The women's heptathlon competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was won by Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 12–13 August.

Summary The defending 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Champion, Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill ranked second on the years rankings with 6733 points. The 2015 World runner-up Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Canada topped the season's lists with 32 points more. Katarina Johnson-Thompson had one of the highest personal best scores, though her fitness for the two-day event was in question, ranking 17th in the world. Other strong entrants included 2016 European Champion Anouk Vetter and world medallist Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (ranked third and fourth for the season). While South American Champion Evelis Aguilar from Colombia did not reach the top 10 she improved her personal best in 5 events during the competition.

Day one In the first event Ennis-Hill was the expected top finisher with 12.84 seconds (her best in a championship since the London Olympics). Theisen-Eaton was off her best at 13.18 and Johnson-Thompson was a tenth off her own. The top three performers were rounded out by Barbadian Akela Jones (13.00) and Dutchwoman Nadine Visser (13.02).

World heptathlon bests came in the high jump, courtesy of Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam and Johnson-Thompson's clearances of 1.98 m (the latter setting an outright British record). The pair led the rankings after the second event. Jones was short of her best but still cleared 1.89 m to place fourth. Ennis-Hill and Theisen-Eaton performed close to their best and remained in the top five overall.

Despite an elbow injury, Thiam topped the shot put with 14.91 m to take the lead in the third round. Solid marks from Ennis-Hill, Theisen-Eaton and Jones saw them remain in the top five. Her weakest event, Johnson-Thompson slid to out of the lead and into sixth place after a poor 11.68 m. Germany's Carolin Schäfer moved into the top five with a personal best. Barbara Nwaba and Visser placed in the top three of this event but remained outside the top eight.

In the last event of the day, Johnson-Thompson was best in the 200 m, winning in 23.26 seconds to lift herself back to fourth. Ennis-Hill was the next best, moving into the lead as a result, and Thiam was in second after delivering her best first-day performance. Jones and Schäfer made up the top five, while a slow run from Theisen-Eaton saw her drop to sixth.

Day two Thiam regained the lead as a result of a 6.58 m personal best in the long jump. Britain's Ennis-Hill and Johnson-Thompson both were a little short of their best with 6.34 m and 6.51 m, respectively, but remained in the top three. Akela Jones stayed in fourth place. Theisen-Eaton scored over 1000 points in the event, but remained nearly 150 points off the lead in fifth. Claudia Rath was the second best performer of the round with 6.55 m but was down the order in 14th.

Despite carrying an elbow injury, Thiam excelled in the javelin with a personal best of 53.13 m. Ennis-Hill remained in second through her throw of 46.06 m, while Theisen-Eaton's 47.36 m put her ahead of fourth-placed Schäfer. A poor throw of 36.36 m pushed Johnson-Thompson out of medal contention. Latvia's Laura Ikauniece-Admidina was the best of the round with 55.93 m, moving into fifth before the final event. Sofía Yfantídou of Greece was the other strong performer of the event with 54.57 m, moving her out of last place.Mulkeen, Jon (2016-08-14). Report: heptathlon javelin – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.Javelin Throw Points Heptathlon women The XXXI Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.

At the start of the seventh event, Thiam had a 142-point lead worth nearly ten seconds for the 800 m. In the final race, Ennis-Hill took to the front and was on for a personal best at the halfway point, trailed by Theisen-Eaton, Johnson-Thompson and Ikauniece-Admidina. The Briton finished the race in first with 2:09.07 minutes (a season's best). Latvia's Ikauniece-Admidina had a personal best to finish second, but with Theisen-Eaton, close behind, she retained her bronze medal spot. Thiam ran her fifth lifetime best of the competition ended with 2:16.54 minutes. She remained 35 points clear at the top of the leaderboard and won the gold medal in a Belgian national record of 6810 points. Ennis-Hill relinquished her title with a 6775-point silver medal performance while Theisen-Eaton made her first Olympic podium in 6653 points. The standard of the performances in the field was high, with six women going beyond 6500 points in a heptathlon for the first time and best ever score for placings across the field from sixth onwards (bar ninth and twelfth).Mulkeen, Jon (2016-08-14). Report: heptathlon 800m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14. The event would ultimately prove to be Ennis-Hill's final major competition, as she announced her retirement from athletics two months later.

The medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, IOC member, Belgium and Sylvia Barlag, Council Member of the IAAF.

Disqualification In 2018 Alina Fyodorova was issued with a four-year competition ban backdated to July 2016 for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for a banned substance. Consequently, her results from the 2016 Olympic Games in the heptathlon were disqualified.

Competition format The heptathlon consists of seven track and field events, with a points system that awards higher scores for better results in each of the seven components. The seven event scores are summed to give a total for the heptathlon.

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record 7291 pts Seoul, South Korea 23–24 September 1988Olympic record2016 World leading6765 ptsGötzis, Austria29–30 May 2016

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Points Notes Belgium 6810 Cuba 6452 =

Country Athlete Event Height Notes Great Britain High jump 1.98 m

Schedule All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3) Date Time RoundFriday, 12 August 2016 09:3510:5020:3522:05100 metres hurdlesHigh jumpShot put200 metresSaturday, 13 August 2016 11:4520:0022:50Long jumpJavelin throw800 metres

Detailed results KEY:WHBWorld Heptathlon BestOHBOlympic Heptathlon BestNRNational RecordPBPersonal BestSBSeasonal BestDQDisqualifiedDNSDid not startDNFDid not finish

100 metres hurdles Wind:Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes 1 4 Jessica Ennis-Hill 12.84 1149 2 4 Akela Jones 13.00 1124 3 4 Nadine Visser 13.02 1121 4 4 Kendell Williams 13.04 1118 5 4 Carolin Schäfer 13.12 1106 6 4 Brianne Theisen Eaton 13.18 1097 7 4 Katerina Cachova 13.19 1096 8 2 Laura Ikauniece-Admidina 13.33 1075 9 4 Antoinette Nana Djimou 13.37 1069 10 3 Anouk Vetter 13.47 1055 11 3 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.48 1053 12 2 Nafissatou Thiam 13.56 1041 2 Nadine Broersen 3 Heather Miller-Koch 15 3 Yorgelis Rodríguez 13.61 1034 16 3 Claudia Rath 13.631031 17 3 Hanna Kasyanova 13.66 1027 3 Xénia Krizsán 19 2 Jennifer Oeser 13.69 1023 20 3 Uhunoma Osazuwa 13.75 1014 21 1 Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 13.79 1008 22 2 Barbara Nwaba 13.81 1005 23 1 Ivona Dadic 13.84 1001 1 Evelis Aguilar 25 2 Sofia Yfantidou 13.99 980 26 1 Eliska Klucinova 14.07 968 2 Alysbeth Felix 28 1 Vanessa Chefer 14.24 945 29 1 Ekaterina Voronina 15.21 814 2 Grit Sadeiko 0 DQ 1 Alina Fyodorova 14.10 964

