2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Heptathlon (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Heptathlon
gender	Women
Attendees	31 athletes from 22 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	12./13. August 2016
Medalists Nafissatou Thiam ( BEL )   Jessica Ennis-Hill ( GBR )   Brianne Theisen-Eaton ( CAN )

The women's heptathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 12 and 13, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 31 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Belgian Nafissatou Thiam , who won ahead of the British Jessica Ennis-Hill . Bronze went to the Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton .

Jennifer Oeser , Claudia Rath and Carolin Schäfer started for Germany . Schäfer came in fifth as the best, Oeser was ninth, Rath fourteenth.
The Austrian Ivona Dadic took 21st place.
Athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Jessica Ennis ( Great Britain )	6955 points	London 2012
world champion		6669 points	Beijing 2015
European champion	Anouk Vetter ( Netherlands )	6626 points	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Competition not in the championship program		San José 2015
South America Champion	Evelis Aguilar ( Colombia )	5902 points	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Yekaterina Voronina ( Uzbekistan )	5689 points	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Uhunoma Osazuwa ( Nigeria )	6153 points	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Sarah Wood ( Australia )	5052 points	Cairns 2015

Existing records

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

Remarks:

• All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
• In the shot put , javelin throw and long jump , the best distances are printed in bold. In the high jump , the last valid attempt is printed in bold.

Participants

The Czech Eliška Klučinová finished 22nd in the end

The Greek Sofia Yfandidou was 27.

31 athletes from 22 countries took part in the Olympic competition.

Surname	nation
Evelis Aguilar	Colombia
Nadine Broersen	Netherlands
Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic
Vanessa Spínola	Brazil
Ivona Dadic	Austria
Jessica Ennis-Hill	Great Britain
Alysbeth Félix	Puerto Rico
Alina Feodorova	Ukraine
Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa	Latvia
Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain
Akela Jones	Barbados
Hanna Kasyanova	Ukraine
Eliška Klučinová	Czech Republic
Xénia Krizsán	Hungary
Heather Miller Cook	United States
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	France
Barbara Nwaba	United States
Jennifer Oeser	Germany
Uhunoma Osazuwa	Nigeria
Claudia Rath	Germany
Yorgelis Rodríguez	Cuba
Grit Šadeiko	Estonia
Carolin Schäfer	Germany
Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Canada
Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium
Anouk cousin	Netherlands
Nadine Visser	Netherlands
Kendell Williams	United States
Yekaterina Voronina	Uzbekistan
Sofia Yfandidou	Greece
Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas	Hungary

Disciplines

100 meter hurdles

Nineteenth place for Nadine Visser from the Netherlands

The Czech Kateřina Cachová came in 24th

The Estonian Grit Šadeiko did not take part in the second discipline

August 12, 2016, 9.35 a.m.
The discipline was carried out in four runs.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Ennis Hill 12.84 s 1149 02 Jones 13.00 s 1124 03 Visser 13.02 s 1121 04th Williams 13.04 s 1118 05 shepherd 13.12 s 1106 06th Theisen-Eaton 13.18 s 1097 07th Cachová 13.19 s 1096 08th Ikauniece-Admidiņa 13.33 s 1075 09 Nana Djimou Ida 13.37 s 1069 10 cousin 13.47 s 1055 11 Johnson-Thompson 13.48 s 1053 12 Broersen 13.56 s 1041 Miller cook Thiam 15th Rodríguez 13.61 s 1034 16 Rath 13.63 s 1031 17th Kasyanova 13.66 s 1027 Krizsán 19th Oeser 13.69 s 1023 20th Osazuwa 13.75 s 1014 21st Zsivoczky-Farkas 13.79 s 1008 22nd Nwaba 13.81 s 1005 23 Aguilar 13.84 s 1001 Dadic 25th Yfandidou 13.99 s 980 26th Félix 14.07 s 968 Klučinová 28 Feodorova 14.10 s 964 29 Spínola 14.24 s 945 30th Voronina 15.21 s 814 - Šadeiko DNF 0

high jump

August 12, 2016, 10:50 am
The discipline was carried out in two groups.
Estonian Grit Šadeiko did not participate in this second discipline.

