2023-03 WC Glasgow - Men's Heptathlon
Simon Ehammer (SUI) won the men's heptathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow with 6418 points, 55 above the personal best he brought from Beograd in March 2022. The margin was 11. Five of the nine finishers scored above their PB series.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Ehammer (SUI) | 6418 | +55 | |
| 2 | Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) | 6407 | -11 | +126 |
| 3 | Johannes Erm (EST) | 6340 | -78 | +226 |
| 4 | Ken Mullings (BAH) | 6242 | -176 | -98 |
| 5 | Makenson Gletty (FRA) | 6187 | -231 | -43 |
| 6 | Vilém Stráský (CZE) | 6080 | -338 | +99 |
| 7 | Sven Jansons (NED) | 6076 | -342 | +51 |
| 8 | Jente Hauttekeete (BEL) | 5940 | -478 | -191 |
| 9 | Ondřej Kopecký (CZE) | 5737 | -681 | -298 |
| DNF | Harrison Williams (USA) | |||
| DNF | Markus Rooth (NOR) |
The pole vault decided the lead. Ken Mullings (BAH) had taken it with 2.16 in the high jump and held it through the hurdles, 4680 with 42 on Ehammer. Ehammer cleared 5.20 for 972 points, Mullings 4.60 for 790, and the standing turned over to 5610 and a lead of 140. The 1000m cut that to 11 without changing it.
Ehammer led the first three events and was second at the day break on 3558, 89 under his own PB series, which one event explains: 1.95 in the high jump for 758 points, 92 under the 2.05 in his series. Day 2 recovered all of it and 144 more. The hurdles were worth 34 above the series at 7.62 for 1080 points, the pole vault 31, and 2.46.03 in the 1000m for 808 points, 79 above the series mark, held off the closing run behind him. He finished 55 above the series.
Sander Aae Skotheim (NOR) was eighth after the 60m and fourth at the day break on 3547, 43 above his PB series, with 14.58 in the shot worth 39 above it and 2.13 in the high jump 38. Day 2 added 83, and the last event was where he made his ground: he was third and 153 behind going into the 1000m, ran 2.33.23 for 950 points against Ehammer's 808, and finished 11 short in second. His 6407 was 126 above the series and a personal best on the 6281 from Tallinn in February.
Johannes Erm (EST) made the largest gain in the field. He was third at the day break on 3552 and 179 above his PB series, improving on it in all four events: 32 in the 60m, 30 in the long jump, 71 in the shot at 15.72 for 834 points and 46 in the high jump. The hurdles cost 44, the only loss on his sheet worth noting, and 5.10 in the pole vault returned 92 against a 4.80 series mark. He finished 6340, 226 above the series and a personal best on the 6114 he scored in Fayetteville in February 2020.
Mullings finished 98 behind Erm in fourth, and the 1000m produced it. He went into the last event second and 47 ahead; Erm ran 2.36.15 for 917 points, Mullings 2.49.35 for 772, and the places swapped. Mullings's own competition was 98 under his PB series, with the shot 88 of that at 14.49 against a 15.91 series mark and the pole vault 105 at 4.60 against 4.95.
Five men finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best. Erm's 226 was the largest, then Skotheim's 126, Vilém Stráský (CZE) 99 in sixth, Ehammer 55 and Sven Jansons (NED) 51 in seventh. Ondřej Kopecký (CZE), ninth, finished 298 under his series and Jente Hauttekeete (BEL), eighth, 191 under.
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