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Events at the
2001 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
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20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
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Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
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Combined events
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Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With 18 participating athletes, including two non-finishers and one non-starter, the competition is notable for having the lowest number of competitors in the World Championships history. The competition started on Saturday August 4, 2001 and ended on Sunday August 5, 2001. The winning margin was 155 points.

Medalists

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

Schedule

Saturday, August 4
  1. 100 m hurdles
  2. High Jump
  3. Shot Put
  4. 200 m
Sunday, August 5
  1. Long Jump
  2. Javelin Throw
  3. 800 m

Records

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

Results

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Heptathlon Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) 13.77 1.88 13.15 23.73 6.61 50.73 2:11.53 6694
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Natallia Sazanovich (BLR) 13.29 1.76 15.90 23.87 6.50 46.72 2:20.87 6539
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

Decathlon and heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships
Complete event overview
Men's decathlon
Women's heptathlon
World champions in women's heptathlon
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