Classification space Surname 1.53 m 1.77 m 1.56 m 1.80 m 1.59 m 1.83 m 1.62 m 1.86 m 1.65 m 1.89 m 1.68 m 1.92 m 1.71 m 1.95 m 1.74 m 1.98 m Points 01 Johnson-Thompson - - - o - - - o - o - o - o - x o 1211 Thiam - - - - - o - o - o - o - xxo - o 03 Ennis Hill - o - o - o - o - xo - x o - xxx - - 1093 Jones - xo - xxo - xo - xxo - o - xx o - xxx x - 05 Oeser - o - o - o - xx o - xxx - - o - o - 1054 Rodríguez - - - o - o - xx o - xxx - - - - o - Theisen-Eaton - o - o - xxo - o - - - - - - o - Zsivoczky-Farkas - o - o - xxo - x o - xxx o - o - xo - 09 Nwaba - xo - xo - x o - xxx - - - - o - o - 1016 shepherd - o - o - o - xxx - - o - o - o - Williams - o - xo - xx o - xxx - - - - o - o - 12 Feodorova - o - xx o - xxx - - - - o - o - o - 978 Klučinová - o - o - xxx - - - - o - o - o - Miller cook - o - xx o - xxx - - xo - o - o - o - 15th Broersen - xx o - xxx - - - - - - - - o - xo - 941 Cachová - o - xxx - - - - - - o - o - o - Dadic - x o - xxx - - - - - - o - o - o - Ikauniece-Admidiņa - xx o - xxx - - - - - - xo - xo - xo - Kasyanova - o - xxx - - - - - - xo - xo - xxo - Krizsán - xx o - xxx - - - - o - o - o - o - Nana Djimou Ida - xx o - xxx - - - - o - o - o - o - Osazuwa - xx o - xxx - - - - - - xo - xo - o - cousin - x o - xxx - - - - xo - o - o - xxo - 24 Aguilar - xxx xo - - - o - o - o - xo - x o - 903 Rath - xxx - - - - - - o - o - o - o - 26th Spínola - - - - - - o - o - o - xxx - - - 830 Félix - - - - - - - - - - o - xxx - - - Visser - - - - - - o - o - xx o - xxx - - - 29 Voronina - - - - - - - - x o - xxx - - - x-- - 830 Yfadidou - - o - o - o - o - xxx - - - x-- -

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Johnson-Thompson 2264 02 Thiam 2252 03 Ennis Hill 2242 04th Jones 2217 05 Theisen-Eaton 2151 06th Williams 2134 07th shepherd 2122 08th Rodríguez 2088 09 Oeser 2077 10 Zsivoczky-Farkas 2062 11 Cachová 2037 12 Nwaba 2021 13 Miller cook 2019 14th Ikauniece-Admidiņa 2016 15th Nana Djimou Ida 2010 16 cousin 1996 17th Broersen 1982 18th Kasyanova 1968 Krizsán 20th Osazuwa 1955 21st Visser 1951 22nd Klučinová 1946 23 Dadic 1942 Feodorova 25th Rath 1934 26th Aguilar 1904 27 Félix 1798 28 Spínola 1775 Yfadidou 30th Voronina 1609

Shot put

Alina Fyodorova from Ukraine turned 28.

The French Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida came in eleventh place

Hanna Kasjanowa took 25th place

August 12, 2016, 8:35 p.m.
The discipline was carried out in two groups.
The Uzbek Yekaterina Voronina did not participate in this third discipline.

Classification space Surname 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Points 01 Thiam 14.41 m 13.30 m 14.91 m 855 02 Nana Djimou Ida 14.88 m 14.75 m 14.74 m 853 03 Nwaba 13.59 m 113.96 m 14.81 m 848 04th cousin 14.78 m x 14.41 m 846 05 shepherd 13.83 m 13.86 m 14.57 m 832 06th Klučinová 14.41 m x x 821 07th Zsivoczky-Farkas 14.39 m x 13.95 m 820 08th Feodorova x x 14.38 m 819 09 Oeser 14.28 m 13.67 m 13.91 m 813 10 Jones 13.31 m 14.09 m 12.34 m 800 11 Broersen 13.84 m x 14.04 m 797 12 Ennis Hill 13.44 m 13.34 m 13.86 m 785 13 Krizsán 13.14 m 13.65 m 13.78 m 779 14th Rodríguez 12.58 m 13.69 m x 773 15th Aguilar 11.66 m 13.60 m 12.23 m 767 16 Ikauniece-Admidiņa 13.52 m 13.38 m 13.15 m 762 17th Theisen-Eaton 13.36 m 13.45 m 13.36 m 757 18th Dadic 13.09 m 13.43 m x 756 19th Kasyanova 12.73 m 12.43 m 13.25 m 744 20th Osazuwa 11.67 m 12.86 m 13.15 m 737 21st Spínola 13.04 m x 13.06 m 731 22nd Yfandidou x 12.97 m 12.75 m 725 23 Miller cook 12.45 m 12.91 m 12.91 m 721 24 Visser 12.31 m 12.84 m 12.11 m 717 25th Rath 12.83 m 12.54 m 12.76 m 716 26th Cachová 11.58 m 11.95 m 12.38 m 686 27 Johnson-Thompson x 11.68 m 11.19 m 640 28 Félix 11.36 m 10.84 m 10.88 m 619 29 Williams 11.31 m x x 609

