2023-08 WC Budapest - Women's Heptathlon
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) won the women's heptathlon at the World Championships in Budapest on 6 August 2023 with 6740 points, 241 under the personal best she brought from Doha in October 2019. The margin was 20.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) | 6740 | -241 | |
| 2 | Anna Hall (USA) | 6720 | -20 | -268 |
| 3 | Anouk Vetter (NED) | 6501 | -239 | -366 |
| 4 | Xénia Krizsán (HUN) | 6479 | -261 | -172 |
| 5 | Emma Oosterwegel (NED) | 6464 | -276 | -126 |
| 6 | Noor Vidts (BEL) | 6450 | -290 | -121 |
| 7 | Sophie Weißenberg (GER) | 6438 | -302 | +63 |
| 8 | Chari Hawkins (USA) | 6366 | -374 | +123 |
| 9 | Saga Vanninen (FIN) | 6289 | -451 | -102 |
| 10 | Rita Nemes (HUN) | 6232 | -508 | +10 |
| 11 | Sofie Dokter (NED) | 6192 | -548 | -129 |
| 12 | Auriana Lazraq (FRA) | 6179 | -561 | +26 |
| 13 | Kate O'Connor (IRL) | 6145 | -595 | -152 |
| 14 | Vanessa Grimm (GER) | 6088 | -652 | -235 |
| 15 | Léonie Cambours (FRA) | 5939 | -801 | -253 |
| 16 | Yekaterina Voronina (UZB) | 5922 | -818 | -319 |
| 17 | Sarah Lagger (AUT) | 5910 | -830 | -315 |
| 18 | Esther Turpin (FRA) | 5256 | -1484 | -974 |
| DNF | Taliyah Brooks (USA) | |||
| DNF | Paulina Ligarska (POL) | |||
| DNF | Martha Valeria (COL) | |||
| DNF | Carolin Schäfer (GER) | |||
| DNF | Annik Kälin (SUI) |
The long jump decided it. Anna Hall (USA) had led from the high jump and closed day 1 on 3998 with 93 on Johnson-Thompson. Johnson-Thompson jumped 6.54 for 1020 points, Hall 6.19 for 908, and the lead changed to 4925 and 19. It was 26 after the javelin and 20 at the finish.
Johnson-Thompson was tenth after the hurdles and second at the day break on 3905, 233 under her own PB series, with 117 of that from the high jump at 1.86 against the 1.95 she cleared in Doha and 61 from the hurdles. Day 2 lost only 8 more. The long jump was still 75 under her series mark even as it took her the lead, then 46.14 in the javelin returned 42 and 2.05.63 in the 800m for 1030 points another 25. She finished 241 under the series.
Hall led three of the first four events and was first at the day break on 3998 and 174 under her PB series, having lost 116 in the high jump and 68 over 200m against a 22.88 series mark. Day 2 lost 94 more, 112 of it in the long jump at 6.19 against a 6.54 series mark, which is the event that cost her the lead. She ran 2.04.09 in the 800m for 1053 points and closed 6 of the 26 she needed.
Anouk Vetter (NED) was eighteenth after the high jump and seventh at the day break on 3792, 218 under her PB series. Day 2 opened it further: 5.99 in the long jump for 846 points was 168 under her series mark, the largest single loss on any of the leading sheets. Then 59.57 in the javelin for 1046 points, 25 above the series, which moved her from seventh to second. She finished 366 under the series and took third by 22.
Xénia Krizsán (HUN) finished 22 behind Vetter in fourth. The javelin opened the gap, Vetter's 1046 points against 884, which turned 23 into 185, and 2.08.93 in the closing 800m for 980 points against 817 closed all but 22 of it. That run was 37 above Krizsán's own series mark and the only event on her sheet above it; she finished 172 under the series.
Four women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Chari Hawkins (USA) by 123 in eighth, Sophie Weißenberg (GER) by 63 in seventh, Auriana Lazraq (FRA) by 26 in twelfth and Rita Nemes (HUN) by 10 in tenth. Esther Turpin (FRA), eighteenth, finished 974 under her series and Vetter, the third-ranked entrant, 366 under.
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