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 | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, 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 ProkhorovaRussia (RUS) |
| Silver |  Natallia SazanovichBelarus (BLR) |
| Bronze |  Shelia BurrellUnited States (USA) |
Schedule
- Saturday August 4
- 100 m hurdles
- High Jump
- Shot Put
- 200 m
- Sunday August 5
- Long Jump
- Javelin Throw
- 800 m
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
The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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
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