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Thiam 3107 02 Ennis Hill 3027 03 Jones 3017 04th shepherd 2954 05 Theisen-Eaton 2908 06th Johnson-Thompson 2904 07th Oeser 2890 08th Zsivoczky-Farkas 2882 09 Nwaba 2869 10 Nana Djimou Ida 2863 11 Rodríguez 2861 12 cousin 2842 13 Broersen 2779 14th Ikauniece-Admidiņa 2778 15th Klučinová 2767 16 Feodorova 2761 17th Krizsán 2747 18th Williams 2743 19th Miller cook 2740 20th Cachová 2723 21st Kasyanova 2712 22nd Dadic 2698 23 Osazuwa 2692 24 Aguilar 2671 25th Visser 2668 26th Rath 2650 27 Spínola 2506 28 Yfandidou 2500 29 Félix 2417

200 meter run

The British Katarina Johnson-Thompson was sixth in the Olympics

Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa from Latvia took fourth place

August 12, 2016, 10:05 p.m.
The discipline was carried out in four runs.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Johnson-Thompson 23.26 s 1053 02 Ennis Hill 23.49 s 1030 03 Ikauniece-Admidiņa 23.76 s 1004 04th cousin 23.93 s 987 05 shepherd 23.99 s 982 06th Williams 24.09 s 972 07th Spínola 24.11 s 970 08th Aguilar 24.12 s 969 09 Theisen-Eaton 24.18 s 963 10 Rodríguez 24.26 s 956 11 Cachová 24.32 s 950 12 Visser 24.34 s 948 13 Jones 24.35 s 947 14th Rath 24.48 s 935 15th Dadic 24.60 s 924 Kasyanova 17th Osazuwa 24.67 s 917 18th Félix 24.74 s 911 19th Nwaba 24.77 s 908 20th Broersen 24.94 s 892 21st Miller cook 24.97 s 890 22nd Oeser 24.99 s 888 23 Nana Djimou Ida 25.07 s 880 24 Thiam 25.10 s 878 25th Krizsán 25.24 s 865 26th Klučinová 25.37 s 853 27 Zsivoczky-Farkas 25.38 s 852 28 Feodorova 25.44 s 847 29 Yfandidou 26.32 s 769

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Ennis Hill 4057 02 Thiam 3985 03 Jones 3964 04th Johnson-Thompson 3957 05 shepherd 3936 06th Theisen-Eaton 3871 07th cousin 3829 08th Rodríguez 3817 09 Ikauniece-Admidiņa 3782 10 Oeser 3778 11 Nwaba 3777 12 Nana Djimou Ida 3743 13 Zsivoczky-Farkas 3734 14th Williams 3715 15th Cachová 3673 16 Broersen 3671 17th Aguilar 3640 18th Kasyanova 3636 19th Miller cook 3630 20th Dadic 3622 21st Klučinová 3620 22nd Visser 3616 23 Krizsán 3612 24 Osazuwa 3609 25th Feodorova 3608 26th Rath 3585 27 Spínola 3476 28 Félix 3328 29 Yfandidou 3269

Long jump

The American Kendell Williams came in seventeenth

Anouk Vetter from the Netherlands was tenth in the Olympics

The German Claudia Rath took the fourteenth place

August 13, 2016, 11:45 am
The competition was carried out in two groups.

