The women's heptathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre Budapest on 19 and 20 August 2023. The winning margin was 20 points which as of 2024 is the only time the heptathlon has been won by fewer than 40 points at these championships.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record7291 ptsSeoul, South Korea24 September 1988Championship record7128 ptsRome, Italy1 September 1987World Leading6988 ptsGötzis, Austria28 May 2023African Record6423 ptsGötzis, Austria29 May 2005Asian Record6942 ptsGötzis, Austria26 May 1996North, Central American and Caribbean record7291 ptsSeoul, South Korea24 September 1988South American Record6346 ptsIbagué, Colombia14 March 2021European Record7032 ptsOsaka, Japan26 August 2007Oceanian record6695 ptsAuckland, New Zealand28 January 1990 For the current records in each discipline see Women's heptathlon.

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Discipline Athlete Date Championship heptathlon bestJavelin59.57mAnouk Vetter20 Aug 2023Championship heptathlon best800 m2:04.09minAnna Hall20 Aug 2023

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 6480 points.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round19 August 11:35 100 metres hurdles 12:47 High jump 19:05 Shot put 20:31 200 metres20 August 09:50 Long jump 12:00 Javelin throw 18:00 800 metres

Results

Final standings The final standings were as follows:

Rank Athlete Nationality Total Notes Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.50 1.86 13.64 23.48 6.54 46.14 2:05.63 6740 Anna Hall 12.97 1.83 14.54 23.56 6.19 44.88 2:04.09 6720 Anouk Vetter 13.42 1.71 15.72 24.28 5.99 59.57 2:20.49 6501 4 Xénia Krizsán 13.48 1.77 14.18 25.16 6.30 51.23 2:08.93 6479 5 Emma Oosterwegel 13.38 1.71 14.16 24.58 6.19 54.88 2:12.06 6464 6 Noor Vidts 13.33 1.80 14.40 24.23 6.35 41.00 2:09.48 6450 7 Sophie Weißenberg 13.58 1.86 13.97 23.88 6.10 48.51 2:18.03 6438 8 Chari Hawkins 13.04 1.83 14.40 24.38 6.16 45.77 2:22.53 6366 9 Saga Vanninen 13.62 1.80 14.78 24.71 6.06 48.32 2:20.13 6289 10 Rita Nemes 13.63 1.77 12.97 25.04 6.29 44.68 2:10.65 6232 11 Sofie Dokter 13.82 1.80 13.16 23.89 6.09 44.46 2:17.98 6192 12 Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 13.62 1.77 13.48 24.02 6.01 42.29 2:14.25 6179 13 Kate O'Connor 13.57 1.80 13.47 24.78 5.74 46.07 2:14.06 6145 14 Vanessa Grimm 14.00 1.74 14.43 24.91 6.10 42.08 2:14.36 6088 15 Léonie Cambours 13.56 1.74 13.39 25.03 6.09 39.07 2:19.34 5939 16 Ekaterina Voronina 14.77 1.77 13.15 25.48 5.71 50.02 2:14.03 5922 17 Sarah Lagger 14.21 1.77 13.78 25.86 5.85 43.79 2:15.32 5910 18 Esther Turpin 13.24 1.77 12.79 25.04 40.81 2:11.23 5256 Martha Araújo 13.65 1.65 12.71 25.67 5.90 44.87 Paulina Ligarska 14.31 1.71 13.71 25.41 5.66 40.57 Taliyah Brooks 12.78 1.80 13.45 23.85 Carolin Schäfer 13.60 1.77 13.98 Annik Kälin 13.36 1.71

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles event was started on 19 August at 11:35.

Wind:Heat 1: -1.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Points Notes 1 3 Taliyah Brooks 12.78 1158 2 3 Anna Hall 12.97 1129 3 3 Chari Hawkins 13.04 1118 4 3 Esther Turpin 13.24 1089 5 1 Noor Vidts 13.33 1075 6 2 Annik Kälin 13:36 1071 7 2 Emma Oosterwegel 13.38 1068 8 3 Anouk Vetter 13.42 1062 9 1 Xénia Krizsán 13.48 1053 10 3 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.50 1050 11 2 Léonie Cambours 13.56 1041 12 1 Kate O'Connor 13.57 1040 13 2 Sophie Weißenberg 13.58 1039 14 3 Carolin Schäfer 13.60 1036 15 2 Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 13.62 1033 16 3 Saga Vanninen 13.62 1033 17 2 Rita Nemes 13.63 1031 18 2 Martha Araújo 13.65 1028 19 2 Sofie Dokter 13.82 1004 20 1 Vanessa Grimm 14.00 978 21 1 Sarah Lagger 14.21 949 22 1 Paulina Ligarska 14.31 935 23 1 Ekaterina Voronina 14.77 872

High jump The high jump event was started on 19 August at 12:46.

