2023-02 Tallinn - Men's Heptathlon
Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) won the men's heptathlon at Tallinn on 5 February 2023 with 6255 points, 290 above the personal best he set in Bærum in January 2022. He led from the long jump and improved on his PB series in all seven events.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 6255 | +290 | |
| 2 | Maicel Uibo (EST) | 6120 | -135 | -145 |
| 3 | Edgaras Benkunskas (LIT) | 5937 | -318 | +205 |
| 4 | Risto Lillemets (EST) | 5915 | -340 | -174 |
| 5 | Darko Pešić (MNE) | 5853 | -402 | -183 |
| 6 | Vilém Stráský (CZE) | 5694 | -561 | +69 |
| 7 | Rasmus Roosleht (EST) | 5671 | -584 | |
| 8 | Paweł Wiesiołek (POL) | 5635 | -620 | -498 |
| 9 | Ilkay Aydemir (TUR) | 5510 | -745 | -129 |
| 10 | Lewis Church (GBR) | 5486 | -769 | |
| 11 | Ömer Faruk Çanakçı (TUR) | 5326 | -929 | -198 |
| 12 | Reinis Krēgers (LAT) | 5301 | -954 | -476 |
| 13 | Caius Joseph (GBR) | 5289 | -966 | |
| 14 | Gert Valdsalu (EST) | 5160 | -1095 | |
| 15 | David Jaanson (EST) | 5095 | -1160 | |
| 16 | Vicente Guardiola (ESP) | 5035 | -1220 | -474 |
| 17 | Igor Andrejev (EST) | 4947 | -1308 | |
| 18 | Harry Maslen (GBR) | 4575 | -1680 | |
| 19 | Henri Loose (GBR) | 4363 | -1892 | |
| 20 | Aleks Malm (EST) | 3944 | -2311 | |
| 21 | Eduard Ülevain (EST) | 3599 | -2656 | |
| 22 | Roman Litvinov (EST) | 3296 | -2959 | |
| DNF | Ondřej Kopecký (CZE) | |||
| DNF | Nico Beckers (GER) | |||
| DNF | Marcus Nilsson (SWE) | |||
| DNF | Karl-Uljas Mölder (EST) |
The long jump decided the lead. Vilém Stráský (CZE) had taken the opening 60m and stood 904 with 22 on Skotheim. Skotheim jumped 7.73 for 992 points, 82 more than that jump had been worth in his PB series, and moved to 1874 and a lead of 118. He led after every remaining event, and the margin only fell below 135 once, at the pole vault.
Skotheim finished day 1 on 3576 and 226 above his PB series, with a gain in each of the four events: 35 in the 60m, 82 in the long jump, 52 in the shot and 57 in the high jump, the last of those 2.15 for 944 points. Day 2 added 64 more and no event went backwards, 4.83 in the pole vault worth 40 above the series mark and 2.37.82 in the 1000m for 898 points another 12. His 6255 was 290 above the 5965 he scored in Bærum.
Maicel Uibo (EST) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 6265 from Birmingham in March 2018, and finished second 145 under the series behind it. He was seventeenth after the 60m and second at the day break on 3387, having lost 61 in the long jump and taken 35 back in the shot with 14.87 for 782 points. Day 2 kept him second: 8.24 over the hurdles, matching Skotheim exactly for 922 points, then 5.33 in the pole vault for 1013, 9 above his own series mark, which cut the lead to 35. The closing 1000m ended it. Uibo ran 2.46.95 for 798 points, 92 under his own series mark, and lost 100 to Skotheim in that one run.
Edgaras Benkunskas (LIT) was third at the day break on 3345 and 95 above his PB series, almost all of it from the long jump: 7.03 against a 6.70 series mark, worth 78. Day 2 added 110, split between 4.83 in the pole vault for 40 and 2.47.54 in the 1000m for 75, and he held third throughout. His 5937 was 205 above the 5732 he had scored in Šiauliai the month before.
Risto Lillemets (EST) took fourth, 22 behind Benkunskas. The shot put opened the gap, 13.47 for 696 points against 779, which turned a 30-point deficit into 113, and it was 124 going into the last event. Lillemets ran 2.38.25 for 893 points against 791 and closed all but 22 of it. He finished 174 under his own PB series, with the long jump 100 of that at 6.86 against a 7.28 series mark.
Three men in the field beat their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Skotheim by 290, Benkunskas by 205 and Stráský by 69 for sixth. Paweł Wiesiołek (POL), the second-ranked entrant on 6133 from Toruń in March 2021, finished eighth and 498 under his series, the largest shortfall in the top ten.
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