Classification space Surname 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Points 01 Thiam x 6.18 m 6.58 m 1033 02 Rath 6.39 m 6.52 m 6.55 m 1023 03 Johnson-Thompson 6.51 m x 6.47 m 1010 04th Theisen-Eaton x 6.48 m 6.35 m 1001 05 Nana Djimou Ida 6.32 m 6.17 m 6.43 m 985 06th Visser 6.05 m 6.35 m 6.03 m 959 07th Ennis Hill 6.34 m 6.29 m 6.03 m 956 08th Williams x 6.31 m 6.30 m 943 Zsivoczky-Farkas 5.99 m 6.31 m x 10 Jones 6.20 m 6.26 m 6.30 m 943 11 Rodríguez x 6.25 m 5.87 m 927 12 Aguilar 6.04 m 6.23 m x 921 13 Félix 5.38 m 6.01 m 6.22 m 918 14th shepherd x x 6.20 m 912 15th Oeser 5.99 m x 6.19 m 908 16 Miller cook 6.16 m x x 899 17th Broersen 6.15 m x 6.04 m 896 18th Ikauniece-Admidiņa x 6.12 m 6.07 m 887 19th Spínola 5.89 m 5.94 m 6.10 m 880 cousin 6.03 m 6.10 m 5.94 m 21st Krizsán 6.02 m 6.08 m x 874 Klučinová 6.08 m x x 23 Dadic 5.98 m 6.05 m 6.05 m 865 24 Feodorova 6.00 m 5.96 m 4.35 m 850 25th Cachová x 5.91 m 5.90 m 822 26th Kasyanova 5.88 m x 5.88 m 813 27 Nwaba x x 5.81 m 792 28 Osazuwa 5.53 m 5.72 m 5.61 m 765 29 Yfandidou x x 5.51 m 703

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Thiam 5018 02 Ennis Hill 5013 03 Johnson-Thompson 4967 04th Jones 4907 05 Theisen-Eaton 4872 06th shepherd 4848 07th Rodríguez 4744 08th Nana Djimou Ida 4728 09 cousin 4709 10 Oeser 4686 11 Zsivoczky-Farkas 4680 12 Ikauniece-Admidiņa 4669 13 Williams 4661 14th Rath 4608 15th Visser 4575 16 Nwaba 4569 17th Broersen 4567 18th Aguilar 4561 19th Miller cook 4529 20th Cachová 4495 21st Klučinová 4494 22nd Dadic 4487 23 Krizsán 4486 24 Feodorova 4458 25th Kasyanova 4449 26th Osazuwa 4374 27 Spínola 4356 28 Félix 4256 29 Yfandidou 3972

Javelin throw

The Austrian Ivona Dadic took 21st place

Twelfth place for the American Barbara Nwaba

August 13, 2016
Group A: 8 p.m.
Group B: 9:18 p.m.

The discipline was conducted in two groups.

Classification space Surname 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Points 01 Ikauniece-Admidiņa 50.74 m 55.91 m 55.93 m 975 02 Yfandidou 48.52 m 51.15 m 54.57 m 949 03 Thiam 53.13 m x 46.37 m 921 04th Broersen 47.92 m 50.77 m 50.80 m 876 05 Krizsán 48.02 m 49.53 m 49.78 m 856 06th Rodríguez 48.89 m 43.77 m x 839 07th Nana Djimou Ida 48.28 m 48.76 m x 836 08th cousin 43.34 m 48.42 m x 830 09 Zsivoczky-Farkas 48.07 m 45.01 m 46.04 m 823 10 shepherd 47.36 m 47.99 m x 821 11 Theisen-Eaton 47.36 m 45.94 m 43.86 m 809 12 Oeser 47.22 m 46.11 m 46.51 m 806 13 Aguilar 46.90 m 40.40 m 40.20 m 800 14th Nwaba 46.85 m 42.58 m x 799 15th Klučinová 45.93 m 42.04 m 46.73 m 797 16 Dadic 45.39 m 46.08 m 43.01 m 784 17th Ennis Hill 45.91 m 46.06 m 42.17 m 784 18th Spínola 45.05 m x 42.87 m 764 19th Visser 37.66 m 42.48 m 40.49 m 715 20th Jones 40.93 m 34.75 m 42.00 m 706 21st Williams 38.85 m 40.93 m 38.43 m 685 22nd Miller cook 40.16 m 40.25 m x 672 23 Félix 36.83 m 39.69 m 40.17 m 671 24 Rath 36.20 m 39.39 m x 656 25th Kasyanova x x 38.10 m 631 26th Cachová 37.77 m 35.84 m 36.94 m 625 27 Johnson-Thompson 36.36 m x 33.42 m 598 26th Feodorova 35.44 m 35.20 m 28.97 m 580 26th Osazuwa 33.42 m 33.41 m 30.20 m 542

