points
01	Jessica Ennis	Great Britain	6955 NO
02	Lilli Schwarzkopf	Germany	6649
03	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania	6599
04th	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	France	6576
05	Jessica Zelinka	Canada	6480
06th	Kristina Savitskaya	Russia	6452
07th	Laura Ikauniece	Latvia	6414
8th	Hanna Melnytschenko	Ukraine	6392
9	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Canada	6383
10	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	6324
11	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands	6319
12	Jessica Samuelsson	Sweden	6300
13	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6267
14th	Sharon Day	United States	6232
15th	Jana Maksimawa	Belarus	6198
16	Eliška Klučinová	Czech Republic	6109
17th	Ellen Sprunger	Switzerland	6107
18th	Olga Kurban	Russia	6084
19th	Marisa De Aniceto	France	6030
20th	Grit Šadeiko	Estonia	6013
21st	Győrgyi Farkas	Hungary	6013
22nd	Sofia Yfandidou	Greece	5947
23	Ivona Dadic	Austria	5935
24	Sarah Cowley	New Zealand	5873
25th	Louise Hazel	Great Britain	5856
26th	Ida Marcussen	Norway	5846
27	Chantae McMillan	United States	5688
28	Jennifer Oeser	Germany	5455
29	Julia Mighty	Germany	5338
30th	Irina Karpova	Kazakhstan	5319
DNF	Hyleas Fountain	United States
	Uhunoma Osazuwa	Nigeria
	Karolina Tymińska	Poland
	Natalia Dobrynska	Ukraine
	Sara Aerts	Belgium
	Aiga Grabuste	Latvia
	Margaret Simpson	Ghana
DOP	Tatiana Chernova	Russia
	Lyudmyla Yossypenko	Ukraine

Picture gallery

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  Superior Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis, Great Britain

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  With a strong second day, the German Lilli Schwarzkopf won the silver medal

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  Bronze medalist Austra Skujytė, Lithuania

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  The French Olympic champion Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida

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  The Canadian Jessica Zelinka - here with starting number 6 - took fifth place

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  The Russian Kristina Sawizkaja came in sixth place

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  The Latvian Laura Ikauniece was Olympic seventh

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  The Ukrainian Hanna Melnytschenko reached eighth place

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  The Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton came in ninth

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  Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands came in tenth

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  The Dutch Olympic eleventh Nadine Broersen

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  The Swede Jessica Samuelsson finished twelfth in the Olympics

Web links

• Results - The XXX Olympic Games: Heptathlon - women on the IAAF website, accessed on September 27, 2018
• Athletics at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's Heptathlon on Sports-Reference.com , accessed on September 27, 2018
• Official report (English), PDF , accessed on September 27, 2018

Videos

• Jessica Ennis Wins Heptathlon Gold - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 4, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• Women's Heptathlon Day 1 Highlights - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 4, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• Athletics Women's Heptathlon 100m Hurdles - (5 Heats) - Replay - London 2012 Olympic Games on youtube.com, published August 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• Athletics Women's Heptathlon 200m Full Replay - London 2012 Olympic Games on youtube.com, published August 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• London 2012 Olympics - Jess Ennis Heptathlon Long Jump on youtube.com, published August 7, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• London 2012 Olympics - Jess Ennis Heptathlon Long Jump on youtube.com, published August 7, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• Women's Heptathlon Long Jump & Javelin Highlights - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 4, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
• Jessica Ennis 800m Heptathlon final bend London 2012 on youtube.com, published on August 28, 2012, accessed on September 27, 2018

Footnotes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Flash-News from September 25, 2013 - Two Olympic athletes blocked after blood passport control on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on September 27, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Doping: CAS confirms ban against heptathlete Chernova ( memento of the original from September 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Zeit online, July 18, 2017, accessed September 27, 2018 
3. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon 100m Hurdles . August 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
4. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon High Jump . August 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
5. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon Shot Put . August 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
6. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon 200m . August 3, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
7. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon Long Jump . August 4, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
8. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon Javelin Throw . August 4, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
9. ↑ Jürgen Schmieder: Lilli Schwarzkopf wins silver in the heptathlon - like in a rough British sketch . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . August 5, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
10. ^ IAAF: Women's Heptathlon - Preview . July 28, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018
11. ^ IAAF: London 2012 - Event Report - Heptathlon 800m . August 4, 2012, accessed September 27, 2018