High jump

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.56 1.59 1.62 1.65 1.68 1.71 1.74 1.77 1.80 1.83 1.86 1.89 1.92 1.95 1.98 2.01 Result Points Notes Overall Overall rank1 A Nafissatou Thiam – – – – – – – – – o o o o xxo o xxx 1.98 1211 , 2252 2 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson – – – – – – – – o – o o o o xo xxx 1.98 , 2264 13 A Jessica Ennis-Hill – – – – – – o o o o xo xo xxx 1.89 1093 2242 3 A Akela Jones – – – – – o xo xxo xo xxo o xxo xxx 1.89 2217 45 A Brianne Theisen Eaton – – – – – – o o o xxo o xxx 1.86 1054 2151 5 A Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas – – – – o o xo o o xxo xo xxx 1.86 2062 10 A Yorgelis Rodríguez – – – – – – o – o o xxo xxx 1.86 2088 8 B Jennifer Oeser – – – – – o o o o o xxo xxx 1.86 2077 99 B Carolin Schäfer – – – – – o o o o o xxx 1.83 1016 2122 7 A Barbara Nwaba – – – – – – o o xo xo xxx 1.83 2012 12 A Kendell Williams – – – – – o o o xo xxo xxx 1.83 2134 612 A Eliska Klucinova – – – – o o o o o xxx 1.80 978 1946 22 A Alina Fyodorova – – – – o o o o xxo xxx 1.80 1942 24 B Heather Miller-Koch – – – xo o o o o xxo xxx 1.80 2019 1315 A Katerina Cachova – – – – o o o o xxx 1.77 941 2037 11 B Hanna Kasyanova – – – – xo xo xxo o xxx 1.77 1968 18 B Ivona Dadic – – – – o o o xo xxx 1.77 1942 23 B Anouk Vetter – – – xo o o xxo xo xxx 1.77 1996 16 A Uhunoma Osazuwa – – – – xo o o xxo xxx 1.77 1955 20 A Laura Ikauniece-Admidina – – – – xo xo xo xxo xxx 1.77 2016 14 B Xénia Krizsán – – – o o o o xxo xxx 1.77 1968 18 B Antoinette Nana Djimou – – – o o o o xxo xxx 1.77 2010 15 B Nadine Broersen – – – – – o xo xxo xxx 1.77 1982 1724 B Claudia Rath – – – o o o o xxx 1.74 903 1934 25 B Evelis Aguilar xo – o o o xo xo xxx 1.74 1904 2626 A Alysbeth Felix – – – – o xxx 1.68830 1798 27 B Vanessa Chefer – – o o o xxx 1.68 177529 B Nadine Visser – – o o xxo xxx 1.68 1951 2129 B Sofia Yfantidou o o o o xxx 1.65 795 1775 28 B Ekaterina Voronina – – – xo – xr 1.65 1609 30 B Grit Sadeiko 0 0

Shot put

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall Overall rank 1 B Nafissatou Thiam 14.41 13.30 14.91 14.91 855 3107 1 2 B Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida 14.88 14.75 14.74 14.88 853 2863 10 3 A Barbara Nwaba 13.59 13.96 14.81 14.81 848 2869 9 4 A Anouk Vetter 14.78 x 14.41 14.78 846 2842 12 5 B Carolin Schäfer 13.83 13.86 14.57 14.57 832 2954 4 6 B Eliska Klucinova 14.41 x x 14.41 821 2767 15 7 A Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 14.39 x 13.95 14.39 820 2882 8 8 B Jennifer Oeser 14.28 13.67 13.91 14.28 813 2890 7 9 A Akela Jones 13.31 14.09 12.34 14.09 800 3017 3 10 A Nadine Broersen 13.84 x 14.04 14.04 797 2779 13 11 B Jessica Ennis-Hill 13.44 13.34 13.86 13.86 785 3027 2 12 B Xénia Krizsán 13.14 13.65 13.78 13.78 779 2747 17 13 B Yorgelis Rodríguez 12.58 13.69 x 13.69 773 2861 11 14 A Evelis Aguilar 11.66 13.60 12.23 13.60 767 2671 24 15 B Laura Ikauniece-Admidina 13.52 13.38 13.15 13.52 762 2778 14 16 A Brianne Theisen Eaton 13.36 13.45 13.36 13.45 757 2908 5 17 A Ivona Dadic 13.09 13.43 x 13.43 756 2698 22 18 B Hanna Kasyanova 12.73 12.43 13.25 13.25 744 2712 21 19 B Uhunoma Osazuwa 11.67 12.86 13.15 13.15 737 2692 23 20 A Vanessa Chefer 13.04 x 13.06 13.06 731 2506 27 21 B Sofia Yfantidou x 12.97 12.75 12.97 725 2500 28 22 A Heather Miller-Koch 12.45 12.91 12.91 12.91 721 2740 19 23 B Nadine Visser 12.31 12.84 12.11 12.84 717 2668 25 24 A Claudia Rath 12.83 12.54 12.76 12.83 716 2650 26 25 A Katerina Cachova 11.58 11.95 12.38 12.38 686 2723 20 26 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson x 11.68 11.19 11.68 640 2904 6 27 A Alysbeth Felix 11.36 10.84 10.88 11.36 619 2417 29 28 B Kendell Williams 11.21 x x 11.21 609 2743 18 B Ekaterina Voronina 0 1609 30 A Grit Sadeiko 0 0 DQ A Alina Fodorova x x 14.38 14.38 820 2761 16

200 metres Wind: -0.7, +0.4, +0.0, -0.1 m/s.