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Thiam 5939 02 Ennis Hill 5797 03 Theisen-Eaton 5681 04th shepherd 5669 05 Ikauniece-Admidiņa 5644 06th Jones 5613 07th Rodríguez 5583 08th Johnson-Thompson 5565 09 Nana Djimou Ida 5564 10 cousin 5539 11 Zsivoczky-Farkas 5503 12 Oeser 5492 13 Broersen 5443 14th Nwaba 5368 15th Aguilar 5361 16 Williams 5346 17th Krizsán 5342 18th Klučinová 5291 19th Visser 5290 20th Dadic 5271 21st Rath 5264 22nd Miller cook 5201 23 Cachová 5120 Spínola 25th Kasyanova 5080 26th Feodorova 5038 27 Yfandidou 4921 28 Félix 4917 29 Osazuwa 4916

800 meter run

The German Jennifer Oeser came in ninth

Carolin Schäfer from Germany came in fifth

August 13, 2016, 10:50 p.m.
The discipline was carried out in three runs.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Miller cook 2: 06.82 min 1012 02 Rath 2: 07.22 min 1006 03 Ennis Hill 2: 09.07 min 978 04th Ikauniece-Admidiņa 2: 09.43 min 973 05 Theisen-Eaton 2: 09.50 min 972 06th Johnson-Thompson 2: 10.47 min 958 07th Nwaba 2: 11.61 min 941 08th Zsivoczky-Farkas 2: 11.76 min 939 09 Krizsán 2: 13.46 min 915 10 Oeser 2: 13.82 min 909 11 Spínola 2: 14.20 min 904 12 Aguilar 2: 14.32 min 902 13 Visser 2: 14.47 min 900 14th Rodríguez 2: 14.65 min 898 15th Félix 2: 15.32 min 888 16 Dadic 2: 15.64 min 884 17th Williams 2: 16.24 min 875 18th shepherd 2: 16.52 min 871 19th Thiam 2: 16.54 min 871 20th Kasyanova 2: 16.58 min 871 21st Broersen 2: 17.55 min 857 22nd cousin 2: 17.71 min 855 23 Cachová 2: 18.95 min 838 24 Nana Djimou Ida 2: 20.36 min 819 25th Klučinová 2: 22.81 min 786 26th Yfandidou 2: 30.08 min 692 27 Jones 2: 41.12 min 560 DNF Feodorova 0 DSQ Osazuwa IAAF Rule 163.3 - lane violation 0

Starting position

The main favorite was the Briton Jessica Ennis-Hill as 2012 Olympic champion and reigning world champion . However, she had strong competitors. There were the two-time vice world champion from 2013 and 2025 Brianne Theisen-Eaton from Canada, the Dutch European champion Anouk Vetter, the French European champion from 2014 and vice European champion from 2016 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida, the Dutch Nadine Broersen as vice European champion from 2014, the World Cup third Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa from Latvia and the European Championship third from 2014 Nafissatou Thiam.

Summary

The Hungarian Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas was Olympic eight

Nadine Broersen from the Netherlands came in thirteenth place

In the first discipline, the 100 meter hurdles , Ennis-Hill ran the fastest time with 12.84 s. Akela Jones from Barbados was 0.16 s slower, Carolin Schäfer ran the fifth fastest time.

In the second discipline, the high jump , Katarina Johnson-Thompson from Great Britain and Thiam set a record. With 1.98 m they presented a new world record for the high jump in a heptathlon. Johnson-Thompson needed two attempts to reach this altitude, Thiam only one. Both athletes tried their hand at 2.01 m, but failed.

The Belgian was also the best shot putter . At 14.91 m, she pushed three centimeters further than Nana Djimou Ida. Ennis-Hill lost 70 points to Thiam with 13.86 m, while Johnson-Thompson fell behind Carolin Schäfer from Germany and Theisen-Eaton with a weak 640 points for 11.68 m in sixth place.

The end of the first day was the 200-meter run . Here Johnson-Thompson was able to compensate for her weak performance from the shot put. With 23.26 s she ran the fastest time. It was 0.23 seconds faster than Ennis-Hill. Schäfer was the fifth fastest athlete with 23.99 s, while Thiam was clearly behind with 25.10 s. In the interim standings, Ennis-Hill overtook Thiam and was now 72 points ahead. Jones from Barbados was 21 points behind Thiam in third, ahead of Johnson-Thompson and Schäfer. Theisen-Eaton followed in sixth place. It was very tight and nothing was decided yet.