Athlete Nationality Overall 1 A Sophie Weißenberg - - - - - - o o o xxo xo xr- 1.86 1054 2093 5 2 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson - - - - - - - o xxo xo xxo xxx 1.86 1054 2104 4 3 A Chari Hawkins - - - - - o o o xo o xxx 1.83 1016 2134 3 3 A Anna Hall - - - - - - o o xo o xxx 1.83 1016 2145 1 5 A Taliyah Brooks - - - - - - o xo o xxx 1.80 978 2136 2 5 A Kate O'Connor - - - o o o o xo o xxx 1.80 978 2018 8 7 A Noor Vidts - - - - o o xxo o xo xxx 1.80 978 2053 6 8 A Saga Vanninen - - - - o o xo o xxo xxx 1.80 978 = 2011 9 8 A Sofie Dokter - - - - - o o xo xxo xxx 1.80 978 1982 11 10 A Ekaterina Voronina - - - o o xo o o xxx 1.77 941 1813 22 10 B Auriana Lazraq-Khlass - - o o o xo o o xxx 1.77 941 = 1974 13 12 A Rita Nemes - - - o o xxo o o 1.77 941 1972 14 13 B Xénia Krizsán - - o o o o o xo xxx 1.77 941 1994 10 13 B Carolin Schäfer - - - o o o o xo xxx 1.77 941 1977 12 15 B Sarah Lagger - - - o o o o xxo xxx 1.77 941 1890 19 15 B Esther Turpin - - - o o o o xxo xxx 1.77 941 2030 7 17 B Vanessa Grimm - - o o o xo o xxx 1.74 903 = 1881 20 18 A Léonie Cambours - - - - xo xo xxo xxx 1.74 903 1944 15 19 B Anouk Vetter - - - xo o o xxx 1.71 867 = 1929 18 19 B Annik Kälin - - - - xo o xr- 1.71 867 1938 16 21 B Paulina Ligarska - - o o o xo xxx 1.71 867 1802 23 21 B Emma Oosterwegel - - o o o xo xxx 1.71 867 1935 17 23 B Martha Araújo o xo o o xxx 1.65 795 = 1823 21

Shot put The shot put event was started on 19 August at 19:07.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall1 2 3 Pts Rank 1 A Anouk Vetter 15.38 15.72 15.08 15.72 909 2838 8 2 A Saga Vanninen 13.60 14.38 14.78 14.78 846 2857 7 3 A Anna Hall 14.26 14.27 14.54 14.54 830 2975 1 4 A Vanessa Grimm 14.43 14.32 13.72 14.43 823 2704 16 5 A Noor Vidts 13.96 13.92 14.40 14.40 821 2874 6 6 A Chari Hawkins 14.40 x 13.69 14.40 821 2955 2 7 B Xénia Krizsán 14.18 13.87 13.86 14.18 806 2800 9 8 A Emma Oosterwegel 14.16 x 14.10 14.16 805 2740 13 9 A Carolin Schäfer x 13.98 x 13.98 793 2770 11 10 B Sophie Weißenberg x 12.81 13.97 13.97 792 2885 4 11 A Sarah Lagger 12.93 13.78 13.39 13.78 779 2669 19 12 A Paulina Ligarska 13.69 x 13.71 13.71 775 2577 20 13 B Katarina Johnson-Thompson 13.64 13.36 13.14 13.64 770 2874 5 14 B Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 12.44 12.85 13.48 13.48 759 2733 14 15 A Kate O'Connor 13.47 13.19 13.41 13.47 759 2777 10 16 B Taliyah Brooks 12.85 13.45 13.04 13.45 757 2893 3 17 B Léonie Cambours 13.39 x x 13.39 753 2697 18 18 B Sofie Dokter 12.43 12.82 13.16 13.16 738 2720 15 19 B Ekaterina Voronina 12.31 13.15 x 13.15 737 2550 21 20 B Rita Nemes 12.97 12.23 12.79 12.97 725 2697 17 21 B Esther Turpin 12.79 12.76 x 12.79 713 2743 12 22 B Martha Araújo 12.71 12.61 12.10 12.71 708 2531 22 A Annik Kälin

200 metres The 200 metres event was started on 19 August at 20:40.

Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Pts Rank 1 3 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 23.48 1031 3905 2 2 3 Anna Hall 23.56 1023 3998 1 3 3 Taliyah Brooks 23.85 995 3888 4 4 3 Sophie Weißenberg 23.88 992 3877 5 5 3 Sofie Dokter 23.89 991 3711 10 6 2 Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 24.02 979 3712 9 7 1 Noor Vidts 24.23 959 3833 6 8 3 Anouk Vetter 24.28 954 3792 7 9 3 Chari Hawkins 24.38 945 3900 3 10 2 Emma Oosterwegel 24.58 926 3666 13 11 2 Saga Vanninen 24.71 914 3771 8 12 2 Kate O'Connor 24.78 907 3684 11 13 2 Vanessa Grimm 24.91 895 3599 15 14 1 Léonie Cambours 25.03 884 3581 16 15 2 Esther Turpin 25.04 883 3626 14 16 2 Rita Nemes 25.04 883 3580 17 17 1 Xénia Krizsán 25.16 872 3672 12 18 2 Paulina Ligarska 25.41 850 3427 19 19 1 Ekaterina Voronina 25.48 843 3393 20 20 1 Martha Araújo 25.67 826 3357 21 21 1 Sarah Lagger 25.86 809 3478 18 3 Carolin Schäfer

