2023-03 EC Istanbul - Women's Pentathlon
Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) won the women's pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul on 1 March 2023 with 5055 points, 151 above the personal best she set in Toruń in March 2021. The margin was 41.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) | 5055 | +151 | |
| 2 | Adrianna Sułek (POL) | 5014 | -41 | +154 |
| 3 | Noor Vidts (BEL) | 4823 | -232 | -106 |
| 4 | Sofie Dokter (NED) | 4499 | -556 | -104 |
| 5 | Xénia Krizsán (HUN) | 4493 | -562 | -151 |
| 6 | Holly Mills (GBR) | 4451 | -604 | -222 |
| 7 | Saga Vanninen (FIN) | 4440 | -615 | -101 |
| 8 | Sveva Gerevini (ITA) | 4363 | -692 | -88 |
| 9 | Kate O'Connor (IRL) | 4353 | -702 | -43 |
| 10 | Marijke Esselink (NED) | 4299 | -756 | +35 |
| 11 | Bianca Salming (SWE) | 4191 | -864 | -231 |
| 12 | Yuliya Loban (UKR) | 4091 | -964 | -391 |
| DNF | Léonie Cambours (FRA) |
The high jump decided the lead. Adrianna Sułek (POL) led after the opening hurdles on 1082. Thiam cleared 1.92 for 1132 points, Sułek 1.89 for 1093, and Thiam moved to 2209 with 34 in hand. She led after every remaining event, by 144 after the shot and 134 after the long jump, and the closing 800m brought it down to 41 without changing it.
Thiam gained on her own PB series in the first three events: 18 in the hurdles, 39 in the high jump and 25 in the shot at 15.54 for 897 points. The long jump matched her series almost exactly, 6.59 against 6.60. She closed with 2.13.60 in the 800m for 913 points, 73 above her series mark, and finished 151 above the series.
Sułek was 27 above her PB series after the hurdles, level with it in the high jump and 83 above after 13.89 in the shot for 787 points. The long jump added 19 at 6.62 for 1046 points. She ran 2.07.17 in the 800m for 1006 points, 52 above her series mark, and took 93 back from the lead. Her 5014 was 154 above the series and a personal best on the 4860 she scored in Toruń in February.
Noor Vidts (BEL) came in with the best pre-competition PB in the field, 4929 from Beograd in March 2022, and finished 106 under the series behind it. She was third after every event from the high jump and within 24 of her series all the way to the last event, level in the high jump and 6 above in the shot. The 800m cost 82, 2.14.52 against a 2:08.81 series mark, and that is most of her shortfall.
Sofie Dokter (NED) took fourth, 324 behind Vidts. The long jump opened the gap, 6.04 for 862 points against 1023, which turned a 79-point deficit into 240, and the 800m added 84 more. Dokter's own competition was 104 under her PB series, 65 of it in that closing run.
Three women finished above their PB series: Sułek by 154, Thiam by 151 and Marijke Esselink (NED) by 35 in tenth, and each of those is a personal best. Yuliya Loban (UKR), twelfth, finished 391 under her series and Holly Mills (GBR), sixth, 222 under.
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