2021-03 EC Men's Indoors Heptathlon
Kevin Mayer (FRA) won the men's heptathlon at the European Indoor Championships in March 2021 with 6392 points, 87 under the personal best he brought from Beograd in March 2017. Two of the eight finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Mayer (FRA) | 6392 | -87 | |
| 2 | Jorge Ureña (ESP) | 6158 | -234 | -91 |
| 3 | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | 6133 | -259 | +30 |
| 4 | Rik Taam (NED) | 6111 | -281 | +110 |
| 5 | Risto Lillemets (EST) | 6055 | -337 | -34 |
| 6 | Andreas Bechmann (GER) | 5995 | -397 | -102 |
| 7 | Dario Dester (ITA) | 5835 | -557 | -241 |
| 8 | Darko Pešić (MNE) | 5824 | -568 | -212 |
| DNF | Kai Kazmirek (GER) | |||
| DNF | Maksim Andraloits (BLR) | |||
| DNF | Pieter Braun (NED) | |||
| DNF | Simon Ehammer (SUI) |
The high jump decided it. Simon Ehammer (SUI) had led from the opening 60m and was 49 clear after the shot, but Mayer cleared 2.04 for 840 points and turned that into a lead of 33. Ehammer did not finish, and from the high jump on the only question was the margin.
Mayer closed day 1 first on 3571, exactly level with his PB series, having run 6.86 for 933 points and put 16.32 for 871. Day 2 opened with 7.78 over the hurdles for 1038 points, 26 up on the series and enough to stretch the lead to 43. The pole vault cost him: 5.20 against a 5.40 series mark, 63 down, and 2.45.72 in the closing 1000m took another 50. He finished 87 under the series he was chasing and 234 clear of the field.
Jorge Ureña (ESP) was third at the day break on 3424 and 22 under his own series, a position built back from a poor start. He was seventh after the 60m and seventh after the long jump, 115 down on the series at that point, before 14.57 in the shot returned 37 and 2.10 in the high jump another 56. Day 2 held the line without recovering it: second after the hurdles, second after the vault, and a 2.43.16 that left him 91 under the series and second overall.
Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) took third with 6133, 30 above his PB series and a personal best on the 6103 he set in Toruń a month earlier. He was fifth on 3407 at the break and 39 under the series, then the pole vault turned it: 5.20 against a 5.00 series mark, 972 points and 62 clear of it, which moved him from fifth to third. The 1000m added 17 more.
Rik Taam (NED) finished 22 behind Wiesiołek in fourth. The gap opened in the pole vault, where 4.80 for 849 points left him 109 adrift with one event to run, and the 1000m could not quite close it: 2.35.35 for 926 points took back 87. He was 110 above his PB series at the end, the largest gain in the field.
Kai Kazmirek (GER) came in with the third-best PB in the field, 6238 from Birmingham in March 2018. He stopped after the long jump with 1539 points, last of the twelve at that point and 271 under his own series, and did not start the shot.
Two men beat their PB series, and both scored personal bests. Taam's 110 was built across day 1, where the long jump was worth 45 more than his series and the high jump 27, and he never gave the balance back. Wiesiołek's 30 rested almost entirely on the pole vault. Dario Dester (ITA), seventh, finished 241 under his series and Darko Pešić (MNE), eighth, 212 under.
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