Thiam was the best long jumper on the second day . With 6.58 m she exceeded the German Claudia Rath, who was in the lower third of the rating, by three centimeters. Ennis-Hill reached with her 6.34 m 77 points less than the Belgian. While Theisen-Eaton achieved the fourth best distance with 6.48 m, Schäfer came only with 6.20 m. Thiam was now five points ahead of the world champion, who in turn was 46 points ahead of her compatriot Johnson-Thompson. Barbados' Jones had dropped to fourth, 60 points behind Johnson-Thompson and 35 points ahead of Theisen-Eaton. Schäfer was sixth, 24 points behind the Canadian.

Ikauniece-Admidiņa achieved the best distance in the javelin throw with 55.93 m. The Greek Sofia Yfandidou threw almost a meter and a half shorter. Thiam achieved the third best distance with 53.13 m. This increased her lead over Ennis-Hill to 142 points. This had to be satisfied with 46.06 m. The big loser was Johnson-Thompson, who achieved the third worst distance with 36.36 m. In the interim standings, she fell back to eighth place. Theisen-Eaton, Schäfer and also Ikauniece-Admidiņa were able to leave Jones behind.

Before the final 800-meter run , things looked very good for Thiam. Ennis-Hill had to be around ten seconds faster than the Belgian to win the gold medal. Four athletes still had a chance of winning the bronze medal. Theisen-Eaton in third was 12 points ahead of Schäfer and could not be more than half a second slower than the German. Ikauniece-Admidiņa was only another 25 points behind and had to catch up three seconds, Jones, 68 points behind, even five seconds.

Ennis-Hill ran the third fastest time with 2: 09.07 min, behind Miller-Koch - 2: 06.82 min - and Rath - 2: 07.22 min. However, it was not enough for the Olympic victory. Thiam was almost seven and a half seconds slower, she won the gold medal. Theisen-Eaton was able to defend her third place and thus the bronze medal. She ran the fifth fastest time with 2: 09.50 min. Schäfer crossed the finish line after 2: 16.52 minutes and had to pass Ikauniece-Admidiņa, who achieved the fourth fastest time with 2: 09.43 minutes.

Nafissatou Thiam won Belgium's first Olympic victory in the heptathlon .
Brianne Theisen-Eaton won the first Canadian medal in this discipline.

Bottom line

Olympic champion
Nafissatou Thiam, Belgium

Silver medalist
Jessica Ennis-Hill, Great Britain

Bronze medalist
Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Canada

space	Surname	nation	Points	annotation
1	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	6810	NO
2	Jessica Ennis-Hill	Great Britain	6775
3	Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Canada	6653
4th	Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa	Latvia	6617
5	Carolin Schäfer	Germany	6540
6th	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6523
7th	Yorgelis Rodríguez	Cuba	6481	NO
8th	Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas	Hungary	6442
9	Jennifer Oeser	Germany	6401
10	Anouk cousin	Netherlands	6394
11	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida	France	6383
12	Barbara Nwaba	United States	6309
13	Nadine Broersen	Netherlands	6300
14th	Claudia Rath	Germany	6270
15th	Evelis Aguilar	Colombia	6263
16	Xénia Krizsán	Hungary	6257
17th	Kendell Williams	United States	6221
18th	Heather Miller Cook	United States	6213
19th	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	6190
20th	Akela Jones	Barbados	6173
21st	Ivona Dadic	Austria	6155
22nd	Eliška Klučinová	Czech Republic	6077
23	Vanessa Spínola	Brazil	6024
24	Kateřina Cachová	Czech Republic	5958
25th	Hanna Kasyanova	Ukraine	5951
26th	Alysbeth Félix	Puerto Rico	5805
27	Sofia Yfandidou	Greece	5613
28	Alina Feodorova	Ukraine	5038
29	Uhunoma Osazuwa	Nigeria	4916

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 17, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF Heptathlon (English), accessed on October 17, 2018
• Sports Reference, Result Heptathlon (English), accessed on October 17, 2018

Videos

• Belgian Breakthrough on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 17, 2018
• Rio Medal Moments: Jess Ennis-Hill - Heptathlon Silver on youtube.com, published January 10, 2017, accessed October 17, 2018
• Belgian Breakthrough on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 17, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 802 (English), accessed on October 17, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 , accessed on October 17, 2018