2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 18 participating athletes, including two non-finishers and one non-starter. The competition started on Saturday August 4, 2001 and ended on Sunday August 5, 2001.

Medalists

Gold	Yelena Prokhorova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Natallia Sazanovich Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Shelia Burrell United States (USA)

Schedule

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7291	September 24, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Event Record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7128	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Eunice Barber (FRA)	6736	May 27, 2001	Götzis, Austria

Results

Rank	Athlete	Heptathlon							Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	13.77	1.88	13.15	23.73	6.61	50.73	2:11.53	6694
	Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)	13.29	1.76	15.90	23.87	6.50	46.72	2:20.87	6539
	Shelia Burrell (USA)	13.05	1.67	12.87	22.92	6.45	48.74	2:14.24	6472
4	Natalya Roshchupkina (RUS)	14.12	1.79	14.74	23.41	6.02	44.04	2:15.56	6294
5	Karin Ertl (GER)	13.56	1.82	13.83	24.91	6.28	45.89	2:18.54	6283
6	Austra Skujytė (LTU)	14.37	1.79	16.06	25.52	6.00	46.04	2:20.78	6112
7	LeShundra Nathan (USA)	13.68	1.70	14.68	25.16	6.04	46.12	2:19.05	6073
8	Irina Belova (RUS)	13.86	1.73	14.12	24.66	5.86	38.73	2:07.44	6061
9	Gertrud Bacher (ITA)	13.94	1.70	14.03	25.10	5.69	45.38	2:09.85	6010
10	Tiia Hautala (FIN)	13.79	1.79	13.32	25.52	5.94	45.40	2:18.98	6002
11	Marie Collonvillé (FRA)	13.87	1.79	11.89	25.59	5.93	41.61	2:13.70	5887
12	Nicole Haynes (CAN)	14.48	1.73	14.94	26.41	5.87	46.37	2:24.45	5786
13	Margaret Simpson (GHA)	14.07	1.76	11.14	25.11	5.57	50.76	2:23.54	5748
14	Tia Hellebaut (BEL)	14.60	1.85	12.84	26.54	5.65	44.37	2:23.20	5680
15	G. Pramila Ganapathy (IND)	14.41	1.73	11.43	25.04	5.92	34.60	2:22.89	5492
—	Eunice Barber (FRA)	12.78	1.88	NM	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF
—	Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ)	15.02	1.76	NM	25.69	5.73	DNS	DNS	DNF
—	Denise Lewis (GBR)	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS

References

• Results
• IAAF