Long jump The long jump event was started on 20 August at 09:50.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall1 2 3 Pts Rank 1 B Katarina Johnson-Thompson 6.37 6.45 6.54 6.54 1020 4925 1 2 B Noor Vidts 6.13 6.35 6.27 6.35 959 4792 4 3 A Xénia Krizsán 5.87 6.30 - 6.30 943 4615 8 4 B Rita Nemes 6.29 6.11 - 6.29 940 4520 12 5 B Anna Hall 6.18 6.19 6.13 6.19 908 4906 2 6 B Emma Oosterwegel 6.19 x x 6.19 908 4574 10 7 A Chari Hawkins x 5.83 6.16 6.16 899 4799 3 8 B Sophie Weißenberg 5.95 6.09 6.10 6.10 880 4757 5 9 B Vanessa Grimm 5.90 x 6.10 6.10 880 4479 13 10 B Léonie Cambours 5.87 6.09 x 6.09 877 4458 14 11 A Sofie Dokter 6.09 x x 6.09 877 4588 9 12 B Saga Vanninen 5.98 6.06 x 6.06 868 4639 6 13 A Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 5.99 5.95 6.01 6.01 853 4565 11 14 B Anouk Vetter x x 5.99 5.99 846 4638 7 15 A Martha Araújo 5.90 x x 5.90 819 4176 17 16 A Sarah Lagger 5.82 x 5.85 5.85 804 4282 16 17 A Kate O'Connor 5.74 x x 5.74 771 4455 15 18 A Ekaterina Voronina 5.71 x 5.70 5.71 762 4155 19 19 A Paulina Ligarska 5.66 x 5.58 5.66 747 4174 18 A Esther Turpin x x x NM B Taliyah Brooks x x x NM

Javelin throw The javelin throw event was started on 20 August at 13:05.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Result Points Notes Overall1 2 3 Pts Rank 1 B Anouk Vetter 57.45 53.19 59.57 59.57 1046 5684 2 2 B Emma Oosterwegel 52.48 54.88 50.75 54.88 955 5529 6 3 B Xénia Krizsán 50.20 51.23 43.35 51.23 884 5499 7 4 B Ekaterina Voronina 46.55 50.02 x 50.02 861 5016 17 5 B Sophie Weißenberg 45.88 48.51 x 48.51 831 5588 4 6 B Saga Vanninen 48.32 44.05 47.47 48.32 828 5467 9 7 B Katarina Johnson-Thompson 41.83 46.14 44.69 46.14 785 5710 1 8 B Kate O'Connor 45.73 46.07 - 46.07 784 5239 13 9 A Chari Hawkins x 45.77 43.77 45.77 778 5577 5 10 B Anna Hall x 37.92 44.88 44.88 761 5667 3 11 B Martha Araújo x 42.97 44.87 44.87 761 4937 18 12 A Rita Nemes 41.83 44.68 42.18 44.68 757 5277 11 13 A Sofie Dokter 43.04 39.74 44.46 44.46 753 5341 10 14 B Sarah Lagger 41.32 42.16 43.79 43.79 740 5022 16 15 A Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 42.29 33.86 36.05 42.29 711 5276 12 16 A Vanessa Grimm 35.43 42.08 - 42.08 707 5186 14 17 A Noor Vidts 41.00 40.18 39.79 41.00 686 5478 8 18 A Esther Turpin 40.81 x 38.21 40.81 683 4309 20 19 A Paulina Ligarska x 35.32 40.57 40.57 678 4852 19 20 A Léonie Cambours 38.72 39.07 36.14 39.07 649 5107 15

800 metres

The 800 metres event was started on 20 August at 18:00.

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Result Points Notes Overall Pts Rank 1 2 Anna Hall 2:04.09 1053 6720 2 2 2 Katarina Johnson-Thompson 2:05.63 1030 6740 1 3 2 Xénia Krizsán 2:08.93 980 6479 4 4 2 Noor Vidts 2:09.48 972 6450 6 5 1 Rita Nemes 2:10.65 955 6232 10 6 1 Esther Turpin 2:11.23 947 5256 18 7 2 Emma Oosterwegel 2:12.06 935 6464 5 8 1 Ekaterina Voronina 2:14.03 906 5922 16 9 1 Kate O'Connor 2:14.06 906 6145 13 10 1 Auriana Lazraq-Khlass 2:14.25 903 6179 12 11 1 Vanessa Grimm 2:14.36 902 6088 14 12 1 Sarah Lagger 2:15.32 888 5910 17 13 2 Sofie Dokter 2:17.98 851 6192 11 14 2 Sophie Weißenberg 2:18.03 850 6438 7 15 1 Léonie Cambours 2:19.34 832 5939 15 16 2 Saga Vanninen 2:20.13 822 6289 9 17 2 Anouk Vetter 2:20.49 817 6501 3 18 2 Chari Hawkins 2:22.53 789 6366 8 1 Martha Araújo 1 Paulina Ligarska

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