2021-08 Tokyo Olympics - Women's Heptathlon
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) won the women's heptathlon at the Tokyo Olympics with 6791 points, 222 under the personal best she set at Götzis in May 2017. The lead changed hands four times and she took it back in the javelin.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | 6791 | -222 | |
| 2 | Anouk Vetter (NED) | 6689 | -102 | +53 |
| 3 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6590 | -201 | +282 |
| 4 | Noor Vidts (BEL) | 6571 | -220 | +331 |
| 5 | Kendell Williams (USA) | 6508 | -283 | -175 |
| 6 | Annie Kunz (USA) | 6420 | -371 | -283 |
| 7 | Carolin Schäfer (GER) | 6419 | -372 | -417 |
| 8 | Ivona Dadic (AUT) | 6403 | -388 | -149 |
| 9 | Erica Bougard (USA) | 6379 | -412 | -346 |
| 10 | Zheng Ninali (CHN) | 6318 | -473 | -40 |
| 11 | Verena Mayr (AUT) | 6310 | -481 | -281 |
| 12 | Yekaterina Voronina (UZB) | 6298 | -493 | +57 |
| 13 | Xénia Krizsán (HUN) | 6295 | -496 | -356 |
| 14 | Evelyn Aguilar (COL) | 6214 | -577 | -132 |
| 15 | Odile Ahouanwanou (BEN) | 6186 | -605 | -88 |
| 16 | Adrianna Sułek (POL) | 6164 | -627 | -151 |
| 17 | Maria Huntington (FIN) | 6135 | -656 | -204 |
| 18 | María Vicente (ESP) | 6117 | -674 | -187 |
| 19 | Vanessa Grimm (GER) | 6114 | -677 | -202 |
| 20 | Georgia Ellenwood (CAN) | 6077 | -714 | -237 |
| DNF | Nadine Broersen (NED) | |||
| DNF | Marthe Yasmine Koala (BUR) | |||
| DNF | Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB) | |||
| DNF | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) |
The javelin decided it. Anouk Vetter (NED) had led since the 200m and stood 4965 with 4 on Thiam, the narrowest the standing came all competition. Thiam threw 54.68 for 951 points, Vetter 51.20 for 883, and the lead changed to 5912 and 64. The 800m took it to 102.
Thiam was fifteenth after the hurdles and third at the day break on 3921, 135 under her own PB series, having lost 79 in the high jump at 1.92 against the 1.98 she cleared at Götzis and 47 over 200m against a 24.40 series mark. Day 2 lost 87 more. The long jump gave 13, then the javelin cost 90 at 54.68 against a 59.32 series mark, which was the throw that won the competition and still 4.64 short of her own best-day mark. She finished 222 under the series.
Vetter led the 200m and the long jump. She was first at the day break on 3968 and 136 above her PB series, improving on it in all four events with 33 in the hurdles, 37 in the high jump, 13 in the shot and 53 over 200m. Day 2 gave 48 in the long jump and then took 141 in the javelin, 51.20 against a 58.41 series mark and the largest single loss on any of the leading sheets. She finished 53 above the series, a personal best on the 6636 she scored in London in August 2017.
Emma Oosterwegel (NED) was eleventh at the day break on 3752 and 133 above her PB series, having gained in all four events without leading any of them. Day 2 added 149: 69 in the long jump, 51 in the javelin at 54.60 for 949 points, which moved her from eighth to fourth, and 29 in a 2.11.09 for 949 points that took third. Her 6590 was 282 above the series and a personal best on the 6308 she scored at Götzis in May.
Noor Vidts (BEL) finished 19 behind Oosterwegel in fourth. She had been 198 ahead after the long jump; the javelin reversed it, Oosterwegel throwing 949 points against Vidts's 702 at 41.80, and 2.09.05 in the closing 800m for 979 points returned 30 of the 49 that left her. Vidts's 331 above her PB series was the largest gain in the field, 121 of it from a 23.70 over 200m against a 24.98 series mark.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) came in with the second-best PB in the field, 6981 from Doha in October 2019. She was twenty-second on 2886 after the 200m, 1252 under her own PB series, and did not start the long jump.
Four women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Vidts by 331, Oosterwegel by 282, Yekaterina Voronina (UZB) by 57 in twelfth and Vetter by 53. Carolin Schäfer (GER), the third-ranked entrant on 6836 from Götzis in May 2017, finished seventh and 417 under her series, the largest shortfall in the field, and Xénia Krizsán (HUN) thirteenth and 356 under.
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